April 22-24, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
陈日君：中梵建交存在最关键的第三条件 (Cardinal Zen: China's Control over Religion Hinders Establishment of China-Vatican Diplomatic Relations)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 24, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
cna_2006_04_23_23_00_22_017.html

China, Vatican Edge Toward Accord
Washington Post, April 23, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/22/
AR2006042201443.html

Civil Society / Environment
NGOs in Difficulty, Survey Shows
China Daily, April 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/24/content_574893.htm

中国民间环保组织主要数据 (Statistics on Environmental NGOs in China)
China Youth Daily, April 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/24/content_1366736.htm

环保民间组织调查：工资是没有的 垫钱是经常的 (Survey Finds Environmental NGOs Always Short of Funds)
Xinhuanet, April 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/24/content_4465051
.htm

我国首次环保民间组织调查结果发布 近8成环保NGO无合法身份 (First Survey on Environmental NGOs Shows That Nearly 80% Have No Legal Status)
Legal Daily, April 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/24/content_305075.htm

Death Penalty
“平江金库大盗”被判死缓 (Former Policeman Receives Death Sentence for Larceny)
The Beijing News, April 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0424/014@176480.htm

Economic Development
暮宾：利用税收缓解市场失灵──中国几大税种调整动向 (Tax Reforms to Help Ease Market Imbalance)
Chinesenewsnet.com , April 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SocDigest/Economy/
2006_4_23_9_14_41_711.html

Environment
Mainland Faces Cost and Waste Thicket in Hunt for Clean Energy
The Standard, April 24, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=9&art_id=
17188&sid=7613226&con_type=1&d_str=20060424

中加投资五十亿元 建设松花江污染治理项目 (China & Canada Invest 5 Billion Yuan to Clean Up Songhua River)
Chinesenewsnet.com , April 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
cna_2006_04_23_10_00_26_505.html

新疆建五座风力发电场 风能开发居中国首位 (Five Wind-Powered Generators Built in Xinjiang, First Ever in China)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
cna_2006_04_23_04_00_26_060.html

一滴自来水的安全悬疑 (Questions over Safety of Tap Water)
Nanfang Weekend, April 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060420/xw/ms/2006042000
20.asp

Hukou
中国将逐步形成机制用经济手段控制人口过快增长 (China to Use Economic Policies to Control Internal Migration)
Chinesenewsnet.com , April 22, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
zxs_2006-04-22_721048.shtml

Human Rights Defenders / Ching Cheong (程翔)
两曾会见 香港记协提交就程翔案呼吁信 (Hong Kong Journalists’ Association Urge Donald Tsang to Give Letter Urging Fair Treatment of Ching Cheong to China’s Vice President During Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/21/zeng/

Labor
19万件意见建言劳动合同法草案 (Over 190,000 Opinion Letters from Public Received So Far Regarding Draft of Labor Contract Law)
Legal Daily, April 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/24/content_305088.htm

Waging War on the Boss
The Standard, April 24, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=
17176&sid=7553330&con_type=1&d_str=20060424

Law
Justice Remains the Great Brick Wall of China
Financial Times, April 23, 2006
https://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?referer=http://news.
ft.com/cms/26280544-1572-11da-8085-00000e2511c8.html&location
=http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/5181af04-

《燎望》：“民告官”案件大幅增长的背后 (The Reasons Behind the Substantial Increase in Lawsuits Against Government Officials)
Xinhuanet, April 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-04/22/content_4459792.htm

四男孩“认罪”后真凶出现 (Real Killer Appears after Four Boys Confess to Murders)
Nanfang Weekend, April 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060420/xw/fz/200604200018.asp

Media
北京七家网站遭致书面批评 (Seven Web Sites Receive Written Warnings)
Chinesenewsnet.com , April 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
cna_2006_04_23_09_00_24_704.html

四专家评析中国等国审查网上言论 (Four Experts Comment on Internet Censorship in China)
Chinesenewsnet.com , April 22, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2006_4_21_20_40_58_728.html

Skype Admits to Chinese Censorship
Computer Business Review, April 20, 2006
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=3F630AA9-974B-43
13-9987-610AAF493FEA

Migrant Workers
讨论：《中国农民工调研报告》出炉 (Discussion on Release of "Report on China’s Migrant Workers”)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/21/mingong/

Police
深圳外来人口逾千万 警力严重不足 (Police Shortage Worsens as Shenzhen’s Migrant Population Soars to 10 Million)
Chinesenewsnet.com , April 22, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
cna_2006_04_21_23_00_37_507.html

Police / Government
听众论中国建立公安信息资源库 (Listeners Discuss China’s Establishment of a Public Security Information Database)
Voice of America, April 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-04-21-voa66.cfm

Population / Gender
Gender Imbalance 'Matter of Choice'
SCMP , April 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWVCCQ3ME.html

China Will Not Change One-Child Policy to Fix Gender Imbalance
AFP (via YahooNews), April 23, 2006
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060423/19/yoyh.html

Protests and Petitions / Police
辽宁防暴警镇压学潮，多人受伤 (Liaoning Riot Police Quell Student Boycott, Many Injured)
Chinesenewsnet.com , April 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2006_4_22_19_59_27_747.html

广东佛山警黑齐出动　打压失地维权村民 (Foshan Police Continue to Clash with Villagers over Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/21/foshan/

Protests and Petitions / Olympics
两百名北京居民抗议奥运会电站接近民居 (200 Beijing Citizens Protest Olympics Power Station, Saying It’s Too Close to Residences)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/21/china_protest_beijing/

Protests and Petitions / Public Health
三十多名因药品污染而患病的艾滋病患者在上海绝食抗议 (Over 30 AIDS Patients Infected by Contaminated Medicines Hold Hunger Struck in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/21/china_rights_aids/

Public Health
卫生部要求医院向病人提供每日治疗费用清单 (Ministry of Health Requests Hospitals to Provide Daily List of Medical Charges)
Xinhuanet, April 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/22/content_4459252.htm

中国性病发病率逐年上升 主要感染者锁定三人群 (Increase in Sexually Transmitted Diseases Found in 3 Most Vulnerable Groups of People)
EastDay.com, April 22, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node131161/
userobject1ai1996260.html

Tibet
World's Youngest Political Prisoner Turns 17
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 24, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060424/wl_nm/rights_china_tibet_dc
_1;_ylt=AnXs8UcUBdToLJHEz2fd.SBPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04N
W9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

April 21, 2006

News

Death Penalty
国际特赦：中国处死刑人数世界之最 (Amnesty International Reports That China Executes More Prisoners Than Any Other Country)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 21, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2006_4_20_14_46_30_289.html

亿万富翁杀亿万富翁案宣判 (Billionaire in Inner Mongolia Gets Death Sentence for Killing Another Billionaire)
The Beijing News, April 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0421/015@175964.htm

小废品公司牵出17亿惊天税案 六年来全国案情最复杂涉税案件主犯被判死刑 (Death Sentence Handed Down in Biggest Tax Evasion Case in Six Years)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/21/content_304333.htm

Environment
China Labors to Stop Spread of Deserts
AP( via YahooNews), April 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_re_as/china_
sandstorms;_ylt=AhO8mcQCn8XQ6w0pg26f8VIBxg8F;_ylu=X
3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—

环保的悲剧性与彻底扭转 (Solutions Needed to Reverse Environmental Disaster)
Chinesenewsnet.com ,April 21, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2006_4_
20_20_40_41_988.html

Gender
China Slow to Awake to Need for Sex Education
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 20, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060421/wl_nm/life_china_sex_dc_2
;_ylt=AraI02RGd.mfnrfAK9UY_v9PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW
9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Government
“叫你告，给我打!” 如此村支书竟野蛮报复百姓 (Cadre Takes Revenge on Villagers for Reporting on Unlawful Mining)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-04/21/content_4454715.
htm

Human Rights Defenders / Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
两村民获取保候审　陈光诚仍下落不明 (Chen Guangcheng’s Two Relatives Released on Bail, but Still No Word on Chen’s Whereabouts)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/20/linyi/

Human Rights Defenders / Protests and Petitions
上海三名访民被抓捕两个多月音信全无 (Three Shanghai Petitioners Detained for Two Months Without Any News)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/20/sh/

Labor
事业单位员工须上工伤险 (Beijing Social Organizations to Buy Accident Insurance for Employees)
The Beijing News, April 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0189/2006/0421/014@175848.htm

9种律师收费实行政府指导价 (9 Guiding Principles Issued to Regulate Lawyers’ Fees)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/21/content_304332.htm

Law
上海首次启动立法后评估程序 (Shanghai First to Enact Post-Legislation Evaluation Procedure)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/16/content_301113.htm

Police
诈骗疑犯死在看守所里 (Fraud Suspect Dies While in Detention)
The Beijing News, April 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0421/015@175965.htm

Population
我国解决人口问题有四任务 必须稳定低生育水平 (The Four Tasks of China’s Population Policy Are to Keep the Birth Rate Low)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/21/content_
4455940.htm

Poverty
粤农贫富差距拉大 (Gap Widens Between Rich and Poor Farmers in Guangdong)
Ming Pao, April 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060421/cak6.htm

Public Health
一份令人震惊的药品回扣清单 (An Astronomical Medical Bill)
China Youth Daily, April 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/21/content_1365506.htm

湖北禽疫患者死亡 病源仍成謎 (Human Bird Flu Victim Dies in Hubei, Source of Infection Unknown)
Wen Wei Po, April 21, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0604210029
&cat=002CH

从红包到点刀费 潜规则暴露医疗界之耻评 (Patients Feel Obliged to Give Doctors Gifts of Money to Ensure Good Care)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-04/20/content_4456597.htm
New Bird Flu Case Fatal, 2 Birds Die in Liaoning
China Daily, April 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/21/content_573313.htm

Public Health / Police
Shanghai Police Block HIV News Conference
AP( via YahooNews), April 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060421/ap_on_re_as/china_aids;_
ylt=AtXE207bAXeFhPNeedT8wPsBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMT
Q4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Public Health / Media
上海公安拘捕三名海外记者 (Three Foreign Journalists Arrested in Shanghai While Attending News Conference Held by AIDS Patients)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/20/china_journalist/

Religion / Cai Zhuohua (蔡卓华)
家庭教会牧师蔡卓华再次被转移服刑地点 (House Church Leader Cai Zhuohua Moved Again to New Place of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/20/china_religion/

April 20, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Internet Censorship
雅虎公司卷入第三位中国异见人士被判刑案 (Yahoo! Allegedly Involved in Conviction of Another Dissident Writer in China)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2006
The U.S. Internet Company Yahoo! has been accused of helping the Chinese authorities to identify dissident writer Jiang Lijun, who was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in 2003, according to the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders. This is the third time that Yahoo! has been implicated in the convictions of Chinese dissidents by disclosing their clients’ e-mail information to the government.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/19/yahoo/

Related News
Yahoo Accused of Helping Jail Another Chinese Writer
CNET Networks, April 20, 2006
http://news.com.com/Yahoo+accused+of+helping+
jail+another+Chinese+writer/2100-1028_3-60627
33.html?tag=nefd.top


News

Children - Trafficking of Children
Orphanage Probed Over Baby Charges Claim
Xinhuanet, April 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/19/
content_4447010.htm

Death Penalty
甘肃宣传部原副部长石星光被害案开庭 三被告死刑 (Three Sentenced to Death for Killing Former Deputy Chief of Gansu Publicity Department)
Xinhuanet, April 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/19/
content_4449787.htm

Human Rights
China's Silence Boosts Tyrants
International Herald Tribune, April 20, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/19/
opinion/edroth.php

Congress Panel Will Discuss Rights Record
SCMP, April 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN12CQ3ME.html

Human Rights Abuses and Authoritarian Rule Dominate in China
Voice of America, April 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-04-19-voa34.cfm

Media
Help U.S. Firms Free China's Web
International Herald Tribune, April 20, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/19/opinion/
edeconomy.php

Police - Abuses
讨论：在中国刑讯逼供为何禁而不止？(Discussion: Why Has China Still Not Banned the Use of Torture to Extract Confessions?)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/19/kuxing/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
血友病人感染艾滋上海讨说法 (Hemophiliac Patients with HIV/AIDS Protest Against a Pharmaceutical Plant in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/19/aids/

Religion
讨论：中国没有人因为信仰被逮捕？ (Discussion: Has Anyone Been Arrested for Their Religious Beliefs in China?)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/19/xinyang/

Rural Issues
Farmers in China Face Great Wall
Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-fg-rural19apr19,1,1291536.story?coll=la-headlines
-world&ctrack=1&cset=true

April 19, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights
Human Rights Come First
USA Today, April 17, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/
2006-04-17-china-another-view_x.htm
Human Rights in China's Executive Director Sharon Hom contends that the trade-related issues to be discussed during China's President Hu Jintao's trip to the U.S. will center on human rights.

Related News
Mr. Hu and Mr. Zhao
New York Times, April 18, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/18/opinion/
18tue1.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin &oref=slogin

News

Land Policy
Development Jockeys With Ecology on Shanghai Island
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2627
&ncid=2627&e=25&u=/nm/20060418/sc_nm/environ
ment_china_wetlands_dc_2

官压维权失诚信 征地协商陷僵局 (Shantou Authorities Lose People's Trust for Suppressing Rights, Land Acquisition Discussions in Deadlock)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/18/weiquan/

Media
Bush Must Put Media's Case; Hu Must Heed Him
SCMP, April 19, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZQPTEQ3ME.html

Limits on Foreign Media to Be Upheld
SCMP, April 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIPTEQ3ME.html

China Defends Latest Controls on Media Freedom
Washington Post, April 18, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2006/04/18/AR2006041800142.html

Skype Says Texts Are Censored by China
Financial Times, April 19, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/875630d4-cef9-
11da-925d-0000779e2340.html

记者披露腐败 个人网站被关 (Personal Website of Journalist Shut Down After Exposing Corruption of Local Officials)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/18/fubai/

Police - Abuses
Ministry Takes Tough Stand on Police Brutality and Arrest Quotas
SCMP, April 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2PYBQ3ME.html

Protests and Petitions
Reports: School Demolished, Students Beaten
China Daily, April 19, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/
2006-04/19/content_571268.htm

Woman Believed Dead in Bomei Clashes Seriously Injured
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2006/
04/18/china_bomei/

Public Health
China 'Selling Prisoners' Organs'
BBC, April 19, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4921116.stm

Religion
中国被批对地下教会成员实施酷刑 (Groups Criticize China for Using Torture on Underground Church Members)
Voice of America, April 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-
04-18-voa43.cfm

Rural Issues
中国将为农民开发廉价手机和电脑 (China to Develop Low-Cost Mobile Phones and Computers for Farmers)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/18/shouji/

Society - Suicide
自杀成中国青年首位死因 (Suicide Becomes Top Killer for Youths in China)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/18/suicide/

April 14 - 18, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京恢复对赵岩的审查起诉 (Beijing Resumes Indictment of New York Times Researcher Zhao Yan)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/17/zhaoyan/
Beijing authorities have announced that they are resuming the indictment procedure for Zhao Yan, a news researcher for the New York Times, after unexpectedly dropping all charges against him last month. Zhao's lawyer stated that this most likely means that the same two charges of leaking state secrets and fraud will be filed against him.

Related News

China Undercuts Speculation a Jailed Researcher Could Be Freed
New York Times, April 18, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/17/world/asia/17
cnd-zhao.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


News

Environment
Guangdong Getting Dirtier, Says Expert
SCMP, April 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8TPEQ3ME.html

Human Rights
Resume Rights Talk, China and US Urged
SCMP, April 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVETBQ3ME.html

大赦国际呼吁布什向胡锦涛提出改善中国人权 (Amnesty International Calls on Bush to Urge Hu to Improve Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
04/14/bush_hu/

June 4th
June 4 Rally to Focus on Human Rights
SCMP, April 18, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ77QK1DLE.html

Labor
Working for Free Against Labor Law
China Daily, April 18, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/18/
content_570253.htm

Shenzhen to Increase Pay to Ease Labour Crunch
SCMP, April 14, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ7RNK1DLE.html

Land Policy
Local Bodies Under Fire Over Land Deals
SCMP, April 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJETBQ3ME.html

Media
柳斌杰:外资可在新闻出版领域有作为 (General Administration of Press and Publication Says: Foreign News Media Have Right to Operate in China)
Xinhuanet, April 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-04/18/
content_4440186.htm

AOL in Tie-Up With Chinese Firm
China Daily, April 18, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/18/
content_569929.htm

Poverty
China to Lift 23.65 Million out of Poverty in 5 Years
People's Daily, April 18, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200604/18/
eng20060418_259196.html

Protests and Petitions
波美官民冲突解冻 促成和谈官员获释 (Villagers Released After Standoff With Police in Shantou)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/17/bomei/

Five Held After Clash over Illegal Sluice Gates
SCMP, April 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ51EK1DLE.html

Ex-bank Employees Protest at Sackings
SCMP, April 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGVOK1DLE.html

Religion
Zen Hopes for Private Papal Audience in Next Few Weeks
SCMP, April 18, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZRYWBQ3ME.html

Hope Leads the Path to Prayer for China's Catholics
SCMP, April 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFCFK1DLE.html

Rural Issues
中国社科院预测农民人均年收入今年增长5％ (CASS Predicts Average Income for Farmers to Rise by 5 Percent This Year)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/15/nongmin/

Farmers Worse Off than Thought, Says Academic
SCMP, April 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZH9IZM1ME.html

Tibet
Monks in Bid to Smash Statues
SCMP, April 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSLWBQ3ME.html

Dalai Lama Barred over 'Disharmony' Fears
SCMP, April 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZXDK1DLE.html

Record on Religion Defended by Boy Lama
SCMP, April 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0WOK1DLE.html

April 13, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Internet Censorship
Chief Says Google Won't Fight Chinese Censorship
New York Times, April 12, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/12/technology/
12cnd-china.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Google's chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, said the Internet company - which is launching a new Chinese service in China and has agreed to filter out sensitive keywords - has no plan to challenge Beijing's control over freedom of speech.

Google’s ‘Old Dog’ Taught Chinese Tricks
Financial Times, April 13, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/64d84ef2-ca30-11da-852f
-0000779e2340.html

News

Death Penalty
“两高”：死刑二审两种情形　证人鉴定人须出庭 (Higher Courts and Higher Procuratorates Issue Notice: Witnesses and Forensic Experts Must Testify in Death Penalty Appeal Cases Under Certain Situations)
People's Daily, April 13, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4293966.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists - Ching Cheong (程翔)
香港记协发起“要求释放程翔”联署签名 (Hong Kong Journalists' Association Launches New Signature Campaign to Appeal for Release of Correspondent Ching Cheong)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/
china_journalist_spy/

Human Rights Defenders - Internet Activists – Li Jianping (李建平)
山东省异见人士李建平案审结等候法院判决 (Shandong Dissident Writer Li Jianping Awaits Ruling After Trial)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/
china_dissident/

Labor
Flesh and Spirit Crushed on Dark Side of Mining
The Standard, April 13, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=9&art_id=16427&sid=7484899&con_type=1&d_str=20060413

Law - Constitution
Constitutional Overhaul Is Inevitable, Legal Scholar Says
SCMP, April 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ64AK1DLE.html

Media
Watchdog Says No Foreign Reports
SCMP, April 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGBBK1DLE.html

Population
富人超生，用钱就能买来“通行证”吗？(Can Rich People Buy “Permits” to Allow Them to Have More than One Child?)
SohuNews.com, April 12, 2006
http://news.sohu.com/20060412/n242757921.shtml

Protests and Petitions
汕头8000警民对打传1死 (One Woman Killed and Dozens Injured in Clash with Police in Shantou)
Ming Pao, April 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060413/cab1.htm

Riot Police End Housing Estate Protest
SCMP, April 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1FLK1DLE.html

Six Villagers Hurt in Clash With Police in Shantou
SCMP, April 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZE1BK1DLE.html

深圳罗湖周三发生大规模警民对峙事件 (Large-Scale Standoff Between Police and Residents Breaks Out in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/china_clash_shenzhen/

莆田失地村民向法院提交行政起诉书 (Villagers in Fujian Province File Lawsuit Over Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/china_rights_land/

泉州工厂长期污染引发当地村民的暴力抗议 (Villagers in Fujian Province Stage Violent Protest over Factory Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/12/china_rights_pollution/

Religion
Beijing, the Vatican and the Zen Factor
Asia Times Online, April 13, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HD13Ad01.html

Falun Gong Lies Slammed by Hospital
People's Daily, April 13, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200604/13/eng20060413_258105.html

世界佛教论坛今开幕 班禅罕见露面 (Panchen Lama Appointed by China Makes Rare Appearance at World Buddhist Forum in Beijing)
BBC, April 13, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4900000/newsid_4905200/4905200.stm

Tibet
China's Snub to Dalai Lama Due to Concerns of 'Disharmony'
AFP (via YahooNews), April 12, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060412/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetreligion_060412174310

April 12, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
中国严格控制电视剧制作和国际新闻广播 (China Tightens Grip on TV Production and Foreign News Reports)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
04/11/guangdian/
Beijing's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has issued two notices concerning TV production and the adoption of news coverage of foreign media. TV production related to major or sensitive subjects have to be approved by government departments at the provincial level or above. No unauthorized usage of news reports or programs from foreign media will be allowed.


Related News

中央主要新闻网站响应“文明办网” (Major Government-Run News Websites Support Self-Discipline Principles)
China Youth Daily, April 12, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/12/content_
1356253.htm

Major News Websites Back Internet Self-Censorship
China Daily, April 12, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/12/
content_565793.htm


News

Civil Society
Charitable Acts on the Rise
China Daily, April 12, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/12/
content_565655.htm

Environment
Nowhere to Breathe
The Standard, April 12, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?
we_cat=9&art_id=16322&sid=7467017&con_type=
1&d_str=20060412

Government
'People-First' Criteria for New Provincial Leaders
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1M6K1DLE.html

Human Rights
中国人权研究会:如何正确评价中国的人权状况 (China Society for Human Rights Studies Asks: How Can We Accurately Evaluate China's Human Rights Situation?)
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04
/12/content_4413151.htm

美国一百多名议员联署呼吁布什关注杨建利 (Over 100 US Congressmen Sign Joint Plea Urging Bush to Bring Up Case of Jailed Dissident Yang Jianli During Visit with Hu Jintao)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/11/
us_china_humanrights/

山东省异议人士李建平将在本周三开审 (Shandong-Based Activist Li Jianping to Be Tried on Wednesday)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/10/
china_internet_dissident/

June 4th - Prisoner
Mao Portrait Protester Freed, Travels to Canada
Free Asia Radio, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/04/11/china_release/

Land Policy
江苏靖江政府动用黑社会势力强政农民土地 (Local Government in Jiangsu Province Allegedly Hired Thugs to Grab Land from Farmers)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/10/china_rights_land/

Law
佘祥林案助推中国司法改革:目标直指公平与正义 (Redressed Death Penalty Case Helps Push China's Legal Reform)
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/12/content_4413281.htm

Olympics
Ideas Sought to Boost City's Olympics Effort
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFW7K1DLE.html

Police
Police Official Denies Conflict with Farmers
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5M6K1DLE.html

Povertyr
Poverty Alleviation Targets Gender Inequality
China Daily, April 12, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/12/content_565654.htm

Protests and Petitions
200 Angry Villagers Loot Leather Plants
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5WGK1DLE.html

京郊数千名村民在市府抗议官员贪污要求村民自治 (Over 1,000 Villagers in Beijing Suburbs Protest Government Corruption and Demand More Autonomy for Villages)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/10/china_rights_petition/

Public Health
China Moves to Crack Down on Bribery in Health Sector
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/11/content_4412186.htm

Religion
Sticking Points in Sino-Vatican Relations
SCMP, April 12, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ2P6K1DLE.html

Rural Issues
中国人均耕地面积减少到1.4亩 为世界40％ (China's Average Amount of Farmland Per Person Shrinks to 1.4 mu)
Xinhuanet, April 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-04/11/content_4412457.htm