February 1, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Yang Tianshui (杨天水)
因言获罪自由作家杨天水拘留转逮捕 (Outspoken Author Yang Tianshui Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2006
On January 20, author and internet essayist Yang Tianshui was formally arrested on charges of subversion after being detained in December by public security officers in Nanjing.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/31/
yangtianshui/

Media - Internet Censorship
中国打造网上长城 SKYPE同意过滤信息 (Internet Telephone Company SKYPE Signs Agreement with China to Develop Filtering System)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2006
The Luxemburg-based internet telephone company SKYPE has signed a letter of intent with China to develop a firewall, or filtering system, to block words that are political sensitive, such as Falun Gong and Dalai Lama.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/31/skype/


News

Children
福利机构收养孤儿6.6万 (Welfare Groups Adopt 66,000 Orphans Nationwide)
The Beijing News, January 30, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0130/015@
158312.htm

Corruption
Anti-Graft Hero Counts the Cost
SCMP, January 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE8KEKRGE.html

Death Penalty
吉林汪清县千万富翁灭门案两名主犯被判死刑 (Two Men Sentenced to Death in Jilin for Killing A Billionaire and His Family)
Xinhuanet, January 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/31/content_4121953.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
Age Cap of 45 on New Rural Leaders
SCMP, January 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ13ZY6SGE.html

Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
高智晟和杨在新打算携手共同维权 (Activist Lawyers Gao Zhisheng and Yang Zaixin Band Together to Defend Rights)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/31/
gaozhisheng/

被关律师郑恩宠之妻受狱方警告 (Wife of Jailed Lawyer Zheng Enchong Given Warning by Prison Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/31/
zhengenchong/

Labor - Industrial Accidents
山西查出近千名红顶煤商 关闭4876处非法煤矿 (4,876 Mines Shut Down in Shanxi for Violations)
EastDay.com, February 01, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node115356/userobject1ai1824822.html4822.html

China's Lunar Fireworks Frenzy Kills 36
AFP (via YahooNews), January 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060130/wl_asia_afp/afplifestyle
chinalunar_060130182044;_ylt=AqL.E8RwJKuXGN.OOZTMiQ1
PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl44;_
ylt=AqL.E8RwJKuXGN.OOZTMiQ1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW0
4NW9mBHNlYwMlJV

Law

我国正抓紧研究修改国家赔偿法的有关问题 (Chinese Government Steps Up Effort to Improve Compensation Law)
Xinhuanet, February 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/01/content_
4124882.htm

我国将制定违法行为矫治法 (New Regulation to Be Drafted to Revamp "Reeducation Through Labor" System )
The Beijing News, February 01, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0201/015@
158490.htm

Nation to Set up Legal System for Drug Surveillance
Xinhuanet, January 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/31/content_
4122109.htm

Media - Internet Censorship /
Corporate Social Accountability
Microsoft Calls for Common China Policy
Financial Times, February 01, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/141c20fe-92b5-11da-977b-
0000779e2340.html

Google Won't Talk to Congress About China
San Francisco Chronicle, January 31, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/
01/31/BUGK4GVTQD1.DTL

Google and My Red Flag
Washington Post, January 30, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/
01/29/AR2006012900708.htmldyn
/content/article/2006/01/29/AR2006012900708.html

Police - Prisons
Majority of China's Transplants Come from Prisoner's Organs
Dajiyuan.com, February 01, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-1-30/37564.html

Politics
Reality Bites in the Mainland
The Standard, January 31, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=9&art_
id=10989&sid=6454734&con_type=
1&d_str=200601314&con_type=1&d_str=20060131

Public Health
中国政府表示要解决群众看病难贵问题 (Chinese Government Indicates it Will Resolve the Problem with Expensive Health Care Costs)
Radio Free Asia, February 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/31/
kanbingnan/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs /
联合国为中国防治爱滋病提供援助 (UN to Provide Assistance for AIDS Prevention in China)
BBC, January 29, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4660000/
newsid_4664400/4664432.stm.stm

中国医疗卫生资源分配的不公 (Health Care Resources not Allocated Evenly in China)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/31/yiliao/

Rural Issues - Taxation
农业税取消生活是否改善 --- 与四川通江农村妇女的访谈 (Has the Abolition of Agricultural Tax Improved Lives? An Interview with a Woman from Rural Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/31/
nongyeshui/

January 31, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
Lawmakers Prepare to Tackle Internet Filtering in China
Warren's Washington Internet Daily, January 31, 2006

US Internet companies snub Congressional hearing
AFP, January 31, 2006
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060
131-045341-2574r

Corporate Social Accountability - Internet Censorship
US Internet Giant Google Criticized for Agreeing to Internet Search Restrictions in China
Voice of America, January 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-30-voa39.cfm

GOOGLE CHINA CENSORSHIP FUELS CALLS FOR US BOYCOTT
Boston Globe, January 31, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/01/28/
google_china_censorship_fuels_calls_for_us_boycott/hip_fuels_
calls_for_us_boycott/

Google Won't Talk to Congress about China
San Francisco Chronicle, January 31, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/31/
BUGK4GVTQD1.DTL

How to Outwit the World's Internet Censors
New York Times, January 31, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/weekinreview/
29basic.html

Is Google's self-censorship a price worth paying for entry into China's giant market?
The Independent, January 31, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/comment/article
341579.ece

Sellout.com
Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2006
http://www.wsj.com/

Some googlers more equal than others
The Globe and Mail, January 31, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20060128/RTHEWEEK28/TPBusiness/GeneralWEEK28/
TPBusiness/General

Google and My Red Flag
Washington Post, January 30, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2006/
01/29/AR2006012900708.htmldyn/content/article/2006/01/
29/AR2006012900708.html

Google censors itself to keep China happy
The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory
/LAC/20060130/EGOOGLE30/TPComment/Editorials
GLE30/TPComment/Editorials

DANCING WITH THE DRAGON
Sunday Herald, January 29, 2006
http://www.sundayherald.com/53800

Human Rights Defenders - Gao Zhisheng
CHINA: Lawyer: Chinese govt tried to kill me
The Lawyer, January 31, 2006
http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=118603&d
=122&h=24&f=46

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
UNFPA Governing Body Approves New Country Programme for China
UNFPA, January 30, 2006
http://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=747

Taiwan
Taiwan's Chen mulls axing reunification body
Reuters, January 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/30/content
_516460.htm

January 26, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Internet Censorship
US Congressman Takes Google to Task on China
Financial Times, January 26, 2006
Google will be included in a hearing scheduled for February 16 to examine the operating procedures of US internet companies in China. The hearing was called by US congressman Chris Smith following reports alleging online censorship imposed by Yahoo and Microsoft in China.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/e3f999fe-8dfc-11da-8fda-
0000779e2340.html


News

Corruption
Corrupt Officials' Life of Luxury in Jail Exposed
SCMP, January 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1AZSJRGE.html

Death Penalty
向韩桂芝买官 两贪官判死缓 (Two Heilongjiang Officials Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve for Bribery and Other Crimes)
Nanfang City News, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A20/
200601260073.asp

Economic Development
Social Costs of China's Prosperity
The Standard, January 26, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_
cat=9&art_id=10731&sid=6348011&con_type=1
&d_str=200601261&con_type=1&d_str=20060126

Education
395名校长因乱收费被撤 (395 School Principals Dismissed for Charging Illegal Fees)
The Beijing News, January 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0126/014@
157577.htm

我国约有230万学生辍学家庭贫困是主因 (2.3 Million Children Across China Have Had to Leave School Due to Poverty)
Sina.com, January 26, 2006
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-01-26/02158081232s.shtml

Environment
China Approves Regulations to Promote Water Conservancy
Xinhuanet, January 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/25/content
_4100176.htm

中国污染工厂向内地迁移 (Polluting Factories Are Moving Inland)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/25/wuran/

Gender
公共政策与女性就业 (Public Policy and Women's Employment Opportunities)
Nanfang City News, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a07/
200601260271.asp

Government - Grassroots Elections
村民委员会换届选举中若干问题的思考 (A Look at Several Problems in Upcoming Village Elections)
Legal Daily, January 26, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/26/content_258246.htm

Labor - Work Safety
Safety Before Profits in Mines, Wen Demands
SCMP, January 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFMTSJRGE.html

Labor - Employment Conditions
深圳侦骑四出 缉逃薪老闆 (Shenzhen Authorities Hunt Down Employers Who Failed to Pay Wages)
Wen Wei Po, January 26, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&news_
id=CH0601260001

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
据报中国青年报冰点版被迫停刊 (China Youth Daily's "Freezing Point” Supplement Ordered to Close)
Voice of America, January 26, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-25-voa33.cfm

Editor of Axed Weekly 'Planning Legal Appeal'
SCMP, January 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFCRY6SGE.html

Journalists Banned from Workshop
SCMP, January 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCTDEKRGE.html

《冰点》遭停刊斥当局卑鄙 中宣部禁传媒报道 (“Freezing Point” Supplement Criticizes Authorities While CPC Propaganda Bureau Bans Media from Reporting on Closure)
Ming Pao, January 26, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060126/caa1.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom / Taiwan
Taiwanese Writer Slams China's Shutdown of Newspaper Supplement
SCMP, January 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZERTY6SGE.html

Media - Internet Censorship / Corporate Social Accountability
Google: China Decision Painful but Right
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 26, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060125/ts_nm/google_brin_
interview_dc_1;_ylt=AjpP9qeHnRaCuy9GxZ5B8PVPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlHnRaCuy9
GxZ5B8PVPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Thomas Hazlett: Google's Beautiful China Paradox
Financial Times, January 26, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b89f3cd0-8dd6-11da-8fda-
0000779e2340.html

Police
深圳全国首颁《警察通令》(Shenzhen First in the Country to Issue "Police Guidelines")
The Beijing News, January 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0126/014@157580.htm

Politics
Letter from China: China Builds a New Wall, and Democracy Hits It
International Herald Tribune, January 26, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/25/news/letter.php

Poverty
Poverty Reduction Targets Set for Next 5 Years
Xinhuanet, January 26, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/25/content_
4100593.htm

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
中国艾滋病呈蔓延趋势 (AIDS Epidemic Slowly Spreading in China)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/25/aids/

Public Health - Health Care Reform
讨论：中国平价医院是否可行 (Discussion: Will Budget Hospitals Work in China?)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/25/yiyuan/

January 25, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
China Closes Investigative Pages of Top Newspaper
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2006
Chinese authorities have shut down a prominent weekly supplement called Freezing Point, which is connected to the national newspaper China Youth Daily. The closure was caused by a dispute between the supplement’s editors and Communist Party officials over journalistic values.
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2006/01/24/china_media/

Media - Internet Censorship / Corporate Social Accountability
Google Censors Itself for China
BBC, January 25, 2006
In a voluntary move, California-based Google has agreed to limit its services in China so as to help the authorities restrict access to online information related to sensitive matters such as Falun Gong and Tibet. Also, its email service Gmail and web log publishing function will not be made available in China, the company said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4645596.stm

Google Agrees to Censor Service to Enter China
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 25, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060125/wr_nm/google_china_
dc;_ylt=Ahdz2INNjRLySdED0sn9QNQBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjM
HVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--


News

Corruption
讨论：中国官员自杀现象透视 (Discussion: The Phenomenon of Suicide Among Chinese Officials)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/24/zisha/

Death Penalty
江苏原组织部长被判死缓 (Former Jiangsu Official Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve for Graft)
The Beijing News, January 25, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0125/014@157312.htm

入室强暴五女生 罪犯被执行死刑 (Liaoning Man Executed for Rape of Five Female Students)
Legal Daily, January 25, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/25/content_257303.htm

广东五元集团女副总被杀案终审 两名主犯伏法 (Two Men Executed for Robbing and Murdering Female Director of a Guangdong Enterprise)
Legal Daily, January 25, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/25/content_257298.htm

Environment - Pollution
China's Mixed Smoke Signals
Asia Times Online, January 25, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HA24Ad01.html

Riverside Chemical Plants 'Pose Huge Threat'
SCMP, January 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0KAEKRGE.html

Labor - Unemployment
湖北广水制药厂改制下岗工生活费被停发（二）(Former Employees Lose Pension Allowances After Factory Reform)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/24/guangshui/

Labor - Industrial Accidents
中国称仍有百馀化工厂存在安全问题 (Over 100 Chemical Plants Still Unsafe in China)
BBC, January 25, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4640000/
newsid_4642500/4642588.stm.stm

Land Policy - Resettlement
西安法官住宅遭强迫拆迁 (Judges Living in a Housing Compound in Xi'an Forced to Relocate)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/24/faguan/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Axe Falls on Influential Weekly that Fired Debate
SCMP, January 25, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLEWSJRGE.html

Police - Crime
Criminals Targeting Us, Say Foreigners
SCMP, January 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHJQSJRGE.html

Poverty
2005中国城乡居民收入继续较快增长 (Incomes for Both Urban and Rural Residents Increased in 2005)
China Daily, January 25, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-01/25/content_1307160.htm

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
中国最新艾滋疫情评估 现有65万艾滋病毒感染者 (650,000 Currently Infected with HIV in China)
EastDay.com, January 25, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node114307/userobject1ai1814480.html4480.html

Social Security - Relief Schemes
50 Million Poor to Get Relief from Government
People's Daily, January 25, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/25/eng20060125
_238183.html

Xinjiang
汉和评论：中国南疆部署歼十新战鬥机 (Toronto-Based Kanwa Intelligence Review: Latest Model of Fighter Jets Deployed to Xinjiang)
Asia Times Online, January 25, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12925&Itemid=33=33

January 24, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties / State Security – Spying - Gao Zhan (高瞻)
Once Eager to Host Her, US Can't Wait to Deport Scholar
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZH4TSJRGE.html

Children
New Measures to Help Street Kids Find Homes
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/24/content_
4091796.htm

Corruption
尽论中国： 腐败最易发生时 (Discussion on China: When Corruption Happens So Easily)
Apple Daily, January 24, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_
id=20060124&sec_id=15335&showdate=20060124&art_
id=5600117335&showdate=20060124&art_id=5600117

Guangzhou Graft Fighters Kept Busy
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ54TSJRGE.html

Punishment Announced for Corrupt Officials
China Daily, January 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/24/
content_514888.htm

Education
一所农村学校不及城市一间教室 (Facilities at Rural Schools Not up to Standards of Urban Schools)
China Youth Daily, January 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-01/24/content_1305977.htm

Gender
调整性别比失衡是否需刑法介入 (Should the Criminal Law Be Used to Correct Gender Imbalance?)
Legal Daily, January 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/24/content_256536.htm

Government
Cadre Gets 5 Years for His Role in Illegal Mine
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZT4NSJRGE.html

Human Rights Defenders - Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
贵州《毕节日报》记者李元龙被逮捕 (Journalist with Guizhou’s Bijie Daily Arrested for Inciting Subversion)
Dajiyuan.com, January 24, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/1/23/n1200735.htm

Labor
企业裁员200人以上须报批 (Anhui Province to Require Companies to Report When They Lay Off More Than 200 Employees)
The Beijing News, January 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0124/014@157073.htm

Law - Legal Reform
Courts Struggle with Judicial Enforcement
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/24/content_
4091691.htm

Population
北京十一五规划删除常住人口1600万的控制目标 (Beijing Scraps Goal of Limiting Population to 16 million by 2010)
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-01/23/content_
4089763.htm

Poverty
大学生消费占家庭月入叁成 年花逾万 相当农民收入3.5倍 (University Students’ Expenditures Amount to 30 Percent of Household Income, Equal to 3.5 Times Average Annual Income of Farmers)
Ming Pao, January 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060124/cca1.htm

Protests and Petitions
成都军工厂职工维权遭镇压 受伤者众忧官方清算 (Workers Protesting Closure of a Chengdu Factory Fear Retaliation from Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/23/
chengdu/

Public Health
医患纠纷患方胜诉率下降 法院审理有“四难” (Court Faces "Four Difficulties" in Medical Dispute Cases)
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/24/content_
4091706.htm

Few Benefit From Health-Budget Rise
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZL4TSJRGE.html

Study Urges More Private Healthcare in China
Financial Times, January 24, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2f6c1310-8c0b-11da-9efb-
0000779e2340.html

Rural Issues
Highways Offer Peasants a Road to Riches
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0G7EKRGE.html

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Yunnan Sets up Museum on Life of Ethnic Group
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/23/content_4090777.htm

January 21-23, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
人权组织：拆迁上访人士叁送精神院 (Rights Group: Petitioners of Resettlement Sent to Psychiatric Hospital)
BBC , January 22, 2006
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai petitioner Liu Xinjuan has been forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being detained in a roundup of petitioners while Shanghai’s People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference were in session.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4630000/newsid_
4636400/4636488.stm

Related News
Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Petitioner Xu Zhengqing Loses Appeal on 3-Year Sentence)
Human Rights in China (HRIC), January 23, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=26694
&item%5fid=26692

Xinjiang
18,000 Uygurs Arrested for ‘Security Threats' Last Year
SCMP, January 21, 2006
Over 18,000 people, mainly of Uyghur decent, were arrested in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region last year for crimes that fall under the category of endangering state security, according to the Xinjiang Daily.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSODY6SGE.html


News

Death Penalty
经最高法复核 作案32起强奸34人恶魔被执行死刑 (Hohhot High Court Sentences Man to Death for Raping 34 Women)
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/21/content_4081638.htm

Disasters
China's State Council Issues Emergency Response Plan for Accidental Calamities
People's Daily, January 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/23/eng20060123_
237451.html

Environment
中国加强环保国际合作 多边双边官方民间相结合 (China Steps up International Cooperation on Environmental Protection)
Dajiyuan.com, January 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2006-01-23_681760.shtml23_681760.shtml

Report Backs Yunnan Development
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFSMSJRGE.html

'We Are not Blindly Opposed to Dams'
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2OGSJRGE.html

Gender
Wuhan to Conduct Survey on Male Homosexuals
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/23/content_
4087877.htm

Government
政府权力规范与公民权益保障 (Checks and Balances in Government and the Protection of Civil Rights)
Legal Daily, January 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/23/content_
55860.htm

China Punishes Officials Who Buy Official Posts, Practice Bribery in Election
People's Daily, January 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/23/eng20060123_
237588.html


Online Publication of Lawmakers' Proposals Shows Democracy in Action
People's Daily, January 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/20/eng20060120_
237064.html

Hukou
河南率先取消农村户口 (Henan Province Becomes the First to Abolish Rural Household Registration)
Dajiyuan.com, January 22, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_1_22_2_28_6_855.html_6_855.html

Labor
我国职业危害波及7亿人 (700 Million Workers Suffer from Work-related Injuries)
Legal Daily, January 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/23/content_255825.htm

Media
张德江令严抓纪检　压媒体监督谁把关？(Guangdong Party Chief Zhang Dejiang Tightens Control Over Social Unrest, But Who Controls the Media?)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/20/
zhangdeijiang/

Test Promotes Internet Awareness
China Daily, January 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/home/index.html

Media - Internet Censorship
Doing Beijing's Dirty Work
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZJRMSJRGE.html

Migrant Workers
春节临近民工回不了乡 讨薪被迫下跪 (As Chinese New Year Nears, Migrant Workers Plead for Unpaid Wages So They Can Go Home)
Apple Daily, January 23, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_id=15335&iss_id=20060123&art_id=5596725123&art_id=5596725

Police
中国官方杂志承认黑社会犯罪猖獗 (Official Magazine Admits That Triad-Related Crimes Are Rampant)
Voice of America, January 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-22-voa39.cfm

Politics
Ambitious Officials Likely to Tread with Care in Intense Jockeying for Power
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIQKSJRGE.html

China Taking the Lead to Energise Marxist Ideology
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUL3EKRGE.html

Protests and Petitions
Police in Clash with Laid-Off Workers
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPTPSJRGE.html

温家宝认为侵占耕地导致社会不稳 (Premier Wen Jiabao Says Government Occupation of Farmland Is Causing Instability)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/22/wenjiabao/

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Incident
Officials to Pay Price for Teen's Death
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZCPDY6SGE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
Tragic AIDS Tales Come to Life in Activist's Book
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD5HY6SGE.html

Guangxi Educates Govt Officials About AIDS
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/21/content_4081508.htm

Religion
Religious Groups Called to Play Role in Maintaining Stability
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/22/content_4086310.htm

January 20, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists
原《中华新青年》的几名记者被判刑 (Three Zhejiang Journalists with New China Youth Sentenced for Publishing Unauthorized Magazine That Exposed Local Land Disputes)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2006
Three journalists from Zhejiang, Zhu Wanxiang (祝万祥), Wu Zhengyou (吴正有) and Pan Chunlei (潘春雷), have been given jail terms ranging from one to 10 years after being convicted of publishing an unauthorized magazine. They were also charged with illegal business operations and fraud.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/18/jizhe/

related news:
记者无国界谴责北京整肃敢言报刊 (Reporters Without Borders Condemns China for Crackdown on Newspapers)
Voice of America, January 20, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/1/19/n1195018.htm


News

Children
Project to Care for Prisoners' Children
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/20/content_
4075086.htm

Civil Society
基金会必须公布其活动信息 (Foundations Required to Disclose Information on Activities)
Legal Daily, January 20, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/20/content_
255135.htm

Corruption
32,000 Investigated for Corruption
China Daily, January 20, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/20/content
_513864.htm

Death Penalty
小保姆杀死山西长治原人大副主任夫妇被判死刑 (Babysitter Sentenced to Death for Murdering Shanxi NPC Deputy)
EastDay.com, January 20, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
113423/userobject1ai1804686.html4686.html

Environment - Water
China's Rivers to Be Dammed for Evermore
The Telegraph, January 20, 2006
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/
20/wdam20.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/20/ixworld.htmhttp
://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/
20/wdam20.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/20/ixworld.html

海南省過百萬農民水源遭污染 (Over a Million Hainan Farmers Drink Unsafe Water Despite Abundant Water Supply)
Asia Times Online, January 20, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=12814&Itemid=33=33

Government
Alarm Sounded Over Shortage of Professional Firefighters
SCMP, January 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMX9Y6SGE.html

Human Rights
The Development of Human Rights Is in the Details
China Digital Times, January 20, 2006
http://www.pressinterpreter.org/node/268

China Says Rights Criticisms Come from 'Thin Air'
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 19, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060119/wl_nm/rights_
china_dc_2

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Changqing (李长青)
当局不放记者李长青　换个罪名再开审 (Former Deputy Editor of Fuzhou Daily Charged with New Crime After Procuratorate Fails to Prove Case of Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/19/li/

Labor - Unemployment
Unemployment to Remain at 4.6%
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/20/content_
4075527.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
一位博客的看法：现在为博客立法？不必要 (A Blogger's Viewpoint: Legislation to Regulate Blogging not Necessary)
China Youth Daily, January 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-01/20/content_1303652.htm

博客：中国人新的虚拟空间 (Blog: A New Virtual Space for Chinese People)
China Youth Daily, January 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-01/20/content_1303657.htm

立法规范博客适逢其时吗 (Is This the Right Time to Regulate Blogging?)
China Youth Daily, January 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-01/20/content_1303662.htm

Migrant Workers
农民工法援基金百万元到位 (Legal Aid Fund Established to Help Rural Migrant Workers)
The Beijing News, January 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0120/013@
156259.htm

NGOs Launch Fund to Safeguard Interests of Migrant Workers
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/20/content_
4075089.htm

温家宝主持召开国务院常务会议解决农民工问题 (Premier Opens State Council Conference to Solve Migrant Workers Issue)
People's Daily, January 20, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1024/4046040.html

农民工就业歧视规定将清理 (Regulation Adopted to Prohibit Discrimination Against Rural Migrant Workers)
The Beijing News, January 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0120/013@
156277.htm

Police
China Handles 87,000 Public Order Disturbance Cases
Xinhuanet, January 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/19/content_
4074948.htm

中国拟对讯问嫌犯录音遏制逼供信 (Police Required to Tape Interrogations to Prevent Torture and Abuse of Suspects)
Voice of America, January 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-19-voa72.cfm

Politics
Millions Pledged to Revive Marxism
SCMP, January 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ05DSJRGE.html

Population - Aging Population
探索中的中国农村养老保险 (Looking at Insurance for the Elderly in Rural China)
Nanfang Weekend, January 19, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060119/jj/qs/2006
01190135.asp

农村空巢老人，谁来关爱？(Who Will Care for the Elderly Left in Rural Villages?)
Nanfang Weekend, January 19, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060119/xw/szxw2/2006
01190086.asp

Protests and Petitions
We Are not Giving Up, Say Villagers
SCMP, January 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUX9Y6SGE.html

深圳7000警民对峙扰攘5小时拘千人 (5,000 People Clash with Police in Shenzhen After Authorities Close Illicit Businesses, 25 Protestors Detained)
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 19, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_1_19_15_39_25_97.html9_25_97.html

中国社会不稳骚乱事件数目上升 (Incidents of Social Unrest on the Rise)
Voice of America, January 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-19-voa51.cfm

湖北潜江近百位职工市政府静坐请愿 (Over a Hundred Hubei Workers Stage sit-in Protest Against Government Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/19/jingzuo/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
China Approves Regulation on HIV/AIDS Prevention, Control
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/20/content_4075
041.htm

Religion
Filling the Mainland's Moral Void
SCMP, January 20, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZN4JSJRGE.html

Society
54.6％的市民认为首都社会和谐 (Survey: Just Over Half of Beijing Citizens Feel Society is Harmonious)
People's Daily, January 20, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/4047666.html

Tibet
人权观察再批中国侵犯西藏人权 (Right Group Criticizes China for Violating Human Rights in Tibet)
Voice of America, January 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-19-voa49.cfm

North Korea
The Secret's Out: North Korea's Leader Did Visit China
New York Times, January 19, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/international/asia/19
korea.html?n=Top%2fNews%2fInternational%2fCountries%20
and%20Territories%2fChinafInternational%2fCountries%20and
%20Territories%2fChina