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

Thursday, January 12, 2006

January 12, 2006

News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

January 11, 2006

Top News of the Day

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

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


News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

January 10, 2006

Top News of the Day

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monday, January 09, 2006

January 7-9, 2006

Top News of the Day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Friday, January 06, 2006

January 6, 2006


Top News of the Day

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

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



News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thursday, January 05, 2006

January 5, 2006


Top News of the Day

Media
记者无国界报告：中国狱中异见人士数量最多 (Report by Reporters Without Borders: China's Prisons Have the Most Dissidents of Any Country in the World)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2006
China is still the world's biggest prison for journalists, with 32 currently in jail, according to the annual report released by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders. The report also found that China had more political dissidents incarcerated than any other country.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/04/rsf/

Related News
RSF Press Report 2005
Reporters Without Borders, January 05, 2006
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16088


Media - Internet / Corporate Social Accountability
Microsoft Confirms Dropping Chinese Journalist's Blog
TechWeb.com, January 04, 2006
Microsoft Corp. confirmed in a statement that it removed the blog of outspoken Chinese journalist Zhao Jing who is better known by his penname, Anti. Zhao's blog was taken down on the New Year Eve by Microsoft's blog-hosting service MSN spaces. The company said it was complying with China's laws.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/175801269


News
Death Penalty
中阳“燕子帮”涉黑案审结 “帮主”郝兵锁被判处死刑 (Triad Ringleader Sentenced to Death in Zhongyang, Shanxi Province)
Legal Daily, January 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-01/05/content_246
282.htm

Economic Development
Take Me Home, Chinese Roads
Asia Times Online, January 05, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HA05Cb01.html

Education
义务教育法修订草案通过 (Amendment on Compulsory Education Law Endorsed)
The Beijing News, January 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0105/014@152
581.htm

讨论：广西民办公益中学缺资金面临关门 (Discussion: A Privately-Run School in Guangxi Faces Closure Due to Shortage of Funds)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/04/
guangxi/

Human Rights Defenders
Family Hopes for Reunion After Early Release of Chinese Journalist
AFP (via YahooNews), January 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060104/wl_canada_afp/china
canadamedia_060104184554554

Law
法院审判监督机制改革的反思 (Rethinking Court Reforms on Supervision of Trials)
Legal Daily, January 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/05/content_246
244.htm

湖北杀妻冤案主角佘祥林：中国法治因他而动 (She Xianglin, Man Who was Wrongly Accused of Murdering Wife: China' s Legal System Changed Because of Him)
Sina.com, January 05, 2006
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-01-05/10378780116.shtml

证人为什么不出庭？(Why Don't Witnesses Testify?)
Legal Daily, January 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/05/content_246
249.htm

Media
A Free Media Keeps the System Honest
SCMP, January 05, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZUOPCKRGE.html

中国报纸数量多，质量低 (China Has the Most Newspapers, But Quality Is Poor)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/04/baozhi/

亚洲新闻自由评分中国排名最后 (China Ranks Last Among Asian Countries in Press Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/04/
xinwenziyou/

沈阳加入允许外国新闻机构设站城市行列 (Foreign News Organizations Allowed to Set up Bureaus in Shenyang)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/04/
shenyang/

互联网对亚洲集权国家政府构成挑战 (Internet Poses Challenge to Asian Countries with Centralization of State Power)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/04/
internet/

Politics/ Media
记者姜维平提前释放与胡锦涛访美有关？(Is Journalist Jiang Weiping's Early Release Related to Hu Jintao's Upcoming Visit to US?)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/04/
jiangweiping/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
低保艾滋病患者可申请临时救济 (Poor AIDS Patients Can Apply for Temporary Aid)
The Beijing News, January 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0105/014@
152601.htm

Public Health
内地医疗市场拟开放民营 (Privatization of Mainland's Health Care System Being Planned)
Wen Wei Po, January 05, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news_print.phtml?news_id=
CH0601050001

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

January 4, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders
被判刑记者姜维平提前获得释放 (Early Release for Jailed Journalist Jiang Weiping)
BBC, January 04, 2006
Journalist Jiang Weiping, who was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in 2001 for Illegally providing state secrets and inciting subversion, has been released one year before his term was due to expire. His sentence, which was commuted from eight years to six years in 2003, was further reduced by one year after the American Ambassador to China lobbied for his early release.
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4570000/
newsid_4579400/4579408.stm.stm

Related News
Statement on the Release of Jiang Weiping
The Dui Hua Foundation, January 04, 2006
http://www.duihua.org/press/statements/statement_on_
jiangweiping_release.htm


News
Corruption
Hunan Deputy Governor Tries to Kill Himself Amid Corruption Probe
SCMP, January 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW13RJRGE.html

Corruption
中国启动行贿犯罪黑名单联网 (Online Blacklist of People Convicted of Corruption Launched)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
heimingdan/

Death Penalty
台湾毒枭获死刑 (Taiwanese Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Death)
Legal Daily, January 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/04/content_245384.htm

Environment
Water Pollution Threatens Harmonious Development
People's Daily, January 04, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/03/print
20060103_232497.html

Human Rights Defenders
台湾媒体：程翔案将在春节后审理 (Taiwan Media: Ching Cheong to be Tried After Chinese New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
chingcheong/

Labor
中国评论﹕罔顾受薪阶层 社会难安定 (China Analysis: Neglect of Working Class Will Lead to Instability)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Media
For China, 2005 Was Year of Media Crackdown
Financial Times, January 04, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/eca85798-7c3b-11da-936a-
0000779e2340.html

Migrant Workers
Migrant Dads Return Home Suspicious
China Daily, January 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/04/
content_508938.htm

Poverty
China Set to Narrow Rich-Poor Gap
People's Daily, January 04, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/04/eng20060104
_232725.html

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Man Jumps Ship for Taiwan
BBC, January 04, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4577672.stm

上海上访者毛恒凤被关押 (Shanghai Petitioner Mao Hengfeng Detained)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
maohengfeng/

Related News
Press Advisory: Further Crackdown on Petitioner Mao Hengfeng and Others in Beijing and Shanghai
Human Rights in China, January 3, 2006.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid
=26505&item%5fid=26504

洛阳征地不予合理补偿引起村民抗争 (Villagers Protest Unreasonable Compensation for Land Acquisition in Luoyang)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
luoyang/

Public Health
讨论:中国西部公共卫生需加大投资 (Discussion: China Needs to Increase Investment in Public Health Care in Western Region)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/03/
gonggongweisheng/

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

December 31, 2005 to January 3, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media
南都报副总编因得罪省领导遭撤职 (Dismissal of Deputy News Editor at Nanfang City News Believed to Be Related to Negative Report About Government Official)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2005
The Deputy News Editor for Nanfang City News, Xia Yitao, has been dismissed reportedly because of a report she made about a leader in Guangdong Province who was sanctioned over a mining accident in Meizhou.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/30/xiayitao/


News

Children
Child-Theft Racket Growing in China
Los Angeles Times, January 03, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
childsnatch1jan01,0,4305055.story?coll=la-home-eadlines
childsnatch1jan01,0,4305055.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Corruption
讨论：2005年中国法制蓝皮书反腐篇 (Discussion: Chapter on Corruption in China's 2005 Blue Paper on the Legal System)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/30/fanfu/

Corruption - Rights Defenders
Fujian Anti-Graft Crusader Loses Appeal Against Life Term
SCMP, January 01, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYSSW6SGE.html

Economic Development
Obsession with Growth Has to End: Economist
SCMP, December 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK2RW6SGE.html

Environment
Officials Sacked After Pollution Riots
SCMP, January 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZB2RJRGE.html

Government
百姓看不到的都登出来了 (Government Website Publishes News the Public Has Never Seen)
Nanfang City News, January 03, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/
200601030124.asp

Human Rights Defenders
港记者协会递请愿信 望北京给予程翔公平审讯 (Hong Kong Journalists' Association Sends Letter to Beijing to Urge for Open Trial for Jailed Reporter Ching Cheong)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/02/
CHENGXIANG/

Labor
China's Union Organizers
Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-matchmaking31dec31,0,5689318.story?coll=la-home-worldmatchmaking31dec31,0,5689318.story?coll=la-home-world

Media
Networking: Convergence Comes to China
UPI, January 03, 2006
http://www.physorg.com/news9501.html

讨论：2005年中国政府对互联网的封锁 (Discussion: Crackdown on Web Sites by Chinese Government in 2005)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/02/web/

Migrant Workers
No New Year Cheer for Chinese Migrant Workers
China Daily, January 02, 2006
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/02/
content_508706.htm

Population
One-Child Policy Questioned as Population Ages Rapidly
SCMP, December 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8HWQJRGE.html

Poverty
Balm for Rural Areas Unlikely to Bring Calm
SCMP, January 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGV4RJRGE.html

Protests and Petitions
广东去年社会骚乱事件频发引关注 (Widespread Concern Over Incidents of Social Unrest in Guangdong in 2005)
Voice of America, January 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-02-voa30.cfm

公转私职工集体维权 资方雇黑社会暴力打压 (Thugs Hired to Crack Down on Protestors over Labor Dispute in Chengdu)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/02/
weiquan/

Chinese Activists Targeted by Thug Violence
Washington Post, January 01, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/31/AR2005123100994.htmldyn/
content/article/2005/12/31/AR2005123100994.html

Staff Back to Work After Protest at Editor's Transfer
SCMP, December 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0S0RJRGE.html

广东深圳逾二千工人抗议罢工造成交通瘫痪 (四) (Traffic Comes to a Halt as Over 2,000 Workers in Shenzhen Go on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/31/bagong/

Public Health
Govt to Increase Subsidy for Rural Cooperative Medical System
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/01/content_3996340.htm

WHO Urges Openness on H5N1 as Mystery Shrouds Latest Death
SCMP, December 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5PFCKRGE.html

HIV Boy Loses China Hospital Case
BBC, December 30, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4569866.stm

Religion
新疆基督家庭教会屡受当局打压 (House Churches in Xinjiang Face Frequent Suppression from Authorities)
Voice of America, January 02, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-02-voa31.cfm

Rural Issues
Survey: Healthcare in Rural Areas Problematic
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/03/content_
4002260.htm

Rural Issues
Agricultural Tax Overhaul Implemented as Expected: Survey
Xinhuanet, December 31, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/31/content_3995178.htm

Social Security
100 mln Chinese Get Social Assistance in 2005
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/01/content_3996384.htm

Society
48% Chinese Feel "Very Happy","Happy" in 2005: Survey
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/02/content_4000100.htm
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