February 7, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
《冰点》主编上书控中宣部 中纪委须一周内回覆是否受理 (Ex-Editor of Banned Weekly "Freezing Point" Files Suit with Propaganda Ministry)
Ming Pao, February 07, 2006
The former editor of the banned weekly "Freezing Point" (Bing Dian), Li Datong, has filed a lawsuit with the Propaganda Ministry. Li claims that the closure of the outspoken supplement of the China Youth Daily by authorities is a violation of the constitution and Party rules.
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060207/caa1.htm


News

Disasters
Green Watchdog Wants Accident News Fast
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAZ3SH8JE.html

Economic Development
Counting the Human Cost of Reforms
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4HZSH8JE.html

Environment
Anhui Shuts Down 379 Polluting Enterprises
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/07/content
_4146096.htm

Energy Law Aims at Power Conservation
China Daily, February 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/07/
content_517704.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚亲戚遭殴被带走 (Cousin of Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Taken Away by Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/06/
chenhua/

Human Rights Defenders
高智晟绝食声援郭飞雄　胡佳齐志勇接力 (Rights Activists Stage Hunger Strike to Rally Support for Lawyer Guo Feixiong, Who Was Beaten by Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/06/
guofeixiong/

中国维权人士接力绝食抗议 (Chinese Rights Activities Stage Hunger Strike to Protest)
BBC, February 06, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_
4680000/newsid_4686000/4686054.stm.stm

Labor - Working Conditions
劳动维权要注意60天时效 (Shanghai Labor Bureau Reminds Workers to File Complaints Within 60 Days)
Legal Daily, February 07, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/07/content_
260578.htm

Land Policy
Beijing Promises Curbs on Farmland Sales
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDP3SH8JE.html

Land Policy - Land Disputes (Case)
北京两起强拆事件造成一死一重伤 (One Dies and One Injured in Two Incidents of Forced Eviction in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/06/
chaiqian/

Law
Wrongly Detained Deng Seeks Indemnity
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/07/content_
4145663.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
China Closes More than 2,000 'Unhealthy' Websites
AFP (via YahooNews), February 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060206/wl_asia_afp/
chinainternetmediacensorship_060206070358;_ylt=Au
JT6z2KNF9S4cq63WBe.8VPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl206070358;_ylt=AuJT6z
2KNF9S4cq63WBe.8VPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHN

Internet Lions Turn Paper Tiger in China
New York Times, February 06, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/technology/06link.
html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Migrant Workers - Working Conditions
Migrant Workers Expect Higher Wages
Xinhuanet, February 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/06/content_
4144318.htm

Police - Abuses (Case)
Justice Remains Shanghaied in City's Law Courts
SCMP, February 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9P3SH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions
听众：中国上访者利益得不到保护 (Caller: Interests of Petitioners in China not Protected)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-06-voa57.cfm

Public Health -
政府该为医改做些什么 (What Can the Government Do About Health Care Reform?)
People's Daily, February 07, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4076326.html

February 4 – 6, 2006

Top News of the Day

Police - Abuses
浙江报人被警打死 (Editor of Zhejiang Newspaper Beaten to Death by Police)
Apple Daily, February 06, 2006
A deputy editor with the Taizhou Evening Post in Zhejiang Province who was severely beaten by police officers last October has died of liver and kidney failure, his family said. Wu Xianghu became the target of a police attack last year because of a report he published about exorbitant fees levied by the traffic authorities.
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_id=15335&iss_id=20060206&art_id=5632938206&art_
id=5632938

Related News
Deputy Editor Beaten by Police Dies
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUUNRH8JE.html

Protests and Petitions
土地信访数量居高不下 《国土资源信访规定》出炉 (Number of Petitions over Land Disputes Stands High, New Regulation Issued by Land Resources Ministry Requires Bureaus to Report Case Status)
Legal Daily, February 06, 2006
The Ministry of Land Resources has issued a regulation to require bureaus at the provincial level or above to publicize the status of petitions they have received. The new rule came as petitions related to land disputes filed by citizens accounted for up to 80 percent of all complaints received by the Chinese government in some provinces in recent years.
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/06/content_
259782.htm


News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
China's Crushing of Dissent Could Fuel Instability, Warns Washington
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6FSSH8JE.html

Death Penalty
案犯被判死刑不应适用罚金刑 (Fines Should Not Be Levied in Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, February 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-02/06/content_
259753.htm

Government
李金华:树立“民本审计观” 医疗、养老将成重点 (Chief Auditor Li Jinhua: Establish a People-Oriented Auditing Principle Focused on Health Care and Pension)
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-02/06/content_
4140586.htm

Rein in State Power or Face a National Crisis, Says Professor
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMESSH8JE.html

Year of the Watchdog
The Standard, February 06, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=15&art_id=11398&sid=6404367&con_type=17&con_type=1

Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
Lawyer Launches Hunger Strike to Support Persecuted Activists
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4IVSH8JE.html

Lawyer, Wife Fret as Rights Activist Held
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAFSSH8JE.html

维权人士郭飞熊被打 (Rights Activist Guo Feixiong Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/05/
guofeixiong/

Labor - Work Safety
China Vows to Reduce Coal Mine Deaths by 3.5 pct in 2006
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/05/content_
4140268.htm

Labor - Employment Conditions
劳动部调查:职场人士2/3感到遭遇就业歧视 (Survey by Labor Ministry: Two-thirds of Employees Claim They Have Suffered from Job- Related Discrimination)
EastDay.com, February 06, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node116057/userobject1ai1832481.html2481.html

Law - Legal Reform
Pushing the Boundary of What Can't be Done in Legal Reform
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4NXRH8JE.html

Media
中国开始要求手机用户用实名登记 ("Real-Name" Registration for Mobile Phone Users Begins in China)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/04/shouji/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
BBC Tones Down News on China Website
Financial Times, February 06, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/23baeac4-94d9-11da-9f39-0000779
e2340.html

Media - Internet Censorship
中国人权：Google中国，发挥公司领导作用为时未晚 (Human Rights in China Issues Statement to Google.cn: Not Too Late for Corporate Leadership)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/04/renquan/

Police - Abuses
Chinese Village Anger Erupts Against Police
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060205/wl_nm/china_protest_dc
_1;_ylt=Au7XL64L0l4O6F9XnH2JV.1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW
04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlF9XnH2JV.1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMT
BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Police – Crime
Survey: Education Key to Reducing Crime
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/05/content_
4137974.htm

Poverty
国家发改委：我国城市居民收入差距较大且不合理 (National Development and Reform Commission: Wealth Gap Between Rural and Urban Residents Unreasonable)
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/06/content_
4140718.htm

Protests and Petitions
广东省吴川县两个村落发生大规模械斗 (Clash over Land Rights Between Residents of Two Villages in Guangdong Province Breaks Out)
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/05/
wuchuan/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
AIDS Scourge Travels Fast on Ancient Chinese Road
Chicago Tribunal, February 06, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0602050307
feb05,1,5726852.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true0602050307feb05,1,5726852.
story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Anhui Provides Free Housing to Needy AIDS Patients
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/05/content_
4139873.htm

Rural Issues Farmers Deserve Proper Response to Their Many Complaints
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZXORRH8JE.html

State Security
Chinese Security Policy Safeguards Sovereignty, Unity, Territorial Integrity, Official
People's Daily, February 06, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/06/
eng20060206_240442.html

Three Gorges
Three Gorges Dam to Be Completed Ahead of Schedule
Xinhuanet, February 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/04/content_
4134080.htm

February 3, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China/ Human Rights
美高官：中国压制反对声音有碍稳定 (US Official Says China's Suppression of Dissenting Opinions Undermines Stability and Growth)
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4670000/
newsid_4676100/4676112.stm.stm

Children
调教“问题孩子” (Mobile School - A Place for Correcting the Problems of China's Spoiled Children)
Nanfang Weekend, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060126/xw/xz/2006
01260026.asp

Disasters
China Fireworks Deaths Blamed on Child
AP( via YahooNews), February 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_as/china_
fireworks_deaths;_ylt=ApyQW.yxV_qkNyiXB2xRhMcBxg8F;
_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--W.yxV
_qkNyiXB2xRhMcBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYw
N5bnN1YmNhdA--

Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
Lawyer Attacked after Visiting Taishi Activist
SCMP, February 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWS9TJRGE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
杨群：山东临沂维权盲人陈光诚的亲邻继续遭受迫害 (Shandong Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Reportedly Under Surveillance)
Chinesenewsnet.com, February 03, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_2_2_14_48_12_961.html_12_961.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
贵州记者李元龙案数番换审 (Guizhou Court Still Working Out the Charge for Detained Journalist Li Yuanlong)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/
liyuanlong/

Labor - Industrial Accidents (Case)
山西晋城煤矿瓦斯爆炸23名矿工丧生 (Gas Blast Kills 23 in State-Run Shanxi Coal Mine)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/
jincheng/

Law - Legal Reform
全国人大将修订刑事民事及行政诉讼法 (NPC to Revise Criminal, Civil and Administrative Procedure Laws)
EastDay.com, February 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
115608/userobject1ai1827050.html7050.html

Law - Juvenile Justice
不满16岁犯罪一般不判无期徒刑 (Supreme Court Issues Guidelines Setting Out More Lenient Punishment for Minors)
The Beijing News, February 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0199/2006/0203/005@
158710.htm

Media - Internet Censorship / Corporate Social Accountability
Google and Microsoft Turn Up Heat over China
Financial Times, February 03, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/25bfd440-9382-11da-a978-0000779
e2340.html

Surrendering to China's Censors
SCMP, February 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZUYETJRGE.html

Media - Public Access to Information
China's Texters to Lose Anonymity
Asia Times Online, February 02, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HB03Cb04.html

China Ban for Memoirs of a Geisha
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4672840.stm

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
无锡农民联名状告江苏省非法侵占土地 (Farmers Sue Jiangsu Government over Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/wuxi/

Protests and Petitions
Violence Works Where Peace Failed for China Villages
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=572&ncid=572&e
=2&u=/nm/20060201/lf_nm/china_riots_dc_1nm/china_riots_
dc_1

Public Health - Health Care Reform
推进平价战略 现有公立医院怎么办 (How Will Public Hospitals Cope with the Pressure of Offering Medical Care at Lower Prices?)
Nanfang Weekend, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060126/xw/tb/2006
01260005.asp

Poverty
China Puts $598 mln to Reduce Poverty in Ethnic Regions in 2005
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/02/content_4129
632.htm

Rural Issues
听众评论胡锦涛有关农村新口号 (Listeners Comment on President Hu Jintao’s New Ideas for Rural Development)
Voice of America, February 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-02-voa76.cfm

Social Security - Social Insurance
Govt Grants Senior Citizens Favorable Treatment
Xinhuanet, February 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/01/content_412
7480.htm

Xinjiang / Religion
北京严格限制维族的宗教信仰 (Beijing Tightens Control over Religion in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/weizu/

February 2, 2006

Top News of the Day

Police – Abuse /
Tibet
Tibetan, Blinded, Freed from Jail, Five Still Held for Slaughterhouse Fire
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
A Tibetan nomad has been freed from detention after allegedly being blinded as a result of severe beating while in the custody of the Sichuan public security authorities. The man, who is named Sogya, was arrested last August along with five other Tibetans after storming into and setting fire to a Chinese-owned slaughterhouse.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2006/02/01/tibet_fire/


News

Corruption
大 学教授举报腐败 女儿险遭绑票 (Daughter of Professor Who Complained About Corruption of Local Officials in Jiangsu Province Allegedly Kidnapped)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/fubai/

Education
教育部强调严禁挪用农村义务教育经费发放工资 (Education Ministry Stresses Prohibition Against Rural Villages Using Funds for Compulsory Education to Pay Wages)
People's Daily, February 02, 2006
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1053/4071826.html

Environment
9B Yuan to Be Spent on Protection of Wetlands
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHC6TJRGE.html

China's Pollution Galvanises Peasants to Action
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 02, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK339684.htm

Environment – Harbin Toxic Spill
China to Continue Dealing with Songhua River Pollution
People's Daily, February 02, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/02/eng20060202_
239773.html

Human Rights Defenders
北京维权人士叶国柱在狱中受迫害 (Beijng-Based Rights Activist Ye Guozhu Allegedly Abused in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/
yoguozhu/

讨论：中国维权律师在骚扰和暴力下办案 (Discussion: Violence and Harassment Threaten Human Rights Lawyers in China)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/weiquan/

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyers - Zheng Enchong (鄭恩寵)
被关押律师郑恩宠之妻回信反驳狱方指称 (Wife of Jailed Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Rebuts Accusations of Prison Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/
zhengenchong/

Labor - Industrial Accidents
China Fireworks Deaths Blamed on Child
AP( via YahooNews), February 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_as/china_
fireworks_deaths;_ylt=At_k9VnCykAgtcOchrstIoYBxg8F;_ylu
=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--VnCykAgtc
OchrstIoYBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHN
lYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Coal Mine Blast Kills 23 in North China
AFP (via YahooNews), February 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060202/wl_asia_afp/
chinaminingaccident;_ylt=AiNeonG9XlrhRsVBxv80sjUBxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--XlrhRsV
Bxv80sjUBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BH
NlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Land Policy – Resettlement
Row over Evictions May Erupt in Violence
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLC6TJRGE.html

Law - Juvenile Justice
未成年罪犯同时具备3种情形法院应当宣告缓刑 (Court Should Grant Juvenile Criminals Suspended Sentences Under Certain Conditions)
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/02/content_
4128143.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
Internet Firms 'Bowed to Beijing'
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4672518.stm

Lawmakers Blast US Firms Helping China Censor Internet
Voice of America, February 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-01-voa86.cfm

Military
4,000 PLA Officers Set for Audit by End of 2010
China Daily, February 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/01/
content_516644.htm

Police
深圳街头将安装20万摄像探头 (Shenzhen to Install 200,000 Surveillance Cameras in Public Areas to Fight Crime)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/
shenzhen/

Police - Prisons
Job Agency Gives Light to Lives of Ex-Inmates
China Daily, February 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/02/
content_516790.htm

Protests and Petitions
Elderly Protester Freed After 'Vow' to Drop Flood Demands
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR96Z6SGE.html

上访村缘何被拆? (Why Was the "Petition Village" in Beijing Demolished?)
Wen Wei Po, February 02, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0602020029&cat=002CH

Rural Issues - Taxation
内地免农税 农民过丰年 (Farmers Have an Happy New Year Holiday After Agricultural Tax Is Scrapped)
Wen Wei Po, February 02, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&news
_id=CH0602020001

Social SecurityGovt Grants Senior Citizens Favorable Treatment
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/01/content_
4127480.htm

Xinjiang
Putonghua Push in Uygur Nursery Schools
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN96Z6SGE.html

中国维族未满18岁不得进清真寺 (Uygurs Under the Age of 18 Barred from Entering Mosques)
Dajiyuan.com, February 02, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/2/2/n1209364.htm

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/