January 17, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders
China Stops Petitioners Mourning Late Leader Zhao
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 17, 2006
Around 30 people on their way to mourn the death of purged leader Zhao Ziyang, who died one year ago this month, were turned back by police and prevented from visiting the former leader’s home.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060117/wl_nm/china_zhao_dc

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Case
Family of Dead Teen Paid to Keep Quiet: Villagers
SCMP, January 17, 2006
Authorities in Guangdong have allegedly paid 130,000 yuan to the family of a teenage girl who was reportedly beaten to death during the violent crackdown on a protest over land compensation last Saturday. A relative of the family alleged the girl's parents had accepted the money and claimed their daughter had died of a heart attack. Chinese officials have denied that anyone was killed during the demonstration.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ39ZX6SGE.html


News

Corruption
Surge in Guangdong Corruption Cases
SCMP, January 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7XMDKRGE.html

Death Penalty
内蒙古一专修学院院长雇凶杀人 一审被判死缓 (Head of Inner Mongolia Technical College Sentenced to Death with Reprieve for Murder)
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/17/
content_4060617.htm

Gender
强化涉及妇女权益保障案件的审判工作 (Supreme Court to Strengthen Protection of Women's Rights)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/
content_252730.htm

Labor
刑事手段解决欠薪值得期待 (Cases of Unpaid Wages Expected to Be Resolved by Use of Criminal Law)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/content_252771.htm

Land Policy
失地农民，孕育不稳定因素的群体 (Farmers Being Stripped of Land Breeds Instability)
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-01/16/content_
4057373.htm

Law
“十一五”法律援助法有望出台 (Legal Aid Law Expected to be Enacted Under 11th Five-Year Plan)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/content_252729.htm

Law - Legal Profession
加快修订律师法规范律师执业 (Revision on Legal Profession Regulation to Gain Speed)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/content_252736.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
新京報高层完成调整 (Reshuffle Complete of Beijing News' Senior Management)
Wen Wei Po, January 17, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0601170017&cat=002CH

Media - Internet Censorship
China's Tangled Web
International Herald Tribune, January 16, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/16/opinion/edchina.php?rss

China's Tyranny Has the Best Hi-Tech Help
International Herald Tribune, January 15, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/15/opinion/edmirsky.php?rss

Migrant Workers
600万农民工今年将加入工会 (Six Million Migrant Workers to Be Unionized This Year)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/content_252773.htm

Military
中国裁军20万瞄准部队信息化 (200,000 Soldiers Retrenched as China's Military Gets Computerized)
The Beijing News, January 17, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0117/013@155535.htm

Military
我国一至六级残疾军人医疗待遇将得到较好保障 (PLA Soldiers with Disabilities to Have Better Medical Coverage)
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-01/17/content_
4061671.htm

Olympics /Economic Development
Olympics to Add Oomph to Beijing Economy
China Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/17/
ontent_512873.htm

Police
Chinese Generals Promise to Bolster Paramilitary Police
Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-paramilitary13jan13,0,1925077.story?coll=la-headlines-worldparamilitary13jan13,0,1925077.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Politics
赵紫阳前秘书鲍彤促中国走民主路 (Bao Tong, Former Aid to Purged Leader Zhao Ziyang, Urges China to Democratize)
Voice of America , January 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-16-voa40.cfm

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Case
广东中山市警民冲突至少五人受伤 (At Least Five Injured in Zhongshan Protest)
Voice of America, January 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-16-voa11.cfm

Chinese Media Downplay Land Protest in Southern China
Voice of America, January 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-16-voa17.cfm

Police in China Hurt Villagers, Protesters Say
New York Times, January 17, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/international/asia/17china.html

广东中山失地农民将再聚集 (Protestors in Zhongshan's Land Compensation Case Gather Again)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/16/kangyi/

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
Shanwei Crackdown Widow Says Her Husband Was Innocent
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/01/16/china_shanwei/

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement (Case)
村民集体请愿要求政府履行承诺被非法拘禁判刑 (Villagers in Henan Detained by Police for Fighting for Fair Compensation for Relocation)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/16/qinyuan/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
黑龙江北安农场输血感染艾滋病者将索赔3000万 (Farmers in Heilongjiang Province Seek a Total of 30 Million Yuan in Compensation for Contracting AIDS Through Blood Transfusions)
People's Daily, January 17, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4033889.html

North Korea
North Korea Kim Visit Is China's Worst-Kept SecretAP( via YahooNews), January 17, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060116/ap_on_re_as/finding_kim_2

January 14-16, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Protest
Villagers Vow to Fight on for Compensation
SCMP, January 16, 2006
About 50 villagers were injured, and a further 100 were detained, during a clash with military police dispatched to break up a protest over land acquisition in Panlong village in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province. During the Saturday protest, which involved some 10,000 villagers, police beat protestors at random and it was rumored that a 13-year-old girl had died as a result.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKSJDKRGE.html


News

Corruption
Suicide of Zhejiang Official Met with Shock
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOG5SJRGE.html

Education
Equality Finally Gets a Chance with Revision of Education Standards
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK32SJRGE.html

Key Measures Missing from Draft, Experts Say
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZG32SJRGE.html

Environment
Beijing Determined to Build 'Livable City'
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCG5SJRGE.html

China`s Developing World Energy Strategy - Edward Lanfranco
UPI, January 16, 2006
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_
1075843.php/China`s_developing_world_energy_
strategyoping_world_energy_strategy

潘岳：中国环保形势严峻 公众参与程度低是要因 (Environmental Chief Says that Lack of Public Participation is a Major Cause for Environmental Degradation)
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 16, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2006-01-16_678597.shtml16_678597.shtml

Government
讨论：广东民间要求罢免省委书记张德江的诉求 (Discussion: The People’s Demand That Zhang Dejiang, General Secretary of Guangdong’s Provincial Committee, Be Dismissed)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/14/
zhangdejiang/

Human Rights Defenders
北京警方再带走拟悼念赵紫阳居民 (Beijing Police Arrest Activist Li Jinping Again, Allegedly for Planning to Hold Memorial Activities to Mark the First Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's Death)
Voice of America , January 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-15-voa51.cfm

Labor - Work Safety
整顿关闭煤矿进程缓慢:竟有省份一矿未关 (Slow Progress in Reforms on Coal Mines, No Mines Have Been Shut Down in Some Provinces)
People's Daily, January 16, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/4028633.html

Poverty - Urban Poverty
Beijing's Income Gap Grows, as Study Sees Slum Potential
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDCVX6SGE.html

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Protest
中山徵地 釀警民衝突 (Clash Between Police and Villagers in Zhongshan Due to Land Acquisition) Wen Wei Po, January 16, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&
news_id=CH0601160002

中山逾萬警民衝突數十傷, 不滿政府低價徵地高價出售 (Dozens Injured as Over 10,000 Villagers Clash with Police in Zhongshan)
Ming Pao , January 16, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

广东村民抗议征地不公与警方冲突 (Guangdong Villagers Clash with Police Over Unfair Compensation on Land Acquisition)
Voice of America, January 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-15-voa52.cfm

Scores Injured as China Police Quell Protest: Residents
AFP (via YahooNews), January 16, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060115/wl_asia_afp/chinaright
slandunrest_060115194537&printer=1;_ylt=AmiU5fXMN_AbiL
RuQNBF2VruOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNl

Traffic Blockade Ends in Guangdong
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/15/
content_4055529.htm

Villagers in Land Protest Flee Police Batons and Tear Gas
SCMP, January 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0TIDKRGE.html

Fight for Fair Land Payout Brought to Violent End
SCMP, January 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ042SJRGE.html

Protests and Petitions- Shanwei Incident
Curfew on Riot Village Lifted Amid Talk of Beijing Probe
SCMP, January 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU9GDKRGE.html

Public Health
四川医药购销黑幕:已查128人吃回扣近千万 (Medical Fee Scandal in Sichuan: 128 People Took Close to 10 Million Yuan in Illegal Kickbacks)
EastDay.com, January 16, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node112668/userobject1ai1794668.html

Wealth Grows, but Health Care Withers in China
New York Times, January 16, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/14/international/asia/1
4health.html?n=Top%2fNews%2fInternational%2fCountries%
20and%20Territories%2fChina2fInternational%2fCountries%
20and%20Territories%2fChina

Rural Issues
Huge Funds Increase for Rural Roads
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/16/
content_4057301.htm

Model Village to Teach Others How to Improve
China Daily, January 16, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/
16/content_512583.htm

Social Security
Pension System to Cover 220m People in 2010
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/13/content_
4049758.htm

January 13, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
Beijing Shrugs Off Claim of Helping 'Rogue States'
SCMP, January 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ94OX6SGE.html

Bilateral Ties / Media - Internet Censorship
Lawmaker Aims to Stop China's Net Censorship
The Boston Globe, January 13, 2006
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/01/
12/lawmaker_aims_to_stop_chinas_net_censorship/?rss_id=
Boston+Globe+--+Business+Newsp_chinas_net_censorship/?rss
_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News

Corruption
法律「灰色地帶」漏洞大 (Gray Areas in Law Hinders Efforts to Curb Corruption)
Wen Wei Po, January 13, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0601130007
&cat=002CH

Economic Development
面对外资我们能否不亢不卑？(Finding a Balanced View of Foreign Investment)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/xw/zy/20060
1130016.asp

Education - Basic Education/ Rural Issues
义务教育，并不免费 (Compulsory Education is Not Free At All)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/xw/sd/20060
1130018.asp

Environment
UN Criticizes Response to Toxic Spill
SCMP, January 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1IZRJRGE.html

中国成为污染输出国 (China is the World's Major Exporter of Pollution)
Voice of America, January 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-12-voa82.cfm

「怒江水電」 完成環評審查 (Green Assessment of a Controversial Hydropower Project on the Nu River Completed)
Wen Wei Po, January 11, 2006
http://slave.wwpnews.net/news.phtml?news_id=CH0601110030
&cat=002CH&PHPSESSID=7222b3ef8ae28e479120dc3c766be59d
SID=7222b3ef8ae28e479120dc3c766be59d

Gender - Sexuality
校园同性恋不再被视为另类 (Homosexuals No Longer Seen as 'Aliens' on Campus)
China Youth Daily, January 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2006-01/13/content_119817.htm

中国同性恋走向公开大事记 (Society's Increased Acceptance of Homosexuality: A Chronology)
China Youth Daily, January 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2006-01/13/content_119797.htm

Labor - Law
深圳刑拘8名恶意欠薪者　系全国首例以涉嫌经济犯罪严惩企业欠薪行为 (Eight Employers Detained for Holding Workers' Back Pay; First Case of This Kind of Economic Crime in China)
Nanfang Daily, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a01/2006
01130122.asp

Land Policy - Resettlement
征地纠纷裁决制度有望年内建立 (Mechanism for Making Rulings on Land Disputes to Be Set Up This Year)
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mrdx/2006-01/12/content_4042
497.htm

Law
国家突发公共事件总体应急预案(全文) (China's National Emergency Response Plan (Full Text))
People's Daily, January 13, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/8198/57347/57350/4021
527.html

立法应该重视成本效益分析 (Cost-Benefit Analysis Should be Emphasized in Legislation)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/jj/gd/20060113
0034.asp

Police / Protests and Petitions
Combat Efficiency of Police to Be Boosted
SCMP, January 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTURRJRGE.html

Police - Prisons
北京将把犯人分为三类五等分别关押改造 (Beijing Prisoners Categorized into Different Groups for Better Prison Management)
People's Daily, January 11, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4016979.html

Population - Aging Population
中国如何应对老龄化？(How Will China Cope with its Aging Problem?)
Nanfang Weekend, January 12, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/jj/jjxw/2006
01130022.asp

Protests and Petitions
广东又发生徵地补偿纠纷警民起冲突民众受伤 (10 Protesters Reportedly Injured in Land Dispute Protest in Guangdong)
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 13, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2006_01_12_22_00_27_541.html22_00_27
_541.html

汕尾局势有变 省委书记向中央作检查 (Beijing Demands Report on Shanwei Incident from Guangdong Party Chief)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/12/
shanwei/

Public Health
专访中国第一例SARS患者庞佐尧 (An Interview with China's First SARS Patient)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/xw/dcgc/2006
01130006.asp

Public Health
吉林艾滋病感染者被警方殴打 (Jilin AIDS Patients Beaten Up by Police After Clashes with Doctors)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/12/jilin/

中国在各地推行建立平价医院 (China to Build Hospitals that Provide Low-Cost Medical Care)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/12/
pingjiayiyuan/

January 12, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
Chinese Govt Issues African Policy Paper
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/12/content_
4042264.htm

Civil Society
中国人权组织主席刘青退休 (Liu Qing, President of Human Rights in China, Retires)
Voice of America, January 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-11-voa103.cfm

Environment
环保智库：中印崛起带来环境威胁 (Worldwatch Institute: The Rise of China and India Are Threatening the Environment )
BBC, January 12, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4600000/
newsid_4604400/4604480.stm.stm

Government
More Govt Departments Launch Websites
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/11/content_
4040019.htm

辽宁新规要求，各级政府部门须10日内答复或处理 (New Regulation Issued by Liaoning Province: Government Departments Must Reply to Requests for Information Within 10 Days)
The Beijing News, January 12, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0112/
012@154432.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Ching Cheong (程翔)
立法会左中右派致函中央 35 议员联署救程翔 (35 Hong Kong Lawmakers from Different Camps Issue Joint Letter to Beijing to Urge for Release of Detained Journalist Ching Cheong)
Apple Daily, January 12, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_
main.cfm?sec_id=4104&showdate=20060112&art_id=556674960112&
art_id=5566749

June 4th - Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳)
《年轻时的赵紫阳》即将出版 (Book About Zhao Ziyang in His Youth to Be Published Soon)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/11/
zhaoziyang/

Labor
专家预计大学生就业难问题仍难以解决 (Experts Predict Unemployment Among University Graduates Difficult to Resolve)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/11/jiuye/

Media
Mobile News Rings the Changes for Residents
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/12/content_
4042513.htm

Politics - NPC
讨论：今年北京市两会的重头戏 (Discussion: The Main Focus of This Year's Meetings of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/11/
lianghui/

Population
Beijing to Cap Population Under 16 mln by 2010
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/12/content_
4041473.htm

Protests and Petitions- Shanwei Incident
维权律师吁民间调查汕尾枪杀事件 (Rights Lawyers Gao Zhisheng and Guo Feixiong Call on Public to Investigate Shanwei Incident)
Voice of America, January 11, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-11-voa24.cfm

Public Health
Report Warns of Unhealthy Lifestyle
China Daily, January 12, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/12/
content_511433.htm

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
Govt to Update Estimates of AIDS/HIV Epidemic
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/11/content
_4037806.htm

Hemophiliac Sues Company for HIV Infection
China Daily, January 12, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/12/
content_511621.htm

Rural Issues
Loans to Farmers Double in Four Years
SCMP, January 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ22LX6SGE.html

Society
社会风气 治安 教育 內地民眾最关注 (Mainland Public Most Concerned with Social Trends, Security and Education)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2006
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20060112/ccc1.htm

Tibet
Restrictions Imposed on Sky Burials
SCMP, January 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ609DKRGE.html

January 11, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media
Chinese Ban on Wikipedia Prevents Research, Users Say
Google News (HK), January 11, 2006

China-based researchers are expressing outrage at the Chinese authorities' ban on access to Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia run by a non-profit organization in Florida. Access to the website has been completely blocked since October 2005. In 2004, there were two incidents of temporary suspension, reportedly because the web site contains materials related to sensitive issues such as Tibet and the Tiananmen Square protests.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/
RTGAM.20060110.wxwikipedia10/BNStory/International//International/


News

Death Penalty
死刑复核应出现律师身影 (Lawyers to Participate in Review of Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, January 11, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/11/content_
249606.htm

Man with Death Penalty Pronounced Innocent
Xinhuanet, January 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/11/content_
4036194.htm

Economic Development
Beijing Eases Oil, Coal Grip
The Standard, January 09, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp
pp_cat=15&art_id=9432&sid=6142414&con_type=1

Environment
Behind China's Shiny Facade Lies Economic, Ecological Nightmares
YahooNews (China), January 11, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucgg/20060110/cm_ucgg/b
ehindchinasshinyfacadelieeconomicecologicalnightmares
cecologicalnightmares

Law - Legal Aid
全国法律援助办案同比增长三成 (Legal Aid Cases Increase 30 Percent Nation-Wide)
Legal Daily, January 11, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/11/content_
249397.htm

Media
Unshackle the Mainland Media
SCMP, January 11, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZRVRRJRGE.html

China: CPJ Condemns Censorship of Blogger
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), January 11, 2006
http://www.cpj.org/news/2006/asia/china06jan06na.html

Population
重庆出现代孕网：两万元借腹生子 (Surrogacy Website Found in Chongqing: Surrogate Mothers for Hire for 20,000 Yuan)
ChinaNewsman.net, January 10, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest/
Life/2006_1_10_20_26_52_284.html284.html

Protests and Petitions
陕西华阴市40多名上访农民被捕 (Over 40 Villagers Arrested for Petitioning Government in Huayang City, Shaanxi Province)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/10/
shangfang/

Public Health
「天价医疗费」内幕将公布 (Details on Harbin Hospital That Charged Excessive Medical Fees to Be Disclosed Soon)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Herbal Help Extended for AIDS Patients
SCMP, January 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1P5DKRGE.html

Non-profit Hospitals Proposal Pitched for Needy
SCMP, January 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7XRRJRGE.html

民间艾滋病研讨会一波三折
( AIDS Seminar Organized by the Public Meets with Resistance)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/10/aids/

中国将严格控制公立医院建设规模和发展速度 (China to Step up Control on the Scale and Pace of Development of Public Hospitals)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/10/yiliao/

Religion
Catholicism Flourishes in Tibetan Village
China Daily, January 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/10/
content_511001.htm

January 10, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
4 Huaxi Protesters Handed Jail Terms
SCMP, January 10, 2006
A total of nine villagers in Huaxi, Zhejiang Province have been sentenced for rioting in April last year when they tried to stop the operation of 13 chemical plants. Four received jail terms – the longest of which was five years, four were given suspended sentences, and one was acquitted. The villagers said the plants were built illegally and were poisoning their crops.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTLORJRGE.html


News
Economic Development
2004 GDP Growth Revised to 10.1pc
SCMP, January 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKI2DKRGE.html

Environment
Toxic Spills Heighten Water Safety Concerns
SCMP, January 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5PEX6SGE.html

Human Rights
Wrong on Human Rights
New York Times, January 9, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/opinion/10tue1.html

Human Rights Defenders - Li Jinping (李金平)
北京前警察因组织赵紫阳纪念会被抓 (Former Beijing Policeman Arrested for Organizing Memorial Activity to Mark the First Anniversary of the Death of Zhao Ziyang)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/09/
lijinping/

Chinese Activists Put Under House Arrest
AP via YahooNews, January 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/ap_on_re_as/
china_deposed_leader

Law
武汉：民告官判决书全部上网 (Wuhan Intermediate Court Posts All Rulings of Lawsuits Filed Against the Government Online)
Legal Daily, January 10, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/10/content_248642.htm

Media
Radical Paper Gets New Senior Staff
SCMP, January 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBQHRJRGE.html

Police
Beijing Women Prisoners to Spend Chinese New Year with Husbands
People's Daily, January 10, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/10/
eng20060110_234238.html

Politics
李鹏再出书谈人大“政绩” 剩下六四部份未能出版自辩 (Section on "June 4th" Deleted in Former Chinese Premier Li Peng's Newly Published Memoir)
Asia Times Online, January 10, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12283&Itemid=33=33

Public Health
吉林68名村民因卖血先后感染艾滋病 (68 Villagers in Jilin Province Contracted AIDS From Selling Blood)
People's Daily, January 10, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4008981.html

Authorities Revoke 660 Illegal Medical Practitioners' Licenses
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/09/content_
4030788.htm

Three Gorges
Three Gorges Dam to Be Completed by May
Xinhuanet, January 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/09/content_
4030767.htm

January 7-9, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders
李金平赵紫阳周年忌日被抓 (Activist Li Jinping Arrested on the First Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang’s Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2006
Beijing-based activist Li Jinping was arrested on Saturday after reportedly calling on the Internet to have a memorial activity at his home to mark the first anniversary of the death of purged leader Zhao Ziyang.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/08/lijinping/

News
Tough Going for Lawyers Trying to Help HIV Sufferers
SCMP, January 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXQXCKRGE.html

Civil Society
I'll Only Go Back on My Terms, Says Retiring Rights Chief
SCMP, January 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3OERJRGE.html

Corruption
Leaders Need More Than Just Inspiring Words to Tackle Corruption
SCMP, January 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2OFRJRGE.html

China Punishes 1,200 Health Workers for Corruption
Voice of America, January 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-08-voa24.cfm

Disasters
Rules to Deal With Disasters Drafted
SCMP, January 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBDLRJRGE.html

Economic Development
Tax Reforms Target Social, Economic Development
People's Daily, January 09, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/09/eng20060109
_233892.html

Environment
In a Grim Irony, Cleanup Spills Cadmium into Yangtze Tributary
SCMP, January 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJDLRJRGE.html

Pricier Energy Expected to Have Wide Impact
SCMP, January 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHSBRJRGE.html

Law
Pledge to Speed up Judicial Reforms
SCMP, January 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPSBRJRGE.html

Media
Tabloid Takes on a Daily Challenge
SCMP, January 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7DLRJRGE.html

中国博客的真实：是为娱乐还是政治讽刺？(The Truth about Blogging in China: Is it Entertainment or Political Satire?)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/07/boke/

Microsoft Under Fire for Blog Censorship
SCMP, January 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQP7X6SGE.html

Military
中国宣佈完成裁军20万 (China Announces Completion of Retrenchment of 200,000 PLA Soldiers)
BBC, January 09, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4590000/
newsid_4593700/4593796.stm.stm

Population - One-Child Policy
计生委：“放开二胎”传闻不实 现行政策不变 (China Population and Birth Planning Committee Says: Rumor on Relaxation of One-Child Policy Unfounded, Policy Unchanged)
Xinhuanet, January 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-01/09/content_4026459.htm

Protests and Petitions
深圳二千人示威瘫痪交通 (Traffic Comes to a Standstill as 2,000 Protest in Shenzhen)
Peacehall, January 09, 2006
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/01/
200601091241.shtml

未经职代会决定下岗工待遇 工人上访抗争 (Laid-off Workers Protest Dismissal Without Consensus)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/laogongtongxun/rexian/
2006/01/07/gongren/

Chinese Farmer in Suicide Attack
BBC, January 06, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4589948.stm

Public Health
Action Plan Mapped out for Better Health Care
China Daily, January 09, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/09/content_
510440.htm

Health Chief Pledges to Rein in Hospital Fees
SCMP, January 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVCBX6SGE.html

Tibet
US$130m Push for Tibet Train
The Standard, January 09, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_
cat=2&art_id=9450&sid=6159341&con_type=1&con_type=1

Xinjiang
U.S.-Based Uyghur Lashes Out at Pressure to Spy for China
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2006/01/05/uyghur_spies/

January 6, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioners - Feng Bingxian (冯秉先)
陕北油田维权人士冯秉先被判3年 (Shaanxi Oil Well Campaigner Sentenced to Three Years’ Imprisonment)
Voice of America, January 06, 2006
Feng Bingxian (冯秉先), a leading representative of private oil investors in Shaanxi whose wells were seized by the local government in 2003, was sentenced to jail for three years on charges of disturbing public order. Two other investors, who also actively participated in the campaign against the government's confiscation of the oil wells, were also sentenced to two years in prison, but their terms were suspended for three years.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-05-voa23.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔案移交北京第二人民检察院 (Family of Jailed Journalist Ching Cheong Notified That Ching's Case Was Sent to Procuratorate on December 30)
Voice of America, January 06, 2006
The case of Ching Cheong(程翔), a Hong Kong-based reporter who was accused of spying for Taiwan, was sent for prosecution to the Beijing No. 2 People’s Procuratorate on December 30, 2005. Ching’s wife was disappointed that the case had been transferred, adding that it was very likely Ching would go to trial.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-05-voa59.cfm

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News

Children - Orphans and Adoption
China Has 573,000 Orphans
Xinhanet, January 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/05/content_4013
200.htm

Corporate Social Accountability / Poverty
Be More Generous, Firms and Millionaires Told
China Daily, January 06, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/06/content
_509649.htm

Death Penalty
死刑核准权今年统一行使 (Right to Review Death Penalty Cases to Be Returned to the Supreme Court This Year)
The Beijing News, January 06, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0106/014@15
2876.htm

Disasters
Natural Disaster Death Toll at Four-year High
SCMP, January 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOI8RJRGE.html

Economic Development / Government
Looking at China's Progress in the Past Five Years)
People's Daily, January 06, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/05/eng20060105_
233105.html

Environment
调查显示：中国公众普遍认为环境问题非常紧迫 (Survey: Public Raises Serious Concerns on China's Environmental Problems)
Asia Times Online, January 06, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=12184&Itemid=33=33

Environment - Water
Chinese River Said Not Contaminated
AP( via YahooNews), January 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060106/ap_on_re_as/china_
poisoned_river

Views Mixed over Water Price Hike
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/05/content_
4011516.htm

Gender - Sexuality
同性恋主题志愿者的烦恼 (Social Stigma of Homosexuality Still Rules, Big Challenges for Public Education)
China Youth Daily, January 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2006-01/06/content_116387.htm


Human Rights
人权卫士被侵权　中国政府漠视公约 (Rights Group Condemns China for Failing to Meet International Human Rights Standards)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/05/
renquan/

Human Rights Defenders - Religious Practitioners - Wang Wenzhi (王文芝)
中国当局试图对地下天主教神父王文芝进行洗脑 (Underground Catholic Priest Wang Wenzhi Reportedly Made to Undergo Brainwashing While in Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/05/
zongjiao/

June 4th / Protests and Petitions
中国民间发起纪念赵紫阳逝世一周年活动 (Activists Set to Organize Activities to Commemorate the Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's Death)
Asia Times Online, January 03, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=12073&Itemid=33=33

Labor - Unions
农民工权益维护成我国工会维权"重中之重" (Union to Help Migrant Workers Get Back Wages)
EastDay.com, January 06, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
110479/userobject1ai1771111.html1111.html

Labor - Employment Conditions
Work Safety Key in Assessing Development
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/06/content_
4015375.htm

Land Policy - Resettlement
Party Chief Sets Rules on Land Acquisition
SCMP, January 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9MERJRGE.html

Protecting Farmers' Interests is Real Progress
SCMP, January 06, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZMJ8RJRGE.html

Law - Legal Reform
人民陪审员共参与审案16万余件 (People’s Jurors Tried 160,000 Court Cases in 2005)
Legal Daily, January 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/06/content_
246791.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Journalists Cry Freedom
The Standard, January 06, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=15
&art_id=9244&sid=6138892&con_type=1&d_str=20060106
&con_type=1&d_str=20060106

Military
China Sets 5-year Target for Defense Industry
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/05/content_401
4527.htm

Public Health - Mental Health / Poverty
Disturbed Man Chained 21 Years
SCMP, January 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXMERJRGE.html