March 3, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
报告称民主中国或对世界威胁更大 (Report Says a Democratic China Could Be a 'Greater Risk' to the World)
Voice of America, March 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-03-voa9.cfm

Death Penalty
大赦国际批评中国死刑判决过多 (China Criticized for Too Many Death Penalty Cases)
Voice of America, March 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2006-03-02-voa53.cfm

Education / Rural Issues
甘肃乡村女教师三年未发工资无奈辞职 (Rural Teacher Sadly Says Goodbye to Students After Three Years Without Pay)
EastDay.com, March 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
121716/userobject1ai1887464.html7464.html

Education / Law
义务教育法修订草案将明确政府应承担责任 (Draft of Compulsory Education Law to Highlight Government Responsibility)
EastDay.com, March 02, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node12
1716/userobject1ai1887471.html7471.html

Gender – Law / Law - Legal Aid
妇女权益保护列为法律援助重点 (Legal Aid for Women to Be Focus of Ministry of Justice Work)
Legal Daily, March 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/03/content_275
182.htm

Hukou / Inner Mongolia
内蒙古户籍新政为何遇阻 (The Issues Concerning Inner Mongolia’s New Hukou Policy)
China Youth Daily, March 03, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/03/content_1326728.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Internet Activists - Hou Wenbao (侯文豹)
侯文豹因言获罪 原定绝食当天被抓 (Internet Dissident on Hunger Strike After Being Charged with Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/02/
houwenbao/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
专访戴晴谈中青报冰点复刊 (Interview with Dai Qing on the Relaunch of Bingdian)
Voice of America, March 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-02-voa68.cfm

Media - Internet Censorship
美议员拟禁公司助中国过滤因特网 (US Congressmen to Submit Bill to Forbid US Internet Companies from Helping China Filter Websites and Messages)
Voice of America, March 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-02-voa67.cfm

Police
Police Accused of Covering up Murder of US Woman in Beijing
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY19UH8JE.html

Police - Administrative Detention / Protests and Petitions
解读：超过五人集体上访属违法 (Shenzhen’s Crackdown on Social Order: Petitioning Groups of More Than 5 People Are Unlawful)
EastDay.com, March 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
121716/userobject1ai1887466.html7466.html

Politics - Political Reform/ Human Rights
A Peaceful Push for Reform Emerges out of the Shadows
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKK8UH8JE.html

Politics - NPC
有机遇有挑战 “十一五”中国应对十大考验 (The Challenges of the 11th Five-Year Plan)
People's Daily, March 03, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4161137.html

Vice-premier is Sick, but May Not Be Quitting Yet
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3GAUH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions – Taishi Case
Climate of Fear Persists in Strife-torn Taishi
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZT34VH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
Farmers Pay a Heavy Price in Victory Over Factories
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI29UH8JE.html

Many Families Without Main Breadwinner
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4KYTH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions - Shanwei Incident
Shanwei Villagers Seethe at Ill-treatment in Land Grab
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP34VH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions / Politics - NPC
Targeting of Petitioners Denied
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8K8UH8JE.html

Public Health
China Says It has 'Rigorous' Laws for Organ Transplants
AFP (via YahooNews), March 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060302/hl_afp/healthchinajapan
_060302175529

Public Health - Health Care Reform
重庆2400种政府定价药降价 最高加价率降低15% (Chongqing Government Fixes Mark-up Rate for 2,400 Types of Medicine at 15 Percent)
EastDay.com, March 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
121716/userobject1ai1887455.html7455.html

The High Price of Illness in China
BBC, March 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4763312.stm

Tibet
Which Model of Autonomy for Tibet?
SCMP, March 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZSIYTH8JE.html

March 2, 2006

Top News of the Day

Religion
中国宗教自由仍受限制 (Religious Freedom Still Restricted in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/01/zongjiao/
Religious followers in China continue to be subject to arbitrary restrictions and intimidation by authorities one year after implementation of the Regulations on Religious Affairs, according to Human Rights Watch.

安徽淮北警方突袭非官方教会逮捕36名牧师和学生 (36 Pastors and Students Arrested in Police Raid on Underground Church in Anhui Province)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/01/zongjiao1/
Thirty-six pastors and students were arrested in a police raid on an underground church housed in a primary school in Anhui Province on Wednesday, the Texas-based China Aid Association said.


News

Death Penalty
法律人权人士关注中国死刑问题 (Lawyers and Rights Activists Concerned with Death Penalty in China)
Voice of America, March 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-01-voa51.cfm

Government
Party Affairs to Be More Transparent
China Daily, March 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/02/
content_525395.htm

Law
Weak Court System Nearing Crisis Point: US Legal Expert
SCMP, March 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWH5UH8JE.html

Media
"Dinosaurs", "PK" Forbidden in News Broadcast
China Court, March 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-
03/02/content_525610.htm

China Charts Tricky Course in Attempt to Tame the Media
Financial Times, March 02, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/421c45bc-a992-11da-
9f4e-0000779e2340.html

传《冰点》事件胡锦涛批示：“请妥善处理”(President Hu Jintao Said to Have Ordered the “Bingdian Incident to Be Handled Properly")
Asia Times Online, March 02, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14115&Itemid=33=33

冰点复刊批驳袁伟时文章 (Newly Launched Bingdian Refutes Article)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/01/bingdian/

互联网监控 中美新较量 (China and US in Competition over Internet Surveillance)
Wen Wei Po, March 02, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0603020015&cat=002CH

Olympics
Beijingers Being Taught to Mind Manners
AP( via YahooNews), March 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060301/ap_on_re_as/
china_decency_drive_1;_ylt=AqDYuKLm8KN1ARPgrAa
FXh5PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJ
VRPUCUlKLm8KN1ARPgrAaFXh5PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDM
TBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Police
Prison Guards to Be Trained More Competent for Posts
Xinhuanet, March 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/01/
content_4244324.htm

Politics
Actions Speak Louder Than Words for the 'King of Bills'
SCMP, March 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGBVTH8JE.html

Poverty
China Lawmakers Study Economy, Rural Poor
AP( via YahooNews), March 02, 2006
lhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/01/AR2006030101230.html

Protests and Petitions
京否认农村暴乱频 (Beijing Denies Frequent Protests in Rural Areas)
Ming Pao, March 02, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

现行信访制度充满悖论 (Current Petitioning System Full of Paradoxes)
Wen Wei Po, March 02, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news_print.phtml?
news_id=CH0603020005

Hundreds Detained in Crackdown on Dissent
SCMP, March 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZABVTH8JE.html

北京警察遣返外地进京上访者 (Beijing Police Repatriate Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/01/shangfang/

高智晟坚持绝食抗争适度 丁子霖吁打官司维权是正途 (Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Continues Hunger Strike, While Founder of Tiananmen Mothers Campaign Urges Him to Fight for Rights Through Legal Means)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/01/jueshi/

Rural Issues
Party in Denial over Troubles in the Countryside
SCMP, March 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR41VH8JE.html

Rural Support Scheme Helps Shaanxi Farmers
China Daily, March 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/02/
content_525490.htm

Social Security
民政部最低生活保障司司长解读新条例 (Civil Affairs Bureau Lays out New Social Insurance Regulations)
China Youth Daily, March 02, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/02/content_
1325339.htm

March 1, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Xiao Yunliang (萧云良)
Report: China Frees Imprisoned Organizer
AP( via YahooNews), February 28, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060301/ap_on_re_as/china_
labor_protests;_ylt=AgmQsjv.GnRR8fUbmR61vvcBxg8F;_ylu
=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--.GnRR8fUbmR61vvcBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4B
HNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Xiao Yunliang, one of the leaders of a massive labor protest in Liaoning Province in 2002, was released from prison on February 23 after being given a 24-day sentence reduction, according to the San Francisco-based rights group The Dui Hua Foundation. Xiao was released in advance of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the US next month. However, Yao Fuxin, another leader in the protest arrested with Xiao, is still in prison and is not due to to be released until 2009.


News

Corruption
Law Boosts Anti-Graft Audit Powers
SCMP, March 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSQXUH8JE.html

Education
教育乱收费内地800校长革职 (800 School Heads Dismissed for Charging Illegal Educational Fees)
Wen Wei Po, March 01, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&news
_id=CH0603010001

Education Funding to Rise to 4pc of GDP
SCMP, March 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVN2UH8JE.html

Environment
Ecologists Warn of Looming Green Crisis
SCMP, March 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOQXUH8JE.html

High and Dry in China
The Standard, March 01, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=9&art_id=13054&sid=6798718&con_type=
1&d_str=200603018&con_type=1&d_str=20060301

Human Rights
Protect Rights, Mothers Urge
SCMP, March 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI4STH8JE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists - Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
国际组织呼吁中国释放贵州记者李元龙 (Committee to Protect Journalists Calls for Release of Jailed Reporter Li Yuanlong)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
02/28/liyuanlong/

Human Rights Defenders – Xu Wanping (许万平)
重庆高院维持异议人士许万平12年原判 (Chongqing Higher Court Upholds Verdict of 12-year Prison Term for Activist Xu Wanping)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
02/28/xuwanping/

Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳)
UN驻华办事处呼吁中国调查胡佳失踪一事 (UN's Beijing Office Calls for Investigation into Missing AIDS Activist Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/02/28/hujia/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
冰點今復刊 (Banned Weekly Bingdian [Freezing Point] is Relaunched)
Ming Pao, March 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Protest Editor Sent to 'Research Room'
The Telegraph, February 27, 2006
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/27/wchina27.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/
02/27/ixportal.htmleet=/portal/2006/02/27/ixportal.html

Media - Internet Censorship
Public Call for Cleaner, Healthier Internet
People's Daily, February 28, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/01/
eng20060301_246963.html

Poverty
北京农民人均纯收入不足城市居民一半 (Residents in Rural Areas Outside Beijing Earn Less Than Half of Those in Urban Area)
China Youth Daily, March 01, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/01/content
_1324704.htm

Protests and Petitions
中国农村群体抗争事件数目激增 (Mass Protests in Rural Areas Rise Sharply)
BBC, March 01, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_
4750000/newsid_4757600/4757678.stm.stm

上海将上访者软禁拘留甚至送进精神病院 (Shanghai Kidnapping, Detaining and Even Sending Petitioners to Psychiatric Institutions in Run–up to NPC and Political Consultative Conference Meetings)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
02/28/shangfang/

Religion
参与法轮功将受治安处罚 (Participation in Falun Gong Will be Punished Under New Public Order Law)
The Beijing News, March 01, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/
0301/011@164087.htm

New Chinese Cardinal: Beijing Must Change
AP( via YahooNews), February 28, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_re_as/
vatican_china;_ylt=ApWZE3jF2Bozx4myhIW0tZwBxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--4myhIW0tZwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNl
YwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Rural Issues
Cracks Appearing in Model Villages
SCMP, March 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1O2UH8JE.html

New Breed of Residents Confounds the 'Comeback Cadre'
SCMP, March 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8X1UH8JE.html

Social Security
Service Targets Lonely Elderly People
China Daily, March 01, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-
03/01/content_524984.htm

Society
China Says it May Deport Badly Behaved Foreigners
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060301/ts_nm/
china_crime_dc

Hear China's ‘Angry Youth’
Chicago Tribunal, February 28, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/
chi-0602280153feb28,1,1265812.story?page=2&coll=chi-news-
hed0602280153feb28,1,1265812.story?page=2&coll=chi-news-hed

February 28, 2006

Top News of the Day

Religion – Christianity
江苏家庭教会成员被抓 (Members of Jiangsu Underground Church Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/27/
zongjiao/
Four members of a house church in Jiangsu Province were detained for hours on Sunday after police officers stormed into the apartment where around 20 Christians were gathered. The four have now been released.


News

Death Penalty
Drive-By Bag Snatchers May Face Death Penalty
SCMP, February 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ14OTH8JE.html

Execution Appeals to be Held Publicly
SCMP, February 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP3OTH8JE.html

Economic Development
The Socialist Contradiction
The Standard, February 28, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=12899&sid=6814740&con_type=1&d_
str=200602270&con_type=1&d_str=20060227

Education
中国九年制义务教育的人口地区覆盖率已超过95% (95 Percent of Areas in China Have Adopted Compulsory Education)
EastDay.com, February 28, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node120921/userobject1ai1881273.html1273.html

Environment
'Environment' is Still a Dirty Word
SCMP, February 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX3OTH8JE.html

Guangdong to House Oil Reserve Bases
People's Daily, February 28, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/28/eng20060228_
246572.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists - Li Yuanlung (李元龙)
贵州记者被控煽动颠覆 (Guizhou-Based Journalist Li Yuanlong Indicted for Inciting Subversion)
Ming Pao, February 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Law
全国人大及其常委会十届三次会议以来 制定和修改法律20件 (20 Laws Drafted or Amended Since the Third Plenary Meeting of the Tenth National People's Congress Session)
Legal Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/28/content_272665.htm

贾春旺：检察改革是提高法律监督能力必由之路 (Head of Supreme People’s Procuratorate Says Reform of Procuratorates is the Best Way to Improve Supervision of Legal System)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/28/content_
4237500.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
周济:中国并未把校园BBS论坛关掉 而是加强管理 (Education Chief Zhou Ji: China Has Strengthened Control of BBS on Campuses but Has Not Shut Them Down)
EastDay.com, February 28, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node120921/userobject1ai1881393.html1393.html

Nonsense on the Net
The Standard, February 28, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=13009&sid=6842885&con_type=1&d_
str=200602285&con_type=1&d_str=20060228

Media - Public Access to Information
Internet Facilitates Information Flow
China Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/28/
content_524710.htm

Police
警务督察五年查纠执法不公问题33万件 (330,000 Cases of Law Enforcement Violations by Police Officers in Five Years)
Legal Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/28/content_
272668.htm

刑讯逼供列入公安部督察重点 (Public Security Bureaus to Focus on Monitoring Forced Confessions)
The Beijing News, February 28, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0228/
013@163711.htm

治安管理处罚法明起施行 嫖娼被抓将要通知老婆 (New Public Order Law Takes Effect on March 1: Wives of Prostitute Patrons Will Be Notified of Arrest)
EastDay.com, February 28, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node120921/userobject1ai1881107.html1107.html

公安部通报治安管理处罚法实施准备情况 (Preparations Being Made for Implementation of New Public Order Law)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/28/content_
4237868.htm

公安部开通打黑除恶举报电话 号码010-65204666 (Public Security Bureau Launches Hotline for the Public to Report Triad-Related Activities)
Legal Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/28/content_
272663.htm

Poverty
Rich Gap Tops NPC Worries
The Standard, February 28, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art_id=12895&sid=6837209&con_type=
1&d_str=20060227&sear_year=2006&con_type=1&d
_str=20060227&sear_year=2006

Protests and Petitions
Man Uses Corpse in Beijing Suicide Standoff
SCMP, February 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTNYTH8JE.html

土地被卖三千村民讨说法　政府拒谈判酿暴力对峙 (Riots Break Out in Jiangsu as Government Refuses to Discuss Land Acquisition with Farmers)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/27/chongtu/

Public Health
City Health Centers to Provide Better Care
China Daily, February 28, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/28/
content_524560.htm

Rural Issues
“三农法庭”：探寻中国农村特色的法治之路 ("Rural Courts": Exploring Rule of Law with Rural Characteristics)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/28/content_
4237486.htm

解读中央一号文件：农村改革如何深化 (Decoding Govt. Document No. 1: How to Further Reforms in Rural Areas)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/28/content_
4236264.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Leader Halts China Unifying Panel
AP( via YahooNews), February 28, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_re_as/taiwan_
china;_ylt=AkeeePVbORWKAPFWV03hXi4Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oD
MTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdAAPFWV03hXi4Bx
g8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA

February 25-27, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists (Li Yuanlong)
Journalist Li Yuanlong Indicted for Subversion
Human Rights in China, February 24, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=
27266&item%5fid=27265
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that journalist Li Yuanlong has been formally indicted on charges of “incitement to subvert state power.” Sources in China told HRIC that Li, formerly a reporter with Bijie Daily in Guizhou Province, was originally detained on September 9, 2005, and was formerly arrested on suspicion of subversion on September 29.


News

Death Penalty
男子强奸杀害少女后还敲诈家属 一审被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Killing and Raping Teenage Girl and Blackmailing Victim's Family)
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/27/content_
4232114.htm

Education
Legislature Reviews Education Disparity
People's Daily, February 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/27/eng20060227_
246312.html

Provinces to Carry Burden of Free Education
SCMP, February 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFCTTH8JE.html

农村初中平均辍学率接近40%（二）(Dropout Rates in Rural Junior High Schools Near 40 Percent)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/25/
nongcun/

Environment
Resistance Casts a Cloud Over Green GDP Concept
SCMP, February 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3JUTH8JE.html

China Detains Man for Spreading Pollution Rumors
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 23, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK203772.htm

Government
CPC Steps up Efforts to Supervise, Admonish its Officials
People's Daily, February 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/27/eng20060227
_246222.html

Law
Courts Plead Guilty to Overwork
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9AOUH8JE.html

Migrant Workers - Female Workers
Guangzhou Vows to Ensure Safe Baby Delivery for Migrant Mothers
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/26/content_
4229207.htm

Police - Crime
Security Problem is 'Not Incurable'
SCMP, February 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDBMUH8JE.html

Poverty
Beijing's 'Poverty Belt' Raises Alarm
SCMP, February 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7JUTH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions
Hunger Strike to Protest Against Crackdown Widens
SCMP, February 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ66UTH8JE.html

人大常委会办公厅一年办理群众来信来访近19万件 (Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Receives Some 190,000 Petitions Per Year)
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/27/
content_4233415.htm

Congress Head Wants Petition System Improved
SCMP, February 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZB4ITH8JE.html

丁子霖致高智晟公开信: 请回到维权的行列中来 (Founder of Tiananmen Mothers Campaign Ding Zilin Writes Open Letter to Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng, Urging Him to Drop Hunger Strike)
Peacehall, February 23, 2006
http://peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/02/
200602232225.shtml

Public Health
Plans Issued to Deal with Public Health Emergencies
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/26/content_
4231227.htm

Tianjin Makes AIDS Prevention Education Compulsory
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/26/
content_4229253.htm

Religion
中国两名地下教会神父遭到逮捕 (Two Pastors of Underground Church Arrested)
RFA, February 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/24/jiaofu/

State Security
Nation to Ratify Convention on Terrorism
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/27/
content_4232473.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Envoys Report Block in Talks with China
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060226/wl_nm/religion_
china_dalai_dc_1&printer=1;_ylt=Ag2S56P1bZvC8WUKB
6gcXcFn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-=Ag
2S56P1bZvC8WUKB6gcXcFn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3M
XN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-

February 24, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Yu Zhijian (余志坚)
Mao Portrait Attacker Held over Subversion
SCMP, February 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRKIUH8JE.html
Yu Zhijian, 43, a former high school teacher and one of the people who threw paint on Mao Zedong’s portrait in 1989, has been detained on suspicion of incitement to subvert state power. He was taken away by state security officers from his home in Liuyang, Hunan Province, on February 18, 2006, after participating in a hunger strike in support of dissident lawyer Gao Zhisheng's call for an end to the persecution of activists.


News

Death Penalty
民警绑架杀害堂侄被判死刑 (Security Officer Sentenced to Death for Murdering Nephew)
The Beijing News, February 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0223/014@
162668.htm

Food Security
Grain Consumption to Outpace Output
Xinhuanet, February 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/24/content_
4220248.htm

Gender – Sex Workers
“平时是天使 周末是魔鬼” (The Plight of Sex Workers)
Nanfang Weekend, February 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060223/xw/tb/2006
02230006.asp

Government – Grassroots Election
Villagers Need Real Autonomy, Official Says
SCMP, February 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZM4NTH8JE.html

Human Rights Defenders
中国抗艾滋人士胡嘉下落不明 (AIDS Activist Reported Missing)
Voice of America, February 23, 2004
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-23-voa
46.cfm

June 4th - Prisoners
六四蛋掷毛像者获释但精神失常 (Tiananmen Activist Yu Dongyue Released, but Said to Be 'Mentally Ill')
Voice of America, February 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-23-voa
42.cfm

Labor
Deadbeat Bosses Put on Notice
SCMP, February 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZB8CTH8JE.html

Land Policy
中国改善征地制度出路在何处？ (How Can We Improve the System of Land Acquisition?)
Voice of America, February 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-24-
voa3.cfm

Law – Court System
最高法院：完善用人制度解决基层法官断层问题 (Supreme Court: Improving Court Personnel and Recruitment System is Key to Solving Problems in Lower-level Courts)
Xinhuanet, February 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/23/content_
4218911.htm

Media – Internet Censorship
China's Censored Media Answers Back
BBC, February 23, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4743274.stm

China's Media Censorship Rattling World Image
Christian Science Monitor, February 24, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0224/p01s04-wo
ap.html

Breaching China's Great Firewall
Christian Science Monitor, February 24, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0224/p08s01-com
v.html?s=itm

网吧须在3月底前安装摄像头 (Shenzhen Internet Cafes Ordered to Install Cameras and Monitoring Devices by March)
Legal Daily, February 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/24/content_
271062.htm

Population – Aging Population
全国老龄办百年预测 2050年每10人将有3位老人 (Three Out of 10 People Are Elderly in 2050, Report Shows)
EastDay.com, February 24, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node120141/userobject1ai1872350.html

Politics - NPC
百姓对"两会"的八大期盼 (Public Expect NPC and CCPCC to Deal with 8 Major Issues in Upcoming Conferences)
EastDay.com, February 24, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
120141/userobject1ai1873157.html

异议人士两会前夕呼吁取缔特务机关 (Dissidents Urge Authorities to Ban Espionage Organs and Stop Violating Human Rights Prior to Start of NPC and CCPCC Conferences)
RFA, February 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/
23/lianghui/

Protests and Petitions
Social Unrest Takes Heavy Toll on Police Ranks
SCMP, February 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQVJUH8JE.html

Zhongshan Party Chief on Defensive over Clashes
SCMP, February 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEJMTH8JE.html

东师古又有村民被抓　陈光诚表示抗议 (Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Protests Local Authority’s Power Abuse After More Villagers Are Taken Away by Police)
RFA, February 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/
23/chenguangcheng/

Rural Issues
“我把农村想得太简单了” (An Interview on Rural Issues with Ma Yonghong)
Nanfang Weekend, February 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060223/xw/
zmxwzt/200602230023.asp

Number of Farmers on the Decline
Xinhuanet, February 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/23/content
_4217905.htm

Society
Housing, Education and Jobs Top Urbanites' Worries
China Daily, February 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/24/
content_523489.htm

February 23, 2006

Top News of the Day

June 4th - Prisoner
喻东岳被关近17年后获释出狱 (Political Prisoner and Journalist Yu Dongyue Freed After 17 Years in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2006
Journalist Yu Dongyue, who has been jailed for 17 years for pouring paint onto a Mao Zedong portrait during the student demonstrations at Tiananmen Square in 1989, has been released, according to the San Francisco-based rights group The Dui Hua Foundation.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/22/
yudongyue/

Related News
China to Free Last High-Profile Tiananmen Prisoner
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 23, 2006
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=world
News&storyID=2006-02-22T034702Z_01_PEK155225_RTRUKOC
_0_UK-CHINA-TIANANMEN.xml22T034702Z_01_PEK155225_
RTRUKOC_0_UK-CHINA-TIANANMEN.xml

Human Rights
对话基金会呼吁中国释放部分政治犯 (San Francisco-based Rights Group The Dui Hua Foundation Calls on China to Release Political Prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/22/
duihua/


News

Bilateral Ties / Religion - Christianity
Cardinal Zen Aims to Boost Sino-Vatican Ties
SCMP, February 23, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZMCITH8JE.html

Corruption
Anti-Graft Officer Falls to His Death
SCMP, February 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYJ8TH8JE.html

Death Penalty
民警绑架杀害堂侄被判死刑 (Police Officer Sentenced to Death for Killing Relative During Kidnap)
The Beijing News, February 23, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0223/014@
162668.htm

Environment
Emphasis on Public Role in Environmental Protection Welcomed
SCMP, February 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFNITH8JE.html

Hukou
小城镇户口早已放开 户籍制度改革将逐步推进 (Household Registration System in Smaller Cities Has Been Relaxed Under Ongoing Reforms)
People's Daily, February 23, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/4132530.html

Land Policy
Resolve Land Disputes: Delegate
SCMP, February 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7NITH8JE.html

Strict Curbs Pledged on Land Acquisition
People's Daily, February 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/23/eng20060223
_245197.html

Villagers Attacked in Row over Coal Mine
SCMP, February 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXFEUH8JE.html

Law
讨论：中国危害国家安全罪定罪率达99% (Discussion: Conviction Rates for Crimes of Endangering State Security Reach 99 Percent)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/22/
kangyuan/

Police
依法严惩黑恶势力 实现社会治安稳定 (Government Vows to Crack Down on Triads)
Legal Daily, February 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/23/content_
270089.htm

深圳明定警察开枪指引 (Shenzhen Spells out Guidelines for Police Shooting)
Ming Pao, February 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Population
Urbanization Reducing China's Rural Population
China Daily, February 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/23/
content_523256.htm

Protests and Petitions
粤人大会场外百人请愿 (Over 100 Protest at Venue of Guangdong National People's Congress Meeting)
Ming Pao, February 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

虎门城管打人　防暴警扣留民众 (Villagers in Dongguan Arrested During Protest Over Beating of Two Men by Government Officials)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/22/
humen/

Public Health
Safe Sex Next Front in China's AIDS Battle
China Daily, February 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/23/
content_523243.htm

Rural Issues
China Tries to Narrow Urban-Rural Gap
International Herald Tribune, February 23, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/22/news/china.php

Easing of Farmland Controls Considered
SCMP, February 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLNITH8JE.html

Editorial: Soundly Push Forward the Building of a New Socialist Countryside
People's Daily, February 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/22/eng20060222_
245039.html

Xinjiang / Education
新疆全面叫停学校“公转民” (Xinjiang Prohibits More Public Schools from Going Private)
China Youth Daily, February 23, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-02/23/content_
1320868.htm