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.

Friday, September 23, 2005

September 23, 2005


News

Detention – Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎) / Human Rights – Human rights defenders
Lawyer fighting for oil investors gets 1-year bail
SCMP, 23/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFWZD6WDE.html

Detention – Cheng Yichun (郑贻春)/ Media - Press freedom/censorship
Family shocked at Court decision giving dissident writer 7-year sentence
郑贻春网言获罪判7年 家人反应
Voice of America, 22/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-22-voa43.cfm

Disasters
Natural disaster emergency response system taking shape
Xinhuanet.com, 22/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/22/content_35
29211.htm

Gender - Sex workers
China sees red over sex for sale
Reuters via YahooNews.com, 22/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050922/
od_nm/china_red_dc_1

Labor - Work safety / conditions
Guangdong government shames factories forcing workers do long hours and delay wage payment
广东血汗工厂被公开谴责 恶意欠薪超时加班
YahooNew.com (China), 23/09/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050922/1462/2f54y.html

Law - Juvenile justice
Improving Juvenile justice system needed
法评：少年司法制度亟待完善
People's Daily, 23/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3721184.html

Media - Internet
Online Chinese forum blocks rural democracy, migrant worker debates
Interfax China via China Digital News,22/09/2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=5987&slug=BBS

Media
Public opinion on blocking presence of foreign media in China
听众评中共阻海外媒体入境
Voice of America, 22/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-22-voa54.cfm

Politics - Political reforms/ Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Sino-US tensions increase as US publicly criticize China's one-party rule ideology
中國評論﹕美國擺明遏制中國
Ming Pao, 23/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050923/caf1.htm

US told it must respect China's political path
SCMP, 23/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGW5G6WDE.html

Protests and Petitions
Five more people quit impeachment committee of Taishi Village
太 石 村 5 罷 免 委 員 請 辭
Apple Daily, 23/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050923&art_id=5249638249638

Taishi Village election show the quest for democracy in the country
太石村选举 中国民主橱窗
Dajiyuan.com, 23/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/23/n1061646.htm

Protests and Petitions / Corruption
Thousand petitioners sign open letter to Hu Jintao
中国上千名上访人联名上书胡锦涛
Voice of America, 23/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-22-voa28.cfm

Public Health - Mental health
Conference reveals 40 million people suffered from serious mental illness
4000萬人患嚴重精神病
Ming Pao, 23/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050923/cch1.htm

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Henan government offers free HIV test to 630,000
河南将对六十三万人进行免费艾滋病病毒检测
EastDay.com, 23/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
88254/userobject1ai1480198.html

Religion - Christianity/ Olympics
Will the 2008 Game bring hopes to Catholic Church in China?
奥运圣火将为中国天主教会带来曙光？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 22/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/2005_9_22_14_43_19_369.htmltml

State Security – Terrorism / Law
Anti-Terrorism law drafted, also covering activities of financing of terrorism
中国反恐怖法草案大纲已起草 内容包括反恐融资
China News Agency, 23/09/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-09-23/8/629
969.shtml

Rush to complete money laundering, anti-terror laws
SCMP, 23/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBENF6WDE.html

State Security - State secrets
Past natural disaster tolls will remain in the past
SCMP, 23/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4VYD6WDE.html

Comment on the declassification of natural disasters death toll
中国公开天灾死亡人数专家评议
Voice of America, 22/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-22-voa44.cfm

Tibet
Aid programme brings sea changes to Tibet
China Daily, 23/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/23/content
_480162.htm

Thursday, September 22, 2005

September 22, 2005


Top News of the Day

Death Penalty
Chief of Inner Mongolia Public Security Bureau executed for killing mistress
呼和浩特杀死情妇的公安局长梁冠中今日伏法/图
Xinhuanet.com, 22/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/22/content_3525
875.htm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔) / State Security - Spying
Information mistaken: Ching's commentary on Sino-Russian agreement on border issues bases on facts, should not be counted as state secrets
勿把下載當機密
The Hong Kong Economic Journal, Page 19, 22/09/2005

Detention – Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎) / Human rights – Human rights defenders
Zhu Jiuhu keeps silence during the bail period
朱久虎律师取保候审不能接受采访
Radio Free Asia via Dajiyuan, 22/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/22/n1060733.htm

Education / Poverty - Rural poverty
High tuition fees drive mother to suicide
China Daily, 22/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/22/content
_479808.htm

Government - Civil service
Chinese leader stresses importance of Law on Civil Servants
People's Daily, 22/09/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200509/22/eng20050922_20
9997.html

Government - Governance and accountability
Public called on to report officials with mine shares
SCMP, 22/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZKMLYUDE.html

Human Rights / Police
Shanghai dissident freed, but still under surveillance
上海异议人士姚振祥获释 仍受监控
Dajiyuan.com, 22/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/22/n1060740.htm

Labor - Work safety / conditions
Heavy hand to tighten control of mine sector
Xinhuanet.com, 22/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/22/content_3524
917.htm

Labor - Protests / SOEs
Liaoning steel workers stage protest against company bankruptcy
重庆特钢风波稍平，辽宁鞍钢工人示威
Radio Free Asia, 21/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/21/chon
gqing/

Labor – Protests / Labor - Industrial accidents
Workers suffered from silicosis seek justice through Hong Kong Labor Union
大陆矽肺病工人赴港维权
Radio Free Asia, 21/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/21/xifei/

Media - Internet
China's model for a censored Internet
The Christian Science Monitor, 22/09/2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0922/p01s02-woap.html

A Cooler Look at Yahoo in China
Business Week Online via YahooNews.com, 21/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20050921/bs_bw/nf200509219
883db065

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Excerpted magazine article on Huang Jingao's corruption case removed from website
被大陆网站删除的“黄金高案始末”
Dajiyuan.com, 21/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/21/n1060397.htm

Media – Internet / Media - Press freedom/censorship
Press Freedom Group Publishes Cyber-Dissident Handbook
Radio Free Asia, 20/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/technology/2005/09/20/
us_rsf/

Migrant Workers
Respecting rights of migrant workers
China Daily, 20/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/20/content
_479267.htm

Olympics / Media
First TV deal signed for 2008 Olympics
China Daily, 22/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/22/content
_479830.htm

Politics - Political reforms / Human Rights - Bilateral ties
U.S.: One-Party System in China Can't Last
AP via YahooNews.com, 21/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/
20050922/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_china_2

Population - One-child policy / Government - Governance and accountability
Officials fired for forced abortions
Xinhuanet.com, 21/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/21/content_352
1235.htm

Protests and Petitions / Politics - NPC/CPCC
NPC Petitions Unit gives priority in investigating 3 types of petitions
全国人大信访局:将重点督办督查3类信访交办件
EastDay.com 22/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
87950/userobject1ai1476704.html

Protests and Petitions
Audit report disappoints Taishi villagers
太石村民对政府公布的财务报告失望
Radio Free Asia, 21/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/21/taishi/

Survey: only 2 out of 1000 petitioners have their complaints resolved
仅千分之二中国上访者能解决问题
Voice of America, 21/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-21-voa23.cfm

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Aids project targets pregnant women
SCMP, 22/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4DNLYUDE.html

Young HIV victims must not be forgotten
China Daily, 22/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/22/content
_479824.htm

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Law
Yunnan High Court rules in favor of villagers over illegal land grab dispute, village officials ordered to give compensations
村干部违法抵押土地 法院判决帮农民追回失地
People's Daily, 21/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/3715989.html

Rural Issues - rural development
Wen Jiabao's idea of "let the people govern the township" prompts renewed attentions of scholars on a new around of political reform
温家宝谈乡镇管理引起学者议论
Voice of America, 22/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-21-voa48.cfm

Society – Drug
Drug abuses become a big problem in cities, says Ministry of Public Security
中国城市吸毒问题日趋严重
Voice of America,21/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-21-voa39.cfm

Society - Ethnic minority / Gender
The Chinese region with women in charge
BBC.com, 18/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4252552.stm

Hong Kong
Hu backs reform plan
The Standard, 22/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=12&
art_id=1867&sid=4682532&con_type=1&d_str=20050922=1&d
_str=20050922

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

September 21, 2005


Top News of the Day

Human Rights / NGOs
China block Rights Group's participation in the World Summit on Information Society
中国阻挠人权组织参加信息高峰会
Voice of America, 20/09/2005
Human Rights in China denounced the motion of the China to block a vote on the group's accreditation in supporting the organization to join the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in incoming mid of November, saying the move contradict with the principle of WSIS to build a "people-centered, inclusive, and development-oriented Information Society."
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-20-voa75.cfm

related News
China Blocks Open Discussion at WSIS with Procedural Maneuvering
HRIC Press Release, September 20, 2005
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=
24927&item%5fid=24924


News

Detention – Zheng Yichun (郑贻春)
Court to announce verdict on dissident writer Zheng Yichun on 22nd September
中国异议作家郑贻春案22日宣判
Dajiyuan.com, 21/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/20/n1058635.htm

Detention – Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎) / Human Rights – Human Rights Defenders
Lawyer returns to Beijing in low profile due to government pressure
朱久虎已回北京，疑受到压力，接机者扑空
Radio Free Asia, 21/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/20/zhu
_jiuhu/

Gender - Sex workers
The booming sex industry in Shenzhen
深圳死穴掃黃難於治水
Ming Pao, 21/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050921/cak1.htm

Government – Elections / Protests and Petitions
Taishi villagers warned not to participate in protest for impeaching village chief
村 民 罷 免 村 長 接 恐 嚇 電 話
Apple Daily, 21/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
sec_id=15335&iss_id=20050921&art_id=5242655242655

Impeachment committee chairman of Taishi Village quit under pressure from local government
太石村罢免委员会主任辞职
Radio Free Asia, 20/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/20/
taishichun/

Government - Civil service
Ultra subsidy for high-ranking Chinese officials
Xinhuanet.com, 21/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/20/content_351
7040.htm

Human Rights /Politics
From "people" to "citizen"
从人民到公民
Legal Daily, 21/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/21/content_197
463.htm

Labor - Protests
Chongqing steel workers back to work after negotiation with management breaks down
谈判破裂，重庆特钢职工重返岗位
Radio Free Asia, 20/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/20/
tanpan/

Labor - Work safety / conditions
Radio listeners comment on labor rights in China
听众谈中国劳工权益状况
Voice of America, 19/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-09-19-voa43.cfm

Law - wrongful convictions /Police - Abuse
Deep Flaws, and Little Justice, in China's Court System
New York Times, 21/09/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/international/asia/21
confess.html

Law / Government - Governance and accountability
Increased awareness amongst public to use law as the avenue for provenances, as 22 government departments brought to court in 15 years
百姓懂得用法律治官 15年来22个部委被告上法庭
EastDay.com, 21/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
87760/userobject1ai1473321.html
Law - Legal rights / Police - Abuse
Some suggestions on curbing prolonged detention in China
超期羁押的法律思考和司法对策
Legal Daily, 21/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/21/content_197
471.htm

Media – Internet / Detention – Shi Tao (师涛)
Yahoo's mess of pottage
International Herald Tribune, 21/09/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/20/news/edbowring.php

Olympics / Environment
Green focus in Olympic venue construction
China Daily, 21/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/21/cont
ent_479590.htm

Population - One-child policy / Human Rights
China 'acts on forced abortions'
BBC.com, 20/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4262890.stm

Poverty
Union forum aims for poverty cut
China Daily, 21/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/21/
content_479589.htm

Poverty / World Bank -
World Bank 2006 report: Inequality in wealth and opportunity a cause of absolute poverty
财富和机会不公平会导致极度贫困
China Youth Daily, 21/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/21/content_67312.htm

related news:
Income gap in China reaches serious level: article
Xinhuanet.com, 20/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/20/content_351
7537.htm

Religion – Falungong / UN
Rights lawyers look to UN over plight of Falungong
The Standard, 21/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&
art_id=1779sid=4663428&con_type=1&d_str=20050921=1&d
_str=20050921

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Protests and Petitions
Housing-eviction protesters detained
SCMP, 21/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQLAOSSDE.html

State Security - State secrets
Legal experts: a country can not have too many secrets
国家保密局调整方向 专家称：国家不能有太多秘密
YahooNew.com (China), 21/09/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050920/1005/2f3eh.html

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

September 17-20, 2005


Top News of the Day

Detention - Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎) / Protests and Petitions
Lawyer who filed suit in oil dispute released
SCMP, 20/09/2005
Zhu Jiuhu(朱久虎), the lawyer representing hundreds of shareholders of an oil enterprise suing the local government over illegal nationalization of their oilfields in Shaanxi, was released yesterday after being detained in Yulin detention centre for more than four months. Zhu was arrested in June in relation to an allegation of "disturbing social orders".
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQRBOSSDE.html

related news:
Lawyer speaks about the release of Zhu Jiuhu
访高智晟 谈维权律师朱久虎获释
Voice of America, 19/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-19-voa39.cfm

Population - One-child policy
China Terse About Action on Abuses of One-Child Policy
Washington Post, 20/09/2005
A spokesman of National Population and Family Planning Commission admitted yesterday that officials in Shandong areas had committed forceful abortions and sterilizations that "violated people's legal rights and interests".
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
09/19/AR2005091900596.html


News

Children - Child labour
The death of a children worker: Investigation on child labor's working conditions in Shaanxi glass-making factory
童工之死:晋玻璃业非法雇用童工问题调查
People's Daily, 20/09/2005
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1053/3710398.html

Children - Law/ Protection / UN
UN examine China's report on children's rights
聯合國審議中國兒童公約報告
Tai Kung Pao, 20/09/2005
http://www.takungpao.com/news/2005-9-20/ZM-459170.htm

Corruption / Poverty
Graft is widening wealth gap: economist
SCMP, 20/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHBVXWSDE.html

Human Rights – Human Rights Defenders
Democracy dissident freed after six years
SCMP, 20/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4Y8UDMDE.html

Detention – Zhao Yan (趙岩) / State Security - State secrets
Reporter Without Border condemn China for keeping Zhao Yan in detention for over a year
记者无国界谴责中国继续关押赵岩
Voice of America, 18/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-18-voa19.cfm

Education
Root problems of the poor teacher qualities
教师队伍质量问题的症结在哪里？
Nanfang Weekend, 15/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050915/xw/ttzs/2005
09150104.asp

Environment
The passion and the dream of an environmental activist
一个环保农民的激情与梦想
Nanfang Weekend, 15/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050915/xw/rw/2005
09150125.asp

Government
Officials should not hold too many job titles as it would give way to greater possibility of power abuses
清理“灰色兼职”
Nanfang Weekend, 15/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050915/xw/zy/200509
150126.asp

Reforming local governance structure to streamline administrative procedures
取消地级市入视野　省管县将有试点
Nanfang Weekend, 15/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050915/xw/szxw2/2005
09150108.asp

Labor - Work safety / conditions
Eye on China: Low-paid workforce a blessing and curse
The New Zealand Herald, 20/09/2005
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID
=10346349

Labor - Industrial accidents
Shaanxi coal mine owner condemned of covering up accident that causes 12 deaths
陕西致12人死亡矿难被瞒报
The Beijing News, 20/09/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0920/05@02
3542.html

Labor - Protests
Thousands of Chongqing steel workers on strike over late payment of wages
重庆特钢千名职工大罢工
Radio Free Asia, 19/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/19/
chongqing/

Law - wrongful convictions (cases) / Police - Abuse
Wrongfully accused addict is seeking justice
SCMP, 19/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLR00EMDE.html

Law - Juvenile justice
Legal experts suggests to build an independent judicial system for handling juvenile delinquency cases
专家建议:建立独立的少年司法体系治理少年犯罪
EastDay.com, 18/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
87260/userobject1ai1463940.html

Law - Legal reform
Advancement of legal system needed as China moves to a new era of development
法制和时代的进步
Nanfang Weekend, 15/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050915/xw/zmxwzt/
200509150118.asp

Law - Legal profession
The dearth of quality judges
“法官荒”何解？
Nanfang Weekend, 15/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050915/xw/fz/2005
09150110.asp

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Free press could help China’s economy
Financial Times, 20/09/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/97db5d0e-293f-11da-8a5e-00000
e2511c8.html

Central and local governments hold different views on media control
新闻媒体监督：中央与地方的分歧
Radio Free Asia, 19/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/19/
xinwen/

Migrant Workers - Work conditions and payment
Migrant workers need more supports, after government steps up efforts in providing public housing for the workers
给农民工建好公寓之后
Nanfang Weekend, 15/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050915/xw/dcgc/2005
09150109.asp

Politics - Political reforms
China looks to democracy to cure its ills
Asia Times Online, 20/09/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GI20Ad01.html

Population - One-child policy / UN
Help China help itself
Los Angeles Times, 17/09/2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-kenne
dy17sep17,0,3604808.story

Protests and Petitions
Beijing should step in to resolve rural unrest
SCMP, 20/09/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZYM6UDMDE.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
An AIDS family
走进艾滋家庭
Nanfang Weekend, 15/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050915/xw/xz/2005091
50123.asp

Public Health
Health care reform: what is the next step?
医疗改革：下一步该如何走？
Nanfang Weekend, 15/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050915/jj/jjxw/200509
150124.asp

Religion
State Bureau of Religious Affairs establish special committee to manage local religious affairs
宗教局設專司管理民間宗教
Tai Kung Pao, 20/09/2005
http://www.takungpao.com/news/2005-9-20/ZM-458955.htm

State Security - State secrets
China draw new bottom line on "state secret", advocates a more open and accountable government
我國大力推行政務公開 保密制度重置底線(組圖)
CRI Online, 20/09/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
8606/2005/09/20/106@707609.htm

State Security – Terrorism / Xinjiang
Xinjiang Right Group accused China of being double standards on terrorism
疆独组织：中国反恐采取双重标准
Chinesenewsnet.com, 19/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/cna_2005_09_19_05_00_29_226.html_226.html

Tibet
Engineering feat will have a resounding impact on Tibetans
SCMP, 20/09/2005
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/clife/ZZZZ810EMDE.html

Outspoken Tibetan monk detained since August for criticizing the government
敢言西藏僧侣索南被拘押下落不明
Voice of America, 19/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-19-voa26.cfm

Friday, September 16, 2005

September 16, 2005

News

Detention—Shi Tao (師濤)
Dissident writers with International PEN urge an early release for Shi Tao
國 際 筆 會 促 釋 放 師 濤
Apple Daily, 16/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20050916&sec_id=15335&showdate=20050916&art_
id=5230396e=20050916&art_id=5230396

Government—Governance and accountability
Zhengzhou government issues China’s first “inventory of powers and responsibility” for local government officials
首部法定“权力清单”发布 郑州政府权力4122项
Xinhuanet.com, 16/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_348
9079.htm

Labor—Work Safety and conditions
China to close all coal mines in Guangdong province
AFP via YahooNews.com, 16/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050916/wl_asia_afp/china
mine_050916030814;_ylt=Aq.JFpCYYJbXExhJac1NwHftOrgF;
_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Labor—Disputes
Man in coma after burning himself
By Li Fangchao, China Daily, 16/09/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/16/cont
ent_478345.htm

Law
Legal experts suggest public hearings alone insufficient to encourage public involvement in the legislative process
立法听证会“说了白说”?
People's Daily, 16/09/2005
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/14957/53050/3700035.html

Media—Internet
Yahoo's fingering of reporter hurts tech funding
Asia Times Online, 15/09/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GI16Cb02.html

Population—Aging population
Lonely death heightens concern
SCMP. 16/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZM4OZDMDE.html

Population—One-child policy
China faces political pressure to relax one-child policy
中国面临放松一胎化强制政策压力
Voice of America, 15/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-15-voa46.cfm





Protests and Petitions
Appeal to premier after Taishi activist disappears
SCMP, 16/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZR4OZDMDE.html



Government exaggerates success rate of settling protests and petitions, petitioners say
信访人士认为官方虚报停访息诉率数据
Radio Free Asia, 15/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/15/sh
angfang/

Protests and Petitions/Police—Abuse
Six police positions are nation’s top receivers of letters and petitions
六警种在全国公安机关“大接访”中被投诉最多
People's Daily, 16/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3699118.html

Religion—Christianity
Bishops' Rome trip still a possibility
SCMP, 16/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX3OZDMDE.html

Religion—Falun Gong
Falun Gong sues Chinese embassy
Dennis Carcamo, Manila Standard, 16/09/2005
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news06_sep
t16_2005

Reform—Population Control
Low birth rate unstable: official
Xinhua, 16/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/16/content_350
0942.htm

State Security—Terrorism
China calls for "fair and effective" security order
AFP via YahooNews.com, 16/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050915/wl_asia_afp/unsum
mitchina_050915185002;_ylt=ApaXFi87Kpfv5UnFuQGlnRjtOrg
F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

State Security—State secrets
What is a "State Secret" in China's political context?
在中国，究竟什么是国家秘密？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 15/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews
/Mainland/2005_9_15_14_55_23_936.html

Three Gorges
The Three Gorges Project makes China the world's first to have a nationally unified electricity supply
三峽工程使中國一躍成為世界第一直流輸電國家
CRI Online,16/09/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn
/8606/2005/09/16/1062@703349.htm

Tibet
Supreme People's Procuratorate calls for more effort to prevent public funds embezzlement in Tibet
最高检加大援藏工作力度 防止滥用挪用援藏资金
EastDay.com, 16/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node86935/userobject1ai1456231.html

Thursday, September 15, 2005

September 15, 2005



News

Borders/Territories Issues - Taiwan
China offers aid for poor states rejecting Taiwan
Reuters, 14/09/2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14663461.htm

Death Penalty
3 kidnappers of famous actor executed
绑架演员吴若甫的三名凶徒被执行死刑
Peacehall, 15/09/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/09/200509
150546.shtml

Education
Cheats beware: China considering law to jail exam fraudsters for up to seven years
AP via Mainichi Daily, 15/09/2005
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20050915p2g00m0in019000c.html

Environment
Environmental elements to be included in GDP calculation
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_349
0277.htm

Government – Elections / Gender - Gender equality
Amendments to the Regulations on Village Elections: at least one woman representative in each village committee
村委会成员应至少有一名女性
Legal Daily, 15/09/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-09/15/content_195
276.htm

Government – Elections
Top legislature adopts judicial appointments
Xinhua, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/15/content_3496291.htm

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
Human rights issues on the agenda of Bush's meeting with Hu
美提清單促華改善人權
Ming Pao, 15/09/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050915/caa2.htm

Shared ground yields optimism for future
SCMP, 15/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE9DUXKDE.html

Labor / Population
Middle class to reach 40% of work force
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_349
1529.htm

Labor - Employment market and income / Government
Promoting employment a strategic task: Vice premier
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3490
212.htm

Media - Censorship/Controls
You say 'lei ho', we say you're fired, TV hosts told
SCMP, 15/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBE5UXKDE.html

Media – Internet
China's Internet Controls Raise Tough Questions
Radio Free Asia, 14/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/09/14/china_
internet/

Just following orders in China
Los Angeles Times, 14/09/2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-boot
14sep14,0,7012691.column?coll=la-util-opinion-commentaryutil-
opinion-commentary

Population - Aging population / Social Security
Country tackles problems facing seniors
China Daily, 15/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/15/content
_477980.htm

Population/ Gender - Marriage
China: Bachelor bomb
International Herald Tribune, 14/09/2005
http://iht.com/articles/2005/09/14/opinion/edegner.php

Protests and Petitions / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Rights lawyer condemns authority of kidnapping rights activist of Taishi Village
维权人士郭飞熊失踪 高智晟强烈谴责
Peacehall, 15/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/15/n1052860.htm

Foreign minister mobbed by activists
SCMP, 15/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZENJUXKDE.html

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
Condoms expected to keep AIDS in check
Xinhuanet.com, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/15/content_3492
571.htm

Public Health
Heart Disease, Cancer Top Killers in China
Washington Post, 14/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091402127.html

Rural cooperative medical system promoted
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_349
0902.htm

Resettlement - Forceful eviction / Human Rights - Human rights defenders
Police track down lawyer representing evicted Guangdong villagers
广东顺德陈村耕地案律师被警方追捕
Radio Free Asia, 14/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/14/
gengdi/

Rural Issues - Migrants
China killings reveal plight of migrant workers
Reuters, 15/09/2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-15T075321Z_01_HO528398_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-CHINA-WORKER-DC.XML&archived=False

Society - Social Reform
Beijing students barred from despising non-locals
China Daily, 15/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/15/content_478146.htm

State Security – Terrorism / UN
China signs the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
中国签署《制止核恐怖行为国际公约》
Xinhuanet.com, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2005-09/15/content_349
2596.htm

State Security - State secrets
Declassify state secrets that should not be seen any secrets at all
公开不是秘密的“秘密”
China Youth Daily, 15/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/15/content_64551.htm
How to ensure data validity after declassification?
解密之后如何保证数据真实
China Youth Daily, 15/09/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-09/15/content_64556.htm

State Security – Terrorism / UN
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
《制止核恐怖行为国际公约》
Xinhuanet.com, 15/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2005-04/14/content_2826
311.htm

Tibet / NGOs
Tibetan rights group closed down due to lack of funding
西藏信息网因缺乏资金被迫关闭
Voice of America, 13/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-09-13-voa59.cfm

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

September 14, 2005

News

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
Court accepts the first sexual harassment lawsuit
北京性骚扰第一案正式受理 法院以侵权纠纷立案
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3486
858.htm

Government – Fiscal / Poverty
2,000 yuan suggested as income tax baseline
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
8160.htm

Government - Elections
Ministry of Civil Affairs call for extending village leaders' term of service from 3 years to 5 years
村干部任期3年太短问题多 修改为5年呼声强烈
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_348
8118.htm

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
China's Hu pledges steps to ease US frictions
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/ts_nm/bush_china
_dc;_ylt=AiEqvGplYcWNaQ0d0sfKfMwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Law
Exclusive interview with rights activist Wang Juntao on lawsuit against Hu Jintao
多维就最近的博客讨论专访王军涛
Chinesenewsnet.com, 13/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
9_13_23_19_51_224.html

Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Xu Zhengqing put on trial in Shanghai
上海开庭审判上访人士许正清
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/xu/


related news:
Witnesses Dispute Charges against Petitioner Xu Zhengqing in Trial
Human Rights in China Press Release, 13/9/2005
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=24
708&item%5fid=24705

Labor - Disasters
Death toll rises to 12 in Yunnan unknown blast
China Daily, 14/09/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/14/content_477875.htm

Law
Law enforcers urged to standardize practice
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
5687.htm

Media - Press freedom/censorship
Baixing magazine reporters detained when covering government scandals in Hebei
《百姓》杂志记者遭河北公安扣押
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/bai
xing/

Media – Internet / Police
Mao-era model soldier to clean up online gaming
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/tc_nm/china_game_dc;
_ylt=AiFQyHBdGNUoEUTUE_0i6HcBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW0
4NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBH
NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Media – Internet / Corporate Social Responsibility
A Web of treachery
The Standard, 09/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=991&sid=4479311&con_type=1&d_str=200509
091&d_str=20050909

Migrant Workers / Death Penalty
Death sentence or not to desperate migrant worker? Legal experts highlight four major issues for concerns
该不该免王斌余一死？法学专家回应四焦点问题
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3488
156.htm

Multilaterals - UN
UN refuses to consider Taiwan's representation
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487963.htm

Police
Fung shui classes disrupt harmony
SCMP, 14/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJP4LJJDE.html

Police - Prisons
Special Report: The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
The Guardian, 14/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1568467,00.html

Protests and Petitions / Population - One-child policy
Investigation over abuses in family planning scandal questioned
国家计生委官员赴临沂　诸方质疑行动效果
Radio Free Asia, 12/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/12/jihu
ashengyu/

Hunger strike continues as Shandong villagers protest against kidnapping leader
山东农民集体绝食抗议绑架维权者
Voice of America, 13/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-13-voa33.cfm

Public Health
Healthcare nation's top concern
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_348
7048.htm

China to crack down on drug use in entertainment venues
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3490933.htm

The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
Ian Cobain and Adam Luck, The Guardian, 13/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1568622,00.html?gusrc=rss

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Protests and Petitions
Infected HIV carriers demand compensations from Shanghai Pharmaceutical Company
感染艾滋病毒的血友病人要求赔偿
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/aizi/

China embarks on extreme condom drive
AFP via IOL, 14/09/2005
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=117&art_id=qw1126678683467B252

Social Security
245b yuan spent on social services, security
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
6424.htm

State Security - State secrets
China criticized of not providing clear definition of state secrets
中国被指对国家机密仍无明确定义
Dajiyuan.com, 14/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/13/n1051268.htm

Editorial: disaster death toll should not be state secrets in any form
天灾死亡人数，不能成为任何形式的秘密
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A02/2005
09140232.asp

Make disaster death toll public helps to distinguish natural disaster and man-made disaster
公布自然灾害死亡人数，才能区别天灾和人祸
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2005
09140240.asp

Reform - Social Reform
China booms, so does divorce rate
By Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, 14/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4240988.stm

Tibet / Economic Development
Dalai Lama: Rail Link 'Cultural Genocide'
Washington Post, 12/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/09/12/AR2005091200264.html

Tibet tries best to stay clean land
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487165.htm
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