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.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

December 13, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Top Chinese Civil Rights Lawyer Tried in Secret: Recordings
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2006/12/12/china_gaoz
hisheng/
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court secretly tried human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng on unspecified subversion charges on December 12. Gao's family and his family-appointed lawyer Mo Shaoping had not been informed of the trial and were subsequently unable to attend. Two court-appointed attorneys who were unknown to the family represented Gao instead. Mo could not comment on the claim that Gao confessed to the subversion charges.
News
Death Penalty
北工大杀友男生一审被判死缓 (University Student Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve over Girlfriend's Murder in Beijing)
The Beijing News, December 13, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0558/2006/12-13/014@228523.htm

Economic Development
Unstoppable Yet Unsustainable
Financial Times, December 13, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1fb6e9b2-86d4-11db-9ad5-0000779e2340,
dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.htm
l0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2
340.html

Hukou
China Debates Reform of Household Registration System
Xinhuanet, December 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/12/content_5474403.htm

Human Rights
Parade of Shame
SCMP, December 13, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ1Z7LVKVE.html

Human Rights Defender - Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
In Brief: Ministry Refuses to Send Charged Uygur to Canada
SCMP, December 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSL5PVKVE.html

Human Rights Defender – Gao Qinrong (高勤荣)
It Was a Set-up, Says Journalist Freed Early
SCMP, December 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJQ9LVKVE.html

Labor
In Brief: Women Battery Factory Workers Sue Bosses Again
SCMP, December 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSL5PVKVE.html

Law
政军学界千人反《物权法》(1,000 People Join Signature Petition Against Draft Law on Property Rights)
Ming Pao, December 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061213/caa1.htm

Court Rejects Lawsuit by Victims of Fatal Antibiotic
SCMP, December 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXZ7LVKVE.html

2006中国法治·立法计划完成得怎样？ (Progress of the Legislative Agenda for 2006)
Xinhuanet, December 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-12/13/content_5473850.htm

Media
China Tightens Control on "Network Music"
Xinhuanet, December 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/12/content_5474585.
htm

Migrant Workers
Cities' Migrant Women Lack Benefits
Shanghai Daily, December 12, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/12/12/299558/Cities__03
9__migrant_women_lack_benefits.htmck_benefits.htm

Olympics
明年8月警方进驻奥运场馆 (Police to Be Deployed to Olympic Venues in August 2007)
The Beijing News, December 13, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/12-13/014@228498.htm

Politics
China Warns of "Non-Traditional" Security Threats
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 13, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061213/wl_nm/china_security_dc_1

中国评论﹕《物权法》争议反映改革思辩 (Commentary: Debates on Property Rights Law Are Part of the Economic Reforms Discussion)
Ming Pao, December 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061213/caz1.htm

Politics: Push to Bring the Provinces into Line
Financial Times, December 13, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/208e92c2-86d4-11db-9ad5-0000779e2
340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.htm
l0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340
.html

Population
Running out of Time to Help Elderly
SCMP, December 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMX7LVKVE.html

Protests and Petitions
Hu Halts Dog Cull After Reading Petitions
SCMP, December 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMA7PVKVE.html

民工讨薪遭伏击？ (Migrant Workers Beaten for Demanding Backpay at Construction Site)
Nanfang City News, December 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/shyp/200612130418
.asp

Public Health
Crackdown Proposed on Smoking in Public
SCMP, December 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9REXVKVE.html

New Rural Medical Care System Covers 495 Mln Farmers
Xinhuanet, December 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/12/content_5473367
.htm

Tibet
False Optimism on Tibet?
SCMP, December 13, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZPW7LVKVE.html

India Halts Tibetans' 'Go-west' Plans
Hindustan Times, December 13, 2006
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1866176,0008.htm

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

December 12, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高志晟)
China Indicts Gao Zhisheng in Secret, Turns Away His Legal Team
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/12/11/china_gaozhisheng/
The case of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sent to the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court, but officials refused to specify the charges against him, arguing that his case involved "state secrets." Requests by Gao’s lawyer, Mo Shaoping, to see Gao have been refused, which Mo states is in contravention of the law. According to friend and fellow rights defender Hu Jia, Gao told his wife on December 6 that he did not want to hire a lawyer, but Gao’s wife does not know why he made such a statement.

News
June 4th - EU Arms Ban
EU to Work Towards Lifting Arms Embargo Against China
People's Daily, December 12, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/12/eng20061212_3313
02.html

Bilateral Ties
欧盟提升对华关係为战略伙伴伙 (EU Passes Resolution to Upgrade Relations with China to Strategic Partnership)
BBC, December 12, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6170000/newsid_6
171000/6171039.stm

Death Penalty
杀害内蒙古福建商会田文通的凶手一审被判死刑 (Murderer of Businessman Sentenced to Death in Inner Mongolia)
Xinhuanet, December 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-12/12/content_5473533.htm

包头一入室抢劫制造灭门惨案的凶手被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering 3 in Inner Mongolia)
Xinhuanet, December 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-12/07/content_5449042.htm

Education
全国农村小学和初中2007年将全部免收学杂费 (Primary and Junior High Schools in all Rural Areas to Offer Free Education as of 2007)
EastDay.com, December 12, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node17627
3/u1a2500861.html

Government
绿色GDP缘何遭地方政府杯葛 (Why Have Local Governments Boycotted Green GDP Accounting?)
Legal Daily, December 12, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/12/content_484531.htm

China Promises Freedom of Information Rules
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 11, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061211/wl_nm/china_transparen
cy_policy_dc_1

《政府信息公开条例》规范公开商业秘密 (Proposed Regulation on Disclosure of Government Information Includes Administrative and Judicial Review Mechanisms)
Legal Daily, December 12, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/12/content_484392.htm

Human Rights
Harmony Important to Human Rights
China Daily, December 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/11/content_755079.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Beijing's Judicial Disgrace
SCMP, December 12, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ3M4LVKVE.html

Human Rights Defender - Tan Kai (谭凯)
Computer Repairman Caught in Legal Web
SCMP, December 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ505LVKVE.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
杭州民主党人突然被警方约谈 朱虞夫仍未释放 (China Democracy Party Members in Hangzhou Asked to Go to Police Station, Zhu Yufu Yet to Be Released)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/11/hangz
hou/

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyers
Rules Seen as Setback to Justice in China
Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-lawyers
11dec11,0,2983959.story?coll=la-news-a_sectionlawyers11dec11,0,2
983959.story?coll=la-news-a_section

Human Rights Defender - Sun Buer (孙不二)
武汉拆迁户坚持维权 泛蓝孙不二被连续传唤 (Wuhan Evictees Insist on Defending Their Rights, Sun Bu'er Being Continually Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/11/sunbuer/

Law
Abuse of Court Process Growing, Say Lawyers
People's Daily, December 12, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/12/eng20061212_33137
4.html

妓女嫖客示众家属拟控深警 (Family of Victim in "Street Trial" Considers Suing Shenzhen Police)
Wen Wei Po, December 12, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0612120015
&cat=002CH

维权律师张鉴康拒绝退出南海敲诈勒索案 (Human Rights Lawyer Zhang Jiankang Refuses to Withdraw from Extortion Lawsuit)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/11/nanhai/

Media
Empty Promise of Press Freedom
SCMP, December 12, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZSVBXVKVE.html

China to Monitor Online Games Zealously
Xinhuanet, December 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/11/content_5469970
.htm

Migrant Workers
More than Nine Percent of Chinese School-age Migrant Children Out of School
People's Daily, December 10, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200612/10/eng20061210_330847.html

North Korea
U.S. Experts Denounce China's Handling of N. Korean Refugees
The Christian Post, December 09, 2006
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061209/23963.htm

Olympics
China Curbs Everest Climbers 'for Olympics'
The Times of India, December 11, 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/China_
curbs_Everest_climbers_for_Olympics/articleshow/770852.cms_for
_Olympics/articleshow/770852.cms

Police
失地农民状告公安非法拘留获立案 (Sichuan Court Accepts Protestors' Claim of Illegal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/11/zigong/

Population
上海规定婚后不育奖4600元 (Childless Married Couples in Shanghai to Receive Award of 4,600 Yuan)
The Beijing News, December 12, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/12-12/014@228300.htm

Protests and Petitions
兴建熊猫基地影响生活 村民请愿遭殴打 (Villagers in Chengdu Beaten and Taken Away for Protesting Construction of Panda Homes)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/11/chengdu/

Rural Issues
China Approves New Five-year Program for Western Development
China Government Website, December 11, 2006
http://www.mwr.gov.cn/english1/20061211/80763.asp

Tibet
New Film Highlights Lives, Losses of Tibetan Buddhism
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/12/11/tibet_film/

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
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