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.

Friday, August 11, 2006

August 11, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄赴京火车上被警察殴打 (Rights Defender Guo Feixiong Beaten on Train to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/10/fuofeixiong/
On August 9, rights defender Guo Feixiong was beaten up by train police on his way to Beijing and then taken to Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, where he was illegally detained overnight. On August 10 he was forcibly sent back to his home in Guangzhou. Police falsely accused Guo of holding a fake train ticket; no other reason was given for the beating or detention. Guo had provided legal assistance to Taishi villagers in their impeachment attempt against the village head in August 2005, and since then he has been detained or harassed four times.

News
Death Penalty
男子14年间杀9女子获死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering 9 Women in 14 Years)
The Beijing News, August 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-11
/011@200962.htm

Education
Experts Urge Sex Education
Shanghai Daily, August 11, 2006
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/08/11/288769/
Experts_urge_sex_education.htm

Environment
Shenzhen Warms to Solar Power
People's Daily, August 11, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/11/
eng20060811_292052.html

Gender
China Slow to Wake Up to Human Trade
BBC, August 11, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4775913.stm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
U.S. Seeks Chinese Activist's Release
AP( via YahooNews), August 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060810/ap_on_re_as/
china_us_blind_activist_1

Human Rights Defenders - Petitioners
中国三名保钓活动人士被拒出境 (Three Mainland Activists Refused Border Pass to Hong Kong Ahead of August 15 Diaoyu Islands Campaign)
Voice of America, August 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-09-voa5.cfm

June 4th
《江选》证实江择民否決平反六四 ("The Selected Works of Jiang Zemin" Confirms Jiang Refused to Reassess June 4 Incident)
Apple Daily, August 11, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20060811&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=
6209072335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6209072

Labor
三环新城全面停工整顿 (Local Authorities in Beijing Close Deadly Construction Site)
The Beijing News, August 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/08-11/
018@200921.htm

在中国成立工会，沃尔玛为何放弃“原则”？ (Why Did Wal-Mart Decide to Allow Trade Unions in China?)
Nanfang Daily, August 11, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200608110365.asp

Law
Ministry Officials to Vet Foreign Buyers
SCMP, August 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZI2348KQE.html

Media
Journalist Sacked After Criticism of Local Leaders
SCMP, August 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTQU48KQE.html

China: Internet Companies Aid Censorship
Human Rights Watch (HRW), August 10, 2006
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/09/china13940_txt.htm

北京放松奥运报导被指乃权宜之计 (Dissident Argues Beijing's Looser Control on Olympics Reports Merely Expediential)
Voice of America, August 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-09-voa42.cfm

Olympics
BOCOG Promises Top Press Facilities
People's Daily, August 11, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/11
/eng20060811_292049.html

Police
美专家质疑中国犯罪数字分析根源 (US Expert Questions China's Analysis of Its Crime Data)
Voice of America, August 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-10-voa1.cfm

Politics
今日中国內部问题 (Commentary: Analyzing China's Present Internal Problems)
Ming Pao, August 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060811/msa.htm

Reading Between the Lines in Jiang's Book
SCMP, August 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCUV48KQE.html

Protests and Petitions
义乌拆迁撞人事件当地官员说法不一 (Officials Give Different Opinions on Vehicular Manslaughter Incident in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/10/yiwu/

Wave of Social Unrest Continues Across China
Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-
chiprotests10aug10,1,1122565.story?coll=la-news-
a_sectionchiprotests10aug10,1,1122565.story?coll=la-news-
a_section

专家评中国民乱增多政府控制减弱 (Expert Comments on More Frequent Social Disturbances and Reduced Government Control)
Voice of America, August 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-08-voa65.cfm

Public Health - Organ Harvesting
A Blind Side to Human Rights in China
SCMP, August 11, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZWSV48KQE.html

Anhui Drugmaker Broke Safety Rules, Regulator Says
SCMP, August 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0UV48KQE.html

心理危机干预将纳入政府应急预案 (Beijing Municipal People's Congress Makes Mental Health Top on Legislative Agenda )
The Beijing News, August 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/08-11
/018@200906.htm

Mainland Drugs Sector in Need of Cure
SCMP, August 11, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZS6248KQE.html

八成市民认为艾滋病离己很远 (Survey Finds 80 Percent of Interviewees Think AIDS Won't Affect Them)
The Beijing News, August 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/08-
11/011@014631.htm

中国致命劣药导致社会恐慌及愤怒 (China's Deadly Antibiotic Raises Panic and Anger)
Voice of America, August 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-09-voa37.cfm

Thursday, August 10, 2006

August 10, 2006

Top News
Media - Internet Censorship
中国易维基网站关闭维权组织关注 (Concern over Closure of Another Online Chinese Encyclopedia)
Voice of America, August 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-08-voa59.cfm
Reporters Without Borders has expressed concern that the editor of e-Wiki, an online Chinese encyclopedia, felt obliged to close down in late July due to government pressure. Experts point out that this Website and the popular Website Wikipedia, which was closed down last year, are difficult for the authorities to control because their content is written and edited by users.

News
Bilateral Ties
How China's Secret Deals Are Fuelling War
The Times, August 08, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2302757,00.html

Death Penalty
劫杀的哥凶手获死刑 此前另一同伙已拒捕自杀 (Man Sentenced to Death for Robbing and Murdering Taxi Driver in Beijing)
Xinhuanet, August 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/10/content
_4943286.htm

四川内江判处一黑社会团伙　两名成员被判死刑 (Two Triad Members Sentenced to Death on Murder and Other Charges in Sichuan)
Xinhuanet, August 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/09/content
_4941453.htm

Disasters
Nearly 1,000 People Died in July from Natural Disasters in China
AFP (via YahooNews), August 09, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060809/wl_asia_afp
/chinaweatherdeaths_060809114548

Education
秋风：义务教育与教育自由 (Expert: Compulsory Education and the Freedom to Provide Education)
Nanfang Daily, August 10, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy
/200608100564.asp

六成农村初中生不能升读高中 (60 Percent of Rural Middle-School Students Unable to Continue Studies in 2005)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
09/xueshen/

Environment
对付工厂排污 粤24小时监控 (Guangdong Factories Get Round-the-clock Monitoring of Emissions)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060810/cce1.htm

节能降耗应是广东的一项战略大计 (Reducing Energy Consumption a Key Policy in Guangdong)
Nanfang Daily, August 10, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
fzsj/200608090511.asp

四川给排污大户敲警钟 (Sichuan Factories to Be Shut Down if Pollution Not Improved in 3 Months)
China Youth Daily, August 10, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/10/content_
1474241.htm

The High Cost of an Economic Miracle
SCMP, August 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZFIK48KQE.html

Freedom of Speech
北京音乐剧质疑圆明圆史官方观点 (Beijing Musical Challenges Official Interpretation of History)
Voice of America, August 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-08
-voa33.cfm

Government
“欣弗”不良事件信息要日报 (Ministry of Health Demands Daily Reports on Suspect Antibiotic)
Legal Daily, August 10, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/10/content
_369869.htm

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Zheng Yichun (郑贻春)
郑贻春狱中权利被夺 海内外民运人士筹划新中国运动 (Imprisoned Rights Defender Zheng Yichun Denied Right to Marry; Dissidents Abroad Plan to Dissolve CPC)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/09/zhengyichun/

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Dolma Kyab (卓玛嘉)
西藏作家卓玛嘉狱中向国际组织求助 (Jailed Tibetan Writer Dolma Kyab Seeks Justice from UN Human Rights Council)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
09/xizang/

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Li Xige (李喜阁)
李喜阁取保申请遭拒　民间称官方抗艾污点 (Local Authorities Refuse Li Xige’s Application for Release on Medical Parole Pending Further Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
09/lixige/

Labor
全总：工会建立是否合法只有《工会法》说了算 (ACFTU: Only the Trade Union Law Can Determine Legality of Establishing Trade Unions)
Xinhuanet, August 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/10/content
_4943577.htm

China Union and Wal-Mart Talks in Limbo
Reuters, August 09, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=business
News&storyID=2006-08-09T111742Z_01_PEK16270_RTRUKOC
_0_US-CHINA-WALMART-UNIONS.xml09T111742Z_01_PEK
16270_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHINA-WALMART-UNIONS.xml

Land Policy
China's Housing Headache
Business Week, August 10, 2006
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2006/gb
20060809_765872.htm?chan=top+news_top+new
san=top+news_top+news

社论：廉租房应该建成永续流动机制 (Editorial: Make Policy on Cheap Rental Housing a Permanent Mechanism)
Nanfang Daily, August 10, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200608100561.asp

粵被征地农民可领养老金 (Guangzhou to Provide Old-age Pension to Elderly Victims of Land Grabs)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060810/ccg1.htm

Law
PAAG案法院过期未判 官称社会关注須谨慎论证 (Courts Delay Verdicts on Compensation Claims over Defective Plastic Surgery Materials)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060810/cca1h.htm

Media
Chinese Tech Buffs Slake Thirst for U.S. TV Shows
New York Times, August 09, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/world/asia
/09china.html?_r=2&oref=login&oref=slogingin

Multilateral
WHO Hopes China Will Learn Lesson from Belatedly Confirmed Bird Flu Death
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/
09/content_4942376.htm

Olympics
Quake Monitor Sues over Smashed Station
SCMP, August 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8HR48KQE.html

Beijing Focuses on Cleaning Up the Air for Its Olympic Moment
Los Angeles Times, August 09, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-
fg-chigames9aug09,1,7046032.story

Politics
分析人士：中共文件难阻裙带关系 (Analysts: CPC's New Regulations Cannot Stop Corruption)
Voice of America, August 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-08-voa23.cfm

分析：中共限干部任期非政改关键 (Commentary: Duration of Term of Office Is Not Key Issue in Political Reform)
Voice of America, August 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-08-voa47.cfm

中国机构吁政府审查外资并购国企 (Chinese Think-tank Urges Government to Examine Foreign Firms that Buy State-owned Enterprises)
Voice of America, August 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-08-voa5.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Mass Shooting at China Riot False - Report
Independent Online, August 10, 2006
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&
click_id=126&art_id=qw1155120301851W64343

浙江拆迁冲突 3執法员殉职 (Three Officers Killed in Eviction Clash in Zhejiang; Suspect Arrested)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060810/ccc1.htm

China Says Protests Down in First Half
Reuters, August 09, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK21644.htm

Tibetan Horse Race Canceled After Violence
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/08/09/tibet_lithang/

湖北出租司机罢工请愿两代表失踪 (Two Representatives Missing After Taxi Drivers Strike in Hubei)
Voice of America, August 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-08-voa46.cfm

Public Health
Anhui Antibiotic Death Toll Climbs to Nine
SCMP, August 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0HR48KQE.html

Drug Watchdog Bowing to Firms, Legal Experts Say
SCMP, August 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWQY38KQE.html

China Encourages Methadone Replacement Therapy to Prevent Spread of AIDS
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/09/
content_4940926.htm

Religion
英大主教访5城 或谈敏感问题 (British Archbishop to Visit Five Chinese Cities, May Bring Up Sensitive Issues)
Wen Wei Po, August 10, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0608100017&cat=002CH

Tibet
中国扩建青藏铁路日喀则支线惹争议 (China’s Proposal to Extend Qinghai-Tibet Railway to Xigaze Sparks Controversy)
BBC, August 10, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4770000/newsid
_4777500/4777517.stm

Tibet's New Railway to Extend to Xigaze Next Year: Official
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/09/
content_4941934.htm

Hong Kong
Death Threat Letter for Civic Party
SCMP, August 10, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ1IZ38KQE.html

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

August 9, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Li Jianping (李建平)
李建平超期拘押至今未判 (Verdict Delayed for Internet Activist Li Jianping)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/08
/li_jianping/
According to Human Rights in China, no verdict has yet been announced in the trial of internet activist Li Jianping, nearly four months after his trial. Li was tried on April 12 on charges of "incitement to subvert state power" on the basis of articles he wrote that were posted on overseas Web sites. He has almost been completely cut off from communication with his family and lawyer. The NGO contends that the delay in the announcement of the verdict violates the Criminal Procedure Law.

News
Bilateral Ties
N Korea Not Listening, China Says
Reuters (via SCMP), August 09, 2006
http://asia.scmp.com/asianews/ZZZUGP48KQE.html

Children
全国有因艾滋病致孤儿童8644人 (8,644 Chinese Children Orphaned Due to AIDS)
China Youth Daily, August 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/09/content_1472996.htm

Corruption
中国房地产业腐败多 专家论原因 (Expert Discusses Causes of Serious Corruption in China's Real Estate Sector)
Voice of America, August 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa36.cfm

Death Penalty
入户抢劫杀人 快递员被判死刑 (Courier Sentenced to Death for Robbing and Murdering Customer)
EastDay.com, August 09, 2006
http://ld.eastday.com/eastday/node37/
node189/node13518/userobject1ai160749.html

Disasters
One-third of China's Dams Unsafe
China Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/08/content
_659827.htm

Environment
Together, We Can Improve Air Quality
SCMP, August 09, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZKRO48KQE.html

Freedom of Speech
Chinese Musical Questions Official History, Criticizes Chinese Society
Voice of America, August 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-08-08-voa16.cfm

Gender
China Promotes Girls to Avoid Glut of Bachelors
China Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/08/content
_660041.htm

Government
规划局长告上级市政府 (Local Planning Bureau Sues City Government over Administrative Decision)
The Beijing News, August 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-09/
011@200466.htm

中国维权人士参选地方人大受瞩目 (Rights Defenders Running for Local People’s Congresses Draw Attention)
Voice of America, August 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa50.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner – Fu Xiancai (付先财)
Did Activist Fall or Was He Pushed?
SCMP, August 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWOV38KQE.html

Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Zou Tao (邹涛)
邹涛﹕罗湖人大直选內定 (Rights Defender Zou Tao Says He Is Excluded from Running for Local People’s Congress)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060809/cab1.htm

Labor
肯德基宣布在全国取消劳务派遣 (Kentucky Fried Chicken Cancels "Labor Missions" Practice in China)
Legal Daily, August 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/09/
content_368941.htm

Land Policy
欧阳五﹕六中全会前的一大博弈 (Commentary: Central Government and Local Authorities Clash on Land Policy Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060809/fab1.htm

美专家评广东农民失地补充标准 (US Expert Comments on Compensation Standard for Land Grabs Under New Guangdong Rule)
Voice of America, August 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa48.cfm

Media
中国电信终止为16家信息服务商提供全网接入 (China Telecom Terminates Cooperation with 16 Information Providers)
Legal Daily, August 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/09/content
_369275.htm

China Says No TV Delay for 2008 Olympics
AFP (via YahooNews), August 08, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
20060808/ennew_afp/chinaoly2008chn_060808165810

江阴农民传播强拆报道受压　《百姓》考虑采取行动 (Jiangsu Farmers Pressured for Distributing Magazines That Reported on Forced Evictions)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
08/Jiangyin/

Migrant Workers
最高法院通知要求： 全面清查拖欠农民工工资案件 (Supreme People's Court's New Notice Requires All Courts to Conclude Cases on Unpaid Wages for Migrant Workers)
China Youth Daily, August 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/09/content_
1473041.htm

Olympics
Beijing 'on Track' for a Successful Games
SCMP, August 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ44O48KQE.html

中国评论﹕办好奥运 先须透明 (Commentary: Transparency Necessary for Successful Olympic Games)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060809/caf1.htm

2008 Games Will Speed up China Reform, Say Organisers
Reuters, August 08, 2006
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=
sportsNews&storyID=2006-08-08T080044Z_01_SP161834
_RTRUKOC_0_UK-OLYMPICS-BEIJING.xml08T080044Z_01
_SP161834_RTRUKOC_0_UK-OLYMPICS-BEIJING.xml

Police
Violent Criminal Cases Down; Economic Crimes on Rise
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/09/
content_4938832.htm

Protests and Petitions
深圳600业主围法院抗议 (600 Property Owners Protest Non-Enforcement of Court Decision at Shenzhen Court)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060809/cca1h.htm

辽宁凌源警民大冲突 专家谈骚乱 (Expert Comments on the Riot in Lingyuan, Liaoning Province)
Voice of America, August 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa16.cfm

Public Health
药监局：欣弗事件未瞒报 (State Food and Drug Administration Found No Cover-up in Defective Antibiotics Case)
The Beijing News, August 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/08-09/
011@200465.htm

China Province Pushes AIDS Tests for Some
AP (via OutinAmerica), August 08, 2006
http://www.outinamerica.com/home/news.asp?
articleid=8333

China Rethinks Bird Flu History
BBC, August 08, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5255078.stm

China Turns out Mummified Bodies for Displays
New York Times, August 08, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/business/worldbusiness/
08bodies.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin=slogin&oref=slogin

China Urges Needle Exchanges to Fight AIDS
AP (via OutinAmerica), August 08, 2006
http://www.outinamerica.com/home/news.asp?articleid=8884

Public Health - Organ Harvesting
Activist Harry Wu Challenges Organ Harvesting Claims
SCMP, August 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZN4V38KQE.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Unworthy of Religious Leader: Tibetan Official
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/09/
content_4937478.htm

达赖喇嘛：继承者必须是流亡藏人 (Dalai Lama States His Successor Must Be Tibetan-in-exile)
Voice of America, August 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-07-voa35.cfm

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

August 8, 2006

Death Penalty
Video of Executed Taiwan Spy Shown as a Warning
Reuters (via SCMP), August 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOPL48KQE.html

Disasters
Mainland Needs to Face Landslide Threat: Geologist
SCMP, August 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBIM48KQE.html

Environment
四成脱硫设施为何成摆设 (Why Is 40 Percent of Desulphurization Equipment Not Functioning?)
China Youth Daily, August 08, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/08/content
_1471561.htm

China Plans to Shut Projects that Pollute Oil-Rich Bohai Sea
Bloomberg, August 07, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&
sid=aLu5hIlWZN3M&refer=asia

Food Security
中国耕地减少 将冲击粮食市场？ (Will Reduction of Farmland in China Destabilize Global Food Market?)
Voice of America, August 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-06-voa37.cfm

Gender
湖南规定人大代表候选人女性要占30%以上 (New Regulation in Hunan Stipulates that at Least 30% of Candidates for Provincial People’s Congress Must Be Women)
Xinhuanet, August 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/05/content
_4923260.htm

Human Rights
学者﹕应依法对待维权 (Academic: Authorities Should Handle Rights Defense Movement In Accordance with Law)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060808/caa2.htm

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Huseyincan Celil (塞利尔)
中国保证不判塞利尔死刑 家人疑可信性 (China Promises Not to Sentence Huseyincan Celil to Death; Family Skeptical)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
07/shailier/

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
逾两百人联署抗议高智晟遭暴力袭击 (Over 200 Join Signature Protest Against Attack on Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
07/gao/

Labor
English-language Schools in China - the New Sweatshops
Today Online, August 08, 2006
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/134957.asp

滬最低工资提至750 全国最高 (Minimum Wage Raised to 750 Yuan Per Month in Shanghai, Highest in Nation)
Wen Wei Po, August 08, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0608080011&cat=002CH

石油工人维权胜利获赔 (Rights Defense Movement Wins Victory as Oil Workers Get Redundancy Pay)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060808/caa1.htm

More Trade Unions Set up in Wal-Mart Outlets in China
China Daily, August 07, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/07/
content_658894.htm

中国健康最透支：信息技术人员 (Survey: Information Technology Jobs Most Debilitating to Health)
Voice of America, August 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-06-voa13.cfm

Law
China Revises Law to Reduce Energy Costs
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/06/
content_4925414.htm

Media
Beijing Urged to Ease Press Curbs
Financial Times, August 08, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4e0fc850-266d-11db-
afa1-0000779e2340.html

“欣弗”事件暴露政府信息公开的惯性与惰性 (Defective Antibiotics Expose Government's Inertia in Releasing Information)
Nanfang Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200608080546.asp

广州市卫生局长回应“限访令” (Guangzhou Health Authorities Explain That Policy Requiring Approval for Media Interviews Only Applies to Large-scale Incidents)
Legal Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/08/
content_368086.htm

一旦遇到“较真”，权力也很“讲理” (Guangzhou Health Authorities “Reasonable” in Answering Questions on Notice Restricting Media Interviews)
Nanfang Daily, August 08, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/
southnews/spqy/200608080543.asp

Chinese Go Further, Faster and Higher with Media Crackdowns Two Years Before Beijing Olympics
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), August 07, 2006
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18483

Ease Limits on Foreign Press, Club Says
SCMP, August 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2RS38KQE.html

Olympics
Hopes for Change Hung on '08 Olympics
The Christian Science Monitor, August 07, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0807/p06s02-woap.html

Beijing Getting Closer to Olympic Standard as Host
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/06/
content_4926304.htm

Beijing Must Do More to Secure "Green Olympics"
Reuters (via New York Times), August 06, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/sports/sports-
olympics-china.html

Politics
中共十六届六中全会前瞻 (Predicting Emphasis for Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee)
Nanfang Weekend, August 08, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg
/200608020613.asp

Population
Abortions up in China as Taboos Weaken
The Japan Times, August 08, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20060807a3.html

Protests and Petitions
中国评论﹕成果共享 方有和谐 (Commentary on Protests in Sichuan: Harmony Will Only Be Possible When Fruits of Economic Development Are Shared)
Mingpao, August 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060808/caf1.htm

湖北百的士市政府请愿 (Nearly 100 Taxi Drivers Petition at Suizhou Government Building, Hubei Province)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060808/ccf1.htm

湖南湘阴移民早排斥酿暴力冲突　(Locals and New Immigrants Clash in Xiangyin, Hunan Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/07/chongtu/

Public Health
安徽药监部门畅通信息发布渠道 (Anhui’s Food and Drug Administration Working to Find Answer to Defective Antibiotic Case)
China Youth Daily, August 08, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/08/content_1471556.htm

Shaanxi Woman Believed to Be the Fourth Victim of Deadly Antibiotic
SCMP, August 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0QL48KQE.html

Thousands Quarantined in China School TB Scare
Reuters, August 07, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK360787.htm

Religion
北京佛教居士雷大勇因印刷公益佛经被判刑四年 (Buddhist Practitioner Sentenced to Four Years' Imprisonment for Publishing Free Sutras)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/07/fujin/

Rural Issues
Painting the Peasants into the Portrait of China’s Economic Boom
New York Times, August 07, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/books/07kahn.html?_r=2
&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Monday, August 07, 2006

August 5-7, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions - Corruption
辽宁凌源反贪村民遭镇压 (Protest over Corruption Put Down in Lingyuan, Liaoning Province)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/04/
liaoning/
More than 200 policepersons were called in to put down a protest against corruption and land grabs in a village in Liaoning Province on July 13. Four of the protesters were formally arrested, three are under detention and three were severely injured and are still in hospital. While several officials were dismissed after the incident, the arrest of protestors is ongoing and there is no sign that the authorities want to hold discussions with the villagers.

News
Bilateral Ties
China and Darfur
New York Times, August 04, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/04/opinion/04fri3.html?_
r=1&oref=slogin

Death Penalty
最高法院督办李伟特大涉黑案终审3人获死刑 (Anhui Province Higher People's Court Gives Execution Order for Three Triad Ring Leaders)
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/07/content
_4928438.htm

北京：贪689万全输光 “张输光”被判死刑 (Beijing Cadre Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Embezzling over Six Million Yuan)
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/07/content
_4928009.htm

Environment
Ban Mainland's Dirty Fuel in HK, Critic Says
SCMP, August 07, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZY4QW2IQE.html

Mainland's Progress on Goals for Energy Efficiency 'Not Promising'
SCMP, August 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPVAPVEQE.html

四川重旱二百万人吃水困难 (Two Million People Affected by Serious Drought in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
06/sichuan/

Damming Asia's Watershed: China's Hydropower Plans in Tibet
Interfax China, August 04, 2006
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=15850
&slug=HYDROPOWER-TIBET

Gender
2.6 Mln Chinese Women Reemployed in Past Five Years
People's Daily, August 07, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/04/eng20060804
_289734.html

个性相似的男女更容易相爱 (ACWF: Divorce Rate Rose in 2005)
China Youth Daily, August 07, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/07/content
_1469936.htm

Government – Local Elections
纳异见入体制有利无害 (Academic: Allowing Different Voices to Enter Government Could Only Be Beneficial)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/caa2.htm

维权人士参选 有利民主实践 (Having Rights Defenders Running for Local Elections Will Promote Democracy)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/mrb.htm

不买楼运动发起人參选 (Man Who Launched "Don't Buy Apartments" Campaign Runs for Local Election)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/caa3.htm

维权者纷选地方人大 (Rights Defenders Run for Local People's Congresses)
Middle East Times, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/caa1h.htm

Government - Governance and Accountability
中央严令党政一把手任期限10年 (New Regulations Impose Term Limits for Government Officials)
Wen Wei Po, August 07, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id
=CH0608070004&cat=002CH

地震后，市政府为何成众矢之的 (Yunnan Official Defends Why Earthquake Warning Was Not Publicized)
Nanfang Weekend, August 03, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060803/xw/
tb/200608030001.asp

Human Rights Defenders
Taishi Activist Arrested
SCMP, August 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOQEYGEQE.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
维权人士就高智晟被打发起签名抗议 (Rights Defenders Launch Signature Campaign to Protest Battery of Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/04/gaozhisheng/

Labor
Wal-Mart Workers in China Form Second Union
AFP (via YahooNews), August 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060805/ts_afp/chinausreta
ilwalmart_060805170149;_ylt=AomgpiU57PdoIfCmo_3P88B
PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
=AomgpiU57PdoIfCmo_3P88BPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW0
4NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUC

Media
驻京周记﹕卡拉OK的「三个代表」(Commentary: The “Three Represents” in the Karaoke Business)
Mingpao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/ccj1.htm

医院接受采访须报批续 卫生局废"记者限访令" (Guangzhou Health Authorities Abolish Policy Requiring Hospitals to Get Approval Before Accepting Media Interviews)
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/07/
content_4928559.htm

Mainland Censors Shut Down Pair of Websites
SCMP, August 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI14XGEQE.html

Plan to Save Newspaper Industry as Youth Increasingly Turn to the Internet
SCMP, August 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIQEYGEQE.html

出版非法刊物上海经理被判刑四年 (Shanghai Manager Given Four Years’ Imprisonment for Issuing Illegal Publications)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
04/publishing/

Politics
高干任期颁新规 (CPC Issues New Regulations Governing Senior Cadres)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060807/cac1.htm

Protests and Petitions
Anhui Bus Drivers Hold Rare Strike
SCMP, August 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTVAPVEQE.html

上海访民的遭遇 (Persecution Continues for Shanghai Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
05/fangmin/

Thousands Join Fast Protest Against Arrests
SCMP, August 05, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCK9YGEQE.html

Public Health
Two More Die from Suspect Antibiotics
SCMP, August 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSFJ2UHQE.html

中国民众对艾滋病无知度令人担忧 (Survey: Public's Ignorance of AIDS Worrying)
Voice of America, August 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-04-voa22.cfm

Religion
凤台教徒学圣经遭袭 党山教堂事件又有5人被抓 (Two Elder Members of Protestant House Church in Anhui Detained; Five More Detained in Church Demolition Case in Hangzhou)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/
04/church/

法轮功学员北京被捕太太赴美求救 (Wife of Detained Falun Gong Practitioner and Asia Foundation Staff Member Goes to US to Seek Help)
Voice of America, August 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-04-voa40.cfm

Society
中国户均人口3.39人 家庭规模趋小型化模式多样 (3.39 Persons in Average Household; Chinese Families Getting Smaller)
EastDay.com, August 07, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node153122/u1a2234894.htmll

Tibet
遊藏客剧增 拉萨遇难题 (Lhasa Not Well-prepared for Drastic Increase in Number of Tourists)
Wen Wei Po, August 07, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0608070012&cat=002CH

China Tightening Control over Tibet
Washington Post, August 04, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/200
6/08/04/AR2006080401471.html

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Passes Covert Surveillance Bill
Financial Times, August 07, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f01496b4-25a3-11db-
a12e-0000779e2340.html
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