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.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

October 25, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders
Activists Infected with HIV Detained
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV6K8QLTE.html
After three HIV-positive hemophiliacs were detained by police in Shanghai yesterday, 30 hemophilic petitioners gathered outside the municipal government building last night to demand their release. One of the petitioners believed the detention of the trio was related to their attendance at a forum held last month, when they appealed to the health authorities that sold them an HIV-tainted blood product.

News
Bilateral Ties
Brussels' China Strategy 'Ignores Human Rights'
Financial Times, October 25, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/13471cc8-6385-11db-bc82-0000779e
2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340,_i_rs
sPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Death Penalty
沪最大涉黑案主犯判极刑 曾自称"上海滩最大流氓" ("Biggest Gangster in Shanghai" Sentenced to Death)
EastDay.com, October 25, 2006
http://why.eastday.com/y/200609/userobject1ai199922.html

四川首次明确对证人保护的规定 (Sichuan Requires Crucial Witnesses to Testify in Appeal Trials of Capital Cases)
Legal Daily, October 25, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/25/content_4371
48.htm

青海“3-03”跨国涉枪大案终审宣判 2人死罪 (Two Gun Dealers Sentenced to Death by Qinghai Higher People's Court)
Xinhuanet, October 25, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/25/content_5245952.htm

Environment
Plan to Divert Tibet Water Shot Down
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZ6K8QLTE.html

Government - Governance and Accountability
县政府强令村民污水灌田 (County Government in Inner Mongolia Orders Farmers to Use Polluted Water)
The Beijing News, October 25, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/10-25/011@21724
2.htm

Human Rights
FM: Wolfowitz's Criticisms of China's African Loans "Groundless"
Xinhuanet, October 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/24/content_524411
9.htm

Human Rights Defenders
赤壁农民洪运周被公安拘留 (200 Farmers Protest Criminal Detention of Organizer of "Tiananmen Kneeling Protest" Hong Yunzhou)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/24/zhou/

Land Policy – Resettlement
New Dam Displaces Buyi Minority People
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZMM7TYNTE.html

Law
公益视野中的影响性诉讼 (Impact Litigation from the Viewpoint of Public Interest)
Legal Daily, October 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/24/content_436197.
htm

Media
Deceptive Adverts for Treatments Face Ban
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHR98QLTE.html

我们为什么坚持报道 (Journalist Harassed for Corruption Allegation Against Former Cadre in Liaoning)
China Youth Daily, October 25, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/25/content_1550201.htm

Olympics
Big Brother Watching Your Manners in China
DNA India, October 25, 2006
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1059872

Olympic Chief Worries About China's Image
AFP (via YahooNews), October 24, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061024/ts_afp/oly2008chnrog
ge_061024074658

China Sets up Air Monitoring Group for Beijing Olympics
AFP (via YahooNews), October 24, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061024/sc_afp/chnoly2008beiji
ngenvironmentair_061024060530

奥委会主席提醒北京避免自满情绪 (IOC Chief Reminds Beijing Not to Get Complacent Ahead of Games)
Voice of America, October 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-24-voa67.cfm

Police
周永康：加强和改进社会管理　促进社会稳定和谐 (Improvement in Social Order Will Promote Social Harmony: Public Security Chief)
People's Daily, October 25, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/4954868.html

Media
Chinese Press Called on to Help Foster "Harmonious Society"
People's Daily, October 25, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/25/eng20061025_3148
16.html

Religion - Christianity
Prosecution Postponed for Six Chinese Christian Leaders
Standard Newswire, October 23, 2006
http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/86897173.html

Rural Issues
Agriculture: Chinese Farmers' Income Grows 11.4%
China Daily, October 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-10/24/content_7
15715.htm

Tibet
Perilous Pilgrimage
SCMP, October 25, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZV7K8QLTE.html

Three Detained for Allegedly Helping Tibetans Flee
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/10/24/tibet_template/

Top Chinese Adviser Meets Tibetans in Britain
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/24/eng20061024_314623
.html

Xinjiang
新疆少数民族学汉语扩大就业机会 (Ethnic Minorities in Xinjiang Learn Chinese to Improve Employment Opportunities)
Voice of America, October 24, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-24-voa28.cfm

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

October 24, 2006

Top News of the Day
Religion - Christianity
Handicapped House Church Pastor Imprisoned in China
Christian Today, October 21, 2006
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/handicapped.house.church
.pastor.imprisoned.in.china/8078.htmhina/8078.htm
According to China Aid Association, Protestant house church pastor Wang Zaiqing (王在庆) was given a sentence of two years' imprisonment in Anhui on October 9 on charges of "illegal business practices." Wang's crime was printing and then distributing Bibles and other Christian literature to fellow believers free of charge. Wang's lawyer argued that the crime requires the accused to make a profit, which Wang did not do.
News
Corruption
China Punishes 67,505 Crooked Officials in Less Than 4 Years
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/24/eng20061024_31
4445.html

Environment - Pollution
环保总局：近半数城市空气质量中重度污染 (State Environmental Protection Administration: Nearly Half of China's Cities Suffer from Middle to High Level of Air Pollution)
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://env.people.com.cn/GB/4949298.html

Labor
深圳试点破难题 维权坐上直通车 (Labor Disputes Handled by Mediators in Bao'an, Shenzhen)
China Youth Daily, October 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/24/content_1548196.htm

Law - Court System
Chinese Court Sends Trial Information by Text Message
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/24/eng20061024_3
14455.html

Law - Criminal Law and Procedure
盗窃罪起刑点降低了，其他犯罪呢？ (Commentary on New Law that Lowers Amount of Stolen Goods Needed to Qualify as Theft)
China Youth Daily, October 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/24/content_1548361.htm

Media
博客实名制后，再实行罪犯报名注册制？ (Commentary: The Slippery Slope for Requiring Real Name Registration from Bloggers)
Nanfang City News, October 24, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200610240
444.asp

博客需要什么样的自由 (Commentary: What Kind of Freedom Do Bloggers Need?)
China Youth Daily, October 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/24/content_1548366.htm

No Decision on Blogger Registration Requirement
SCMP, October 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZF568QLTE.html

民办专科文凭问题酿冲突 官方严控消息 (Authorities Block Media Coverage of Diploma Dispute in Jiangxi)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/23/wen
pin/

Migrant Workers
2008年90％农民工签订劳动合同 (ACFTU Hopes 90 Percent of Migrant Workers Will Be Protected by Labor Contracts by 2008)
Legal Daily, October 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-10/24/content_436327
.htm

Survey Finds 40% Migrant Laborers Work Overtime
Xinhuanet, October 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/22/content_52348
14.htm

Multilateral - World Bank
Wolfowitz Criticizes China over Africa Lending
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061023/ts_nm/china_wolfowitz
_lending_dc_1;_ylt=Akncy0zzekagrQ.N..GTUbVPzWQA;_ylu=X3
oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl0zzekagrQ.N..GTUbV
PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Politics - CPC
China Publishes Resolution on Building Harmonious Society
Xinhuanet, October 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/18/content_521914
3.htm

Public Health
中国医改15年前瞻：政府与市场同行 (Prospects for Health Care Reforms over Next 15 Years)
People's Daily, October 24, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/4949338.html

Transplant Guidelines Taking Shape
SCMP, October 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR568QLTE.html

Religion - Christianity
Anglican Head Notes Winds of Change
SCMP, October 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZT8AQLTE.html

Tibet
人权组织敦促中国说明失踪藏人的下落 (Tibetan Rights Group Urges China to Reveal Whereabouts of Arrested Tibetans)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/23/tibet/

China Denies Trying to Dilute Tibetan Culture
Baltimore Sun, October 22, 2006
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.tibet22oct2
2,0,5801898.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlineste.tibet22oct22,0,
5801898.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

Challenges at Shetongmon
Tibet Info Net, October 21, 2006
http://www.tibetinfonet.net/content/update/33

Tibetans Reach India Safely After Shootings: Group
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061023/wl_nm/taiwan_china_
tibet_dc_1;_ylt=AsCLJPg1uo1L.7ms_MmjYTVPzWQA;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUluo1L.7ms_MmjYTVPz
WQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Xinjiang
Muslims Feel the Long Arm of Beijing
Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-islam23o
ct23,1,4774123.story?coll=la-headlines-worldislam23oct23,1,4774
123.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Monday, October 23, 2006

October 21-23, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青)
Chinese Court Frees Convicted Journalist
AP( via YahooNews), October 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_re_as/china_repo
rter_freed_1
On Saturday, the wife of journalist Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青) told reporters that the Shaoyang Intermediate People’s Court announced last week that Yang was exempted from serving the remainder of his sentence but that his guilty verdict would not be overturned. Yang was convicted of extortion for exposing local corruption. After serving seven months of a one-year sentence, he was released on bail in September.

News
Bilateral Ties
Rice Raises Human Rights Issues
SCMP, October 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ12ER9CRE.html

Corruption
Hu Jintao Stresses Combating Corruption
People's Daily, October 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/23/eng20061023
_314243.html

Jury Still out on Whether Beijing Will Take on Entrenched Interest Groups
SCMP, October 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8KW9QLTE.html

深圳法官双规显示腐败渗入司法界 (Use of "Double Regulations" in Shenzhen Shows Corruption Has Infiltrated the Judiciary)
Voice of America, October 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-20-voa28.cfm

湖南退脏贪官可获减罪 (Hunan Reduces Sentence of Corrupt Officials Who Returned Bribes)Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2006 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/20/tuiz
ang/

Death Penalty
穗涉黑案终审主犯被判死缓 曾横行广州火车站 (Two Triad Leaders Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve in Guangdong)
Xinhuanet, October 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/20/content_5230
062.htm

Environment
３００万吨医疗废水直排太原城市管网 (3 Million Tons of Medical Waste Flow into Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province)
People's Daily, October 23, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41165/4943977.html

June 4th
天安门母亲抗议中国阻拦陶业回国探亲 (Tiananmen Mothers Protest China's Refusal to Allow Return of Philanthropist Who Supports "June 4th Orphanage")
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2006 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/20/tao
ye/

Labor
15年就业政策路线图：从积极扩大到比较充分 (15-Year Plan for China's Employment Policy and Strategy)
People's Daily, October 23, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/4944192.html

Media
中国列2006年世界新闻自由倒数第六 (Reporters Without Borders Ranks China the Sixth Worst in Press Freedom in 2006)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/22/xinwe
nziyou/

Migrant Workers
It Pays for Migrant Workers to Be in the City
SCMP, October 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN5F8QLTE.html

Migrant Workers Born in 1980s Shun Hard Labor in Cities
China Daily, October 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/21/content_713
737.htm

Protests and Petitions
江西高校数百学生骚乱 (Hundreds of Tertiary Students Riot in Jiangxi Province)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061023/cce1.htm

各地法院排查信访案 赴京进省上访总量明显下降 (Number of Petitions in Beijing Drops as Courts Set up New System to Deal with Petitions)
Xinhuanet, October 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/23/content_5236
786.htm

新华网质疑公安阻上访 (Xinhua Questions Public Security Bureau in Chongqing over Its Obstruction of Petitioning Activities)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061023/cca1.htm

Shenzhen Residents Protest Against Planned Highway
SCMP, October 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZX1ER9CRE.html

Public Health
NGOs Tackle Congenital Conditions
SCMP, October 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZANAR9CRE.html

Religion - Christianity
Anglican Church Leader Sees Christian Role in China
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 22, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061022/ts_nm/religion_china_
anglicans_dc_1;_ylt=AtCUWQ9u6Bdvg3cOh_digVVPzWQA;_ylu
=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

North Korea - Refugees
难民活动人士吁北京善待北韩难民 (Activist Calls on Beijing to Treat North Korean Refugees Humanely)
Voice of America, October 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-22-voa33.cfm

Friday, October 20, 2006

October 20, 2006

Top News of the Day
Civil Society
China Closes Down HIV/AIDS Group
AFP (via YahooNews), October 19, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061019/hl_afp/healthchinaaidsri
ghts_061019182924
Xuelianhua (雪莲花), an NGO working on sexually transmitted diseases in Xinjiang, said it had been shut down because local authorities wanted to silence it. The NGO's organizer Chang Kun (常坤) believed the shut down was an act of retaliation, as the group had recently exposed a case in which 19 students who tested positive for hepatitis-B were expelled from school.

News
Civil Society
为什么要有农民的组织？秦晖访谈录 (Scholar Comments on the Need for Farmers' Organizations)
Nanfang Weekend, October 19, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/2006101906
99.asp

Corruption
Shanghai Scandal Spreads to Beijing
SCMP, October 20, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ8Q6R9CRE.html

Amnesty Account Allows Corrupt Officials to Surrender Illegal Earnings
People's Daily, October 19, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/19/eng20061019_313
493.html

Death Penalty
邱兴华一审死刑！陕西高担心其“胡说”临时取消庭审直播 (Serial Killer in Shaanxi Given Death Sentence; Live Broadcast of Trial Cancelled)
Nanfang City News, October 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2006102002
94.asp

Environment
China City Shuts 43 Cement Factories for Pollution
Reuters Alert Net, October 19, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK158507.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
民主党成员朱虞夫出狱要求恢复工作遭拒绝 (Authorities Decline Democracy Party Member Zhu Yufu's Request to Resume Work at Former Government Bureau)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/19/zhu/

Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学被公安带走 住所被搜查 (Dissident Yan Zhengxue Taken Away, Home Searched in Zhejiang Province)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/19/hangz
hou/

Media
中国互联网协会证实博客推行实名制已成定局 (Internet Society of China Confirms Policy on Real Name Registration of Bloggers)
EastDay.com, October 20, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node166934/u1a2388377.html

媒体指实名制代表落后公共管理思维 (Newspaper Argues Real Name Registration System Lags Behind Public Management Theory)
Nanfang Daily, October 19, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200610190430
.asp

Migrant Workers
Migrants Boost Birth Rate in Shanghai
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/19/content_522377
8.htm

Multilateral Relations - World Bank
World Bank Backs Farmers' Groups
SCMP, October 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHVNO9CRE.html

Politics
林牧遗体告别式在官方干扰下举行 (Authorities Intervene in Activities that Commemorate for Lin Mu's Death)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/19/linmu/

Protests and Petitions - Labor
Gansu Sanitation Workers Are Promised Minimum Wage
SCMP, October 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZM28R9CRE.html

Rural Issues
国家将调研农村留守儿童 (Beijing to Investigate Situation of Migrant Workers’ Children Left at Home)
The Beijing News, October 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/10-20/024@0246
07.htm

State Security
China Holds Anti-Terror Drill
People's Daily, October 20, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/19/eng20061019_313
508.html

Xinjiang
王乐泉：新疆已形成打击“三股势力”的立体屏障 (Xinjiang Party Secretary: Xinjiang Commits to Clamp Down on the "Three Evil Forces")
People's Daily, October 20, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/4937717.html

Thursday, October 19, 2006

October 19, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
浙江中国民主党党员陈树庆被批捕 (Dissident and China Democracy Party Member Chen Shuqing Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/18/chen/
Cyber-dissident and China Democracy Party member Chen Shuqing (陈树庆) was formally arrested and charged with inciting subversion on October 17 by the Hangzhou People’s Procuratorate. Chen has appointed as his defense attorney Li Jianqiang, who believes that Chen’s arrest is related to his recent internet essays in support of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. Another cyber-dissident, Zhang Jianhong (张建红), who uses the internet pen name Li Hong (力虹), has also been formally arrested for a similar reason after being detained in early September.



News

Environment
Bohai Sea Will Be Dead in 10 Years: Report
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY86R9CRE.html

Gender
反家暴 救助机制何在 (What Is the Remedy for Domestic Violence?)
Legal Daily, October 19, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/19/content_
433069.htm

Law
Judges Held in Massive Corruption Inquiry
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0G4R9CRE.html

Money-for-Verdicts Probe Underscores 'Systemic Disease in Courts'
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP63R9CRE.html

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
重庆一公务员编写短信针砭时弊获罪 40人受牵连 (Chongqing Government Official Faces Libel Charge for Sending SMS Criticizing Senior Officials)
EastDay.com, October 19, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node166707/u1a2385972.html

Reporter Sacked over Exposé on Welfare Housing Swindle
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9GKO9CRE.html

Police
Turf Dispute Ends in Mass Fight Between 200 Officers
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ296R9CRE.html

Politics - CPC
六方面问题影响社会和谐 中共强调不断化解矛盾 (CPC Recognizes Six Major Issues Impacting Social Harmony)
EastDay.com, October 18, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node166523/u1a2385545.html

Population
国家人口计生委表示 "奖励少生"至少执行二三十年 (State Population and Family Planning Committee: Population Policy that Rewards Families With Fewer Kids to Continue for at Least 20 Years)
People's Daily, October 18, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/4933085.html

Protests and Petitions
顺德村民包围镇政府要求释放村民代表 (Villagers Surround Xingtan Township Government Building in Guangdong and Demand Release of Village Representatives)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/18/
cunmin/

Public Health
Barred Hepatitis B Students Sue
SCMP, October 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHGKO9CRE.html

部分省市率先行动 中国正向“全民医保”迈进 (Certain Localities Take the Lead in Promoting "Health Insurance for All")
Xinhuanet, October 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2006-10/19/content_
5222397.htm

Xinjiang
East Turkestan: China Defends Control Over Religion
UNPO, October 18, 2006
http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=5650

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

October 18, 2006

Top News

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Scholar Held after Raid on Home
SCMP, October 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK3LO9CRE.html
Dissident scholar and publisher Ding Dong, 55, was detained for 12 hours yesterday by 20 uniformed and plain-clothes police officers for trying to publish a book by late liberal democrat He Jaidong. He was taken away after the police raided his home and took away his computer, more than 200 books and some manuscripts. He was returned home 5:30am today. Ding refused to reveal the reason for his interrogation, but was disappointed that He's book might not be published.


News
Education
廈大開設高爾夫球課引起爭議 (Controversy on Compulsory Golf Lessons for Law and Business Students at Xiamen University)
BBC, October 18, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6060000/newsid
_6061000/6061014.stm

Environment
A Fresh Stink
SCMP, October 18, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZPMZQ9CRE.html

UN Warning Could See Dams Scrapped
SCMP, October 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ654R9CRE.html

Government - Governance and Accountability
湖南学生离奇死亡 官员涉嫌掩盖真相 (Hunan Officials Criticized on Secondary Student's 'Mysterious' Death)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/17/
hunan/

Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠仍被限制自由 郭起真被判刑4年 (Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Placed Under House Arrest, Dissident Writer Guo Qizhen Sentenced for Four Years)
Radio Free Asia, October 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/17/

Labor
北京家政合同禁止成年异性与保姆同居一室引争议 (Controversy in Beijing over Domestic Helpers Sharing Rooms with Minors of Opposite Sex)
Xinhuanet, October 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-10/18/content_
5217145.htm

Drive to Clean up China’s Coalmine Heartland
Financial Times, October 18, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8242cd92-5e36-11db-82d4-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html0000779e
2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Law
China Sets up Expert Testimony Administration
People's Daily, October 18, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/18/eng20061018_
312846.html

国家赔偿不赔“精神”带出的问号 (Questions Raised on Mental Damages Not Covered under State Compensation Law)
Legal Daily, October 18, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/18/content_
432071.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
China Internet Rumor-mongers Face Fines: Report
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/wr_nm/internet_
china_dc

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Press Freedom is Gaining Momentum on Mainland, Says Outspoken Academic
SCMP, October 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZALZQ9CRE.html

Police
Beijing Doubles Plain-clothes Police to Make Public 'Feel Safer'
AFP (via YahooNews), October 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061018/wl_asia_afp/china
policesociety

Poverty
中国最富的150万个家庭占有70％的财富 (1.5 Million Households Share 70% of China's Wealth)
China Youth Daily, October 18, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/18/content_1542041.htm

Plan to Lift the Poorest Villages out of Poverty
SCMP, October 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPNZQ9CRE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
中国艾滋病传播方式已与非洲相似 (China and Africa Share Similarities in AIDS Transmission)
Voice of America, October 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-17-voa46.cfm

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

October 17, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media
中青报总编调职 《冰点》事件馀波 (Chief Editor of China Youth Daily Removed from Post)
Ming Pao, October 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061017/cab1.htm
The chief editor of the China Youth Daily, Li Erliang (李而亮), was recently removed from his post. His removal is believed to be the result of the publication of several critical articles in the newspaper, one of which was Professor Yuan Weishi's (袁伟时) re-evaluation of the history of the Boxer Rebellion.

Protests and Petitions
温家宝出席广交会　上千失地村民上访 (1,000 Villagers Petition Land Grabs During Wen Jiabao's Visit to Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, October 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/16/guang
zhou/
About 1,000 villagers from Shunde, Guangdong Province tried to petition against land grabs at government offices when Premier Wen Jiabao attended the Chinese Export Commodities Fair held in Guangzhou on October 15. However, police were deployed so many petitioners were barred from leaving their villages and many petitioners were sent back to their home villages.

News
Gender
Single Mother Sparks Moral Debate
China Daily, October 15, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/15/conten
t_708335.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
Bribery: Business as Usual in China's Village Elections
The Epoch Times, October 13, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-13/46985.html

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Guo Qizhen (郭起真)
六四天网快讯：郭起真被判刑4年 (Guo Qizhen Given 4 Years' Imprisonment for "Inciting Subversion")
The Epoch Times, October 17, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/10/17/n1489598.htm

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
Human Rights Concerns Fail to Staunch Flow of UK Arms
The Guardian, October 15, 2006
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1922775,00.html

Media
需要拯救的是孩子还是网吧?山西方山县网吧事件调查 (Investigation into Closure of Internet Cafes in Fangshan, Shanxi Province)
Xinhuanet, October 17, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2006101
70077.asp

Police Probe Leaks in Great Firewall of China
Vancouver Sun, October 17, 2006
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.ht
ml?id=4836c93f-ff7b-40c1-8e9e-c4be2d47bcca40c1-8e9e-c
4be2d47bcca

Official Union in China Says All Wal-Marts Are Organized
New York Times, October 13, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/business/worldbusiness
/13union.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=sloginslogin&oref=slogin

Olympics
Olympic Mascots Fall Victim to Friendly Fire
SCMP, October 17, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZAFWQ9CRE.html

Police
一罪犯被判10年未蹲一天狱 (Criminal Serves No Jail Time Despite 10-year Jail Term)
Legal Daily, October 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/17/content_43100
5.htm

Population
中国新人口政策奖励农民少生孩子 (China's New Population Policy Encourages Farmers to Have Fewer Kids)
Voice of America, October 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-16-voa52.cfm

Protests and Petitions
兰州百名环卫工工资低于最低标准拒绝打扫马路 (100 Street Cleaners in Lanzhou, Gansu Province Go on Strike to Protest Non-compliance of Minimum Wage)
EastDay.com, October 17, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node8176
2/node166268/u1a2381052.html

社会矛盾新警号：“无直接利益冲突”苗头出现 (Many People Join Protests Just to Vent Anger)
Xinhuanet, October 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/17/con
tent_5212824.htm

Sharp Rise in Group Protests in China
The Epoch Times, October 16, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-16/47044.html

Public Health
中国药监局称“欣弗事件”没有瞒报 (Chinese Authorities Find No Cover-up of Deadly Antibiotic Case)
BBC, October 17, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5250000/n
ewsid_5254900/5254972.stm

Taiwan Asked to Bar Citizens from Organ Transplants in China
Monster and Critics, October 12, 2006
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_1210678.
php/Taiwan_asked_to_bar_citizens_from_organ_transplants_i
n_Chinabar_citizens_from_organ_transplants_in_China

Social Security
北京发布就业和社会保障规划 儿童学生纳入医保 (Beijing City Government Issues Plan for Employment and Social Insurance)
EastDay.com, October 17, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node166268/u1a2381074.html

Three Gorges
Three Gorges Dam Project Displaces 1.4 Million People
The Epoch Times, October 13, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-10-13/46980.html

Tibet
From Chinese Jail to Miss Tibet? A Girl's Dream
Reuters, October 16, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEn
oughNews&storyID=2006-10-16T143628Z_01_DEL134669_RTR
UKOC_0_US-TIBET-BEAUTY.xml&WTmodLoc=OddNewsHome
_C2_oddlyEnoughNews-210-16T143628Z_01_DEL134669_RTR
UKOC_0_US-TIBET-

Train to Tibet Is on the Right Track, China Insists
Los Angeles Times, October 16, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-tibet16oc
t16,1,6478065.story?coll=la-headlines-worldtibet16oct16,1,647806
5.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Hong Kong
President Hu May Deliver Road Map for Democracy on First Visit to HK
SCMP, October 17, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZILZQ9CRE.html

Monday, October 16, 2006

October 14-16, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions - Olympics
抗议建变电站 北京警民推撞 (200 Beijing Residents Clash with Police over Construction of Transformer Station for Olympics Facilities)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061016/cag1.htm
More than 200 Beijing residents clashed with police on October 15 over the construction of a transformer station for the Olympic Games. They argued that there had been no consultation about the construction, and the station was way too close to their residences. Scores of elders were injured and at least four protestors were taken away.

Tibet
Video Contradicts China on Shooting of Tibetans
International Herald Tribune, October 15, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/15/news/tibet.php
A Romanian videotape appearing to show that Chinese security forces shot Tibetans refugees in the Himalayas on September 30 contradicts Beijing's claim that the refugees were shot by soldiers acting in self-defense. The video was taken by a Romanian mountain climber who was near Cho Oyu where the shooting took place.

News
Children
In China, Children of Inmates Face Hard Time Themselves
Washington Post, October 13, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2006/10/12/AR2006101201855.html

Death Penalty
Top Judge Urges Care in Death Penalty Review
SCMP, October 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYM6O9CRE.html

Disasters
中国评论﹕欲盖弥彰 乌纱帽难保 (Commentary: Local Officials in Chongqing Underreport Car Accident Death to Save Jobs)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061016/caz1.htm

Environment
Cover-up of Pollution in Guizhou
SCMP, October 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXN8O9CRE.html

受害者多救济不畅 中国污染损害赔偿立法待破冰 (Legislation Needed to Regulate Compensation for Harmful Effects of Pollution)
EastDay.com, October 15, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node1
65897/u1a2378146.html

Gender - Sex Workers
Debate Rages over HIV Lecture for Sex Workers
SCMP, October 16, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ56EO9CRE.html

Government - Grassroots Elections
武汉警督独立参选人大代表被殴打 (Independent Candidate for Local Election in Wuhan Beaten over Complaint on Illegal Ballot Box)
Radio Free Asia, October 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/13
/wuhan/

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Li Hong (力虹)
高智晟与力虹被正式逮捕 (Gao Zhisheng and Li Hong Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, October 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/13/ga
ozhisheng/

Labor
China Drafts Law to Boost Unions and End Abuse
New York Times, October 16, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/business/worldbusiness/
13sweat.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

沃尔玛中国店工会多 能否独立？ (Can Wal-Mart Trade Unions Be Independent?)
Virgin.net, October 15, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-10-15-voa1.cfm

On the Back of China's Workers, Economic Lift Is Tainted by Exploitation
San Francisco Chronicle, October 15, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle
/archive/2006/10/15/INGK7LNDJ41.DTL

Land Policy
中央重拳遏制地方政府卖地冲动 (Central Authorities to Pass Measures to Limit Land Sales at Local Level)
Nanfang Daily, October 16, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/20061016
0325.asp

湖北随州征地费被层层克扣农民未获分文 (Corrupt Officials Deprive Victims of Compensation for Land Grabs in Suizhou, Hubei Province)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/14/hubei/

Media
重庆：立法叫停网络恶搞 违者可能被罚款拘留 (Chongqing Passes Regulation that Punishes "Internet Disturbances")
Xinhuanet, October 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/16
/content_5208303.htm

Director Scorns 'Laughable' Laws
BBC, October 13, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6051292.stm

福建各中院及28个基层法院都将设新闻发言人 (All Intermediate People's Courts and 28 Local Courts in Fujian Province Adopt New System for Issuing Media Reports)
Xinhuanet, October 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/11/content_518
8761.htm

Migrant Workers
生活观念改变 农民工从谋求生存转变追求平等 (A Change of Attitude - Migrant Workers No Longer Only Interested in Survival, They Now Demand Equality)
People's Daily, October 15, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4919094.html

Politics
驻京周记﹕建设和谐社会，当务之急是啥 (Commentary: Why Is the Priority on Building a Harmonious Society?)
Ming Pao, October 16, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061016/cah1.htm

Population - One-Child Policy
New Policy Will Offer Cash Instead of Kids
People's Daily, October 16, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/16/eng20061016_31
2043.html

Protests and Petitions - Olympics
王丹连署斥京为奥运提前清场 (Open Letter to IOC Condemns Beijing for Suppressing Rights Defense Movement Ahead of Games)
Apple Daily, October 16, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20061016&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6409197

Protests and Petitions
Patriot Pains
SCMP, October 16, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZZO6O9CRE.html

Tibetans Train for Olympics - at Protest School
SCMP, October 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZAN6O9CRE.html

Friday, October 13, 2006

October 13, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China Arrests Dissident Lawyer for Subversion
Reuters, October 12, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNew
s&storyID=2006-10-12T185334Z_01_PEK72098_RTRUKOC_0
_US-CHINA-
Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s defense attorney, Mo Shaoping, has recently learned that Gao was formally arrested on September 21 on “suspicion of inciting subversion of state power." Up until yesterday, his lawyer had not been informed of the charges against Gao, despite repeated inquiries made to the public security bureau. Gao was detained by Beijing police in August.

Religion - Christianity
Catholics Arrested After Vatican Trip
The Independent Online (South Africa), October 13, 2006
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126&art_i
d=qw1160643421529B252
According to information confirmed by the authorities, two leaders of an underground Catholic church, Shao Zhumin (邵祝敏) and Jiang Sunian (姜溯念), were arrested in Shenzhen on September 25 as they entered the country after visiting the Vatican. The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said they were accused of illegally leaving China by using other people’s identities and would likely face sentences of about one year in prison. China does not normally grant passports to clergy from underground Catholic churches, to prevent them from having contact with the Vatican.


News
Corruption
一个地方中院院长的“前腐后继” (Corruption in Wuhan Intermediate People's Court)
China Youth Daily, October 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/13/content_1537236.htm

监督为何层层失守 (Poor Supervision Is Cause of Corruption in China's Courts)
China Youth Daily, October 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/13/content_1537241.htm

四川法官受贿后将一审七年徒刑改判成无罪释放 (Three Judges in Sichuan Province Prosecuted for Taking Bribes to Overturn Cadre's Sentence)
Xinhuanet, October 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/13/content_5197298
.htm

Gender
苛责“二奶”维权是道德暴政 (Condemning Defense of Mistresses' Rights Is Unjustified)
China Youth Daily, October 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/13/content_1536876.htm

Hukou - Reforms
北京将立法管制流动人口 (Beijing City Authorities to Legislate on Regulating Floating Population)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/12/renko/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗因言获罪被注销记者证 (Authorities Revoke Journalist Zan Aizong’s Press Card, Zan Preparing Lawsuit)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/12/ZanAi
zong/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
China Vs. My Husband
Washington Post, October 12, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/11/AR2006101101601.htmldyn/content/a
rticle/2006/10/11/AR2006101101601.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Shi Tao (师涛)
雅虎捐款促新闻自由却对师涛不言悔 (Yahoo! Establishes Scholarship to Promote Press Freedom but Shows No Regret over Shi Tao's Case)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/12/yahoo/

Labor
China Postpones Closure of Unsafe Small Coal Mines
Xinhuanet, October 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/12/content_51961
41.htm

Land Policy
昆明长春爆拆迁冲突 (Evictions Lead to Clashes in Kunming and Changchun)
Ming Pao, October 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061013/ccb1.htm

台州私房主联名递交罢免动议书 (Apartment Owners in Zhejiang Province Launch Signature Campaign Demanding Impeachment of Officials)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/12/ba
mian/

Media
Alvin Toffler, Esteemed and Edited in China
Washington Post, October 13, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/11/AR2006101101977.htmldyn/content/
article/2006/10/11/AR2006101101977.html

China Unblocks Wikipedia
Editor and Publisher, October 11, 2006
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/
article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003251388

Politics
中共中央召开党外人士座谈会 (CPC Holds Meeting with Non-Party Members to Discuss Construction of Harmonious Society)
China Youth Daily, October 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/13/content_1537201.htm

Public Health
陕西携带乙肝病毒3学生被遣返 (Technical School in Shaanxi Province "Repatriates" Three Students Carrying Hepatitis B Virus)
Beijing Morning Post (via Subidu.com), October 13, 2006
http://www.morningpost.com.cn/article.asp?articleid=59887

Tibet
China Says Border Guards Killed a Fleeing Refugee in Self-Defense
International Herald Tribune, October 13, 2006
http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=3131065

Thursday, October 12, 2006

October 12, 2006

News
Civil Society
还百姓一个明白，还干部一个清白 —— 全国村务公开督查调研纪实 (Public Participation in Village Governance in Xinjiang and Ningxia)
China Youth Daily, October 12, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/12/content_1535561.htm

NGOs Defined in China
Chinacsr.com, October 11, 2006
http://www.chinacsr.com/2006/10/11/ngos-defined-in-china/

Death Penalty
沈阳“女记者遇害”案一审宣判 (Two Sentenced to Death in Shenyang for Murdering Journalist)
Xinhuanet, October 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/12/content_5193764.
htm

男子锤杀女友获死缓 凶杀现场日记道出心灵自白 (Man Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve in Beijing for Murdering Ex-Girlfriend)
Xinhuanet, October 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/11/content_5190365.
htm

冒充军警劫财杀人 两恶徒分别被判死刑、无期 (Murderer Sentenced to Death in Beijing, Teenage Accomplice Given Life Sentence)
Xinhuanet, October 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/11/content_518925
6.htm

Economic Development
Shift in Focus Triggers Debate on Priorities
SCMP, October 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOL3O9CRE.html

Education
12%大学生有中度以上心理困扰 压力来源于就业 (12 Percent of University Students Feel Depressed, Work Cited as Major Source of Stress)
EastDay.com, October 12, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node165
354/u1a2370778.htmll

Gender
“二奶”维权网站缘何遭质疑？ (Website to Defend Mistresses’ Rights Raises Questions)
People's Daily, October 12, 2006
http://opinion.people.com.cn/GB/4907743.html

Hukou – Reform
Beijing to Reform Temporary Residency System
Xinhuanet, October 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/11/conte
nt_5191324.htm

Media
China Crisis for Jay-Z
Virgin.net, October 12, 2006
http://musicnews.virgin.net/Virgin/Lifestyle/Music/virginMusicNe
wsDetail/0,13556,1584587_music,00.html87_music,00.html

Police
Anger Festers on Dark Side of Society
SCMP, October 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZK2ZN9CRE.html

中国计划部署警力到街头执行任务 (China to Deploy More Police in Rural and Urban Areas)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/11/police/

Politics
Party Elite Hand Hu Vital Endorsement
SCMP, October 12, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ2XLQ9CRE.html

China's Hu Walks Cautious Line on Political Reform
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 11, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/wl_nm/china_party_refo
rm_dc_1

Population
China Expecting Three Population Peaks
People's Daily, October 11, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/11/eng20061011_3108
49.html

Protests and Petitions
十六届六中全会上访群众不断被拦截 (Crowds Barred from Petitioning in Beijing During CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/11/sha
ngfang/

Public Health
乙肝歧视之痛：劳动合同法VS一亿人平等就业权 (Job Discrimination Among Hepatitis B Carriers)
Xinhuanet, October 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/12/content_5
192738.htm

中国政府严禁人体器官买卖 正起草法规规范管理 (China Drafts Law to Curb Trade of Human Organs)
EastDay.com, October 11, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node16
5233/u1a2370340.htmll

Social Security
中共提出2020年建立覆盖城乡居民的社会保障体系 (CPC Proposes to Establish Social Security System that Covers Urban and Rural Areas by 2020)
EastDay.com, October 12, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node1
65233/u1a2370646.htmll

North Korea - Refugees
人道組织﹕中国面临新难民潮 (Refugees International Says China Will See Refugee Tide if Subsidy to North Korea Reduced)
Ming Pao, October 12, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061012/taa3.htm
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