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.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

January 11, 2007

News

Corruption
Anti-Graft Meeting Ends with Strong Warning to Party Officials
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB6PNYRWE.html

China's Investigation Highlights Corruption in Health System
Voice of America, January 11, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-10-voa16.cfm

Education
GDP快速增长教育投入却短缺 教育支出过高影响居民正常生活 (Insufficient Funds for Education Despite Substantial GDP Growth)
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007
01110094.asp

Environment
Beijing Gets Tough with Penalties for Polluters
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9A69VRWE.html

China to Reclaim More Land
China Daily, January 11, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/11/content
_780568.htm

New Datang Projects Face Ban over Pollution
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZTQ69VRWE.html

China Misses Environmental Goals in 2006
Voice of America, January 10, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-10-voa14.cfm

Rapid City Growth Means China Faces Rubbish Crisis by 2020
The Guardian, January 10, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1986
554,00.html

Government
林达：官员升迁程序要逐渐民主化 (Commentary: Promotion of Officials Should Be Progressively Democratized)
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200701100
522.asp

建设部指引违旨1日即废 (Directive on Housing Scrapped One Day After It Was Issued)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070111/caa1h.htm

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
海外“声援高智晟委员会”要求公布高智晟的下落 (Foreign Group in Support of Gao Zhisheng Asks China to Announce His Whereabouts)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/10/gao/

Law
“双规”等反腐实践应纳入《反腐败法》轨道 (Commentary: Anti-Corruption Law Should Be Passed to Regulate "Double Regulations")
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200701100
527.asp

Olympics
欧阳五﹕北京奧运反恐对策出台 (Commentary: On Beijing's New Anti-Terrorism Policy)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070111/fab1.htm

Several Olympic Projects over Budget
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZE779VRWE.html

只需征得被采访单位和个人的同意 外国记者在华采访限制放宽 (New Media Regulation Loosens Restrictions on Interviews by Foreign Journalists)
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070111
0486.asp

Politics
Hand Presidency to Deputy, Hu Is Urged
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQE59VRWE.html

Protests and Petitions
湖北武汉水库移民代表上访 (Representative of over 800 Wuhan Evictees Petitions Government for Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/10/
shuikuyimin/

因悼念被警察打死的访民 上访者被防暴警察追赶抓捕 (Petitioners Beaten and Taken Away for Trying to Pay Tribute to Slain Petitioner)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/10/
shangfang/

Public Health
No Pointers on Funding of Universal Health Care
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ36PNYRWE.html

Xinjiang
Questions Linger over China's Terrorist Threat After Deadly Raid
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070110/wl_afp/chinaattacks
xinjiangthreat_070110063753

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

January 10, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄案进入起诉审理阶段 (Case of Rights Defender Guo Feixiong Sent to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/09/guo/
The case involving charges of "illegal business activity" against rights defender Guo Feixiong (also known as Yang Maodong) has been referred to the Guangzhou Procuratorate after a second investigation. Guo was detained in September 2006 when he urged for the release of Gao Zhisheng. In related news, Internet dissident Li Hong (力虹) (whose real name is Zhang Jianhong (张建红) will stand trial on charges of inciting subversion on January 12.
News
Bilateral Ties
China Denies Checkbook Diplomacy in Africa
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/wl_nm/taiwan_china_afr
ica_dc_1

Corruption
Hu Takes Aim at Top Cadres in Anti-Graft Campaign
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ0ZDT9MWE.html

Environment
全球70％电子垃圾倾中国 (70 Percent of the World's Electrical Waste Dumped in China)
Ming Pao, January 10, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070110/cca1h.htm

China Benefits from Rise in Carbon-Credit Trading
Market Watch, January 10, 2007
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/china-reported-benefit
-trade-carbon/story.aspx?guid=%7B4B4C01CB-AF1A-4313-BD00-E
5440D3C0914%7D

污染企业将遭遇贷款难 (Polluting Enterprises Face Difficulties in Borrowing from Banks)
China Youth Daily, January 10, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/10/content_1637376.htm

破解“环保困局”不能仅靠公众参与 (Public Participation Is Not Enough to Promote Environmental Protection Amid Rapid Economic Growth)
Legal Daily, January 10, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/10/content_511241.
htm

Gender
北京拟制定性教育大纲 6%高中生承认有性行为 (Beijing to Step up Sex Education for Primary and Secondary Students)
People's Daily, January 10, 2007
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1053/5264159.html

Government
Promoting Non-CCP Cadres Is a Long-Term Strategy
China Elections, January 10, 2007
http://www.chinaelections.org/en/readnews.asp?newsid=%7B128
077F0-F47E-4766-A111-C374ACBD1246%7D&classname=News%2
0Highlights

Human Rights Defender - Guo Qizhen (郭起真)
海内外人权团体呼吁让郭起真保外就医 (China Urged to Grant Medical Parole to Guo Qizhen)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/09/renquan/

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案律师告临沂公检法渎职枉法 (Lawyer in Chen Guangcheng's Case Sues Shandong Authorities for Dereliction of Duty)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/09/chen/

Law
中国司法体制和工作机制改革已经显现8大成效 (Beijing Identifies 8 Areas of Progress in China's Judicial System)
People's Daily, January 09, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/5263964.html

State to Compensate Chinese Claimants Unable to Get Damages from Court Orders
People's Daily, January 09, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/09/eng20070109_33959
0.html

Media
Free the Press
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZYJ37VLWE.html

Media Blackout on Bicycle Suit
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3MCT9MWE.html

中国舆论监督网板主李新德个人网站被封 (Personal Website of Founder of Critical Chinese Website Closed)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/09/wang/

Migrant Workers
School for Migrants Fights to Stay Open
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP537VLWE.html

Migrants and Money
Time - China Blog, January 08, 2007
http://time-blog.com/china_blog/2007/01/migrants_and_money.h
tml

Military
New Regulation Strengthens Influence of Communist Party in PLA
People's Daily, January 08, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/09/eng20070109_339560
.html

Olympics
中国奥运场馆项目审计暴露阴暗面 (Auditing of Olympics' Infrastructure Programs Reveals Corruption)
Voice of America, January 10, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-09-voa3.cfm

內地放宽规管境外记者的背后 (Commentary: The Story Behind the New, More Lenient Regulations on Foreign Journalists Working in China)
Ming Pao, January 10, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070110/mta1.htm

Protests and Petitions
中国暴力犯罪上升群体性事件突出 (Violent Crimes and Mass Incidents on the Rise in China)
Voice of America, January 09, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-09-voa2.cfm

Public Health
全国百家医院逾9成遭“医闹” (Over 90 Percent of 115 Hospitals Have Been Affected by "Disturbances Regarding Medical Cases")
The Beijing News, January 10, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/01-10/021@035445.
htm

Xinjiang
Doubt Raised over 'Terrorism' in China's Restive West
Monster and Critics, January 09, 2007
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/features/article_1
241424.php/Doubt_raised_over_terrorism_in_Chinas_restive_west

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

January 9, 2007

Top News of the Day
Xinjiang
19 Killed in Xinjiang 'Terrorist Camp' Raid
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ80AT9MWE.html
Police in Xinjiang destroyed what they say is a terrorist camp run by the pro-independence East Turkestan Islamic Movement on January 5, killing 18 suspects and arresting 17 others. One police officer was killed and another wounded. The East Turkestan Information Centre, based in Germany, said there was no way to verify the police report, but denounced the use of violence in seeking independence.

News
Bilateral Ties
French Presidential Candidate to Grill China on Rights
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070108/ts_afp/chinafranceroyalv
otediplomacyrights_070108052723108052723

Children
父亲赴京上访 7岁女童”学法班” 被关65天 (Seven-Year-Old Held Hostage for 65 Days over Father's Petitioning Activities)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/08/hubei/

Civil Society
草根NGO成立难过“婆婆”这道关 (Grassroots NGOs Face Great Difficulties Finding Sponsoring Departments)
China Youth Daily, January 09, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/09/content_1636061.htm

Corruption
Anti-Graft Bodies to Intensify Purges
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJA07VLWE.html

中国高官涉嫌受贿外界促药管改革 (Critics Call for Reforms as Former State Food and Drug Administration Official Sanctioned for Accepting Bribes)
Voice of America, January 08, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-08-voa22.cfm

Environment
Sparks Fly as China Moves Oil up Mekong
Asia Times Online, January 09, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IA09Ae01.html

Hukou
“城市户口”农村待遇 户籍改革受阻深水区 (Deepening of Hukou Reforms Faces Obstacles)
Legal Daily, January 09, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/09/content_509965
.htm

Human Rights Defenders
警察打死访民后不收敛 殴打仍继续 (Violence Against Petitioners Continues After Police Beat Shanghai Petitioner to Death)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/08/shang
hai/

Media
身份证生成器让网络实名制显得可笑 ("ID Synthesizer" Makes Internet Real Name Registration Laughable)
China Youth Daily, January 09, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/09/content_1635971.htm

Migrant Workers
Police Force Closure of School for Migrants
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUXAT9MWE.html

Olympics
奥运工程将成今年审计亮点 (Olympic Construction Becomes Auditors' Main Focus in 2007)
Legal Daily, January 09, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/09/content_509891.
htm

Protests and Petitions
自贡失地村民状告公安案延期 上千人聚会表达不满 (1,000 Victims of Land Grabs Protest Trial Delay at Sichuan Court)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/08/zigong/

甘肃庆阳数百名运输工人抗议侵权 (Hundreds of Transport Workers Protest New Employment Conditions in Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, October 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/07/gansu/

Handle Unrest at Source, Says Top Security Official
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYX07VLWE.html

Public Health
Minister Says Access to Basic Health Care a Priority
South China Morning Post, January 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2YAT9MWE.html

Religion
宗教自由新年未见新气象 追求信仰党校领导受审查 (Vice-Principal of Hebei Party School Investigated for Conducting Bible Class)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/08/religion/

Monday, January 08, 2007

January 6 - 8, 2007

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Local Cadres to Face the Music over Serious 'Mass Incidents'
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZK6IMDJWE.html
On January 5, the Ministry of Public Security issued new directives which require local cadres to step down if their dereliction leads to "mass incidents". The Ministry did not define what would constitute dereliction when it announced the directives, which also demand that local police chiefs resign if they extract confessions from suspects by torture.

News
Bilateral Ties
Royal: China Must Respect Human Rights
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_on_re_as/china_fran
ce_royal_2

French Tourism Ministry Releases New Guide
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), January 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_on_re_eu/france_ch
ina_1

Death Penalty
绑架杀害民营企业家两名凶手被执行死刑 (Duo Executed on Kidnapping and Murder Charges in Inner Mongolia)
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/07/content_5575198
.htm

内蒙古一特大虚开增值税发票案主犯一审被判死缓 (Businessman in Inner Mongolia Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Tax Fraud)
Xinhuanet, January 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/05/content_5570527
.htm

Education
黑龙江重点高中招生将实行配额制 (Heilongjiang High Schools Impose Quota for Rural Students)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/06/gaozh
ong/

Environment
Clean-Water Drive Targets Farmers
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1GX6VLWE.html

Largest Lake to Dry up in 200 Years
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW0CMDJWE.html

Tibetan Glaciers at Risk, Study Warns
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZW6IMDJWE.html

Freedom of Speech
独立参选人姚立法谈参政传奇被禁 (China Bans New Book Entitled “I Oppose: The Political Story of a Local People's Congress Delegate”)
Voice of America, January 07, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-07-voa39.cfm

Government
Fights Erupt After Political Beating
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZO0CMDJWE.html

Human Rights Defender – Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
官斥疆独捧热比娅 指「维吾尔之母」称号荒谬 (China Condemns Xinjiang Separatists for Calling Rebiya Kadeer "the Mother of the Uyghur People")
Ming Pao, January 08, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070108/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚二审料将书面审理　律师称证据多疑点应开庭 (Chen Guangcheng's Appeal Trial to Be Held on Paper Only, Lawyer Still Calls for Public Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/chen/

Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
曾建余被捕 律师仍未了解有关案情 (Human Rights Lawyer Zeng Jianyu Arrested, His Lawyer Uninformed of Case)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/ceng/

Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
王炳章呼吁中国政府以更人道的方式管理监狱 (Wang Bingzhang Demands More Humane Treatment in China's Prisons)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/wang/

Human Rights Defender – Gao Qinrong (高勤荣)
高勤荣为何8年翻不了案 (Why Gao Qinrong Still Cannot Prove His Innocence After 8 Years)
Y Weekend, January 04, 2007
http://www.yweekend.com/webnews/070104/A18/070104A1801.
shtml

Law
Chinese Courts Convict over 759,230 People Last Year
People's Daily, January 08, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/08/eng20070108_3390
26.html

Ignored Farmers Win Case Against Police
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLGX6VLWE.html

In Brief: Don't Ratify Extradition Pact, Groups Tell France
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK0CMDJWE.html

法制日报2006法制新闻人物和十大法制新闻揭晓 (Legal Daily Announces Top 10 People and News of 2006)
Xinhuanet, January 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/08/content_5577227
.htm

最高法院：要研究建立刑事被害人国家救助制度 (China to Research the Development of a Relief System for Victims in Criminal Cases)
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/07/content_5575984.
htm

2006年全国法院民事案件逾三成调解结案 (China's Courts Mediated 30 Percent of Civil Cases in 2006)
Xinhuanet, January 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/07/content_5575999
.htm

最高法首次提出“司法和谐”理念 倡导和谐诉讼 (Supreme People's Court Puts Forward "Judicial Harmony," Encourages Harmonious Litigations)
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/06/content_5573347.htm

Media
本报读者调查 实名制：手机可以网络不行 (83.5 Percent of Interviewees Against Real Name Registration System on the Internet)
China Youth Daily, January 08, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/08/content_1634516.htm

Chinese Media: "Personal ID Generation Tool" Could Undermine Real-Name Registration on the Web
China Media Project, January 05, 2007
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=
1&NrIssue=1&NrSection=100&NrArticle=755=100&NrArticle=755

“中国政府”成“敏感词汇” ("Chinese Government" Becomes Sensitive Vocabulary on China's Web)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/mingan/

Fourteen Regulators Wrangle over Blogs
Danwei, January 08, 2007
http://www.danwei.org/internet/one_blog_fourteen_regulators.php

Olympics
In Brief: Infrastructure Spending up 15pc for Olympics
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEGX6VLWE.html

北京奥运之前人权律师盼望能有多名异见人士被释放 (Human Rights Lawyer Hopes Jailed Dissidents Will Be Released Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/06/beijing/

Poverty
China Suffers Widening Income Gap: Report
People's Daily, January 08, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/08/eng20070108_3390
37.html

Protests and Petitions
南海村民围工地阻开工　面临警黑双重威胁 (Victims of Land Grabs in Guangdong Threatened by Police and Triads for Obstructing Developers' Work)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/nanhai/

深圳德科洛家具厂发生劳资冲突 (Workers Protest Employment Conditions in Shenzhen Toy Factory)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/05/shenz
hen/

Friday, January 05, 2007

January 5, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders
上海访民段惠民被警察殴打致死 (Shanghai Petitioner Duan Huimin Beaten to Death by Police)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/03/fangm
in/
Shanghai petitioner Duan Huimin (段惠民) was seriously beaten by police, denied treatment and died on January 2, 2007. He and his sister were making a petitioning trip to Beijing on November 4, 2006, and when the authorities beat his sister, he defended her with nail scissors. He himself was then beaten and detained. He had been bleeding since November 4 but the authorities denied him any treatment. He was sent home on December 31, three days after he first fell unconscious and the doctor diagnosed his condition as critical. His family admitted him to the hospital on January 1 but he died the next day.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Courts Africa with Aid, Projects
Associated Press (via YahooNews), January 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_on_re_af/china_in_afr
ica_2

Children
中学生自杀现象调查 5个中学生中有1人曾想自杀 (One in 5 Secondary Students Once Thought About Suicide)
Xinhuanet, January 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/05/content_5567513
.htm

Death Penalty
杭州杀人弃尸黄山 罪犯在安徽被执行死刑 (Murderer of Girlfriend Executed in Anhui)
Xinhuanet, January 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/04/content_5565889.
htm

中国司法开启少杀时代 (China's Courts to Order Fewer Death Sentences)
Nanfang Weekend, December 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200612310297
.asp

Disasters
Disasters Take Highest Toll Since 1998
China Daily, January 05, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/05/content_775128
.htm

Environment
China Chokes on a Coal-fired Boom
The Times, January 05, 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2524271,00.html

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Freed Activist Lawyer Back in Home Town
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7R8MDJWE.html

Land Policy
沈阳暴力拆迁一人被殴致死 建设部通报房地产交易10起典型案件 (Ministry of Construction Announces 10 Typical Cases of Illegal Real Estate Transactions )
Nanfang Daily, January 05, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701050296.
asp

Law
凶手强奸5岁女童后将其踩死抛尸 一审逃脱死刑 (Man Avoids Death Sentence for Raping and Murdering 5-Year-Old)
Xinhuanet, January 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/05/content_5568071.
htm

律师执业遇袭趋势恶化 公开信呼吁当局落实法律 (Seven Beaten Lawyers Seek Better Protection in Open Letter)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/04/falu/

Media
政府与媒体应是合作伙伴 (Commentary: Government and Media Should Be Partners)
Nanfang City News, January 05, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200701050381.
asp

中国放宽对外国记者限制被指做秀 (China's More Lenient Regulations for Foreign Journalists Criticized as Being Just for Show)
Voice of America, January 04, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-04-voa29.cfm

Politics
中国民生问题多学者呼吁政治改革 (Academics Say Political Reforms Will Help China Solve Social Problems)
Voice of America, January 04, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-04-voa24.cfm

Protests and Petitions
港商索偿天天靜坐法官也感动 (Hong Kong Businessman Petitions Outside Shenzhen Court Every Day, Judge Touched)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070105/ccd1.htm

Workers Protest After 3 Beaten in Pay Row
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMWUMDJWE.html

Fujian Villagers Block Road to Protest Pollution
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/01/03/china_protest/

Society
New Challenges in Ties with Minorities
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQWUMDJWE.html

Hong Kong
Wang Dan to Seek Job Teaching on HK Campus
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2007
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZJUUMDJWE.html

Thursday, January 04, 2007

January 4, 2007

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
Activist is Denied Medical Attention
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0K8GOFWE.html
Environmental activist Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟) has been denied medical treatment in Beijing for a potentially life-threatening tumor and is subject to constant harassment, according to a human rights organization. Sun was jailed in April 2005 for exposing a radiation poisoning scandal in Gansu, where he was a former employee of a state-owned uranium mine. He was diagnosed with an abdominal tumor recently and local authorities have rejected his application to go to Beijing for treatment.


Religion
内蒙新疆家庭教会庆祝圣诞活动受打压 (Crackdowns Reported on House Churches in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang during Christmas)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/03/church/
According to the China Aid Association, police raided the private homes of house church leaders in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, barring them from gathering with church followers for Christmas. About eight Mongolian Christians were taken away, with three reportedly still in detention after questioning, and a priest in Xinjiang is in critical condition after being beaten up by police.


News
Corruption
China's Crackdown on Corruption Still Largely Secret
Washington Post, December 30, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/
12/30/AR2006123000932.htmldyn/content/article/2006/12/30
/AR2006123000932.html

Food Security
Food Security at Risk: Report
China Daily, January 04, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/04/content_773
928.htm

Freedom of Association
中国泛蓝联盟被迫取消网友聚会 (Pan-Blue Alliance Members Harassed and Forced to Cancel Public Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/03/china_
dissident_panblue/

Human Rights Defenders - Ching Cheong (程翔)
家屬：程翔被轉送北京天河監獄 (Jailed Journalist Ching Cheong Has Been Transferred to Tianhe Prison in Beijing, Family Says)
BBC, January 04, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6220000/newsid
_6229700/6229749.stm

Law
多部重要法律新年伊始实施 (A Number of Important New Laws Will Take Effect in January 2007)
Legal Daily, January 04, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-01/04/content_505288.htm

检察官办案禁说“就是你干的” (Procurators Banned from Saying 10 Phrases to Suspects During Investigation)
The Beijing News, January 04, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/01-04/014@
033102.htm

最高人民法院有关部门负责人解读：诉讼费下调 (Supreme People's Court Explains Measures on Lowering Fees for Lawsuits)
Xinhuanet, January 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/04/content_556
3355.htm

Media
Chinese Gov'ts "Serve the Media, Not Manage Them"
Xinhuanet, January 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-01/04/content_556
4508.htm

Migrant Workers
调查:多数女农民工无产假 1成多单位发产假工资 (Survey: Most Employers Fail to Provide Maternity Leave for Migrant Workers)
Xinhuanet, January 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newcountryside/2007-01/04/content
_5563256.htm

Politics
Why China Wants You to Learn Chinese
The Christian Science Monitor, January 04, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0104/p17s01-legn.html

Population
China's Henan Bans Abortion Drugs
BBC, January 03, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6226949.stm

Protests and Petitions
Fujian Villagers Block Road to Protest Pollution
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/01/03/china_protest/

Public Health
近八成西部青年未享受医疗保障 (Nearly 80% of Youth in Western China Do not Enjoy Health Insurance)
China Youth Daily, January 04, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/04/content_1630976.htm

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

January 3, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟律师一家的行踪引起关注 (Whereabouts of Gao Zhisheng and His Family Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/02/gao/
Contact has been lost with Gao Zhisheng's family, according to his sister-in-law and his friend Hu Jia. Hu said someone told him Gao and his family were escorted out of Beijing, but another source said he saw Gao's daughter near their home. Hu speculated that Gao's family had to leave Beijing because the authorities did not want them to receive media interviews, as is permitted under the new regulations on foreign journalists.
News
Children
中国涉外收养政策没有变 优先办理符合各方利益 (China Maintains Policy of Giving Preferential Treatment to Most Suitable Adoptive Parents)
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-01/03/content_556092
6.htm

Death Penalty
从人治走向法治 中国死刑复核下放的27年长路 (The History of Legal Reforms on the Death Penalty in China)
EastDay.com, January 03, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070103/u1a2544296.html

"9•15"特大贩毒案贩毒家族3名主犯一审被判死刑 (Three Drug Dealers Sentenced to Death in Anhui)
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-01/02/content_5559754
.htm

Environment
As Officials Bicker, Polluters Cash In and Waterways Die
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFX5GOFWE.html

Counting the Cost of Chaotic Development
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGYJIOFWE.html

No Price Too High for China's Clean Water
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZALSHOFWE.html

Pollution Engulfs Bohai Bay Fishermen
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZN6UGOFWE.html

Government
高干子女掌握中国五大经济部门 (Cadres' Children Control China's 5 Main Financial Sectors)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/02/gaogan/

Human Rights Defender - Xu Yonghai (徐永海)
北京基督徒徐永海受到警方监视 (Christian Xu Yonghai Not Allowed to Leave Home for 3 Days Starting New Year's Day)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/02/zongjiao/

Law
Lawyer Joins Calls to Close Rural-urban Compensation Gap
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOYJIOFWE.html

郑州命传媒监督公仆 (New Regulations Ask Media to Monitor Civil Servants in Zhengzhou, Henan)
Ming Pao, January 03, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070103/cab2.htm

Media
Clamour Grows for Freedom of Speech
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV6UGOFWE.html

中国境内仅境外记者有采访自由? (Commentary: Do Only Foreign Media Have the Freedom to Work in China?)
Voice of America, January 02, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-02-voa30.cfm

Olympics
Service with a Smile -- It's the Law
Los Angeles Times, January 02, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-rude2jan0
2,1,1724960.story?coll=la-headlines-worldrude2jan02,1,1724960.st
ory?coll=la-headlines-world

Politics
New Year's Propaganda?
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZFW5GOFWE.html

Populist Policies Target Reforms in Key Sectors
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQKSHOFWE.html

Population
The Graying of China
Boston Globe, January 03, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/01/02/th
e_graying_of_china/

Protests and Petitions
广州千名教师请愿被驱 (1,000 Petitioning Teachers Dispersed in Guangzhou)
Ming Pao, January 03, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070103/cci1.htm

Tibet
Unfree Thinker
South China Morning Post, January 03, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZILSHOFWE.html

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

December 30, 2006 - January 2, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media
Magazine Editor Loses Job After Outspoken Campaign
South China Morning Post, January 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQ9NPD9WE.html
Huang Liangtian (黄良天), the chief editor of the outspoken monthly Baixing (百姓) has been removed from his post after a series of high-profile investigative reports on corruption, land disputes and workers' rights, which "spoke out for the ordinary citizens but angered the authorities”. Huang said he has been transferred to a publication which "does not produce real news".

News
Children
Children Bear Brunt of Great Divide
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4FPPD9WE.html

Civil Society
中国天网人权事务中心成立 (Tianwang Human Rights Affairs Center Established)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/01/tianw
ang/

Corruption
Drugs Watchdog Chief Facing Probe
South China Morning Post, January 01, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFTIPD9WE.html

Death Penalty
合肥网吧爆炸案两主犯被处死 (Duo Executed over Cyber Café Explosion in Anhui)
Nanfang City News, January 01, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/shyp/200701010266.a
sp

山西“警察打警察”案主犯之一被处死 (Murderer of Policeman Executed in Shanxi)
Nanfang City News, January 01, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/shyp/200701010265.
asp

佳木斯连环杀童案凶手被处死 (Serial Killer of Children Executed in Heilongjiang)
Nanfang City News, January 01, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/shyp/200701010267
.asp

Environment
A New Year Resolution for the Leaders - Clean up the Foul Air in Beijing
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRHTPD9WE.html

'Certain Pollution Can Be Tolerated. It's a Common Practice of Local Governments All over China'
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8FRPD9WE.html

Hundreds of Thousands of Villagers Rely on this Foul, Polluted River, and the Authorities Don't Seem to Care
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8PUPD9WE.html

'I Don't Think We'll Ever See Clean Water in the River or the Sea Again'
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZS7OPD9WE.html

Freedom of Speech
Beijing Ordered Pay-off in Legal Tussle over Book
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZK9KPD9WE.html

Human Rights Defender - Hada (哈达)
Dissident's Health Worsening, Says Wife
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW7OPD9WE.html

Labor
Report: Workers at Foreign-funded Companies in China Need More Protection
International Herald Tribune, December 31, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/31/business/AS_FIN_Chi
na_Labor_Foreign.php

Media
Bao Tong Visited by Journalist as Press Curbs Eased
South China Morning Post, January 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKPUPD9WE.html

中国严控媒体同时抱怨外电不客观 (China Complains that Foreign Media Reports Are Not Objective)
Voice of America, December 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-29-voa2.cfm

China's Internet Users Jump 30%
BBC, December 29, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6216231.stm

Migrant Workers
调查显示:多数女农民工未能享受产假待遇 (Survey Finds Most Migrant Workers Do Nsot Enjoy Maternity Benefits)
EastDay.com, January 02, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070102/u1a2543574.html

Olympics
New Games Rules for HK Media
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYGMPD9WE.html

Politics
学者分析中国官方报纸为何赞民主 (Academics Analyze Why China's Official Newspaper Praises Democracy)
Voice of America, January 01, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-01-voa37.cfm

Protests and Petitions
新年元旦北京几百名访民被抓 (Hundreds of Petitioners Taken Away on New Year's Day in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/01/shangfa
ng/

Public Health
新年落实利民新措施 广州医疗费大减价 (Guangzhou Residents to Pay Lower Medical Fees)
Apple Daily, January 02, 2007
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20070102&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6674896
335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6674896

新疆乙肝歧视 60名新生被勒令退学 (60 Students Ordered to Quit School in Xinjiang over Hepatitis B Discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/30/xinjiang/

Religion
Nine Catholic Priests Arrested in China
AFP (via YahooNews), December 29, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061229/wl_asia_afp/chinavatica
narrests_061229194852
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