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, June 20, 2005

June 18-20, 2005

Top news of the day

Media - Internet
MII Plans To Block Websites And Server IP Addresses
China Tech News via China Digital News, June 17, 2005
According to the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), 30% of websites in China who had yet to registered for an Internet Content Provider identification number would face closure as the deadline for registration due. Websites share the same IP address with the unregistered site would also be blocked.
http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type
=news&id=2713


News

Bilaterals - Other
Israel apologizes to U.S. over China arms sale
Reuters, June 19, 2005
Israel publicly apologized to the United States on Sunday over arms exports to China that have drawn criticism from Washington and strained U.S.-Israeli security ties.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&story
ID=8830043

Two Israelis Kidnapped in China
Epoch Times, Jun 19, 2005
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-6-19/29642.html

Beijing Declaration of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/19/content_3104
866.htm

Corporate responsibility/Environment
State Environmental Protection Administration: enterprises also have social responsibilities in building a “green” society
环保总局：企业要承担绿色社会责任
China Youth Daily, June 20, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/20/content_20455.htm

Corruption
‘Extravagant meal costing 7,000 yuan’ exposed corrupted financial black-holes in Henan Kaifeng township government
村干部一顿吃掉7000 村级财务黑洞有多深
EastDay.com, June 20, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node69184/userobject1ai1194436.html

Death penalty
Yanan Party Secretary sentenced to death for killing township governor
延安一原乡党委书记被执行死刑
Legal Daily, June 20, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/20/content_157
029.htm

Environment – Water
Yellow River water will be rationed
SCMP, June 18, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUBKZFA9E.html

Environment - Pollution
China faces looming environmental crisis
China Daily, June 20, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/20/content
_452838.htm

Government – Governance and accountability
China’s New Frontiers: Tests of Democracy and Dissent
The New York Times, June 19, 2005
http://www.howardwfrench.com/archives/2005/06/19/chinas_
new_frontiers_tests_of_democracy_and_dissent/

Development and Reform Committee rows to correct seven unreasonable administration fee structures in rural areas
发改委将大力治理乱收费 清理行政审批等7方面
EastDay.com, June 20, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node69184/userobject1ai1193548.html

Self-governance system in villages dooms to fail if no redress system for violation of self-governing power in place in law
基层村民自治权呼唤司法救济
Legal Daily, June 20, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/20/content_1569
29.htm

Human rights – Bilateral ties
No sell-out of rights for trade, says Canberra
SCMP, June 20, 2005
http://asia.scmp.com/asianews/ZZZQ6O5F4AE.html

Labour – work safety and conditions
Shortage of safety expertise in mines 'hits crisis point'
SCMP, June 18, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVKR4GA9E.html

Why labour is vulnerable to abuses?
他们为什么易受侵犯
China Youth Daily, June 20, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/20/content_20290.htm

Law
Four draft laws to be examined
Xinhuanet.com, June 17, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/17/content_3098
950.htm

Media-Press freedom
Pressure on the Press
The Newsweek via China Digital News, June 19, 2005
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8272398/site/newsweek/

Media-Internet
As China Censors the Internet, Money Talks
Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-censor17
jun17,0,912127.story?page=1&track=tottext

Why media remain silence about the disastrous Xueshenghui flood?
中国媒体为何对黑龙江洪灾集体失语？
Boxcn.com , June 19, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/200506192
356.shtml

Olympics / Environment
Leaders could make first move to help city clean up its act
SCMP, June 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2HZQ73AE.html

Political Dissidents/Organizing - Petitions and Protests
Defector is a man on the run, Chinese say
Sydney Morning Herald, June 20, 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Defector-is-a-man-on-
the-run-Chinese-say/2005/06/19/1119119727260.html?oneclic
k=true

Public health – HIV Aids
China, WHO to provide AIDS intervention for homosexuals
Xinhuanet.com, June 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/20/content_31079
33.htm

Public health – mental health
National social relief scheme to extend to roving homeless people and those with mental disease, according to Ministry of Civil Affairs
民政部官员:流浪精神病患者有望纳入救助范围
EastDay.com, June 18, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node68950/userobject1ai1191190.html

Nine in 10 depression sufferers go untreated
China Daily, June 20, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/20/content
_452815.htm

Public Health - Other
China ruins best chance of beating bird flu epidemic
Telegraph, June 19, 2005
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/
06/19/wflu19.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/06/19/ixworld.html

Sino-European team finds anti-Sars drug
SCMP, June 20, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZGJ7KF4AE.html

FAO seeks clarification from China on use of human flu drug on birds
AFX News Limited, June 20, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/06/20/afx210
0541.html

Reforms - Corruption
China's state-run media focus on police corruption: Two incidents suggest Beijing is trying to win over an angry public
Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2005
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/3230887

Reforms - Elections
China's New Frontiers: Tests of Democracy and Dissent
The New York Times, June 19, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/international/asia/19dem
ocracy.html

Reforms - Population Policy
China climbs world infertility ladder:
Pollution and abortion are blamed as one in eight couples are now unable to have a child in a country that not long ago had one of the best fertility rates in the world
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2005
http://www.scmp.com

Resettlement
22 arrested over mob attack
SCMP, June 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHHXQ73AE.html

Dead farmers' kin demand justice
SCMP, June 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZACKZFA9E.html

Resettlement-protests and petitions
Peasants fighting back in rural China
The Globe and the mail via China Digital News, June 18, 2005
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory
/LAC/20050618/CHINA18/TPInternational/TopStories

Kin of dead China protesters vow to find killers
Reuters via sandiego.com, June 17, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050617-0948-chi
na-protest.html

Religion – Christianity
Religious freedom the key, says Vatican as it seeks ties
SCMP, June 18, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0TTSGA9E.html

Rural Issues
Suspects responsible for villagers' death seized in Hebei
Xinhuanet, June 18, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/18/content_3102
026.htm

State security – terrorism
Uprisings to be ignored by regional grouping
SCMP, June 18, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMKR4GA9E.html

Friday, June 17, 2005

June 17, 2005

Top news of the day

Media - Internet
Search on for 4,000 web police for Beijing
SCMP, June 17, 2005
Beijing would recruit 4,000 web security officers to oversee the internet cafes and service providers in response to Beijing Internet Safety Service Centre’s latest mission of “erasing all sort of unhealthy information and safeguarding the operating environment of all websites”. The move demonstrated the authority’s strict control of information flow on the Internet.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3LBZEU9E.html



News

Children
Thousand orphans adopted by Hebei CCP Commission for Discipline Inspection member
千名孤儿认下“纪委爸爸”
Nanfang Weekend, June 16, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050616/xw/szxw1/
200506160006.asp

Death Penalty
Two Taiwanese women sentenced to death for drug trafficking
走私毒品　两台湾女子在广州遭判死刑、死缓
Boxcn.com, June 16, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/20050616
2316.shtml

Death penalty / Law – Wrongful convictions
Five doubtful points in Hunan Mayang death penalty case
湖南麻阳死刑冤案爆猛料 五大疑点未能枪下留人
EastDay.com, June 17, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node68776/userobject1ai1187452.html

Murdering wife for insurance compensation: from death row to innocent
“杀妻骗保”：从死刑到无罪
Nanfang Weekend, June 16, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050616/xw/fz/2005
06160009.asp

Detention-Zhang Lin(張林)
Lawyer confirms trial date of dissident Zhang Lin
安徽法院下周审理异议人士张林
Voice of America, June 16, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-16-voa40.cfm

Detention – Yang Jianli (楊建利)
US Senators write to President Hu Jintao for the release of Yang Jianli
美参议员致信胡锦涛呼释放杨建利
Voice of America, June 16, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-16-voa41.cfm

Mao Portrait Protester Raises Fears For Jailed Fellows
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/06/16/china_mao/

Education
Experts suggest 12 year free education adopted in China, dismissing government’s excuse of limited education budget
专家建议推行12年免费义务教育 驳财力有限论
EastDay.com, June 17, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node68611/userobject1ai1186636.html

Environment
China's Air Pollution Won't Improve While Power Cuts Continue
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/business/lelyveld/2005/06/
15/environment/

Labour – Industrial accidents
Watchdog hits out at mine collusion
SCMP, June 17, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFOGZFA9E.html

Coal mine death toll rises 9.7% in 1st 5 months
Xinhuanet.com, June 17, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/16/content_30948
46.htm

Law – Legal professions
Lawyers play bigger role in nation's economy
Xinhuanet.com, June 17, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/17/content_3096
827.htm

Media-censorship/press freedom
VOA audience complains government’s interferences of their listening to VOA programs
听友诉说中国当局打压美国之音
Voice of America, June 16, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-06-16-voa65.cfm

Chinese writer tests the power of his press
The international Herald Tribune, June 16, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/15/news/china.php

Media-Internet
Submarine Cable To Speed China's Web Access
Top Tech News, June 15, 2005
http://www.toptechnews.com/news/Cable-To-Speed-China-s-
Web-Access/story.xhtml?story_id=033003AZU6A3

Olympics
China promises safe Olympic Games in 200
SCMP, June 17, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/17/content_3095
959.htm

Poverty – Income gap
Six major areas of income disparities in urban China: 10% of urban residents own 45% of total income
我国居民收入六大差距 10%居民占有45%城市财富
EastDay.com, June 17, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node68776/userobject1ai1188392.html

Public health-HIV-AIDS
City Emerges as Model in China's Effort to Reverse AIDS Record
The New York Times, June 16, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/16/international/asia/16aid
s.html?hp&ex=1118980800&en=ce1ff0d65c52f258&ei=5094&pa
rtner=homepage

Resettlement
Police probe deadly raid on farmers' camp
SCMP, June 17, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZAOGZFA9E.html

Resettlement –Forceful eviction
Over 20 villagers rage violent clashes with police in Beijing Shijingshan against forceful eviction
北京石景山20多居民遭遇血腥拆迁
Boxcn.com, June 17, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/20050617
1256.shtml

Rural Issues
Time to dismiss bias against rural farmers
消除对农民的偏见
Nanfang Weekend, June 16, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050616/xw/zy/200506
160025.asp

Society – drug
Drug addicts hit 1.14 million in China, 80 % of women drug addicts engage in sex work
全国在案吸毒者114万人 其中80%女性曾从事卖淫
EastDay.com, June 17, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node68611/userobject1ai1186545.html

State security – terrorism
China to draft counterterrorism law
Xinhuanet.com, June 17, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/16/content_309
4699.htm

Thursday, June 16, 2005

June 16, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention –Zhang Lin (張林)
Rights group say human rights activist Zhang Lin to face trial soon
中国人权稱著名异议人士张林近期面临审判
Chinesenewsnet, June 16, 2005
Human Rights in China (HRIC) reported that dissident writer Zhang Lin(張林), who had been detained on January 27 on his way to pay tribute to Zhao Ziyang, would face trial on June 21 with the charge of “subversion of state power and the overthrow of the socialist system under Article 105 of China’s Criminal Law”. Zhang’s comment on the lyrics of a punk rock song of a rock group Pangu was even used by the persecution as evidence for the indictment.
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_6_15_20_47_46_211.html




NGO / Public health – HIV Aids
China criticized of harassing Aids activists and restricting their activities in China
中国骚扰艾滋病活动人士遭批评
Voice of America, June 15, 2005
China was criticised of continuously harassing Aids activists and tightening restrictions on the work capacity of NGOs’ Aids programs in China, according to a human rights group’s report released yesterday. The group called for the authority’s genuine efforts to live up to its promises in fighting HIV/Aids in China.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-15-voa47.cfm





News

Bilaterals - US/China
Clinton, Kerry among senators urging China to release dissident
AFX – Asia, June 16, 2005
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=70f14084
b30594e196083eb446857207&_docnum=13&wchp=dGLzVzz-
zSkVA&_md5=ecb3bf5b5ea478e5dddc03336d217845

Gender Issues – sexual discrimination
Women workers win China’s first sexual discrimination case in Chengdu
全国首例性别歧视案在成都宣判
Boxcn.com, June 16, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/20050616
1240.shtml

Human Rights
Dissident Yuan Hongbing harassed by Chinese secret agents in Australia before
袁红冰表示在澳曾受中国特工人员骚扰
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/15/yuanhong
bing/

Hukao/Election
To ensure equal voting rights of people without Hukao in cities
在实践层面保障非户籍人群选举权
China Youth Daily, June 16, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/16/content_18901.htm

Labour
Rights for China's workers
San Francisco Chronicle, June 15, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/15/
BUGQ5D8EV61.DTL

Labour - Law
‘No contract does not mean no employment relationship’, according to new labour regulations
不签合同也能认定劳动关系
The Beijing News, June 16, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0616/12@004
709.html#

Law
Executed for murder, but 'victim' alive
SCMP, June 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP0MSGA9E.html

Law – legal professions
Lawyers: We are not fighting for our own rights
律师：我们不是在为自己争权利
Legal Daily, June 16, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/16/content_155
637.htm

Media-press freedom
China orders media silence on village clash
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 14, 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1392159.htm

Poverty
New scheme helps city's homeless
China Daily, June 15, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/16/content
_451969.htm

Protests and petitions
Chinese officials purged after riot
China National News, June 15, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319
e9b/id/42bd3b99b5ed1242/

Public health
Nine steps set for fighting AIDS
Xinhuanet.com, June 15, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/15/content_308
9486.htm

Resettlement
Artists fight to save their village from demolition
SCMP, June 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBY6ZEU9E.html

Hong Kong
Democrat blames the system
SCMP, June 16, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ5RJ4GA9E.html




North Korea
North Korean Defector Wants Bush To Pressure China
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/06/15/nkorea
_kang/

Xinjiang
Analysis of Uighurs separatist activities in Xinjiang
专家分析新疆维吾尔分离主义活动
Voice of America, June 15, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-15-voa40.cfm

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

June 15, 2005

News

Death Penalty
Heartbreaking man sentenced to death for killing six people
男子恋爱不成连杀6人获死刑
The Beijing News, June 15, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0615/12@0159
52.html#

Disaster
Cash offer for families of flooding victims
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVZG4GA9E.html

Food Security
China to announce new laws to uphold food safety
关注食品安全：我国加大整顿食品安全力度
Chinesenewsnet, June 15, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_06_14_21_55_13_768.html

Gender-marriage
Divorce rate in China exceeds Japan and Korea, Beijing at the top of national league table of divorce cases
中国离婚水平已超过日韩 北京离婚率全国最高
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-06/15/content_
3086702.htm

Law-Legal profession
Chinese lawyers save 500 billion yuan of losses in past 3 years
People’s Daily, June 15, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/15/eng20050615_
190265.html

Media – Internet
China's secret internet police target critics with web of propaganda
The Guardian, June 14, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1505988,00.
html

Chinese Target Web's 'Prohibited Language'
AP via YahoNews.com, June 15, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050615/ap_on_hi_te/china_micr
osoft/nc:731;_ylt=AvNRufrb5LG3djUdTMfTslkBxg8F;_ylu=X3oD
MTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

RSF condemns Microsoft kowtows to Beijing’s evil internet censorship
记者无国界谴责微软公司屈从中国政府压力
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/14/microsoft/

Olympics
'Green Olympics' eyed for 2008 Beijing Games
China Daily, June 15, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/15/content
_451599.htm

Villagers in Beijing suburbs block the entrance of an Olympic Stadium to protest against unreasonable compensation of land grabs
北京郊民因土地补偿问题堵塞奥运馆入口处
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/14/aoyuan/

Protests and petitions
City chiefs sacked over deadly attack on farmers
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7N4ZEU9E.html

Religion – Christianity
Beijing paving way to renew Vatican links
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJ25ZEU9E.html

State security – Spying
HK haven for spies: ex-Xinhua chief
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ30H4GA9E.html

Xinjiang
Uighurs feel China's squeeze
Asia Time Online, June 14, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GF14Ad03.html

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

June 14, 2005

Top news of the day

June 4th - EU arms ban
EU plan to lift ban on arms sales postponed
SCMP, June 14, 2005
European Union would postpone the bill of lifting the 16-year arms embargo against China to next year due to concerns of human right development and military balance within the East Asian region.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBE1ZEU9E.html

Media - Internet
Microsoft's China sites ban 'freedom'
SCMP, June 14, 2005
To appease Beijing’s rigid internet control, Microsoft blocked the words “democracy” and “freedom” and “human right” from its China-based internal portal. Other words like “Taiwan independence” and “demonstration” were also forbidden in the company’s free blog services and MSN space.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP3FSGA9E.html



News

Corruption
Corrupt officials blamed for 80pc of bank scandals
SCMP, June 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPA5ZFA9E.html

Death Penalty
Fujian children trafficker sentenced to death
福建长汀特大拐卖儿童案一主犯被判处死刑
Chinesenewsnet, June 14, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_06_13_22_55_19_920.html

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Stand up for journalists' rights, Hong Kong
SCMP, June 14, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZWCC4GA9E.html

Education
180,000 yuan needed to finish 12 years schooling up to senior secondary education in China, survey shows
高考学子家庭教育成本调查:求学12年共计18万
EastDay.com, June 14, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node68257/userobject1ai1179061.html

Environment – water
Trading water rights a solution to ease water shortage in China, experts suggest
400多座城市缺水 专家：依法进行用水权交易
SCMP, June 14, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/13/content_3077
180.htm

Food security – GM food
GM rice is in shops in Guangzhou
SCMP, June 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNE1ZEU9E.html

Gender – reproductive health
Infertility rate increased 20 times in two decades
我国不孕不育人群比例20年增10倍 成第3大顽疾
Xinhuanet.com, June 13 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-06/14/content_
3081472.htm

Law / Human Rights – Human rights defenders
Lawyer in prejudice case 'forced to resign'
SCMP, June 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9B5ZFA9E.html

Law - legal profession
Beijing lawyers break through barrier
China Daily, June 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/14/content_
451223.htm

Law - legal reform
Police to be restricted from searching suspects’ houses at night to protect human rights, according to a proposed amendment of the Criminal Law
刑法修正案強調保護人權 要求警察不得夜搜民宅
CRI Online, June 14, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/38
21/2005/06/14/107@581934.htm

Protests and petitions
For Chinese, Peasant Revolt Is Rare Victory
Washington Post, June 13, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2005/
06/12/AR2005061201531.html

Public health – HIV Aids
China to announce new laws to defend Aids patients’ rights later this year
中国保护艾滋患者法可能年底出台
Voice of America, June 13, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-13-voa72.cfm

Resettlement
Six killed as thugs attack holdouts in Hebei village
SCMP, June 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3B5ZFA9E.html

Resettlement- Infrastructure-Three Gorges
81,3000 residents relocated for dam project
China Daily, June 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/14/content
_451320.htm

North Korea
China urged not to abandon its obligations on North Korean refugees
Australia Broadcasting Corporation via China Digital News, June 13, 2005
http://www.abcasiapacific.com/news/stories_to/asiapacific_
stories_lofi_1391070.htm

Monday, June 13, 2005

June 11-13, 2005

Top news of the day

Disaster
Parents weep for a lost generation of village children
SCMP, June 13, 2005
Parents who lost their children in the flash flood on last Friday in Shalan, Heilongjiang, accused Ningan city government of failing to react to the tragedy timely, which led to nearly a hundred deaths of students and teachers, and covering up the death toll of the flood. According to one of the villagers, the authority refused their demand for compensation.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVCBSGA9E.html




Religion-Christianity
Police raid underground churches in Jilin and take away six hundred Christians
吉林地下教会遭查六百基督徒被拘
Voice of America, June 10, 2005
Police in Jilin raided more than 100 underground churches in the province on May 25. Six hundred Christians, mostly university students and teachers, were taken away for interrogation. Yet, about 100 students remain in police detention at the time of report.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-10-voa49.cfm


News

Death Penalty
Ningxia drug traffickers given death sentences
寧夏最大一宗毒品案宣判 兩被告被判死刑和死緩
CRI Online, June 12, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/06/12/381@580153.htm

Kidnappers executed for murdering a 15-year-old girl
杀食少女丧心病狂两禽兽被执行死刑
Legal Daily, June 13, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/13/content_15
4039.htm

Detention - Qian Chensu(邵裘德)
US urges the release of Chinese businessman Qian Chensu (邵裘德)
美国希望中国释放华裔商人邵裘德
Voice of America, June 10, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-10-voa54.cfm

Disaster
Most Shantou hotel fire victims were young karaoke hostesses
SCMP, June 13, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRYXYEU9E.html

Education
Private territory institutions in China face challenges
中国民办高等教育面临挑战
Voice of America, June 12, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-12-voa34.cfm

Government - Governance and accountability
Experts call for tightening control of officials line up as official to citizen ratio reaches 1 to 18
官民比例高达1:18 专家呼吁严控"官员"膨胀"
EastDay.com, June 13, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node67999/userobject1ai1176491.html

Human rights – Bilateral ties
Third Chinese defector details human rights abuses
ABC News Online via China Digital News, June 10, 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1388912.htm

Canberra's call to consulate over asylum seeker draws fire
SCMP, June 13, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFYXYEU9E.html

June 4th – EU arms ban
Objections at EU sideline arms embargo decision
SCMP, June 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZK584GA9E.html

Labour – protests and petitions
Workers at department store stage sit-ins over layoff fears
SCMP, June 11, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNH74GA9E.html

Labour-labour union
New regulations allow migrant workers to join trade union announced to ensure the protection of migrant workers’ right
“民工加入工会”实施办法出台 工会接手民工维权
Chinesenewsnet, June 13, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_06_12_14_25_06_152.html

Media – press freedom
Closing of loopholes to further gag media
SCMP, June 11, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMN8SGA9E.html

Why beaten up journalists in Hubei Daye city?
湖北大冶为何老打记者？
Boxun.com, June 13, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/2005061
30317.shtml

Media-Internet
Microsoft bans ‘democracy’ for China web users
Financial Times, June 10, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d07011b8-d9d6-11d9-b071-00000e
2511c8.html

Olympics
Bomb threat by brothers evicted for Olympics
The Standard, June 13, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GF13Ad04.html

Population policy – one-child policy
New incentives to boost girl births
The Standard, June 10, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GF10Ad05.html

Public health – HIV Aids
Gov't goes provincial in fight against AIDS
China Daily, June 13, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/13/content
_450819.htm

Religion – Falungong
A little harmony with Falun Gong will go a long way
SCMP, June 13, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4BA4GA9E.html

Resettlement – forceful eviction
Authorities must curb illegal farmland confiscation
违法乱占耕地必须受到扼制
Legal Daily, June 10, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/10/content_153
487.htm

Hubei Dingzhou villagers attacked with six dead after resettlement disputes with state power factory
河北定州村民遭百人襲擊六人死亡 疑因徵地引起
CRI Online, June 13, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/06/13/106@580286.htm

Villagers up in arms over land graft probe
SCMP, June 11, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRH74GA9E.html

Evicted families rage violent clashes with police in Nanning
南宁强拆血案：公安镇压居民抗击
Dajiyuan.com, June 13, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/6/13/n953173.htm

Friday, June 10, 2005

June 10, 2005

News

Death penalty
Xi’an man executed for fraud amounted 30 million yuan
西安票据诈骗近3000万元的罪犯被执行死刑
Chinesenewsnet.com, June 10, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_06_09_23_05_11_803.html

Environment
“Top ten most polluted cities” announced – when naming and shaming works in Chinese political culture
“十大污染城市”再度出炉　为政“耻感文化”亟待光大
Nanfang Weekend, June 9, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050609/xw/ttzs/2005
06090015.asp

Environment – Water
Hope for parched cities springs from canal project
Financial Times, June 9, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8ce9ee46-d882-11d9-8fa7-00000e
2511c8.html

Human rights – bilateral ties
Australia gives mainland officer asylum
SCMP, June 10, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZQIWYFA9E.html

Third Chinese defector turns up in Australia
AFP via YahooNews.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050609/wl_asia_afp/australia
chinadiplomat/nc:731;_ylt=AsuFICFxVkymN6Hg.hvDXOgBxg8
F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Government – Governance and accountability
Rejuvenate official line-up in rural villages as a way to promote good governance
“先赋取向”与“成就取向”
Nanfang Weekend, June 9, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050609/xw/sd/200506
090043.asp

Human Rights – human rights defender
Beijing lawyer who represents labour groups to claim war compensation banned from joining anti-Japanese war memorial in Hong Kong
北京律师被禁赴港参加抗战纪念会
Voice of America, June 9, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-09-voa63.cfm

Labour – Industrial accidents
22 died in mine accident in Hunan Loudi
湖南娄底资江煤矿酿22人死亡事故
Dajiyuan.com, June 10, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/6/9/n949866.htm

Law
Miscarriage of justice puts Chinese police in dock
Financial Times, June 9, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ff016b4e-d873-11d9-8fa7-00000e2
511c8.html

Military
China not intended for big military expansion:General
Xinhuanet.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/10/content_306
5609.htm

Conflict is not an option
International Herald Tribune, June 9, 2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/06/
08/opinion/edkiss.php

Population – One-child policy
Pension for parents to curb population
SCMP, June 10, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLT5SGA9E.html

Public health
How to curb high-flying price for medicines?
什么“药”能治药价虚高
China Youth Daily, June 10, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/10/content_16805.htm

Public health – HIV aids / Migrant workers
AIDS risk high for migrant workers: doctor
Xinhuanet.com, June 10, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/10/content_306
6655.htm

Society - Suicide
Suicide increase leads to debate among public
China Daily, June 10, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/10/cont
ent_450233.htm

Thursday, June 09, 2005

June 9, 2005

News


Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Singapore journalist association urges the release of Ching Cheong
新记者协会吁中国尽快处理程翔案
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa54.cfm

Hong Kong media: Ching tells Taiwan China’s bottom line of its Taiwan policy
港媒体：程翔涉嫌向台湾透露大陆对台政策的底线
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/08/chingch
eong/

Zhang Hua: to save Ching Cheong, make it high profile or low profile in press?
张华：救程翔，该低调还是高调？
Apple Daily via Chinesenewsnet.com, June 9, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
6_8_17_41_0_12.html

Gender
Little sex knowledge means more abortions
China Daily, June 9, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/09/content
_449873.htm

Gender - Marriage
Guangdong divorce rate soars since restrictions lifted
SCMP, June 9, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTYOMEK9E.html

Government – Governance and accountability
3,000 university students in Hebei given official posts in villages
三千大学生中原当“村官”
China Youth Daily, June 9, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/09/content_16045.htm

Human rights – Bilateral ties
China defector says would rather die than go home
Reuters via YahooNews.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050609/wl_nm/australia_china_
defector_dc/nc:731;_ylt=AqPoJNAl19OVPFLVpCuWbw4Bxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Media – press freedom
Alarms Over China
Forbe.com, June 8, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/06/08/china-media-inte
rnet-cz_rm_0608crackdown.html?partner=rss

Migrant workers
Survey on the cost of defending rights of rural migrant workers: to get delay payment of 100 billion yuan would cost 300 billion yuan of the society
农民工维权成本调查：追讨1千亿欠薪需3千亿成本
Xinhuanet.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/09/content_3061
559.htm

Population – One-child policy
Violations of the reproductive right of the Chinese people persists, according to experts
专家：中国仍存在计生侵权问题
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa78.cfm

Society
Ministry of Civil Affairs should not abandon the disadvantaged groups
民政部门不能抛弃弱者
China Youth Daily, June 9, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/09/content_15875.htm

Tibet
Wife of exile Tibetan Independence Movement activist leaves to Europe with fake passports via Hong Kong after 3-month detention in Beijing
疆独负责人迪里夏提之妻以假护照经香港转机
Dajiyuan.com, June 8, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/6/8/n948744.htm

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

June 8, 2005

Top news of the day

Media – Internet
China Orders All Web Sites to Register
AP via YahooNews.com, June 8, 2005
All China-based websites and blogs have been ordered to register with the Ministry of Information Industry by June 30, or they would be closed down. Unregistered sites would face fines up to 1 million yuan for illegal operation. The move drew severe criticism as the government’s latest effort to tighten media control in China.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050608/ap_on_hi_te/china_
policing_the_net/nc:731;_ylt=AsI0bro20fuEffL4w3B5q9YBxg
8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl



News

Children - children trafficking
Crackdown of children traffickers saves 17 children in Zhengzhong
郑州解救17名被拐儿童
The Beijing News, June 8, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0608/05@0135
23.html#

Corporate social responsibility / NGOs
Chinese Companies Spend Little on Charities
Xinhua News Agency via China Digital News, June 6, 2005
http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/131210.htm

Death penalty
Death sentence to online game player by Shanghai law court
上海判决首起网络纠纷杀人案 被告人被判死缓
People’s Daily, June 8, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/3449888.html

Environment
Bias environmental protect efforts in certain provinces may balloon pollution damages in other provinces
“环境不公”比环境污染更有害
China Youth Daily, June 8, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/08/content_15381.htm

Environment – Water
Billions to be sunk into water pipes
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVNPYFA9E.html

Human rights – bilateral ties
Second China defector backs Australia spy claims
Reuters via China National News, June 7, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9
319e9b/id/00949cec35ac0a2c/

Diplomat seeking asylum in Australia also met US officials
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4OPYFA9E.html

June 4th
State media silent as former aide to Zhao Ziyang dies
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKOPYFA9E.html

Law
A total of 114,000 million lawyers in China, but 206 counties without one
律师11.4万但分布不均衡 我国206个县无律师
People’s Daily, June 8, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3450721.html

Migrant workers
Pension scheme offers carefree retired life for migrants
Xinhuanet.com, June 8, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/08/content_305
8323.htm

Public health – HIV Aids / Gender – sex workers
The controversy of new Aids initiatives over sex industry
防愛滋新舉措掀性產業爭論
Asia Times Online, June 8, 2005
http://www.atchinese.com/2005/06/0607rep3.htm

Prostitutes targeted in anti-AIDS battle
Xinhuanet.com, June 8, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/08/content_305
7637.htm

China Urges Needle Exchanges to Fight AIDS
AP via YahooNews.com, June 7, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050607/ap_on_re_as/china_
aids/nc:731;_ylt=Asu3kFKqyhlzGp9EJjQELjIBxg8F;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Society
Homeless, mentally ill 'dumped' in Jiangxi countryside
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWPX3GA9E.html

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

June 7, 2005

Top news of the day

Religion - Christianity
Catholic priests released after two month of detention
中国释放两名天主教神父
Voice of America, June 6, 2005
The Cardinal Kung Foundation reported on Monday that Zhao Zhendong (趙振東) and Zhao Kwxun (趙克勛), a Bishop and an administrator of the diocese respectively in an underground church near northern province of Hebei, were released after two month of detention. The move was seen as Beijing’s gesture to improve ties with Vatican.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-06-voa38.cfm


News

Corruption
Officials' spouses urged to build "family firewall" against corruption
Xinhuanet.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/06/content_305
2489.htm

60 Jiangsu officials punished for receiving ‘gifts’ during Lunar New Year
江苏60人“节日腐败”遭处分
Xinhuanet.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/06/content_
3050479.htm

Detention - Huang Qi (黃琦)
Freed Chinese Dissident Vows To Resume Tiananmen Web Site
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/06/06/china_
cyberdissent/

Human rights – bilateral ties
Rebel Chinese diplomat makes second plea for asylum in Australia
AFP via YahooNews.com, June 7, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050607/wl_asia_afp/australia
chinausdiplomat/nc:731;_ylt=AhQNFw2pEt0O9rfHgtwrQIgBxg
8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


June 4th
China Rejects U.S. Appeal on Tiananmen
AP via YahooNews.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050606/ap_on_re_as/china_
us_tiananmen/nc:731;_ylt=AkU6AU8Wwqsckiu4HzbIOLQBxg
8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

When will China answer for Tiananmen massacre?
USA Today via YahooNews.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/2005
0606/cm_usatoday/whenwillchinaanswerfortiananmenmassacre

Law
Lower the age threshold liable for legal responsibility as juvenile delinquency cases on accelerate?
未成年人犯罪激增 刑事责任年龄是否该降?
Ynet.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5487409&pageno=1

Law - Legal profession
Lawyers in politics viable in China? (Part II)
律师从政 在华可行？(2)
Voice of America, June 6, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-06-voa66.cfm

Media - Internet
China using new "Night Crawler System" to monitor internet and close unregistered websites
Interfax.cn via China Digital News, June 6, 2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=2367

NGOs
Tough rules for NGOs may impede volunteer scheme
SCMP, June 7, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRVVRGA9E.html

Law professor of Beijing University urges for legislations on charity organizations
北京大学法学教授：中国需要一部公益事业组织法
Chinesenewsnet, June 7, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/zxs_2005-06-07_583537.shtml

Olympics/Corruption
No corruption found in Games preparation
China Daily, June 7, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/07/content
_449116.htm

Police – abuse / Law
A true story of “double regulations” against the people: 69-year-old man beaten to death as protest against forceful conviction in Zhejiang
“双规”案例实录——实录之一：69岁老人被打死
Boxcn.com, June 6, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/2005060
60011.shtml

Supreme People’s Procuratorate vows to clear wrongful verdict and forceful conviction in the name of human right
司法高层重视冤错案 以人权名义清理刑讯逼供
EastDay.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node66550/userobject1ai1159796.html

Video and audio taping the solutions for forceful conviction?
录音录像真能管住刑讯逼供？
Legal Daily, June 6, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/07/content_150
629.htm

Police should testify in court to verify forceful conviction claims
是否刑讯逼供 警察出庭质证
Legal Daily, June 6, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/07/content_1506
25.htm

Half of a thousand cases filed under administrative procedure laws targets police
2004年沈阳出现千例"民告官" 一半以上告公安
EastDay.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node66798/userobject1ai1161419.html

Politics
Sooner or later China will embrace democracy
Financial Times, June 7, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/a881c794-d6ef-11d9-b0a4-00000e
2511c8.html

Public health – HIV Aids
Migrant workers targeted in new campaign to stem spread of Aids
SCMP, June 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8HT3GA9E.html

Resettlement
More State help for landless farmers
China Daily, June 7, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/07/content_
449253.htm

Society /Social Security
Homeless and mentally retarded people thrown out of the city to make a pleasant city environment
为整顿市容 7名流浪人员被抛送荒野
China Youth Daily, June 7, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/07/content_14928.htm

Monday, June 06, 2005

June 4-6, 2005


Top News

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Reporter under house arrest
SCMP, June 6, 2005
Ching Cheong was put under house arrest for investigation, according to an official notification from the State Security Bureau to the wife of the detained journalist. Yet, the Bureau did not give reasons for the delay in notification.
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZNJIYFA9E.html

Detention – Huang Qi (黃琦)
Cyber-dissident out of jail, gets house arrest
SCMP, June 6, 2005
Reporter Without Border reported that Huang Qi, a cyber dissident, had been released after severing 5 years in a Sichuan prison, but was warned not to leave his home in rural Sichuan without police permission. Huang was arrested in June 2000 for running a “subversive” website.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2CEMEK9E.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monk Held in Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, June 3, 2005
Jiagme Dasang, a 22 year old monk from Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai Province, was detained by the Huangzhong County Public Security Bureau after a daily prayer ceremony. He was alleged of having possible links with Tibetan separatist as a number of anti-government posters were noted in the monastery at the time of arrest.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/06/03/tibetan
_detain/


News

Children - Abuse
Suzhou orphanage forceful undergo hysterectomy operation for mental retarded girls: trials in court
福利院切除少女子宫案开庭
Ynet.com, June 4, 2005
http://china.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5474229&pageno=1

Disaster
China Flooding Kills 204; 79 Missing
AP via YahooNews.com, June 5, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050605/ap_on_re_as/china_
floods/nc:731;_ylt=AjXfQDvf3GulxVZuk2Oy0GsBxg8F;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Environment
290 cities suffered severe pollution, fail to reach environmental standard in cities
中国共有290个城市空气质量达不到居住区标准
EastDay.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node66408/userobject1ai1157280.html

Ecological ruin costs western provinces 150b yuan
SCMP, June 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ13SRGA9E.html

Environment / Law
Fisherman's wife battles to turn the tide against polluters
SCMP, June 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV3N3GA9E.html

Government – Governance and accountability
Progress made in rural grass-roots democratic institutional reforms
Xinhuanet.com, June 4, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/04/content_3043
813.htm

Survey on a program campaigning university students as rural officials in Hunan: a great success to bring ‘new blood’ in rural areas
河南大学生村官计划调查:为农村干部输入新血
EastDay.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node66550/userobject1ai1157860.html

Human rights – bilateral ties
Australia under fire over treatment of defecting Chinese diplomat
AFP via YahooNews.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050606/wl_asia_afp/australia
chinadiplomat/nc:731;_ylt=AkUbIoC_DIuW.pvtrqQLjTcBxg8F;
_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


Rumsfeld warns Beijing about lack of democracy
SCMP, June 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHWR2GA9E.html

June 4th
Right activists under surveillance in wake of June 4th anniversary
六四敏感期民运人士被监控
Voice of America, June 5, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/N2005-06-05-voa36.cfm

Close watch as parents mourn June 4 victims
SCMP, June 5, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4UGYFA9E.html

Tiananmen crusaders adopt a new rallying cry
SCMP, June 5, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ01O3GA9E.html

History is on our side, says dissident
SCMP, June 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCQFYFA9E.html

Labour-Industrial accidents/Children
Schoolchildren Appeal to China's Leaders Over Fireworks Factory On Their Doorstep
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/06/04/fireworks/

Law
Lawyers in politics viable in China?
律师从政 在华可行？
Voice of America, June 5, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-05-voa51.cfm

Media-Internet
China fights to control the net
The Australian via China Digital News, June 6, 2005
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/
0,5744,15521940%255E2703,00.html

Public health
Trading of human organs prohibited
Xinhuanet.com, June 5, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/05/content_304
6250.htm

WTO
China to host WTO mini-ministerial meeting
Xinhuanet.com, June 4, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/04/content_304
4887.htm

Friday, June 03, 2005

June 3, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Open letter reveals Ching’s work relationship with President Hu Jintao
多维追击：妻子公开信爆料程翔为胡锦涛工作
Chinesenewsne.com, June 3, 2005
In an Open Letter to President Hu Jintao, Mary Lau, the wife of the detained journalist, revealed that Ching Cheong had helped the central government to gather opinions from intellectuals and government officials on various Hong Kong issues. Law was shocked by the news of the detention of academics Lu Jianhua (陸建華) and Chen Hui (陳輝) because Ching and Lu were good friends. In 2001, Ching interviewed Lu many times on Taiwan, Sino-US relations, and other Chinese public policy.
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_6_2_17_18_21_839.html



Media – press freedom / media censorship
Live broadcast of CNN interview with New Zealand Premier blackout when mentioning human rights issues in China
新总理谈中国人权，电视画面空白
Voice of America, May 31, 2005
China censored CNN interview with Helen Clark, the visiting New Zealand Premier. The interview was blackout for 15 second on TV when the Premier commented on human right conditions in China.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-31-voa13.cfm


News

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
The Two Faces of China's Leadership
LA Times, June 2, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china2
jun02,1,2069912.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=
true

Detention – Lu Jianhua (陸建華) and Chen Hui (陳輝) / State secrets
New crackdown over state secrets
SCMP, June 3, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR6MRGA9E.html

Detention – Zhao Yan (趙岩)
Prosecutors Take Chinese Researcher Case
AP via YahooNews.com, June 2, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050602/ap_on_re_as/china_
new_york_times/nc:731;_ylt=Alf_GH.X79md3Fi3O.sS92UBxg
8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Disaster
At least 71 dead, 58 missing as China rains destroy thousands of homes
AFP via YahooNews.com, June 3, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050603/
wl_asia_afp/chinaweathertoll_050603024053

Education
Inequality in access to education more alarming than growing income disparity
我国教育差距的严重程度比经济差距更大
China Youth Daily, June 3, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/03/content_13511.htm

Environment
Pollution blights many cities in China
China Daily, June 3, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/03/content
_448099.htm

Pollution in cities and seas the toughest clean-up task
SCMP, June 3, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5ZJ3GA9E.html

Governance and accountability
Government set to announce new regulations specifying standards and criteria for auditing government officials’ performance
“考官”新法　引而待发
Nanfang Weekend, June 2, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050602/xw/szxw1/
200506020027.asp

Labour-Work safety and conditions
473 provinces have yet to install safety monitoring systems
473个县（区）未设安监机构
The Beijing News, June 3, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0603/09@00
4056.html

Olympics
Beijing Olympic organisers hold first sponsor workshop
People’s Daily via China National News, June 3, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300f
c9319e9b/id/8e43fc3783029afa/

Thursday, June 02, 2005

June 2, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention - Lu Jianhua (陸建華) and Cheng Hui (陳輝) / State secret
China holds sociologist for leaking state secrets
Reuters via YahooNews.com, June 2, 2005
Lu Jianhua (陸建華), 45, a prominent sociologist at Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS), and Chen Hui (陳輝), assistant to Director of the research institute, were reportedly detained in April and May respectively on suspicion of “leaking state secret”. CASS claimed ignorance of the detention, but noticed that Although Lu and Chen did not come to the office for a while.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050602/
wl_nm/china_secrets_dc_1

Tibet
Tibetans, Chinese Security Forces Clash in Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2005
Violent clashes between Tibetans and security forces were reported in Qinghai Province on May 20-21. Thousands of Tibetans were angry with the elevation of tax levy and accused local Chinese authorities of pocketing most of the money.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/06/01/tibetan
_clash/


News

Children
Childhood in the ‘garbage’ village
垃圾村里的童年
BeijingNews.com, June 2, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0602/10@015
516.html

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
The statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs implies Ching a spy for Taiwan
多维追击：中国外交部暗示程翔替台湾工作
Chinesenewsnet.com, June 2, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_5_31_21_43_17_385.html

Outcry over arrest puts pressure on mainland
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZMY7YFA9E.html

Detention of HK journalist is mainland's legal affair: officials
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ33L2GA9E.html

Believe only the hard evidence
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZS5G3GA9E.html

Transparency needed in case of 'spy' journalist
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZAY7YFA9E.html

Detained Journalist Entrapped by Bogus Promise of Zhao Papers: Zong Fengming
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/06/01/china_
journalist_arrest/

Detention - Shi Tao (師濤)
Shi Tao awarded human rights award
师涛在美国获中国青年人权奖
Voice of America, June 1, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-01-voa73.cfm

Environment
One third of China's land areas suffer from soil erosion
Xinhuanet.com, June 2, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/02/content_3
035063.htm

NPC set to legislate to entitle people the right to decent environment
全国人大将立法赋予公民环境权
Xinhuane.comt, June 1, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/01/content_3030
028.htm

Population – one-child policy
Rewards family for having fewer kids, instead of punishing them for having more
“奖励少生”代替“处罚多生”
Legal Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/02/content_147
816.htm

June 4th
China tighten monitor on political dissidents
中国加紧对政治异见者的监控
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/01/jiankong/

Labour-Industrial accidents (cases)
Explosion kills 2 in Anhui Province
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content
_448000.htm

Law – legal rights
Immediate access to lawyers makes a difference in lawsuits
第一时间后”的律师帮助
Legal Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/02/content_1478
74.htm

Law-legal professions
The puzzles of Chinese lawyers
中国律师的困惑
Legal Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/02/content_147
875.htm

Police – Re-education through labour (RTL)
To fix the problems of Re-education through labour mechanism in China
抓住监狱劳教系统的突出问题整改
Legal Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/02/content_147
811.htm

Public health – HIV Aids
Government reveals plan to combat AIDS
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content
_447742.htm

Sixteen infected HIV by blood in hospital
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content_
447743.htm

AIDS: Forewarned is to be forearmed
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content_
447876.htm

Resettlement – Infrastructure (dam project)
Mass movement of affected population noted as resettlement project for Danjiangkou dam continues
南水北调中线坝区移民全面动迁
Chinesenewsnet.com, June 2, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_06_01_22_55_19_042.html

Rural Issues - Taxation
China to hold national meeting on rural tax reform
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content
_447741.htm

Hong Kong
Survey reveals concerns over loss of freedoms since 1997
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ66G3GA9E.html

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

June 1, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Zhao Yan (趙岩)
New York Times Chinese researcher accused of fraud
Reuters via YahooNews.com, June 1, 2005
The lawyer of Zhao Yan, the detained Chinese journalist and researcher for the New York Times, said that Beijing police had leveled an accusation of fraud against Zhao today. Given this new accusation, the police could legally hold Zhao Yan for seven months for investigation without bringing his to trial.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050601/wl_nm/china_resear
cher_dc/nc:731;_ylt=AvEFRTJGM42OCVCKLdae83EBxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

June 4th – prisoners (Zhao Ziyang) / Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Zong Fengming (宗鳯鳴) vow to publish dialogues with Zhao Ziyang, despite the detention of Ching Cheong
美关注程翔被捕宗凤鸣称继续出书
Voice of America, June 1, 2005
Zong Fengming (宗鳯鳴), a close associate of Zhang who had rare access to Zhao in the past 10 years, said the manuscript of his dialogues with Zhao was safe and would not withdraw the plan to publish the dialogue to commemorate Zhao.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-01-voa1.cfm

Law
Court move undermines commitment to rule of law in China
Financial Times, June 1, 2005
Shannxi High Court refused to hear a lawsuit against the provincial government for seizing oil wells run by hundreds of oil entrepreneurs. The move was criticized of infringing citizens’ right to defend their interests against the wrong-doing of the government, a right enshrined in the Administrative Litigation Law. At least five lawyers, including lead lawyer Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎), had been detained by the authority.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ff6f5a0e-d239-11d9-8c82-00000e
2511c8.html




News

Death Penalty – Zhang Hongdong(張宏東)
Gang leader executed for committing a series of triad crimes in Liaoning
辽宁“4·05”特大涉黑案主犯张宏东被执行死刑
Legal Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/01/content_147
153.htm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
HK journalist confessed to spying: Beijing
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZJO4YFA9E.html

I'm ready for the worst, says wife
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZKRERGA9E.html


Food Security
Guangzhou strives to guarantee food safety
China Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/01/content_
447500.htm

June 4th
Rising sympathy for Tiananmen students
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ4UC3GA9E.html

Calls on China’s Leader to Rethink June 4
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/05/30/china_annivers
ary/

Beijing advise petitioners to return home at the wake of June 4th anniversary
六四近京勸返上訪者
Oriential Daily, June 1, 2005
http://orientaldaily.com.hk/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=478918

Labour – Industrial accidents
Mine blast in Huating, Gansu leads to 1 dead and 17 injured
甘肃华亭煤矿发生矿难18人被埋 1人死17人受伤
EastDay.com, June 1, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node65373/userobject1ai1143788.html

Labour - Work Safety and condition
Mines to appoint veterans as Guardian Angels
China Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/01/content
_447373.htm

Law
Xu Jingxiang cleared charges after jailed for 13 years
胥敬祥：冤狱13年有罪变无罪
Legal Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/01/content_14715
7.htm

Law – Legal reform
Court may refuse endorsement of unlawful ‘red-titled document’, according to the draft revision of Administrative Procedural Law
行政诉讼法修改稿:法院可判决撤销违法红头文件
EastDay.com, June 1, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node65373/userobject1ai1143958.html

Lawyers urge to abolish “forgery charges against lawyers”
律师呼吁：取消“律师伪证罪”
Legal Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/01/content_147
146.htm

Media – press freedom
Reporters told to take ideology test
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBO4YFA9E.html

Chinese journalists at risk, says rights group
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKPG2GA9E.html

Migrant Workers-Children
Children's Day offers young migrants hope
Xinhuanet.com, June 1, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/01/content_30288
55.htm

Urban, rural children as equals
China Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/01/content_
447495.htm

Public health
Smoking doctors set poor example
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEOG2GA9E.html

Public health-HIV-AIDS
Aids activist urges aids organisation not to ‘use’ Aids orphans for fund raising
高耀洁：别把艾滋孤儿当摇钱树
China Youth Daily, June 1, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/01/content_12183.htm

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

May 31, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
China accuses detained HK reporter of spying
In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, China confirmed detention of Ching Cheong (程翔), a prominent Hong Kong reporter who work with Singapore’s Strait Times, for spying activities in China. The authority said that Ching admitted engagement in “intelligence gathering activities” and acceptance of “huge amount of spying fee” and confessed spying for foreign organisations.
Reuters via YahooNews.com, May 31, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050531/wl_nm/china_reporter
_dc/nc:731;_ylt=AuMscU8OiLgL3QsZA4.1EWwBxg8F;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


News

Children/Public health-Mental Health
Gamers to receive help
China Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/31/content_
447110.htm

Death Penalty
Two prisoners on death row in Fujian claim innocence
福建两死刑犯称：我们是冤枉的
China Youth Daily, May 31, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/31/content_11541.htm

Education / Rural issues
Free basic education to target students in rural areas
义务教育将主要服务农村学生
China Youth Daily, May 31, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/31/content_11671.htm

China to pump US$2.4b to rural schools
China Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/31/content_
447118.htm

Law
15 state legislations and 13 provincial laws to take effective on June 1
中国27部法规、规章6月1日起开始实施[解读]
EastDay.com, May 31, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node65197/userobject1ai1141742.html

Concerns over the judicial system of juvenile delinquency
关注少年刑事司法
Legal Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/31/content_146
465.htm

Highlights on a new set of judicial protection measures to juvenile delinquents in Sichuan
未成年人刑事司法的五个“第一次”
Legal Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/31/content_146
468.htm

Over 80% of criminal suspects do not meet their lawyers within 48 hours
超过八成犯罪嫌疑人48小时内见不到律师
Ynet.com, May 31, 2005
http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=5437328

Law – Legal profession
Beijing NPC representatives inspects lawyers on their decency in law practice
全國人大常委會執法檢查組在京檢查律師法執法
CRI Online, May 30, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/05/30/922@564800.htm

Overworked judges retire early
SCMP, May 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEB2YFA9E.html

Ministry of Justice: Report on Development of Legal Profession in China 2005
司法部：2005年中国律师业发展政策报告
People’s Daily, May 31, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3430216.html#

Olympics
Oil giant pumps in 2008 Olympic Games aid
Xinhuanet.com, May 31, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/31/content_3024
301.htm

IOC official says there will be no censorship of media
SCMP, May 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ74B3GA9E.html

Society - ethnic minority
Economy grows in minority regions
China Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/31/content
_447115.htm
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