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

Monday, September 18, 2006

September 16-18, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
China Detains Top Guangdong Rights Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/09/15/china_guofeixiong
Human rights lawyer Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) has been held under criminal detention since September 14 for "running an illegal business," according to his wife Zhang Qing. The authorities searched their home and took away computers, handwritten papers, notebooks and a cell phone. Guo first came to media attention for participating in a campaign which called for the impeachment of a corrupt village head in Taishi, Guangdong Province. He also worked for rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who is currently in detention.

Protests and Petitions - Corruption
Petitioners Beaten After Corruption Complaints
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ836M9CRE.html
According to Human Rights in China, at least 17 petitioners have been beaten and detained by local police after attempting to meet the inspection team from the Central Discipline Inspection Committee, China's top corruption watchdog, in August.
News
Corruption
'Audit Storm' Finds Billions Misused by Officials
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX97M9CRE.html

Death Penalty
驻京周记﹕有钱杀人犯判死缓 无钱政府不覆核死刑 (Commentary: Death Sentence for Rich Murderer Is Reduced, Yet Government Says it Has No Funds to Review Death Sentences)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060918/ccf1.htm

“12•18”全国最大贩枪团伙案主犯被执行死刑 (Leader of Gun Smuggling Ring Executed in Gansu Province)
Xinhuanet, September 15, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/15/conte
nt_5094970.htm

Education
Lack of Funds Hampers Drive to End Illiteracy
SCMP, September 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZS26M9CRE.html

Environment
我国水污染事故频频发生 污染责任人却鲜受惩处 (Those Responsible for Water Pollution Incidents Rarely Punished)
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/environment/2006-09
/18/content_5104222.htm

Gender – Sexual Harassment
法院判公司以"性骚扰"为由解聘外籍总经理不妥 (Court Rules that "Sexual Harassment" Charge Against Foreign CEO Is Unjustified)
Xinhuanet, September 15, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/15/
content_5095055.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching Wants Spy Verdict Quashed, Not Just Leniency
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ5A7M9CRE.html

程翔陆建华案多人谈 (Ching Cheong and Lu Jianhua Cases Spark Discussion)
Voice of America, September 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-17-voa40.cfm

Labor
Robust Economy Masks Legions of Unemployed
SCMP, September 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFY2M9CRE.html

'Sweatshop Snoops' Take on China Factories
International Herald Tribune, September 15, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/15/business/inspect.php

Law - Criminal Law and Procedure
关注刑事诉讼法再修改的非专业问题 (Some Issues Concerning Revision of the Criminal Procedure Law)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/
2006-09/14/content_409870.htm

Media
Uncharacteristic Silence from the Official Media Is for a Good Reason
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4VQO9CRE.html

A Confident Nation Has Nothing to Hide
SCMP, September 16, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ6FHO9CRE.html

Website Editors Axed After Poll on Nationality Preference for Next Life
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3SKO9CRE.html

320 Illegal Websites, Internet Columns Shut Down
Xinhuanet, September 15, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09
/15/content_5096488.htm

Olympics
Olympic Expulsions Break Law, Says Expert
SCMP, September 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGL0M9CRE.html

Beijing Denies It Will Have Games Purge
SCMP, September 16, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZXZ3M9CRE.html

Politics
Eatery Shuns Even Good Press - for Now
SCMP, September 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWDHO9CRE.html

Protests and Petitions
粤民上访3成涉村务公开 (30 Percent of Petitions in Guangdong Province Concern Openness of Village Affairs)
Wen Wei Po, September 18, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=C
H0609180033&cat=002CH

敷衍上访者可究刑责 (Officials Apathetic to Petitioners May Be Held Criminally Responsible in Beijing Municipality)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060918/ccd1.htm

Public Health
国家发改委官员：药价承担了不该承担的补偿功能 (State Development and Reform Commission Official: Inflated Drug Prices Should Not Be Used to Compensate Under-funded Hospitals)
People's Daily, September 18, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4825968.html

Religion
Report Slams Lack of Religious Freedom
SCMP, September 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ836M9CRE.html

Xinjiang
The View from Guantánamo
New York Times, September 17, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/opin
ion/17qassim.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Friday, September 15, 2006

September 15, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
民运人士朱虞夫刑满出狱 狱中受虐待“生不如死” (Dissident Zhu Yufu Released from Jail, Complains of Torture)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/14/zhu/
Chinese Democratic Party member Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫) was released on September 14 after serving seven years in prison on a subversion charge. In an interview with Radio Free Asia, Zhu speaks of his years in prison and the torture and mistreatment he endured.

Protests and Petitions
新会警民冲突拘4人 (Four Protestors Arrested as Villagers Clash with Police in Guangdong Province)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060915/cca1.htm
Hundreds of people clashed with riot police in Shadui Township (沙堆镇) in Guangdong Province on September 12 and 13, leaving some villagers hospitalized. Four were placed under criminal detention. The crowd was protesting the non-issuance of voting certificates to 300 villagers for local elections. The authorities allegedly did not want them to vote for undesirable representatives, who may pursue the villagers’ demands over a land acquisition dispute dating back to 2003. Anonymous villagers said they will escalate their action if the detained are not released and if there is no investigation over the land and election disputes before September 18.

News
Bilateral Ties
Merkel Stresses Human and Media Rights with China's Wen
Deutsche Welle, September 14, 2006
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2174217,00.html

Corruption
China Accuses News Agencies of Tax Abuse
Financial Times, September 15, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/32999f2e-4418-11db-8965-0000779e
2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2
340.html0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df
-0000779e2340.html

Environment
中央斥甘湘地方环保失职 (Central Government Criticizes Local Government in Lead Poisoning Case)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060915/ccc1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案二审举证 揭官刑讯证人逼作假 (Witnesses Claim They Were Tortured into Making False Allegations Against Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/14/chen/

Media
Battle over Xinhua’s Plan to Control Rival Agencies
Financial Times, September 15, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8e6a0238-441a-11db-8965-0000779
e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779
e2340.html0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-8
9df-0000779e2340.html

China Paper Suspends Cartoonist for Drawing Hu Crying
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 15, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060914/wl_nm/c
hina_cartoon_dc_1

中国评论﹕新闻新规搞出个大头佛 (Commentary: New Measures Against Foreign News Agencies Already Causing Trouble)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060915/cch1.htm

对司法影响最多的并非传媒 (Influence of Local Governments on Courts Is Stronger than Media)
Nanfang City News, September 15, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy
/200609150309.asp

柳斌杰：中国政府对于外国媒体机构开放的政策没有变化 (GAPP Official Claims Beijing's Policy on Foreign Press Is as Open as Before)
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-09/14/con
tent_5092760.htm

Restrictions Eased on Access for HK Films
China Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/14/con
tent_689198.htm

Military
US Suspects China Developing Biological, Chemical Weapons
AFP (via YahooNews), September 15, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060915/wl_asia_afp/uschinair
annkoreanuclearpolitics_06091502143660915021436

Olympics
北京奥运立法进入实施阶段 (Olympic Laws Enter Implementation Stage)
China Youth Daily, September 15, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/15/cont
ent_1511361.htm

Politics
Mao Is Their Canvas
Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mao14s
ep14,1,6003158.story

Population
Only-child-generation Bearing Heavy Burden
China News, September 14, 2006
http://www.chinanews.cn/news/2005/2006-09-14/27695.html

Protests and Petitions
兰州商学院学生与警察发生冲突 (Lanzhou Commercial College Students Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/14/lanzhou/

Public Health
China on the Couch: Psychologists Struggle to Meet Demand
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2006/09/14/china_couch/

SARS: No Evidence That Any of the Treatments Worked
Medical News Today, September 14, 2006
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.p
hp?newsid=51702

Religion
Clandestinely Ordained Young Bishop Taken away by Force in China
Indian Catholic, September 14, 2006
http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=3410

Thursday, September 14, 2006

September 14, 2006

News
Children
儿童村代养重刑犯子女的民间努力 (Dalian NGO Brings Up Inmates' Children)
The Beijing News, September 14, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/
0914/014@208954.htm

Corruption
山西：一年内7名安监局长落马 (Seven Work Safety Bureau Chiefs in Shanxi Province Dismissed for Corruption)
China Youth Daily, September 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/14/
content_1509741.htm

Shanghai ‘Scandal’ Exposes Darker Side of Economy
Financial Times, September 14, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9c3616e4-4380-11db-
9574-0000779e2340.html

Death Penalty
驾车杀人案改判让人疑窦丛生 (Commentary: Reduction of Death Sentence in Vehicular Manslaughter Case Questionable)
China Youth Daily, September 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/14/content_
1509786.htm

Drug Dealers Face Death Penalty
China Daily, September 13, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09
/13/content_687627.htm

Environment
Sino-British Group to Tackle Climate Change
SCMP, September 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8BWL9CRE.html

Gender
No Man Has Any Right to Abuse and Beat His Wife
Shanghai Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www1.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/09/14/291861/No
_man_has_any_right_to_abuse_and_beat_his_wife.
htmse_and_beat_his_wife.htm

Human Rights
China, Australia Exchange Views on Human Rights Issue
People's Daily, September 14, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/14/eng
20060914_302549.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔家人委托律师申请二审要开庭 (Ching Cheong's Lawyer Requests Open Appeal Trial)
Voice of America, September 13, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-13-voa28.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Sun Buer (孙不二)
选人代期间遇袭 孙不二无奈退出 (Dissident Sun Buer Decides to Withdraw from Local Election After Beating Attack)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/09/13/sunbuer/

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Luo Changfu (罗长福)
不堪秘密警察骚扰 异见者涉嫌偷渡被抓 (Harassed by Police, Dissident Tries to Leave China but Is Captured in Xiamen; Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09
/13/yijianrenshi/

Human Rights Defenders
各地异见人士接连被警方骚扰 (Scores of Dissidents Across China Harassed by Police)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/13/yijian/

Land Policy
庐山牯岭百年老镇的万人迁移 (12,000 Residents Emigrate from Polluted Lushan)
The Beijing News, September 14, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/091
2/014@208460.htm

Media - Censorship
Financial News Won't Be Hurt, Wen Pledges
SCMP, September 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZITL9CRE.html

Wen: No Obstacles to Free Flow of Information
People's Daily, September 14, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/14/eng20
060914_302504.html

北京限制外国媒体或影响在华外企 (Beijing's Control on Foreign Media May Affect Foreign Enterprises)
Voice of America, September 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-12-voa48.cfm

全国高院60多位新闻发言人接受培训 (60 Court Spokespersons Receive Training in Releasing News)
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/14/c
ontent_5089849.htm

社论：公众知情权是司法媒体良性互动的价值基础 (Editorial: Public's Right to Information Is the Foundation for Interactions Between Media and Courts)
Nanfang Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spq
y/200609140532.asp

Press Quiet on Changes to Reporting Court Cases
SCMP, September 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNRAO9CRE.html

China's Storm Response: Too Good to Be True
International Herald Tribune, September 13, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/13/news/china.php

Media - Internet Censorship / Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual – Zou Tao (邹涛)
“不买房运动”发起人的公益网站被关 (Website for "Don't Buy Apartments" Campaign Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/09/13/zoutao/

Politics
北京人大拟订草案 11种重大事项须报人大决议 (Local People's Congress in Beijing Drafts Regulation Requiring Approval for 11 Kinds of Issues)
EastDay.com, September 14, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/n
ode81762/node161082/u1a2320059.html

Public Health
Top Firms Close Ranks Against AIDS, TB
China.org.cn, September 14, 2006
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2006/Sep/180842.htm

Religion
基督教聚会组织者谈被警方非法扣留经过 (Organizer of Protestant House Church Gathering Talks About His Illegal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin
/shenrubaodao/2006/09/13/church/

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

September 13, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Sun Buer (孙不二)
专访:区人大独立参选人孙不二和母亲遭拦殴 ("Pan-blue Alliance" Candidate for Local People's Congress Sun Buer and Mother Beaten in Hubei Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/12/su
n_buer/
Sun Buer (孙不二), a "Pan-blue Alliance" candidate for a local People's Congress election, and his mother were beaten by four unknown men in Hubei Province on September 12. According to Sun, internal security officers advised him to withdraw from the election on September 12 or he risked being beaten. He refused, and was beaten that night.

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Guo Qizhen (郭起真)
中国网络维权人士郭起真出庭受审 (Chinese Internet Activist Guo Qizhen Stands Trial for Subversion)
Voice of America, September 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-12-voa46.cfm
Chinese Internet activist Guo Qizhen (郭起真) went to trial in Hebei Province on September
12. He was charged with subversion for publishing articles on the Internet, although his lawyer believed his participation in the hunger strike called by Gao Zhisheng was the real reason for the charge. The verdict is yet to be delivered.

News
Corruption
Corruption Entrenched, Audit Shows
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ95CO9CRE.html

社论：预算法软弱无力 审计如风过耳 (Editorial: Budget Law and Audits Not Effective in Curbing Corruption)
Nanfang Daily, September 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200609130427.asp

Death Penalty
原辽宁人大代表驾车杀人改判死缓 (Death Sentence of Former Liaoning People's Congress Delegate Reduced on Appeal for Showing Regret and Compensating Victims)
The Beijing News, September 13, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/09-1
3/014@208736.htm

Environment
Veolia to Pursue Growth in China Water Services
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZOUCO9CRE.html

中国平均每三天发生一起水污染事故 (On Average, Water Pollution Incidents Happen Every 3 Days in China)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/12/shui/

专家：中国有法难依污染事件频繁 (Experts: Pollution Incidents Frequent Because Laws Are Not Followed)
Voice of America, September 11, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-11-voa59.cfm

Gender
Living with a Treaty on Rights
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZX3CO9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
关注組﹕刘敏仪申请探程翔 (Ching Cheong's Wife Applies to Visit Husband)
Ming Pao, September 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060913/gda1h.htm

Ching's Appeal May Not Be Heard in Court, Says Lawyer
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZO8TL9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
公安联系高智晟助手称案件进入预审程序 (Gao Zhisheng's Case Enters Pre-trial Stage)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/12/gao/

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Sentencing Reports Worry Wife of Canadian Held in China
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) , September 12, 2006
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/09/11/cel
il-sentence.html

Media - Censorship
China Extends Media Clampdown to Courts
AP( via YahooNews), September 13, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/ap_on_re_as/
china_news_controls_3

未经批准法官不得接受记者采访 (New Policy Prohibits Judicial Officers from Receiving Media Interviews Without Permission)
Legal Daily, September 13, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/13/con
tent_408987.htm

We Will Not Be Bowed or Broken
SCMP, September 13, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZWVPL9CRE.html

China Says New Foreign-Media Rules Aren't Restrictive
Bloomberg, September 12, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&
sid=alexPMMWQhNM&refer=asia

Media - Internet Censorship
百姓网站换址重开 继续与读者互动 (Website of Magazine Baixing Reopened, Continues Interacting with Readers)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/09/12/beixing/

Politics
毛主席永远活在人民的心里／文﹕梁文道 (Commentary: Chairman Mao Will Stay in People's Hearts Forever)
Ming Pao, September 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060913/msa.htm

Public Health
突发卫生事故每月公布 (China to Start Announcing Nationwide Public Health Emergencies Every Month)
Ming Pao, September 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060913/can1.htm

中国每天有192人感染艾滋病 (On Average, 192 People Contracted HIV Per Day in 2005)
BBC, September 13, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese
/trad/hi/newsid_5330000/newsid_5338600/5338684.stm

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

September 12, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳北京遭软禁 誓言营救高智晟 (Hu Jia Kept Under House Arrest in Beijing)
Voice of America, September 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-10-voa39.cfm
Rights defender Hu Jia (胡佳) was placed under house arrest on September 9 after being summoned twice to answer questions on Gao Zhisheng's case. The police told him he was now considered a suspect in Gao's case. His internet access and landline have also been cut off.

News
Bilateral Ties
Premier Wen Makes Eight-point Proposal on New Asia-Europe Ties
People's Daily, September 11, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/11/eng20060
911_301503.html

Civil Society
UN：中国民间应参与艾滋病防治 (UN: China's Civil Society Should Participate in the Prevention of AIDS)
Voice of America, September 11, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-11-voa55.cfm

Corporate Social Accountability
Foreign Companies Faces Human-rights Challenge in China
Monster and Critics, September 09, 2006
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_11996
54.php/Foreign_companies_faces_human-rights_challenge_in
_Chinas_faces_human-rights_challenge_in_China

Death Penalty
杀害英雄保安的凶手被判死刑 (Murderer of Security Guard Given Death Sentence in Guangxi Province)
Legal Daily, September 12, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/12/content_407777
.htm

Environment
Gov't Invests to Clean up Rural Water
Xinhuanet, September 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/12/con
tent_5080598.htm

Leaders Make Pledge on Emissions
SCMP, September 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUQ9O9CRE.html

Government
瞭望文章：从严治政健全问责制度 (Establishing a Political Accountability System)
Xinhuanet, September 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-09/12/con
tent_5079900.htm

北京要地方两小时内报告重大疫情 (Beijing Requires Local Authorities to Report Large Epidemics Within Two Hours)
Voice of America, September 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-10-voa36.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Canadian Held in China Given 15 Years, Sister Says
The Globe and Mail, September 11, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.200609
11.CELIL11/TPStory/National

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
China Muslim Activist: from Unknown to Nobel Nominee
Reuters, September 11, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNe
ws&storyID=2006-09-11T055011Z_01_PEK161842_RTRUKO
C_0_US-CHINA-ACTIVIST.xml&archived=False11T

Human Rights Defenders
中国频频抓捕政治上的异见者 (More Dissidents Arrested in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/11/yiyi/

June 4th
China Will Likely Have to Wait Longer for End of EU Weapons Ban
International Herald Tribune, September 10, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/10/europe/EU_ANL_
EU_China_Waiting_for_Weapons.phppons.php

Labor
Labour Campaigners Accuse Disney of Using Sweatshop Factories
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via the Raw Story), September 12, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Labour_campaigners_accuse
_Disney_of_09102006.htmlml

EU Urges Asia on Labor Rights, Climate Change
Washington Post, September 10, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2006/09/10/AR2006091000381.htmldyn/

Law
传统量刑先天不足？电脑比人脑公正？山东争议中推广电脑量刑 (Shandong Courts to Use Computers to Determine Length of Sentence)
Nanfang Daily, September 12, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwx
y/200609120782.asp

Media
Press Groups Criticize China Curbs on Foreign News
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 12, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/wl_nm
/media_china_dc_1

Media - Internet Censorship
In China, It's Wikipedia Versus the Internet Censors
Taipei Times, September 11, 2006
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/09/
11/2003327126

Police
公安误拘4学生罚跪逼供 (Four Students Tortured into Confessing Murder in Anhui Province Before Real Suspects Caught)
Ming Pao, September 12, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060912/cao1.htm

Politics
中国评论﹕道德沉沦 「八荣八耻」成效存疑 (Commentary: Effect of Eight-Honors-Eight-Shames" Slogan Doubtful)
Ming Pao, September 12, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060912/cat1.htm

六中全会料十月中召开 (Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CCP Central Committee Expected to Meet in Mid- October)
Wen Wei Po, September 12, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609
120006&cat=002CH

Protests and Petitions - Police Power Abuse
浙江台州村民请愿遭镇压 (Protestors Injured and Arrested in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/11/taizhou/

Public Health
中国正立法规范器官捐献 (China Is Legislating on Regulation of Organ Donations)
The Beijing News, September 12, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/09-12/01
4@044718.htm

Wealth and Westernisation Drives China to Drink: Expert
AFP (via YahooNews), September 11, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060911/hl_afp/australiahealthalc
oholconferencechina_06091110314560911103145

In China, Delicately Testing the Taboo on Talking About Sex
Washington Post, September 10, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2006/09/10/AR2006091000955.htmldyn/content/article/200
6/09/10/AR2006091000955.html

Monday, September 11, 2006

September 9-11, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media Censorship
China Unveils Curbs on Foreign News Distribution
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/wl_nm/media_china_
foreign_dc_3;_ylt=AiHoISB4Im0wtWesif1b7D1PzWQA;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl4Im0wtWesif1b
7D1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Released on September 10 by the Xinhua News Agency and taking immediate effect, the “Measures for Administering the Release of News and Information in China by Foreign News Agencies" stipulate that Xinhua shall exercise “unified administration over the release of news and information in China by foreign news agencies.” The new measures require all foreign news agencies to meet specific requirements and seek approval in writing from Xinhua before distributing news domestically, and list 10 areas off-limits to foreign news reports. Observers view these new measures as a worrying trend of media censorship ahead of the Olympic Games.


News
Bilateral Ties
China-EU Summit Embraces All Aspects of Relations
SCMP, September 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNJ4O9CRE.html

Children
Spaniards Lead the Field in Adopting Chinese Children
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZCT0O9CRE.html

Corruption
驻京周记﹕管好贪官就不用管包装 (Commentary: No Need for Bribes if Corrupt Officials Are Brought under Control)
Ming Pao, September 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060911/cac1.htm

Death Penalty
兰州“杀人练胆案”主犯被判死刑 (Two Murderers Sentenced to Death in Lanzhou, Gansu Province)
Xinhuanet, September 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/11/conten
t_5074488.htm

Disasters
Delta Faces Huge Flooding Threat from a Melting Ice Cap
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZKR0O9CRE.html

Environment
Chemical Spill Poisons Water Supply for 80,000
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5N6O9CRE.html

中国首次公布绿色GDP核算报告 (China Issues First "Green GDP" Audit Report)
The Beijing News, September 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/090
8/015@207672.htm

China Lead Poisoning Caused by Substandard Waste System
AFP (via YahooNews), September 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060910/wl_asia_afp/healthchi
naaccidentindustryenvironment_060910080122;_ylt=AgbSD6v
gztZBlQ9lACl2_ptPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlY
wMlJVRPUCUlment_060910080122;_ylt=AgbSD6vgztZBlQ9lA
Cl2_ptPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9

Demolition Team Goes to Work on Polluting Gansu Smelter
SCMP, September 10, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZZELL9CRE.html

Fitting Venue for World Water Congress
Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), September 08, 2006
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34629

Government
'First Ladies' Get Taste of Prison Life
China Daily, September 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/11/co
ntent_685791.htm

港区人代选举取消预选 (Pre-election System Cancelled in Hong Kong’s NPC Delegate Election)
Wen Wei Po, September 11, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&new
s_id=CH0609110001

告官操控选举遭骚扰 选民挺泛蓝选人大 (Voters Complain of Harassment for Supporting "Pan-blue Alliance" Candidates in Local People's Congress Elections)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/09/fanlan/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Journalist Appeals Against Conviction for Spying
SCMP, September 09, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZUC2O9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual – Zou Tao (邹涛)
Tough Test for Activists Seeking Office
SCMP, September 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFAGL9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳又被警方传唤 (Rights Defender Hu Jia Summoned Again)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
09/08/hujia/

Media
毛泽东逝世30周年纪念活动拒绝境外记者采访 (Foreign Media Barred from Reporting on 30th Anniversary of Mao Zedong's Death)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/08/mao/

Military
PLA Abuzz over Public Shaming of Senior Officers
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRTNL9CRE.html

Police
倒枣事件背后的城市小贩“堵疏”难题 (The Difficult Hawker Management Issue Behind the "Jujube Dumping Story")
The Beijing News, September 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/0
907/013@207261.htm

Restaurant Dinners, Nights at Home - Prison Agrees with Official
SCMP, September 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI6JL9CRE.html

Poverty
媒体和评论人士谈中国贫富悬殊 (Media and Commentators Discuss Wealth Gap in China)
Voice of America, September 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006
-09-08-voa55.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Attacks on Guangdong Hospitals, Staff Top 200
SCMP, September 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYMIL9CRE.html

Public Health
Trying Before Eating New Dining Policy in SW.China
China Daily, September 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/11/co
ntent_685870.htm

Social Security
Home Heating Reform Means Tenants Will Have to Pay
People's Daily, September 09, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/09/eng20060
909_301050.html

Society
China Is Not Just Rising, but Also Changing
New York Times, September 09, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/09/opinion/09terrill.html?
_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Xinjiang
Beijing’s Suffocating Control over Xinjiang’s Muslim Uighurs
AsiaNews.it, September 11, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7159

Friday, September 08, 2006

September 8, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media - Internet Censorship
百姓杂志网站被关 主编表示无惧压力 (Web Site of Magazine Baixing Shut Down; Editor Says Will Not Submit to Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/07
/baixing/
The Web site of the Chinese news monthly Baixing (百姓) was shut down on September 6. Its editor Huang Liangtian (黄良天) believed the closure was because of the magazine's reports on the beating to death of a villager involved in a dispute with developers in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province. Huang said he had been warned by Jiangsu and Guangdong authorities that the Web site would be shut down if the articles were not removed.

Protests and Petitions
浙江千人暴动 (Thousands Run Riot in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/cav1.htm
On September 6 and 7, thousands of people protested the handling of a homicide case in which a woman fell from a building and died in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Police were sent in to disperse the crowd. Scores of protestors were injured and a dozen were arrested. Some protestors then damaged the factory of the deceased's husband, whom they believed was responsible for the death.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Criticizes US Use of Secret Prisons
Mens News.com, September 06, 2006
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/09/06/china-criticizes-us-use
-of-secret-prisons/

Death Penalty
雇凶杀人大代表 (Four Sentenced to Death for Murdering Cadre and Wife in Shandong Province)
Legal Daily, September 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/08/conte
nt_405455.htm

Environment
Estimated Pollution Cost Fails to Tell Full Story
SCMP, September 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNDUN9CRE.html

Lead Poisoning of Villagers Probed
SCMP, September 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3ZYN9CRE.html

Gender
Sexy Dressing Blamed for Harassment in China
AFP (via YahooNews), September 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060907/lf_afp/afplifestylechi
nawomensexlabor_060907141438

Human Rights
自由之家将中国列为“第二等级受压制社会” (China Ranked as Near the Bottom of Freedom House's List of the Most Repressive Countries)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/07/fre
edom_house/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
內地「法律专家」6点反驳 (Mainland "Legal Experts" Give 6 Arguments to Support Ching's Conviction)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/gca2.htm

亲京报上诉前夕引述内地专家﹕ 程翔上诉不乐观 假释非不可能 (Mainland Experts Say Ching Cheong's Chance of Successful Appeal Is Slim, But Parole Not Impossible)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/gca1h.htm

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Rights Campaigner Detained in China
AFP (via YahooNews), September 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060907/wl_asia_afp/chinarigh
tsdissident_060907160132

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
温家宝访欧前武禁问题再起波澜 (European Parliament's Resolution Urges EU Leaders Not to Lift Arms Ban Against China Ahead of Chinese Premier's Visit)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/07/Sino_EU/

Labor
New Balance 'Pays Workers 32 Cents an Hour'
World Net Daily, September 08, 2006
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51875

Media
毛热烧向互联网 ("Mao Enthusiasm" Heats up on the Internet)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/cak4.htm

Military
中国评论﹕治军从严 说易行难 (Commentary: Managing the Military Is Easier Said Than Done)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/caz1.htm

中国公开报导高级将领受罚引关注 (Concerns Grow as Chinese Media Allowed to Report on Punishment of Senior Military Cadres)
Voice of America, September 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-07-voa34.cfm

Politics
数历史功过就在今朝 重评毛泽东愈早愈好 (Chinese Researcher Argues Re-evaluation of Mao Zedong Should Happen as Early as Possible)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060908/cak1.htm

In China, Living with the Unspeakable
Washington Post, September 07, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
content/article/2006/09/06/AR2006090601726.html

Protests and Petitions
西安检察院案件接访“终身制” (Xi'an Procuratorate Officials to Bear "Lifetime Responsibility" for Handling Petitioning Cases)
Legal Daily, September 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/08/conte
nt_405421.htm

Society
A Writer's Portrait of an Unhinged China
International Herald Tribune, September 08, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/05/features/yu.php

State Security
Comment: State Secrets Within China’s State Secrets
New Strait Times, September 08, 2006
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Thursday/Columns
/20060907093429/Article/index_html

Tibet
自由之家列西藏为人权最受压地区 (Freedom House Ranks Tibet as Among the World's Most Repressive Territories in Terms of Human Rights)
Voice of America, September 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-07-voa33.cfm
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