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

Thursday, November 03, 2005

November 3, 2005

News

Death Penalty/Law-Legal reform
Supreme People's Court Reorganizes its Human Resources to Handle the Review on
Death Sentences
最高法扩编全国选才 重大疑难死刑案复核或听证
People's Daily, 03/11/2005
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/15177/53060/3823933.html

Detention- Chen Guangcheng(陳光誠) /Population-One-child policy
Beijing Pressed on ‘Abuse’ of Blind Activist
Financial Times, 03/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2e0f2ec6-4bfb-11da-997b-
0000779e2340.html

Detention- Wang Wanxing(王萬星)
'Mad' Dissident Speaks Out After Release
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSI7Q7BFE.html

Education
"Inadequate Funding" Becomes the Excuse for All Sorts of Delays in Education Reform
“投入不足”正成为教育卸责的万能借口
China Youth Daily, 03/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/03/content_85958.htm

Education/Hukou
Students from Cities Lie to Get Residence Permits in Rural Areas in Order to Get Educational Subsidies
城市学子争优惠 争相谎报农村户口
The Beijing News, 03/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1103/15@02
5041.html

Environment
Dam Opposition Swells
Asia Times Online, 03/11/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GK03Cb06.html

Violence Flares in Hunan as Hired Thugs Collect Pollution Surcharge
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8J7Q7BFE.html

Hukou/Migrant Workers
Abolishment of Hukou System Cannot Secure Migrant's Rights
中国“取消户籍不能根本改善民工权益”
Chinesenewsnet.com, 03/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_11_2_15_4_13_609.html

Rural Migrants to Get More Rights in China
International Herald Tribune, 02/11/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/02/news/china.t.php

Labor-Protests
Chinese Sofa Factory Workers Go on Strike
AP via YahooNews.com, 03/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_bi_ge/china_lab
or_dispute;_ylt=AjWIzoK_57v2vuU0hgzpxksBxg8F;_ylu=X3oD
MTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Shenzhen Workers Protest at Beatings
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9MZ58BFE.html

Law-Legal reform
Legal Reforms Don't Go Far Enough, Says US Law Expert
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMMY58BFE.html

Law-Wrongful Convictions
State Compensation: Cases Should Provide Foundation for Further Legal Development
国家赔偿：判例当促进立法
China Youth Daily, 03/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/03/content_85913.htm

Judges Across China Will Soon Be Required to Answer Enquiries on Verdicts Passed
法官判后答疑制将在全国推广
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/content_214
395.htm

Media-Internet
Western Companies Under Fire over Media Controls in China
AFP via Turkish Press.com, 03/11/2005
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=77526

Public Health
China's Past Stirs Fears of Future
Chicago Tribune via Newsday.com, 03/11/2005
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/chi-0511020223nov02
,0,3384568.story?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines

Head of Ministry of Health: Conflicts Between Patients and Medical Institutions Are
Caused by the Latter Party
卫生部部长高强：解决医患矛盾关键在医方
People's Daily, 03/11/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3823883.html

Rural Issues/Government-Governance and Accountability
Five Steps to Complete the Legislation on Formulation of Village Committees
从五个方面完善村委会组织法
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/content_214
468.htm

Tibet
Representative of Dalai Lama Says Tibet is not Fighting for Independence
达赖喇嘛特使重申不求西藏独立
Voice of America, 02/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-02-voa77.cfm

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

November 2, 2005


Top News of the Day

Detention- Wang Wanxing /UN
Report: China Dissident Freed From Asylum
AP via YahooNews.com, 02/11/2005
A New York-based rights group has reported that Wang Wanxing, a political dissident who was committed to police-run Ankang Hospital for 13 years for displaying a banner to commemorate the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations, has been freed and put on a flight to Germany to join his family there. The group said that the release was timed ahead of an upcoming visit to China by the U.N. High Commissioner of Human Rights, Louise Arbour.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051102/ap_on_re_as/chi
na_dissident_released;_ylt=Al7kkIZLCYQyPto2fYpUlrQ
Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--


News

Bilateral Ties
China Urges "Political Will" From Japan to Improve Bilateral Ties After Cabinet Reshuffle
People's Daily, November 01, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200511/01/eng20051101_218279.html

Stronger China Means Peace, Stability; Its Development Undermines No One - Hu
Forbes, November 01, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/afx/2005/11/01/afx2310
653.html

Children
Teenagers Speak for Children's Rights at Forum
Xinhuanet.com, November 01, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/01/content_3711063.htm

Corruption
Digging in Over Coal Mine Corruption
SCMP, 02/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-11/02/content_3718036.
htmZ9VX28BFE.html

Death Penalty
Vice Chief of Anshun Police Station Sentenced to Death for Murder
派出所副所长酒后5枪打死狱警续：终审被判死刑
Xinhuanet.com, 02/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-11/02/
content_3718036.htm

Female Officer in Beihai Social Security Bureau Sentenced to Death for Plotting Murder
广西北海市社保局女官员雇凶杀人 被判处死刑
EastDay.com, 01/11/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/n
ode81762/node96391/userobject1ai1600337.html

Detention- Shi Tao (師濤) /Media-Internet
Privacy Watchdog Sees No Wrong in Yahoo! Disclosure
SCMP, 02/11/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZRK5Q7BFE.html

Detention-Wang Sen(王森) / Human Rights-Bilateral Ties
Activists Send Open Letter to Bush to Urge Release on Medical Parole of Detained Dissident Wang Sen
公开信促布什争取王森保外就医
Voice of America, 01/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-01-voa47.cfm

Economic Development
Update 1: China's Railways to Issue Some Shares
Forbes, November 01, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/ap/2005/11/01/ap2311816.html

Environment /Protests and Petitions
“Yancheng Cancer Village” in Jiangsu: Pollution Caused Hundreds of Deaths in 3 Years
江苏省盐城癌症村：污染致近3年上百人死于癌症
YahooNew.com (China), 02/11/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051101/1049/2fucd.html

Hukou
Rural Dwellers to be Granted Urban Rights
China Daily, 02/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/200
5-11/02/content_489873.htm

Listeners Comment on the Implementation of Hukou System and Labor Law in China
听众评中国户籍制度和劳动法实施
Voice of America, 01/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-11-01-voa58.cfm

Old System, New Realities
The Standard, 31/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.a
sp?pp_cat=15&art_id=4565&sid=5200164
&con_type=1&d_str=20051031&sear_year=2005

Human Rights-Freedom of speech
Freedom of Speech is Still a Trial in China
The Age via China Digital News, 02/11/2005
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=32600

Human Rights Cases—Labor Activists
Bush Asked To Press Beijing To Parole Diabetic Activist
Dow Jones Newswires, November 01, 2005

Human Rights Cases-Journalists
The Soft Underbelly of Freedom
Wall Street Journal (Asia), November 01, 2005

Law-Administrative Law and Procedure
Dispute Leaves U.S. Executive In Chinese Legal Netherworld
New York Times, November 01, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/international/asia/01kidnap.html

Law-Juvenile justice
Amendments Underway on Legislation to Protect Juvenile Delinquents
未成年人保护法修订正在进行
Legal Daily, 02/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/international/asia/01kidnap
.html/02/content_213723.htm

Why Do the Number of Juvenile Courts Keep Dropping?
少年法庭出现萎缩原因何在
Legal Daily, 01/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/02/content_213723.htm11/01/content_213268.htm

Media-Press freedom/censorship
American Members of Congress and Media Experts Urge China to Promote Press Freedom
美议员专家促中国扩大新闻自由
Voice of America, 01/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w200
5-11-01-voa54.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Police Officials Uses Violence to Stop Beijing Petitioners
北京上访形势越演越烈 各地方警察进京拦截访民
Radio Free Asia, 02/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaod
ao/2005/11/01/shangfang/


Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
Oil Investors Tapped Out Of Wells; China Orders Private Drillers to Halt Desert Operations
Washington Post, November 01, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/31
/AR2005103101741.htmldyn/content/article/2005/10/31/AR2005
103101741.html

Public Health
New Rural Medical Co-Operatives Under Scrutiny
China Daily, 02/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/02/content_
489869.htm

China Pledges Transparency Over Bird Flu
The Guardian, November 01, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story/0,14207,1606149,00.html


Demand Soars For Fruit Used In Bird-Flu Drug
Wall Street Journal, November 01, 2005

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Official HIV Estimate May be Overstated
SCMP, 02/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVF4Q7BFE.html

Xinjiang
China's farmer army defends forgotten frontier
Reuters via YahooNews.com, November 01, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051101/lf_nm/china_paramilitary_dc

Xinjiang-Religion
FEATURE-China's Muslim Uighurs "don't dare talk"
Reuters Alert Net, November 01, 2005
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=45594

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

November 1, 2005

Top News of the Day

Religion-Christianity
Priests Arrested After Illicit Mass
SCMP, 01/11/2005
A Milan-based religious web site reported that two underground Catholic priests were
taken into custody in Wenzhou on October 27 after they attended a mass with 600
fellow Catholics in celebration of the Year of the Eucharist. Local police refused to comment on the case. The move is considered to be the latest effort of a government crackdown on underground church activities.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZM1R58BFE.html


News

Detention-Zheng Enchong (鄭恩寵)/Resettlement-Forced Eviction
Detained Lawyer Says Media Coverage for His Case is Highly Defamatory
维权律师狱中指媒体诽谤
Ming Pao, 01/11/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20051101/cca1.htm

Economic Development/Politics-Political Reforms
Can China's Economic Development Bring About Democratization?
中国经济发展能带来民主吗？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 01/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/For
ums/BackStage/2005_10_31_9_47_49_852.html

Can China's Economic Development Bring About Democratization? (Part 2)
中国经济发展能带来民主吗？(二)
Chinesenewsnet.com, 31/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNew
s/Forums/BackStage/2005_10_31_17_4
0_16_552.html

Environment-Water
China's water crisis worst in the world: government official
AFP via YahooNews.com, 01/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051101/sc_afp/c
hinaenvironmentwater;_ylt=AiQ0y0D8m8
UzLW1YzosEe_EBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjM
HVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Hukou
Getting Rid of Hukou System No Big Deal
取消户籍限制，天塌不下来
China Youth Daily, 01/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/01/content_84751.htm

Abolishment of Hukou System is Inevitable, Even if it Poses Challenges for Urban
Population Management
取消户口界限是大势所趋 对城市管理是场挑战
YahooNew.com (China), 01/11/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051101/1462/2ftrk_1.html

Media-Internet
China Closes Dissident Blog Nominated for Award
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/technology/2
005/10/31/china_internet/

Population-One-child Policy/Media-Press Freedom/Censorship
Hebei Officials Detain Journalist Who Tried to Cover Up the Fact That Government Posted a Notice to Permit Second Babies for Cash Payment
河北官员出售超生指标图利 前去采访记者遭关押
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/31/hebei/

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Petitioning Village is Overcrowded
北京上访村又人满为患
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
05/10/31/shangfang/

Public Health
Impact of Medicine Prices Dropping 17 Times Still Unclear
药价降了17次收效不明显
Legal Daily, 01/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/0
1/content_213008.htm

Senior Official from Ministry of Health Says Half of Population is Not
Covered by Medical Insurance
我国过半老百姓没有医疗保险 看病需自掏腰包
Xinhuanet.com, 01/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2005-11/01
/content_3711717.htm

Wasp attacks kill 10 farmers in Shaanxi
SCMP, 01/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6A1Q7BFE.html

Religion-Christianity
Vatican ready to end its 50-year feud with China
Times, 29/10/2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1350
9-1847746,00.html

Resettlement-Forceful Eviction
Chengdu Villages Organize Roundtable to Protest Lost Land, but Government
Pressure Makes Venue Unavailable
成都宪政与维权讨论会，临开前会场被取消
Radio Free Asia, 31/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
05/10/31/chengdu/

Monday, October 31, 2005

October 29-31, 2005

News

Corruption
Hidden Motives in Anti-Corruption Campaign
Asia Times Online, 29/10/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Bu
siness/GJ29Cb05.html

Corruption/UN
UN Graft Charter Ratified Except for 'Meddling' Provision
SCMP, 29/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDGN28BFE.html

Gender-Sexuality
Sex and the Cities
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ48XP7BFE.html

Under-Aged Performers Lured to Video-Porn Chat Rooms
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7LUP7BFE.html

Gender-Reproductive health
Victims of the Revolution
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZPXM58BFE.html

Hukou
Hukou System in China to be Reformed
中国户籍管理制度步入改革之途
Voice of America, 28/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-28-voa27.cfm

Human Rights
Exhibition Shut Down After Sculptures Linked to Rights
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6KJ58BFE.html

Labor-Work safety / conditions
Moving Away from Culture of "Sweatshops”
走出“血汗工厂”
Nanfang Weekend, 27/10/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20051027/jj/jjx
w/200510270023.asp

Police
Who Will Protect China’s Police Officers?
谁来保护中国警察?
Chinesenewsnet.com, 30/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
SinoNews/Mainland/2005_10_29_15_
42_21_362.html

Police-Abuse
Police Officer Sacked for Beating Editor Over Report
SCMP, 29/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMSTP7BFE.html

Politics
Four Social Conflicts Must Be Resolved Before a Harmonious Society Can Be Established
中国建构和谐社会需要解决四大社会矛盾
Chinesenewsnet, 30/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/
SinoNews/Mainland/cna_2005_10_30_
03_00_36_916.html

Poverty
Go West Plan Fails to Close Gap, Study Finds
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ87XP7BFE.html

Protests and Petitions/Police
Government Urges Public Security Organs to Establish Mechanism for Receiving Written Petitions Radio Free Asia, 29/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/29/xinfang/

Public Health
WHO Wants Full Facts Over Hunan Girl's Death
SCMP, 30/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0SWP7BFE.html

China Answers Bird Flu Critics
Washington Post , 29/10/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2005/10/28/AR2005102801961.html

Chinese Officials Emphasize That No Humans Have Been Infected by Bird Flu, but Hong Kong Media Finds Holes in Story
官方强调无人感染禽流感 香港媒体发现疫区漏洞
Radio Free Asia, 28/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/28/birdflu/

Blood Donation 'to Blame' for Hep C Levels in China
Science and Development Network , 26/10/2005
http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/blood-donat
ion-to-blame-for-hep-c-levels-in-
china.cfm

Resettlement-Forceful eviction
Complaints of Forced Evictions as Land is Cleared for Expo
SCMP, 31/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ07XP7BFE.html

Friday, October 28, 2005

October 28, 2005

News

Corruption/UN
China Ratifies UN Convention Against Corruption
Xinhuanet.com, 27/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/27
/content_3692298.htm

Death Penalty
China Curbs Courts Killing Too Many Innocent People
Times Online, 28/10/2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1846366,00.html

Who is Creating the Negative Impression that "Donations can Delay a Death Sentence" ?
谁在制造“捐巨款可免死”的恶劣印象
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/content_83042.htm

Who Should Reclaim the Power to Review Death Sentences?
死刑核准权应由谁宣布收回
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/content_83052.htm

Execute Prisoners in a "Speedy" Manner: Is Beijing Local Court Going Against Supreme Court Order?
北京市中级法院速决死囚 分明跟中央对着干
Asia Times Online, 27/10/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=co
m_content&task=view&id=9324&Itemid=47

Detention- Cheng Guangcheng (陈光诚)/Population-One-child Policy
Blind Activist Plans to Sue Gangsters Who Are Backed by Local Government
临沂官方雇打手 陈光诚拟起诉
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
5/10/27/chenguangcheng/

Government-Fiscal
China Eases Tax Burden on Poor
China Daily, 28/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-
10/28/content_488410.htm

Government-Elections/Rural Issues
Why Is it So Hard to Remove Village Officials Who Lack Public Support?
失去民心的村干部为何难以罢免
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/c
ontent_83267.htm

Hukou
Reform of Hukou System Should Reflect Will of the Public
户籍制度修改要更多反映民众意愿
China Youth Daily, 28/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/28/content_83032.htm

Human Rights
'Irrational' Fear of Revolution Brings Tighter Controls: Activist
SCMP, 28/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUAG58BFE.html

Human Rights
Human Rights Group Says China Has Made Progress but Has also Regressed in Certain Areas
人权组织称中国人权有进步有倒退
Voice of America, 27/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-27-voa24.cfm

Labor-Industrial accidents
Nine dead, Seven Missing in China Mine Blast
AFP via YahooNews.com, 28/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051028/wl_asia
_afp/chinamine;_ylt=AsucDnFMqCc_cfe
m3Amv5LgBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHV
qMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Law-wrongful convictions
Wronged Man Receives Compensation
China Daily, 28/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/20
05-10/28/content_488420.htm

Poverty
Narrowing the Income Gap in Search of Harmony
People's Daily, 27/10/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/
27/eng20051027_217265.html

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Villagers Detain Officials Over Exhumed Corpses
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/
10/27/china_corpses/

Shaanxi Government Indicts Owners and Investors of Private Oil Companies for "Disturbing Social Order"
陕西公诉民营石油企业家投资者
Voice of America, 27/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-27-voa70.cfm

Public Health
Drop in Price: An Attempt to Make Medical Care Affordable
医疗服务降价 试解看病贵难题
Xinhuanet.com, 28/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-
10/28/content_3693597.htm

Hunan Girl's Death `Not from Bird Flu'
The Standard, 28/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.a
sp?we_cat=4&art_id=4422&sid=5199635
&con_type=1&d_str=20051028

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
New Rules to Combat AIDS Spread
China Daily, 28/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10
/28/content_488421.htm

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Scepticism Over Claim that Henan Blood Sales Stopped
SCMP, 28/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZECQP7BFE.html

Public Health
Senior Official in Ministry of Health Denies Saying that "Health Care Reform is
Unsuccessful"
卫生部官员否认医改不成功
The Beijing News, 28/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/200
5/1028/11@010734.html

Religion-Christianity
Vatican Told to Refrain from Meddling
SCMP, 28/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQAG58BFE.html

Tibet
Is Struggle of Tibetans No Longer About Rights and Freedom?
西藏人为之抗争的不再是自由权利？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 27/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainN
ews/SinoNews/Mainland/2005_10_27_15_7_0_431.html

Thursday, October 27, 2005

October 27, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions/Media- Internet
China Internet Writer Missing After Reporting Worker Protest
AFP via YahooNews.com, 27/10/2005
The New York-based rights group Committee to Protect Journalists has reported that Shi Xiaoyu, a businessman who has been writing online reports about the Chongqing steel workers protest since August, disappeared on October 20 and is believed to have been taken away by local police. Another rights group said that Chongqing police searched his house and confiscated Shi's computer and some other materials the day before he disappeared.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051027/wl_asia_afp/chinari
ghtsmediainternet;_ylt=AqvuIHfAZmAcmnKkEb0Td8UBxg8F;
_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--



News

Death Penalty/Law-Legal reform
Supreme Court Reform Plan Could Result in Fewer Executions
SCMP, 27/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZL5JT44FE.html

Supreme People's Court Reclaims Power to Review Death Sentences
死刑核准权统一收归最高法院
Legal Daily, 27/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-
10/27/content_211257.htm

Detention- Xu Wanping(许万平)/Detention-Li Jianping(李建平)
Trial of Chongqing Dissident to Be Held in Secret, while Procuratorate
Turns Down Charges Against Shandong Media Writer
重庆许万平将被秘密审判　山东李建平案被驳回
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2005/10/26/xuwangping/

Detention- Cai Zhouhua(蔡卓华)
Beijing People's Procuratorate Applies to Delay Trial of Detained Christian
北京检察院申请延期审理蔡卓华案
Radio Free Asia, 27/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaoda
o/2005/10/26/caizuohua/

Detention-Chen Guangcheng(陳光誠)
VIEW: China's Aborted Openness —Li Xiaorong
Daily Times via China Digital News, 26/10/2005
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?pag
e=2005%5C10%5C26%5Cstory_26-10-
2005_pg3_6

Economic Development
Experts Comment on Problems Arising from China's Development
专家谈中国发展中存在的问题
Radio Free Asia, 26/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/26/fazhan/

Environment
Environment Agency Blacklisted
China Youth Daily, 27/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/200
5-10/27/content_488177.htm

Gender-Sexuality
Legal Clarifications Are Needed to Protect the Rights of Gays
同性恋行为是与非需要法律说法
Legal Daily, 27/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-10/2
7/content_211220.htm

Gender-Sexuality
Small-Town Gays Lead Life in Quiet Desperation
SCMP, 27/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDIFG64FE.html

Gender
China's Sexual Revolution
Radio Free Asia, 26/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/20
05/10/26/china_sex/

Hukou
Removing the Hukou Barriers: Take Caution After the Hurrah
放开户口：叫好之余也当慎重
People's Daily, 27/10/2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1
063/3805540.html


Law-Legal reform
Reform of Court System Launched with 6 Initiatives to Oversee Legal Process
人民法院启动全面改革 六措施加强审判监督
Xinhuanet.com, 27/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2005-10/27/co
ntent_3689197.htm


Law-Legal Profession
Supreme People’s Court Sets Out 93 Guidelines to Regulate Behavior of Judges
最高法院制定行为规范：93种规范全程约束法官
People's Daily, 26/10/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3800699.html

Law-Legal reform
New Round of Court Reform Initiated
Xinhuanet.com, 26/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/26
/content_3687500.htm

Media/Law
Law and Media Should Go Hand in Hand in a Democratic Society
司法与传媒：民主社会相伴相随
Legal Daily, 26/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-10/26
/content_210562.htm

Migrant Workers
Floating Population Needs Better Governance System to Secure their Rights
流动人口应建立社会化管理模式
Legal Daily, 26/10/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-10
/26/content_210449.htm

Migrant Workers-Migrant Children
99.8% of Migrant Children Receive Compulsory Education, Survey Says
三方式接纳 适龄民工子女义务教育比例达99.8%
Xinhuanet.com, 25/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2005-10/25/content_3680194.htm

Police
Analyst Gives 4 Reasons for People to React Violently Towards Arrests and Assaul Police Officers
媒体分析认为四大原因引发暴力抗法及袭警事件
China News Agency, 27/10/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-10-
26/8/643474.shtml

Politics-Political reforms
Dismissing Democracy
Times Asia, 25/10/2005
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article
/0,13673,501051031-1122519,00.html

Poverty/NGOs
100 Finalists Announced for Poverty-Reduction Grants
Xinhuanet.com, 27/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/
26/content_3686402.htm

Protests and Petitions
Guangdong Power Project Stalls Amid Land Dispute
Radio Free Asia, 25/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/10/25/china_guangdong/

Public Health
Chief of Ministry of Heath Says About Bird Flu Outbreak: Improved Mechanisms for Cross-Border Communications Are Transparent
高强谈禽流感:中国建立了公开透明的疫情通报制度
China News Agency, 26/10/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2005-10-26/8/643377.shtml

China Assures World Bird Flu Under Control Amid Report of Girl's Death
AFP via YahooNews.com, 27/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051027/wl_asia_af
p/healthfluchina;_ylt=Ai813ASBOVdi1
wtbopXhaZYBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMH
VqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Village doctors Fill Breach in HIV Control
China Daily, 27/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/20
05-10/27/content_488120.htm


Public Health/Media-Press freedom/censorship
Chinese Media Silent on Latest Bird Flu Outbreaks
Reuters via ABC News, 26/10/2005
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1251472

Resettlement-Forceful eviction
40 Mln Farmers Lose Land: NPC report
Xinhuanet.com, 26/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/
26/content_3688312.htm

Xinjiang/State Security-Terrorism
China Urges Global Support to Combat "East Turkistan" Terrorist Activities in Xinjiang
我国代表呼吁各国采取措施打击东突恐怖势力
People's Daily, 27/10/2005
http://world.people.com.cn/GB/1029/42408/3804476.html

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

October 26, 2005

Top News of the Day

Detention-Tan Kai(譚凱)/ Environment
Environmental Activists Detained in Hangzhou
Human Rights in China Press Release, 26/10/2005
Human Rights in China has reported that Tan Kai (譚凱), a rights activist for the environmental civil society group “Green Watch” (Lüse Guancha) who was involved in monitoring a chemical factory in Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, has been placed under criminal detention by the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau. Tan began monitoring the factory when local residents started to make complaints about the serious pollution in April of this year. The other five members in the same group as Tan were released on October 19, 2005 after being summoned for questioning.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5
fid=25771&item%5fid=25770


News

Death Penalty
Billionaire Donates 49.5 Billion Yuan Hoping to Delay Death Sentence
传亿万富豪捐495亿死刑暂缓
Dajiyuan.com, 26/10/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/1
0/26/n1098182.htm

Death Penalty/Law-Court system
Courts to be Cautious Over Death Sentence
Xinhuanet.com, 26/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/
26/content_3684042.htm

Death Penalty/Law-Legal Reform
Supreme People's Court to Reclaim Power to Review Death Sentences
from Provincial Courts
中国死刑核准权将从省级回归最高法院
Chinesenewsnet.com, 26/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNew
s/Mainland/cna_2005_10_25_09_00_58_214.html09_00_58_214.html

Environment
Air Pollution in Chinese Cities Turns Serious
中国城市空气污染非常严重
Voice of America, 25/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/20
05-10-25-voa60.cfm

Hukou
China Plans to Reform Hukou System to Allow Greater Population Mobility
中国拟取消户口界限 放宽大中城市户口迁移限制
China News Agency, 26/10/2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn//news/2005/2
005-10-26/8/643231.shtml

Human Rights
See No Evil
In These Times via China Digital News, 24/10/2005
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2363/

Law-Legal reform
Supreme People's Court Urges Clarification of Criterion to Take up Appeal Cases
最高法建议明确申请再审条件
The Beijing News, 26/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/20
05/1026/11@004803.html

Migrant Workers
Medical Insurance Schemes Left Out the Migrant Workers
我国农民工就医进退维谷 医保问题越发突出
People's Daily, 26/10/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/3801630.html

China to Include Unemployed Migrant Workers in National Unemployment Statistics
中国将把农民工纳入失业率统计
Radio Free Asia, 25/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/25/shiye/

Politics-Political reforms
Anything But Western Democracy
SCMP, 26/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZCOET44FE.html

White Paper on Building Democracy in China Faces Challenges
中国“民主建设”面临严峻挑战
Voice of America, 25/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-25-voa50.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Shanwei Government Use persuasion as a delaying tactic to avoid compensating
villagers
汕尾政府软硬兼施仍未赔偿村民
Radio Free Asia, 25/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/25/shanwei/

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Henan Insurance Company Offer Package for HIV Carriers With Compensation Up to
300,000 Yuan
河南开售艾滋病保险单 最高保额为三十万元
EastDay.com, 26/10/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/no
de81762/node95159/userobject1ai1579339.html
339.html

Public Health
Neighbours In the Dark on Outbreak in Anhui
SCMP, 26/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTJDG64FE.html

NPC Representative Says Comprehensive Medical Insurance Coverage is Needed
Before Health Care Reforms are Launched
全国人大代表王维忠：医改应首先解决社会保障问题
China Youth Daily, 26/10/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-10/26
/content_81786.htm

Religion-Christianity
Vatican Urges End to Tensions With China
The Guardian, 26/10/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,
1280,-5370090,00.html
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