The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Monday, December 11, 2006

December 9 - 11, 2006

Top News of the Day
Police
Suspect's Custody Death Puts Police Under Scrutiny
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSKMRSGVE.html
On November 22, farmer and driver He Yujiang left his home in Hebei Province to buy construction materials. Two days later, the family was informed by police that He was ill, but when they went to visit him, they found that he had unaccountably died in police custody. He’s family later learned that he had been taken to the police station for questioning about a theft. He's relatives suspect that he was tortured, but they were forbidden from taking photographs of the body and are worried that prosecutors won’t tell the truth if an autopsy is performed.

News
Civil Society
中国将对民间组织进行依法管理和法制教育 (China's NGOs to Be Managed by Law and Given Legal Education)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/10/minjian/

Environment
北京未来5年人口超载300万 面临水资源短缺危机 (Beijing May Face Water Shortage Crisis in Next Five Years Due to Population Boom)
People's Daily, December 11, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/5148731.html

Lack of Support Puts Green GDP Audit at Risk
SCMP, December 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB6PRSGVE.html

Supply and Demand
SCMP, December 11, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZENPRSGVE.html

Freedom of Speech
Book About First Independent Election Candidate Is Banned
SCMP, December 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZETOSSGVE.html

Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Family of Journalist to Seek Tsang's Help
SCMP, December 11, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZKLMRSGVE.html

Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
王炳章狱中遭狱警虐打 海外民运团体抗议 (Overseas Support Group for Wang Bingzhang Protests Wang’s Torture in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/09/wangb
ingzhang/

Human Rights Defender – Li Xige (李喜阁)
带女儿北京治病遭监视居住 李喜阁接受本台专访 (HIV/AIDS Petitioner Li Xige Put Under Residential Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/08/lixige/

Labor
德国玩具业关注中国工人待遇 (Germany's Toy Makers Concerned About Treatment of Chinese Workers)
BBC, December 08, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6160000/newsid_
6163000/6163053.stm

Law
北京3成行政诉讼协调和解 (30% of Beijing’s Administrative Lawsuits Resolved by Mediation)
Legal Daily, December 11, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/11/content_483022.
htm

HK Businessman Held Five Years on Mainland Set Free
SCMP, December 11, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZATOSSGVE.html

最高法拟加大矿难惩治力度 (Supreme People's Court Considers Imposing More Severe Punishments for Crimes Related to Coal Mine Accidents)
The Beijing News, December 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/12-11/015@015935
.htm

Media
中国连续第八年成为监禁记者最多的国家 (China Listed as the World’s Largest Jailer of Journalists for 8 Years in a Row)
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/08/jizhe/

Migrant Workers
河南农民工子女城里上学不再难 (Migrant Workers' Children to Have Easier Access to Education in Henan Province)
China Youth Daily, December 10, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-12/10/content_1604361.htm

Olympics
Beijing to Give HK Media Extra Freedoms
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZUM8TSGVE.html

Poverty
中国贫富差距的系数超越国际警戒线 (China's Poverty Gap Exceeds Internationally-Recognized Danger Level)
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/08/rich_poo
r_gap/

Protests and Petitions
Deal with Protests by Addressing Grievances
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ8LMRSGVE.html

In Brief: Villagers Demand Release of Land Protesters
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQM8TSGVE.html

Shenzhen Zoo Workers on Strike over Job Cuts and Pay
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2OLRSGVE.html

Unrest Is Challenging Party Rule, Xinhua Says in Rare Appraisal
SCMP, December 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0SMSSGVE.html

甘肃：省长出面接待上访者 (Provincial Leaders Meet with Petitioners in Gansu)
Nanfang Weekend, December 06, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200612060604
.asp

Public Health
中国医疗保健面临严峻挑战(1) (China's Health Care System Faces Serious Challenges (Part I))
Voice of America, December 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-10-voa1.cfm

Religion
內地允「地下教会」公开传教 ("Underground Churches" Allowed to Preach Publicly, Says Unnamed Chinese Authority)
Wen Wei Po, December 11, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=001YO&news_id=YO
0612110005

Friday, December 08, 2006

December 8, 2006

Top News of the Day
Olympics
北京为奥运将拆迁22个城中村 (22 Migrant Villages to Be Demolished for Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/07/aoyun/
Twenty-two villages inhabited by migrant workers are to be demolished for the Olympics by June 2007. About 150 other villages in Beijing have already been demolished. About a quarter of Beijing's 15 million population are migrant workers. According to Human Rights in China's spokesperson Feng Congde, these are the last 22 areas in Beijing where migrant workers lived that have not yet been demolished, and many of the workers who lived in those villages were evicted with no compensation.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Loans Create ‘New Wave of Africa Debt’
Financial Times, December 08, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/640a5986-863a-11db-86d5-0000779e2
340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Corruption
中国评论﹕高薪养廉 缘木求鱼 (Commentary: Wage Increase Alone Can Not Reduce Corruption)
Ming Pao, December 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061208/cav1.htm

China Moves Quietly to Keep Its Cadres Honest
Los Angeles Times, December 07, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-corrupt7dec
07,1,7815224.story?coll=la-headlines-worldcorrupt7dec07,1,7815224
.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Freedom of Speech
余杰名誉侵权案终审败诉 打击公众舆论监督？ (Writer Yu Jie Loses Libel Case, Ordered to Pay 10,000 Yuan in “Emotional Damages”)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/07/yujie/

Gender
Gay Man Accuses Tsinghua of Discrimination
China Daily, December 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/07/content_753000
.htm

Government
乌市停暖事件相关方互相推诿 (Government Departments Pass Responsibility to Each Other During 5-day Heat Stoppage in Urumqi)
The Beijing News, December 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/12-08/011@227508
.htm

Human Rights
寿光农民工普法工作颇见成效 (Legal Publicity Work for Migrant Workers in Shouguang, Shandong)
Legal Daily, December 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/07/content_479278.htm

Shenzhen Defends Shaming of Prostitutes
SCMP, December 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9L0EEBVE.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Chinese Activist Says Officials Ordered His Torture
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/12/07/china_chenguangch
eng/

Law
首席调解员取代民间和事佬 (Mediation System Formalized in Dingxi, Gansu Province)
Legal Daily, December 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/07/content_479256.
htm

Migrant Workers
深圳：农民工将与户籍居民平起平坐 (Migrant Workers to Enjoy Same Benefits as Residents That Have Hukou in Shenzhen)
China Youth Daily, December 08, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-12/08/content_1602676.htm

现费用难题面"择城"困扰 打工子弟教育现状调查 (Survey on Education for Migrant Workers' Children in Beijing)
Legal Daily, December 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/07/content_479768.htm

Olympics
Games Construction Office Gets New Chief
SCMP, December 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWB8MEBVE.html

Protests and Petitions
成都百多名商户到法院门前示威维权 (Over 100 Shop Owners Protest Corruption at Sichuan Courts)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/07/chengdu/

Public Health
Fake Drugs Highlight Bootleg Ills
The Standard, December 08, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_
id=33582&sid=11242111&con_type=1&d_str=2006120811&con_ty
pe=1&d_str=20061208

North Korea
U.S. Urges China to Pressure North Korea on Rights
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061207/wl_nm/korea_north_un_dc_1

Thursday, December 07, 2006

December 7, 2006

Top News of the Day
Death Penalty
汉源事件被捕村民被秘密处决 (Demonstrator Chen Tao Secretly Executed in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/06/hanyuan/
It has been reported that the death penalty for Chen Tao (陈滔), who was arrested in 2004 for protesting the demolition of farmers’ housing, was ratified by the Sichuan Higher People's Court in June and carried out in late November. However, neither Chen’s family nor his lawyer were formally notified of the court’s ruling. Chen’s lawyer stated that forensic evidence suggested Chen did not murder a policeman during the protest, as he had been charged. Three other individuals arrested with Chen are serving long prison terms.
News
Corruption
Shake-up at Anti-graft Agencies 'Not Enough'
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRFXDEBVE.html

Gender
Chinese Web Site Protects Rights of Mistresses
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/in_depth/2006/12/06/china_mis
tresses/

Human Rights
网友点评社会热点 (263,000 Surveillance Cameras Installed in Beijing)
Nanfang City News, December 07, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200612070424.asp

Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
In Brief: Legislators Lodge Petition for Journalist's Release
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZXY4MEBVE.html

Human Rights Defender - Sun Buer (孙不二)
中国泛蓝联盟一负责人被当局传讯 (Pan-blue Alliance Member Sun Bu'er Summoned and Released)
Voice of America, December 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-06-voa34.cfm

Human Rights Defenders
十位杰出人士获新西兰亚太人权基金会奖 (10 Chinese Receive Human Rights Awards in New Zealand)
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/06/nz/

北京在法制宣传日大批抓捕访民 (Scores of Petitioners Taken Away on Law Promotion Day in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/06/bj/

林牧等三位异议人士获民主斗士奖 (The Late Lin Mu Among the 3 to Receive the "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Award”)
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/06/linmu/

Law
Two Chinese Teachers Sue Police After Being Detained for "Slanderous" Mobile Phone Messages
People's Daily, December 05, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200612/05/eng20061205_328674.html

Media
In Brief: Blogging on the Rise Despite Privacy Concerns
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWKVDEBVE.html

Olympics
京藉奥运试探新闻开放度 (Beijing Using the Olympics to Test the Acceptable Level of Media Freedom)
Ming Pao, December 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061207/caa1.htm

Police
两成警察被欠薪/仍有被害人出钱破案 (20 Percent of Police Officers Still Owed Wages)
Nanfang City News, December 07, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200612060101.asp

Poverty
入世5年：中国社会矛盾激化 (Social Conflicts Have Intensified 5 Years After China Joins WTO)
Nanfang Daily, December 07, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200612070429.asp

Protests and Petitions
Protesters Gather to Demand Three Gorges Payments
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0LVDEBVE.html

汕尾枪杀事件周年祭 维权星火不息 (Anniversary of Deadly Shootings in Shanwei, Guangdong Commemorated)
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/06/shanwei/

武汉强迁户请愿被打 一人被拘 (Elders Among Eviction Petitioners Beaten at Government Office in Wuhan, One Detained)
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/06/wuhan/

Public Health
Beijing Acts to Lower the Cost of Health Care
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJFXDEBVE.html

6 Kids Die of Possible Food Poisoning
AP( via YahooNews), December 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_re_as/china_food
_poisoning_deaths_1

Society
China's Ethnic Minority Kids Caught in Language Trap
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061206/lf_nm/china_education_
dc_1

State Security
资阳高考作弊案宣判3人非法获取国家秘密罪获刑 (Three Fraud Suspects Given Suspended Sentences for Illegally Procuring State Secrets)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/05/content_477919.htm

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

December 6, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
广西村民因抗议环境污染被审判 (Guangxi Pollution Protestors Go on Trial)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/guang
xi/
Five villagers in Guangxi Province charged with "gathering a crowd to attack a state organ" stood trial on December 5. The incident dated back to June, when some 1,000 villagers staged a sit-in protest against the land conscription involved in the construction of an electrolyte plant which was less than 100 meters from village residences. The police responded by deploying hundreds of police officers to arrest more than a dozen suspected protest organizers, five of which were eventually charged. The court has not announced a verdict yet.
News
Children
Community Care Transforms Lives of Aids Orphans
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP5UDEBVE.html

Gender
Foreign Brides Will Change China Forever
The Jakarta Post, December 06, 2006
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=200612
05.F04&irec=3

Government
行政机关提供政务信息不得收费 (New Measures in Chengdu Prohibit Authorities from Charging for the Release of Information)
Legal Daily, December 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/06/content_478032
.htm

Land Policy
土地征用款因何变成村官职务犯罪重灾区 (Why Funds for Land Conscriptions Lead to Corruption)
Legal Daily, December 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/06/content_478215
.htm

Human Rights Defender - Sun Buer (孙不二)
孙不二失踪 疑被国保带走 (Pan-blue Alliance Member Xu Bu'er Believed to Have Been Taken Away over Internet Essay)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/sun/

Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
独家专访：王炳章狱中受虐挨打 (Wang Bingzhang Reportedly Tortured in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/wangbi
ngzhang/

Human Rights Defenders
七大陆维权者获国际住房权利卫士奖 (Zheng Enchong and Fu Xiancai Among Seven Chinese Rights Defenders to Receive International Housing Rights Awards)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/weiq
uan/

Law
让影响性诉讼成为和谐社会的司法引擎 (Commentary: Let Impact Litigation Become the Judicial Engine of a Harmonious Society)
Legal Daily, December 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/06/content_478196
.htm

Transfusion Victims Win Compensation
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXMSDEBVE.html

Media
加拿大推出突破网络封锁新型系统 (Canada Creates New System that Could Breach Internet Firewalls)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/wangl
uo/

Police
Police Face Action over 'Vice Parade'
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9NSDEBVE.html

Protests and Petitions
汕尾枪杀事件周年　官方铁腕依旧 (Heavy Police Presence on Anniversary of Dongzhou Shootings)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/Dongz
hou/

Public Health
Woman Jailed for Profiting on Blood Sales
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ681MEBVE.html

Police: Purposely Transmitting AIDS Is Criminal
Xinhuanet, December 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/05/content_543952
3.htm

Rural Issues
World Bank Launches Rural Community Development Fund in China
People's Daily, December 05, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200612/05/eng20061205_328346.
html

China Invites Bangladesh's Grameen Bank for Microcredit System Trial
DailyIndia.com, December 04, 2006
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/89104.php/China-invites-Bangl
adeshs-Grameen-Bank-for-microcredit-system-trialfor-microcre
dit-system-trial

Society
年逾六旬禁止卖花炮 (People over 60 Barred from Selling Fireworks in Beijing)
The Beijing News, December 06, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/12-06/015@226889
.htm

Tibet
In Brief: Pledge to Boost Rural Incomes in Tibet
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZT5UDEBVE.html

Tibetan Issue Must Be Solved in Dalai Lama's Lifetime, Says His Envoy
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZL5UDEBVE.html

China Cracks down on Tibetan Prisoner: Report
Andhracafe.com, December 04, 2006
http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=14191

Xinjiang
Lawyers Demand Release of Chinese Muslims
Washington Post, December 05, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/articl
e/2006/12/04/AR2006120401191.htmldyn/content/article/200
6/12/04/AR2006120401191.html

December 5, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案证人陈光和被当局刑拘 (Chen Guangcheng's Witness Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/04/chen/
Chen Guanghe (陈光和) has been held under criminal detention since December 3 on charges of forging evidence. He said he would testify in the retrial for the rights defender Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) but was abducted by unknown figures one day before the trial. The local authorities denied any involvement in the abduction. Chen Guangcheng's lawyer put forward Chen Guanghe's written testimony in the retrial but was rejected on the grounds that he did not attend the trial.

News
Civil Society
民间上书延阻南水北调 (Civil Society Advocacy Delays South-North Water Transfer Project)
Nanfang City News, December 05, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200612050035
.asp

仲裁机构的性质应当定位为非营利机构 (Commentary: Arbitration Bodies Should Be Regarded as Non-Profit Organizations)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/05/content_477127.htm

Phase-Two Selection Launched for NGOs in PRC Poverty Reduction Work
Asian Development Bank (via Harold and Doan Ltd.), December 05, 2006
http://www.harolddoan.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid
=2841

Death Penalty
包头“10•03”灭门惨案凶手被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Three in Inner Mongolia)
Xinhuanet, December 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-12/05/content_5436813.htm

上海:重案嫌犯未满20岁要收集出生证明防止错杀 (Judicial Opinion in Shanghai Imposes Procedural Safeguards on Cases that May End up with Capital Punishment)
Xinhuanet, December 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-12/04/content_5432605.htm

Serial Rapist Gets Death Penalty in East China
Xinhuanet, December 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/04/content_5432661
.htm

Food Security
Manager Arrested for Garbage in Lard
AP( via YahooNews), December 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061204/ap_on_re_as/china_lard_1

Human Rights
“要形成尊重和保障人权的文化” (A Culture of Respecting and Protecting Human Rights Should Be Developed: Cadre)
The Beijing News, December 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0548/2006/1205/015@226692.htm

Inner Mongolia
呼和浩特反盗版行动受谴责 (Anti-Piracy Campaign Condemned for Harming Mongolian Culture)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/04/daoban/

Labor
劳动仲裁案年均增三成 (Labor Disputes Increase by 30 Percent Annually in Beijing)
The Beijing News, December 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/12-05/015@22664
0.htm

Law
引领社会通向公平正义和谐 (A Summary of the Penal Discussion on Administrative Review)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/05/content_477068.htm

律师收费政府指导价引争议 谁为法律援助买单 (Government's Recommended Standard for Legal Fees Leads to Controversy)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/05/content_477334
.htm

中国司法改革 海内外不同评说 (Chinese and Foreign Media Divided on China's Legal Reforms)
Voice of America, December 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-04-voa58.cfm

Media
公安部审查<我和毛泽东的虚空奇缘>一书 (Blogger Interrogated for Writing Book About Mao Zedong)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/04/book/

Olympics
北京增加奥运采访自由 各方反应 (Different Groups Comment on Media Freedom Protection During Olympics)
Voice of America, December 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-04-voa2.cfm

Poverty
China's Private Sector Aids Poverty Alleviation
China Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-12/04/content_74
9270.htm

Protests and Petitions
杭州3000退休干部市府抗议 (3,000 Retired Cadres Protest Retirement Plans in Zhejiang)
Ming Pao, December 05, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061205/cac1.htm

Public Health
新婚夫妻因乙肝闹离婚 法院不支持丈夫诉讼请求 (Shanghai Court Rejects Divorce Claim over Hepatitis B)
EastDay.com, December 05, 2006
http://whb.eastday.com/w/20061205/u1a224409.html

State Security
保密法修订草案稿将尽快上报国务院 (Proposed Amendments to State Secrets Law to Be Sent to State Council Soon)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/05/content_477056
.htm

Tibet
Beijing Steps up Movement to Integrate Tibet
Phayul.com, December 05, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Beijing+
steps+up+movement+to+integrate+Tibet&id=14952rate+Tibet&i
d=14952

Monday, December 04, 2006

December 2 - 4, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
希涌村民依法维权 人质获释代表遭刑拘 (18 Villagers Arrested over Land Dispute in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/sanz
hou/
Last Thursday, more than 1,000 residents of Xichong Village in Shunde City, Guangdong Province held the wife of a former village party secretary and the son of a local official hostage to demand the release of some 20 villagers who had been arrested over a land dispute. The hostages were later released and police released some of the villagers the following day, but are still holding 18 rights defenders, who have been placed under criminal detention on charges of disturbing public order.
News
Bilateral Ties
Row over Bishop's Ordination Grows
SCMP, December 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOL8755VE.html

Children
Juvenile Offenders Swamp Courts in Guangdong
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWMUW75VE.html

Corruption
New Pension Fund Scandal Revealed
SCMP, December 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7DJ855VE.html

Food Security
Tainted Food a Symptom of Moral Decay Eating at Heart of the Country
SCMP, December 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG16755VE.html

Government
Hu Seeks More Village Democracy to Improve Social Harmony
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3QF855VE.html

Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
In Brief: Activist's Wife in Extreme Shock After Police Abuses
SCMP, December 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ15I855VE.html

Human Rights Defender – Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
孙小弟获国际无核未来奖 (Sun Xiaodi Receives International Nuclear Activism Award)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/03/sunxi
aodi/
Labor
06年矿难之怪与恨:领会精神就行 官煤勾结依旧 (Collusion Between Cadres and Coal Mine Owners Continues in 2006)
Legal Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/04/content_47617
7.htm

Law
黑龙江一医院输血致19人染艾滋 以赔偿千万和解 (19 Recipients of HIV-Infected Blood Win Lawsuit, Receive 10 Million Yuan in Compensation)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node17
4999/u1a2485253.html

七成行政诉讼案诉前未经行政复议 (70 Percent of Judicial Review Cases Have Not Gone Through Prior Administrative Review Process)
Legal Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/04/content_475926.htm

法援经费入同级财政预算 (Xinjiang’s Budget to Include Funds for Legal Aid)
Legal Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/04/content_475931.htm

Olympics
外媒赴地方采访无需申请 (Newly Passed Regulation on Foreign Media Does Not Apply to Journalists from Hong Kong and Macao)
The Beijing News, December 04, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/1202/021@226100.htm

Foreign Press Allowed into Tibet as China Relaxes Media Rules for Olympics
AFP (via YahooNews), December 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061201/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chn
mediachina_061201170213213

Politics
Scars that Time Cannot Heal
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5Y2755VE.html

Population
Beijing Set to Loosen One-child Policy as Crises Loom
SCMP, December 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJ35755VE.html

Poverty
中国农民平均收入增加11.4% (Income of Farmers Increases by 11.4 Percent in First 3 Quarters of 2006)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/nongm
in/

Protests and Petitions
不满待遇教师鼓动千生罢课 (1,000 Students in Sichuan on Strike over Poor Working Conditions for Teachers)
Wen Wei Po, December 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH061204002
2&cat=002CH

成都回龙村民抗议政府暴力拆迁、克扣拆迁补偿 (Villagers in Sichuan Protest Forced Evictions and Poor Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/03/chengdu/

Public Health
China's Worst Hit AIDS Province Plans HIV Tests Before Marriage
AFP (via YahooNews), December 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061203/wl_asia_afp/healthchinaai
ds_061203080353

Desperate Singaporeans Seek Kidney Transplants in China: Report
AFP (via YahooNews), December 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061203/wl_asia_afp/singaporehea
lthchinamedicinekidney_061203070704ey_061203070704

Alarm at Soaring Disabled Population
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9W3755VE.html

Beijing Agrees to Share Bird Flu Samples Sooner
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZXV3755VE.html

中国现行等级制度和等级观念受到抨击 (Ill Migrant Worker Untreated and Dead at Hospital Due to Insufficient Funds: Magazine)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/denji/

Religion
浙江家庭教会教堂将被拆除 (Protestant House Church in Zhejiang to Be Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/zongjiao/

Social Security
中国社保基金境外投资境外管理 (China Entrusts 10 Foreign Companies with the Management of Its Social Security Funds)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/shebao/

State Security
拒绝公开信息市民可打行政官司 (New Measure to Allow Public to Sue Government over Non-disclosure of Information in Guangzhou)
Legal Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/04/content_476157.htm

Xinjiang
In Brief: Fears that Kazakhstan Expelled Asylum Seeker
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWMUW75VE.html

Friday, December 01, 2006

December 1, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
China Rejects Times Researcher, Activist
AP( via YahooNews), December 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_re_as/china_ne
w_york_times_3
This morning, the Beijing Higher People's Court confirmed the fraud conviction against New York Times' researcher Zhao Yan in a five-minute session. His lawyer contended the fairness of the trial because Zhao's witness was not allowed to testify in court.

Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
盲人维权者陈光诚维持原判 (Conviction Upheld for Blind Rights Defender Chen Guangcheng)
Ming Pao, December 01, 2006
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20061201/ca51403a.htm
A court in Shandong affirmed the jail sentence of four years and three months for the blind rights defender Chen Guangcheng. Chen's lawyer argued the retrial was unfair because he was denied the right to subpoena key witnesses. Chen said he would appeal the verdict.

News
Death Penalty
毒酒致55人死伤主犯获死刑 (Death Sentence Confirmed in Guangdong for Man Who Sold Poisonous Wines)
The Beijing News, December 01, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/12-01/024@22588
3.htm

Environment
High Cost of Pollution Has Top Banks Taking Notice
SCMP, December 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZQJOQ47UE.html

Gender – Sexuality
界定同性恋者防艾责任法存间隙 (Homosexuals' Legal Responsibility for Transmitting HIV Remains Unclear)
Legal Daily, December 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/01/content_47490
9.htm

Human Rights
深圳示众妓女嫖客被批伤公民尊严 (Shenzhen Authorities Criticized for Violating Sex Workers' and Customers' Dignity)
Voice of America, December 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-30-voa50.cfm

Labor
中国失业率统计将与国际接轨 (China's Unemployment Calculation to Be Brought in Line with International Standards)
Nanfang Weekend, December 01, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200611280373
.asp

Clamp on Wage Rises for State Firms
SCMP, December 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZETB855VE.html

中国血汗工厂被批工人待遇未改善 (China's Factories Criticized for Maltreating Workers)
Voice of America, November 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-30-voa76.cfm

Land Policy
北京拆迁户上吊自杀 (Evictee Commits Suicide in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/30/zisha/

失地农民上访无果，自发组织护地维权 (Victims of Land Grabs Gather to Defend Rights)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/30/land/

Law
打刑事官司最低收费1000元 (New Sichuan Measures Set Minimum Lawyer Fees in Criminal Cases at 1,000 Yuan)
Legal Daily, December 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/01/content_474731.htm

Media
Belgrade Festival Pulls Tiananmen Movie
SCMP, December 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZE1RW75VE.html

互联的网络容不下“中国特色”的实名制 (Commentary: Internet Cannot Tolerate Real Name Registration)
China Youth Daily, December 01, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-12/01/content_1594376.htm

实名制最多只能满足权力的管理幻觉 (Commentary: Internet Registration System at Most Satisfies Authorities' Power Illusions)
China Youth Daily, December 01, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-12/01/content_1594351.htm

《三联生活周刊》发表回忆文革文章受批 (Propaganda Department Reprimands Magazine Editor over Cultural Revolution Article)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/30/wenge/

Olympics
国务院公布奥运採访规定 (State Council Passes Regulation Governing Foreign Media During Olympics)
Ming Pao, December 01, 2006
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20061201/ca51131a.htm

Protests and Petitions
Angry Villagers Take Officials Hostage in Southern China
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2006/11/30/china_hos
tages/

Public Health
狂犬病疫苗为何加价100％？ (Why Does the Cost of Rabies Vaccines Double?)
Nanfang Weekend, December 01, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200611290625.
asp

Religion
Bishop Ordained Without Vatican Approval
SCMP, December 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZITB855VE.html
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)