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.

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

May 11, 2005


News

Disaster
Blast tears apart village, killing 14
China Daily, May 10, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/10/content_
440849.htm

Environment
Survey: Emissions pollute farm fields
China Daily, May 11, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/11/content
_440983.htm

Striving for sustainable development
Asia Times, May 10, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GE10Ad02.html

Environment – Water
Thousands of villagers face severe water problem due to pollution of Guangzhou Bajiang River
广州巴江河污染严重 两岸数十万村民饮水困难[图]
EastDay.com, May 11, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node60910/userobject1ai1084603.html

Labour – work safety and conditions
Later start, shorter lunch for workers
SCMP, May 11, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDO1AHZ7E.html

Labour – protests
Police clash with workers at HK firm
SCMP, May 11, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8O1AHZ7E.html

Law
Local courts not the right place to decide on punishment rules
地方法院不宜制定量刑标准
Legal Daily, May 11, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/11/content_21
1374.htm

Olympics
2008 Olympic security budget ready for approval
Xinhuanet.com, May 11, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/11/content_29
42344.htm

Chinese Officials to Get Press-Relations Training
New York Times, May 10, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/business/worldbusiness
/10nieman.html

Natural resources and energy
China Provinces May Hike Power Rates For Households –Report
Morning Star via China National News, May 10, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/6aed7e9aa6be
57c5/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/

Public health
Measles cases on the rise as Health Ministry announces latest situation of infectious diseases
卫生部公布最新传染病疫情 麻疹发病数明显上升
Xinhuanet.com, May 11, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-05/11/content
_2942012.htm

Public health / Children
Report on the extraordinary high infant morality rate in a poor Huanggang village in Guizhou
贵州省黎平县黄岗村308‰婴儿高死亡率调查[图]
EastDay.com, May 11, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node60910/userobject1ai1084602.html

Public health – Mental Health
60 mental treatment demonstration sites to be built this year
今年建60个精神病防治示范区
Beijing News.com, May 11, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0511/09@0
15457.html

Society
Half of the Chinese don’t speak Mandarin
近半数中国人不会说普通话
Nanfang City News, May 11, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A15/2005
05110457.asp

Tibet
Tibetans Appeal Compensation Over Loss of Homes, Land
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/05/09/tibet_land/

May 10, 2005

News

Corruption
Auditing exposes scandal over quake relief funds
Xinhunet.com, May 9, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/09/content_2935
206.htm

Environment
Beijing among six worst for pollution
SCMP, May 10, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKTEZFZ7E.html

Gender – Trafficking
Plan to end exploitation of women expanded
SCMP, May 10, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZL4GZFZ7E.html

June 4th – EU arms ban
Why US against EU lifting arms embargo on China
美國為什麼反對歐盟對華售武解禁
Hong Kong Economic Journal (Page 31), May 10, 2005

Human Rights - Bilateral ties
US government criticised of little emphasis on ‘democracy’ in China policy
美议员批政府对华政策不重民主
Voice of America, May 6, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-06-voa38.cfm

Hukou
Hukou policy works no more in population control but benefits opportunists market “staying in city” quotas
户口政策计划失去本来意义 留京指标成牟利工具
People’s Daily, May 10, 2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/3376178.html

Law
Exam 'cheats' sue ministry
China Daily, May 10, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/10/content
_440622.htm

Law-legal reform
Video recordings allow using in police interrogations in Gansu
中国公安讯问试点三制度受讯可申请录音录像
Boxun.com, May 10, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/05/20050510
0001.shtml

Police – Re-education through Labour
Issue in China: Many in Jails Without Trial
New York Times, May 9, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/09/international/asia/09
china.html

China considers labor camp overhaul
China National News, May 9, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/597bd749165
ddea8/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/

Protests and Petitions
Ministry of Public Security to establish special task force to deal with petitions
全国公安机关将开展集中处理群众信访问题行动
EastDay.com, May 10, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node60730/userobject1ai1081245.html

Institutional reforms needed to guarantee people’s rights to petition
保障信访权利需要制度合力
Legal Daily, May 10, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/10/content_21
1007.htm

Public health
Cases concerning illegal medical practices accelerated in Guangzhou, with pregnant women top of the victim list
广州非法行医案件增多 孕妇就诊死亡率达80%[图]
EastDay.com, May 10, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node60730/userobject1ai1081274.html

Monday, May 09, 2005

May 7-9, 2005

Top News of the Day

Media – Internet
张贴反日游行信息 上海一网民被判处五年徒刑
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2005
Wang Tangye (王湯曄), who organised anti-Japan protests in Shanghai earlier on, was given 5 years jail terms for “disturbing public order”.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/05/08/fanri/



News

Children – trafficking
Henan police crackdowns on cross-county baby trafficking gangs
河南新乡铁路警方摧毁跨省特大贩卖婴儿团伙
EastDay.com, May 9, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node60530/userobject1ai1079685.html

Death Penalty
Chongqing drug traffickers sentenced to death
经检察院抗诉法院改判 重庆两毒贩终审被判死刑
ChinaNews.com, May 7, 2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-05-07/26/57
0862.shtml

Detention - Hiu Jia(胡佳)
Hu Jia released after detained for six days
胡佳获释 被警方刑讯逼供六天
Boxun.com, May 9, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/05/20050
5090231.shtml

Environment - Water
Urgent need for waste water treatment
China Daily, May 9, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/09/content_
440224.htm

Gender Issues - Woman Trafficking
Pilot project launched in Henan to prevent women trafficking
中国预防拐卖女童和青年妇女项目 河南实施试点
ChinaNews.com, May 8, 2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-05-08/26/
571205.shtml

Gender Issues - marriage
Expert says small family size has threatened role of marriage in traditional Chinese family structure
学者:中国家庭规模趋小型化 婚姻功能逐渐被削弱
ChinaNews.com, May 8, 2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-05-08/26/571102.shtml

Human Rights
Where did all the angels go?
Asia Times Online, May 7, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GE07Ad06.html

June 4th –EU arms ban
EU wants rights progress from China as it decides on arms ban
AFP via YahooNews.com, May 7, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050507/wl
_afp/asemjapanchinaeuembargo_050507082056

Media - Press freedom
Cheng Yizhong's press freedom award acceptance speech
EastSouthWestNorth via China Digital Times, May 7, 2005
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20050508_1.htm

Public Health - Mental Health
Middle class elites prone to depression
精英症
Nanfang Weekend, May 5, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050505/xw/tb/2005
05080031.asp

Religion
Orthodox Easter rite lacks a priest
SCMP, May 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9DAZFZ7E.html

State security
Chinese Woman Fights Effort to Deport Her
New York Times, May 6, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/national/06deport.html
?oref=login

Xinjiang
Uygurs battle to survive as terror war takes toll
AFP via The Standard, May 9, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GE09Ad03.html

Friday, May 06, 2005

May 6, 2005

News

Environment
Watchdog is still a paper tiger, green bodies claim
SCMP, May 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIS5ZFZ7E.html

Environment – Water
Water-saving more urgent than ever
Xinhuanet.com, May 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/06/content_29215
04.htm

Gender – marriage
New regulation guarantees of privacy on marriage and divorce
民政部下发通知:结婚离婚登记要尊重个人隐私
EastDay.com, May 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node60160/userobject1ai1072799.html

Divorce is the major issue for enquiry, according to women’s rights association
离婚咨询成为妇女维权热线的热点
People’s Daily, May 5, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42732/3367280.html#

Gender Issues - Reproductive health
Hospitals offer luxury packages for maternal delivery reflecting the increasing income gap between the poor and the rich
从「天价产房」看中国贫富悬殊
Chinesenewsnet.com, May 6, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
5_5_16_26_19_351.html

Gender Issues - Law
Legal Aid for Women’s Right Association(全國婦聯法律幫助中心) vows to help defending women’s rights
全国妇联法律帮助中心将采取多种方式帮妇女维权
Xinhuanet.com, May 5, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-05/05/content_2919357.htm

Human rights – Human rights defenders
Fêted labour activist longs to return home
SCMP, May 6, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZA8O9HZ7E.html

June 4th –EU arms ban
China presses on arms embargo, pressed on NKorea at EU-Asia meet
YahooNews.com, May 6, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050506/wl
_asia_afp/asemjapanchinaeu

Public health – HIV Aids
Free testing to detect HIV cases
SCMP, May 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZAT5ZFZ7E.html

Fujian teenager insists to raise fund to help Aids families
民间防艾滋青年:我坚持募集现金资助艾滋家庭
EastDay.com, May 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node60160/userobject1ai1072475.html

Society – Ethnic minority
Glimpses of hope in the new China
CNN.com, May 6, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/eyeonchin
a.stangrant/index.html

Thursday, May 05, 2005

May 5, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and petitions
Five Chinese villagers injured by police in land protest, group says
AP via YahooNews.com, May 4, 2005
It is reported that five villagers in southwestern China had been assaulted and detained by Sichun Police for mobilizing over 2,000 villagers to participate in a demonstration, demanding for reasonable compensation for land conscription of the local authority. Local government admitted the confrontation but denied detention of villagers.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050504/ap/d89s6g980.html



News

Children - Trafficking
Trafficked Uyghur Children May Not See Home Again
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/05/03/uyghur_children/

Detention – Shi Tao (師濤)
Family vows to appeal for Shi Tao’s sentence
山西记者师涛被判重刑家人将上诉
Voice of America, May 4, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-04-voa39.cfm

Detention – Xu Wanping (許萬平)
Police yet to release rights activist Xu Wanping after Xu taken away for interrogation
民运人士许万平被警方问话未释放
Dajiyuan, May 5, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/5/5/n911306.htm

Media – Press freedom
Liu Hongbin (刘洪彬) has the right to return to his home country, says Committee to Protect Journalists
记者权益组织吁允许刘洪彬回国
Voice of America, May 4, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-04-voa83.cfm

Labour
China’s sweatshops running out of workers
Asia Times Online, May 5, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GE05Ad03.html

Labour – Protests
Workers of a shoe factory protest against no time-off on Labour holiday
黄金周假期仍上班 广州台资鞋厂工人抗议
Epoch Times, May 5, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/5/5/n911203.htm

NGOs
Civil society groups rely on Beijing
Asia Times Online, May 4, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GE05Ad02.html

Police - Abuse
Dissident writer Li Guotao (李國濤) beaten up by Shanghai police for attempting to visit friends
李国涛再遭警察毒打，狱委表示强烈关注
Boxun.com, May 5, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/05/2005050
41521.shtml

Protests and Petitions
Protest concerns close Tiananmen
China National News, May 4, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/13f4de5c1b2f89
ea/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/

Activists silent in Beijing, but rowdy in Hong Kong
The Japan Times, May 5, 2005
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/makeprfy.pl5?nn20050
505a2.htm

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

May 4, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and petitions
Anti-Japan rallies spark crackdown on activists
SCMP, May 4, 2005
Human Rights in China reported that a number of dissidents, including prominent aids and pro-democracy activists Hu Jia (胡佳), had been detained and were now under government surveillance so as to preventing from organising and participating in any anti-Japan protests on May 4. The move also reflects Beijing’s growing anxiety over public sentiments and determines to silent public opinions.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJ6ZYFZ7E.html



News

Children/Public Health
Over 2% of Beijing children suffered from asthma due to air pollution, unhealthy diet and raising animals
北京儿童哮喘患病率已超2% 由三大原因导致
EastDay.com, May 4, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node59909/userobject1ai1069157.html

Death Penalty –Zong Cuiping, Liu Shengli
Murderers sentenced to death by Zhejiang Court
“取保候审期间雇凶杀人”案宣判 宗翠平刘胜利一审双双被判死刑
Legal Daily, May 4, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/2005-05/01/content_210
420.htm

Education
Yunnan special subsidies help kids go back to school
China Daily, May 4, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/04/content
_439414.htm

Gender issues
The Sexes: Gumshoes and 'Mistress-Killers'
MSN Newsweek via China National News, May 4, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/ffab1e941f6bf9
c3/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/

Law - Legal reform
People’s jurors to play prominent role in China’s legal system
人民陪審員將在中國的司法活動中發揮更大作用
CRI Online, May 3, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/38
21/2005/05/03/1245@536098.htm

People’s juror in dilemma: opportunities for power abuse when re-elected for one more term?
一个陪审员的努力和困惑：连任滋生腐败？
People’s Daily, May 4, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42730/3362624.html#

Media-Censorship/press freedom
Asian Media Hamstrung By Threat, Censorship
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/05/02/china
_media/

Poverty
Income divide concerns stretching
China Daily, May 4, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/04/content
_439418.htm

Protests and petitions
Wall of police keep protesters at bay
SCMP, May 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ19I9HZ7E.html

Anti-Japan protests on May 4th strictly forbidden
中国严禁民众五四举行反日示威
Voice of America, May 3, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-03-voa48.cfm

Young, angry ... and wired
CNN.com, May 3, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/eyeon
china.internet/

Religion – Christianity
China releases seven Catholic priests detained during retreat
AFP via YahooNews.com, May 4, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050504/wl_asia_afp/chinavati
canreligion/nc:731;_ylt=AsKzdJZG7nMeVFmVhZgNbJsBxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Rural issues/Protests and petitions
Hubei farmers organize sit-in protests at the fields against illegal land grabs of local government
"五一"河北官匪进村 农民田中静坐反抗
Epoch Times, May 4, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/5/3/n909090.htm

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

April 30 - May 3, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention / Protests and petitions
Human rights group says China detains hundreds in advance of new petition law
AP via YahooNews.com, April 29, 2005
Human Rights in China reported that China had arrested more than 800 people who were heading to Beijing to file complaints at the Petitions Bureau in the wake of the new petitions regulation to be taken effective on May 1, 2005. The move appeared to be a "nationwide crackdown on petitioners."
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050429/ap/d89ota0o2.html

Detention – Shi Tao (師濤)
Editor gets 10 years for 'secrets' leak
Shi Tao (師濤), former news editor for Contemporary Business News, was convicted of leaking state secrets to overseas media. Shi was given a 10 year imprisonment by the Intermediate People's Court in Changsha, Hunan yesterday.
SCMP, May 1, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6090GZ7E.html

June 4th – imprisonment - Chen Yanbin (陳晏彬 ) and Zhang Yafei (張亞飛)
Dissident journalists freed after 14 years
SCMP, April 30, 2005
Two prominent journalists Chen Yanbin (陳晏彬 ) and Zhang Yafei (張亞飛)were freed by the mainland Government after serving 14-year jail terms for for incitement to rebellion and "spreading counter-revolutionary propaganda around the time of the Tiananmen Square Democracy Movement in 1989.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTB80GZ7E.html

Media – Press freedom
Editor Cheng Yizhong (程益中) not allowed to accept UN press prize
SCMP, May 2, 2005
Cheng Yizhong (程益中), former editor of the Southern Metropolis News, were told not to receive the 2005 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize award at Dakar. Cheng refused to comment on the ban, but believed that he had been under surveillance.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLAA0GZ7E.html

Religion – Christainity
China Detains Seven Catholic Priests
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2005
Seven unofficial Catholic priests were arrested by the Hebei authority on the way to a religion retreat conducted by Bishop Jia Zhiguo. http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/04/29/china_catholics/


News

Environment – Water
China maps massive problem of water contamination
SciDev.net, April 29, 2005
http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/china-maps-massive-
problem-of-water-contamination.cfm

Food Security-GM Food
Growing and eating GM crops, a good idea?
种植食用转基因食物是否明智？
Voice of America, May 2, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-02-voa56.cfm

Gender issues
Sexually active teens groping in the dark
SCMP, May 2, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOCUYFZ7E.html

Gender issues - Law
Legal experts suggest relax the definition of bigamy and live-in couples
法律專家建議放寬重婚及婚後與人同居認定標準
CRI Online, April 30, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/38
21/2005/04/30/107@533476.htm

June 4th – EU arms ban
Japan lobbies EU to retain arms ban
SCMP, May 3, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZKZUYFZ7E.html

Labour – Industrial accidents
All mine sites in Shaanxi ordered to halt production as 20 died in Shaanxi coal mine tradgedy
陕西韩城矿难20人遇难 全省高瓦斯矿井全部停产
EastDay.com, May 2, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/01/content_290
2783.htm

Land policy
Land rights are the prerequisite to solve existing rural problems
农民要有稳定的地权
Nanfang Weekend, April 28, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050428/xw/sd/200504
280027.asp
Law
Shenzhen police sued for prejudice
SCMP, May 3, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ25E9HZ7E.html

Ordinary citizens should be considered in the selection of People’s Juror so as to avoid abuse of power of the elite groups
絕對權力導致絕對腐敗 陪審員選拔應走向平民化
CRI Online, May 2, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/05/02/107@535402.htm

Protests and petitions
Six major areas for attentions in the new Petitions Regulations
新修订的《信访条例》呈现六大亮点
People's Daily, May 1, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3364217.html

Beijing police sent SMS to millions of mobile phone users warning them not to participate illegal protests on the May 1
北京以高新科技控制民众
Voice of America, May 2, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-02-voa51.cfm

Public Health-HIV-Aids
SW China to extend free treatment for HIV infected
China Daily, May 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/02/content
_439134.htm

Rural Issues
Rural citizens fighting back
CNN.com, May 2, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/eyeonchina
.rural/index.html


Government vows to establish a minimum living allowance system in rural areas
我国着手在农村建立最低生活保障制度
EastDay.com, May 3, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node59792/userobject1ai1068328.html

No well-off farmers, no well-off China
Asia Times Online, April 29, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GD29Ad03.html

Hong Kong
Wanted: a whole new political system
SCMP, May 3, 2005
http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/china-maps-massive
-problem-of-water-contamination.cfm

Thursday, April 28, 2005

April 28, 2005

News

Death Penalty
Mugger sentenced to death in Zhengzhou for killing police at the time of arrest
因行竊拒捕行兇致民警死亡的搶劫犯被判處死刑
CRI Online, April 27, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/38
21/2005/04/27/1329@530509.htm

Former NPC deputy Sang Yuechun sentenced to death for corruption and organised crimes
原全国人大代表桑粤春一审被判死刑
Legal Daily, April 28, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/27/content_208
983.htm

Detention – Tang Ye
Clerk arrested for promoting unrest
SCMP, April 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7Q49HZ7E.html

Gender Issues – Domestic violence
Some reflections on a murder case by an abused Chongqing woman: who should be blamed for long standing domestic violence
谁最应该受教育
China Youth Daily, April 28, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/28/content_1076615.htm

Government – Civil service
Official to citizen ratio is 1:197, not 1:26, clarifies Civil Service Development
人事部澄清:中国官民比目前是1:197而非1:26
EastDay.com, April 28, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node58945/userobject1ai1054323.html

Law-Legal reforms
236 People’s Jurors starts hearing case with judge next month in Guangdong, yet jurors’ duties and responsibilities remain ambiguous
人民陪审员权明责不明？ 广州236名各行业人士下月起与法官同权断案
Nanfang Daily, April 28, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20050
4280715.asp

Media
Various foreign publications to be closed for violating media laws
多种违法外文报刊将被依法查处取缔
Xinhuanet.com, April 28, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-04/28/content
_2889420.htm

Media - press freedom
China paper sees 'evil plot' in anti-Japan protests
International Herald Tribune, April 27, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/26/news/beijing.php

Politics
Report on the work of and case trying in the Disciplinary Court of CPC
“党纪法庭”直击
Nanfang Daily, April 28, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2005042803
65.asp

Public Health-HIV-Aids / Government – Civil Service
New Civil Service Law not discriminate against Aids candidates to take civil service exams, but officials say difficult in practice
公务员报考不再排除艾滋感染者 实际操作有难度
EastDay.com, April 28, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node59092/userobject1ai1054482.html

Xinjiang
Xinjiang: On the new frontier
CNN.com, April 27, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/eyeonchina
.newxinjiang/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Hong Kong – Basic Law
Beijing's view on HK's new chief
SCMP, April 28, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZOWKYFZ7E.html

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

April 27, 2005

News

Children
Police concludes the investigation of forceful hysterectomy operation on two mental retarded orphan girls in Suzhou, but yet to know when to make the report public
“割子宫事件”调查结果难出炉
Nanfang City News, April 27, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A14/2005
04270453.asp

Corruption
Officials will have to declare assets
SCMP, April 27, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMCIYFZ7E.html

Detention – Yang Jiangli (楊建利)
US Congressman says China has paid the price for detaining Yang Jiangli
美议员：中国关杨建利已付出代价
Voice of America, April 26, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-26-voa78.cfm

Gender Issues
Chinese Attitudes on Premarital Sex Changing
Voice of America, April 26, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-04-26-voa12.cfm

Human Rights
Authorities yet to respond to imprisoned dissident’s (Liu Xianbin) application on visiting his dying mother
刘贤斌母亲病危 中共不回覆探亲申请
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 27, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/cna_2005_04_26_23_30_26_561.html

Full text of "Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in China"
Xinhuanet.com, April 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/27/content_2884
232.htm

Hong Kong – Basic Law
Law Society now backs review by Beijing: deputy
SCMP, April 27, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ5WXZFZ7E.html

Hong Kong awaits China ruling on next leader's tenure
AFP via YahooNews.com, April 27, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050427/
wl_asia_afp/hongkongchinapolitics_050427025248

Tibet
Exile Tibetans urge the Chinese government to release Panchen Lama
流亡藏人吁释放“十一世班禅
Voice of America, April 26, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-26-voa87.cfm

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

April 26, 2005

Top news of the day

Detentions
Arrests aimed at curbing protests
42 protestors detained by the Shanghai authority yesterday for participating in anti-Japan protest on April 16, 2005. Of the group, 16 is charged of “endangered social order and damaged the city’s image”.
SCMP, April 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ97JNRT7E.html


News
Bilaterals

Short-Lived Strike Reflects Strength of Japan-China Ties
Washington Post, April 26, 2005
On the face of it, the 10,000 fired-up workers at Uniden Electronic Products seemed to have a lot going for them when they went on strike.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/04/25/AR2005042501555.html

Children – abuse
Mental retarded girls a Suzhou orphanage in reported forcefully undergo hysterectomy operation to avoid having babies
智障少女子宫被切背后的人性缺失
Legal Daily, April 26, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/26/content_208
626.htm

Death Penalty – cases
Henan gangers executed
河南中原涉黑第一案宋留根团伙9名主犯伏法
EastDay.com, April 26, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node58630/userobject1ai1046953.html


Former NPC Deputy Gets Death Sentence
Xinhua News Agency, April 26, 2005
Sang Yuechun, 43, a former deputy to the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, was sentenced to death at the first trial for misappropriating huge public funds and property and defrauding banks by a local court in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin Province, on Tuesday.
http://china.org.cn/english/China/126992.htm

Hukou
Temporary resident permits: easy in abolishment, but difficult in re-launch
暂住证：取消容易恢复难
Legal Daily, April 26, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/26/content_208
627.htm

Labor
Poisoning Gas Hinders Flooded Mine Rescue
Xinhua News Agency, April 26, 2005
Thirty miners trapped underground were still missing in the flooded coal mine in Jiaohe in northeast China's Liaoning Province, and ten rescuers were poisoned by carbon monoxide on Tuesday as rescue work was stepped up, according to the rescue headquarters.
http://china.org.cn/english/China/126989.htm

Law-breaking Employers Fined
Shenzhen Daily, April 26, 2005
The Shenzhen government fined 22 enterprises Monday for not paying back wages and worker insurance.
http://china.org.cn/english/China/126951.htm

Law
Courts overloaded with cases not an issue of “quantity” but the changing conception to lawsuits and resource allocation of the legal system
中国“诉讼爆炸”是个伪问题
China Youth Daily, April 26, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/26/content_1074945.htm

Law – Legal professions
Lack of judges in Shaanxi shows the structural problems of China’s court system
陕西法官断层危机凸现
Legal Daily, April 26, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/26/content_208
637.htm

Multilaterals - UN
Non-Governmental organizations address Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights OHCHR, April 26. 2005 SHARON HOM, Human Rights in China, noted that the report of China presented disaggregated data, which attempted to portray how State policies had been implemented.
http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=61392
&src=0

NGOs/ Public Health – HIV Aids
Grass-roots groups seek more say on Aids cash
SCMP, April 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY64GNT7E.html

Protests and Petitions
4,000 youngsters to rally for nationalist parade
SCMP, April 26, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZN7JNRT7E.html

Mobile and internet become prominent means to mobilize people for protests
手机互联网与中国反日示威
Voice of America, April 25, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-25-voa30.cfm

Arrests for Illegal Actions in Anti-Japanese Rally
Shanghai Daily, April 26, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Apr/126976.htm

Letting Passions Burn May Backfire on China
Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chinar
age25apr25,0,6885042.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Reforms-Social
Government Turns Up NGO Volume
China Daily, April 26, 2005
With unprecedented support from high-level government officials, entrepreneurs and experts, the All China Environment Federation was officially inaugurated last Friday, this year's Earth Day.
http://china.org.cn/english/China/126960.htm

Tibet/Detention
Dalai Lama says Panchen Lama is under house arrest
达赖喇嘛确认的班禅喇嘛仍被软禁
BBC via Chinesenewsnet.com, April 26, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_4_25_20_2_49_730.html

Monday, April 25, 2005

April 23-25, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and petitions / Media - Internet
China shuts down anti-Japanese websites amid fears of more protests
AFP via YahooNews.com, April 22, 2005
Websites of several anti-Japan activist groups, including the China Federation of Defending Diaoyudao Islands Limited (中國民間保釣聯合會), have been shut down by the government to stop them from mobilizing people participate in anti-Japan protests. Discussion forums and websites posting messages on organizing protests on May 1 and May 4 in majors Chinese cities are also closed.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1529&ncid=
1529&e=5&u=/afp/20050422/wl_asia_afp/japanchinaprotests_
050422052323



News

Children - Abuse
Media muzzled in reporting child abuse cases
SCMP, April 23, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9C9HNT7E.html

Death Penalty – Cases
Xijiang official sentenced to death for embezzling housing allowance
新疆首例住房公積金貪污案：主犯一審被判死刑
CRI Online, April 25, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/38
21/2005/04/25/1245@527161.htm

Environment
Pollution: A High Price for Growth
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/04/21/asia_environment/

Gender - sexuality
University shuts down gay film festival for second time
SCMP, April 25, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEEFNRT7E.html

Human Rights
China falsifies history as well, dissidents say
中国教科书篡改历史比日本更严重
Voice of America, April 23, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-23-voa20.cfm

Labour – Industrial accidents
Tragedy strikes two coal mines
SCMP, April 25, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQ81GNT7E.html

Law
She Xianglin (佘祥林) to delay claims for state compensation, as lawyer says She may be benefited from the likely changes of State Compensation Law
为维护自己利益 佘祥林暂缓申请国家赔偿
Beijing Youth Daily, April 25, 2005
http://china.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5156409

Resettlement cases stuck between local and central courts
处级法院与部级官司
Nanfang Weekend, April 21, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050421/xw/sd/2005
04210046.asp

Law - Legal reform
Legal experts point to the keys for legal reforms in China
中国司法改革关键何在？
Voice of America, April 22, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-04-22-voa38.cfm

Court to randomly select jurors from a pool of candidates for hearing court cases
官司将可请陪审员 人选由法院随机抽取
Beijing Youth Daily, April 25, 2005
http://china.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5159514

Migrant workers / Society
Migrant pancake seller endures cat-and-mouse life with city enforcers
SCMP, April 24, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDX0GNT7E.html

Protests and Petitions
Scholars say rallies organised from the bottom up
SCMP, April 25, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ691GNT7E.html

Shenzhen clamps down on protests
SCMP, April 25, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ291GNT7E.html

Religion – Falungong
Anniversary brings new Falun Gong crackdown
SCMP, April 24, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWIAHNT7E.html

Tibet
US pushes China to resume dialogue with Tibet
美促中国政府与达赖喇嘛对话
Voice of America, April 23, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-04-23-voa35.cfm



Hong Kong – Basic Law
Illegal interference' denounced in protest march
The Standard, April 25, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GD25Ak
04.html

Basic Law review will apply only to current chief executive vacancy: official
SCMP, April 25, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZOQ2GNT7E.html

Friday, April 22, 2005

April 22, 2005

Top news of the day

Human Rights
Dissidents Thwarted in Opening Human Rights Consultancy
HRIC Press Release, April 21, 2005
Human Rights in China (HRIC) A citizens’ rights center established by political activists Liu Jingsheng and Li Weiping has been closed by the police in Beijing. Liu and Li were warned to close down the organization as soon as possible, an suggestion passed on from the “upper levels” of the government.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=
21731&item%5fid=21718

Labour-Protests
Police Free Leaders of China Strike
AP via YahooNews.com, April 22, 2005
According to the China Labour Bulletin, 20 labour activists, who had been detailed for several months after mobilising 7,000 female textile workers for a protest in Xianyang, was released by the police last week.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=
516&e=9&u=/ap/20050421/ap_on_re_as/china_labor_crackd
own


News

Environment
Inspection teams to monitor Guangzhou sulfur output
SCMP, April 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVD6WOY6E.html

Gender Issues
From marital ethics to reproductive ethics
从婚姻道德到生育道德
China Youth Daily, April 22, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/22/content_1073377.htm

CCP smacks of hypocrisy
Japan Times, April 22, 2005
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?eo20050422a1.htm

Human Rights / UN
China's Premier Wen says working to ratify UN human rights convention
AFP via YahooNews.com, April 21, 2005
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050421/323/fgs90.html

Labour – Industrial accidents
China Factory Explosion Leaves 19 Missing
AP via YahooNews.com, April 22, 2005
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=
731&e=4&u=/ap/20050422/ap_on_re_as/china_factory_explo
sion

Labour- Protests and petitions
Shenzhen workers on strike against suppression of setting up labour union by Japanese funded company
深圳日资企业工人罢工要成立工会
Voice of America, April 21, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-21-voa45.cfm

Law
Human rights violations by government officials can not be tolerated, says High Court
高检院:国家公务人员侵犯人权犯罪不能一查了之
EastDay.com, April 22, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node58153/userobject1ai1038347.html

Criminal with mental illnesses stuck in detention centre as prisons refuse to accept the case
一个精神病人的“服刑”之路
China Youth Daily, April 22, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/22/content_1073227.htm

Law – Legal reform
Regulation on the adoption of evidence in local courts important to guarantee enforcement of Criminal Procedure Law
地方的刑事证据规范如何保证刑事诉讼法的执行
Legal Daily, April 22, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/22/content_207
746.htm

Poverty – Rural poverty
Rural population in abject poverty falls by 2.9 million
Xinhuanet.com, April 21, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/21/content_28
60481.htm

Protests and Petitions
People urged to shun unauthorized marches
Xinhuanet.com, April 21, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/21/content_286
2801.htm

China vow to ban people to participate in anti-Japan protests
中國明令不准國民參與反日示威
BBC, April 21, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4460000/new
sid_4469800/4469805.stm

UN
Chinese Activist Says He was Expelled from U.N. Meeting After Chinese Complains
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/04/20/china
_rights/

Xinjiang
Xinjiang: On the new frontier
CNN.com, April 22, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/eyeon
china.xinjiang/

Hong Kong – Basic Law
Agreement over Basic Law row 'wishful thinking'
SCMP, April 22, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZUXFVOY6E.html

Thursday, April 21, 2005

April 21, 2005

News

Environment – Water
China water supply to reach limit in 2030 as population grows: report
AFP via YahooNews.com, April 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050420/
sc_afp/chinaenvironmentwater_050420170341

China to face water shortage crisis in 2030, expert says
专家：中国2030年面临用水危机
Voice of America, April 20, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-04-20-voa64.cfm

June 4th – EU arms ban
France calls China arms ban 'discriminatory' and 'anachronistic'
AFP via YahooNews.com, April 20, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050421/wl
_asia_afp/chinafranceeuarms

Law
The first court case against discrimination open trial in Henan in May
歧视河南人案5月开审 开全国先河法院没有压力
EastDay.com, April 21, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node57970/userobject1ai1034101.html

Law – legal reform
Some views on new criminal offences covered in the Criminal law (5th amendement)
《刑法修正案(五)》新增犯罪研究
Legal Daily, April 21, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/21/content_20740
3.htm

Labour
China's boom causes labor shortage
China National News, April 20, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc931
9e9b/id/8fada4e7d202c946/

Overwork due to fierce competition and inadequacy of the social security system
“过劳”困局的多重解读
China Youth News, April 21, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/21/content_1072698.htm

Politics
Party calls for development, stability
Xinhuanet.com, April 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/20/content_28
55448.htm

Politics - CCP
CPC pledges to further promote multi-party cooperation
People’s Daily, April 21, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/21/eng20050421_18
2013.html

Protests and petitions / Labour – unions
Strikers demand right to unionise
SCMP, April 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHK2WOY6E.html

In China, protests recall a manipulative era
International Herald Tribune, April 21, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/20/news/journal.html

Public Health-HIV Aids
HIV/AIDS villagers get health treatment
China Daily, April 21, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/21/content
_436016.htm

Public Health
Network strengthens war against disease
China Daily, April 21, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/21/content_
436021.htm

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

April 20, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and petitions
Villagers flee after massive rioting
SCMP, April 20, 2005
Villagers of Huaxi are noted leaving their homes for fear of reprisals of the local government after 30,000 villagers participated in a massive riot on April 11, 2005 against severe pollution in the village caused by factories nearby. It is reported that a leading campaigner is still under detention.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZM0PYQY6E.html



News

Education
Hukou sets the barriers of equal access to education of migrant worker’ children
户籍是民工子女受教育的最后藩篱
China Youth Daily, April 20, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/20/content_1072201.htm

Environment - water
Experts warn of water crisis
Xinhuanet.com, April 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/20/content_28526
45.htm

Labour
200 million Chinese suffers from occupational disease
我国受职业病危害人数超2亿
Beijing Youth Online, April 20, 2005
http://www.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5122239

Occupational disease should be covered in worker’ compensation insurance
职业病纳入工伤保险
BeijingNews.com, April 20, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0420/11@01313
2.html

Labour – employment market and income
Costs are rising and prices may be next
International Herald Tribunal, April 20, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/20/news/costs.html

Labour – working onditions
Workers sorely need a breath of fresh air
China Daily, April 20, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/20/content
_435723.htm

Media
RSF urge the French Prime Minister to pay attention to China’s Press Freedom during his visit to China
记者无国界呼吁即将访华的法国总理关注中国新闻自由
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/04/19/xinwenziyou/

Chinese Media Plays Down Growing Rift With Japan
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/04/19/china_japan/

Protests and petitions
Beijing can handle row, cadres assured
SCMP, April 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ82PYQY6E.html

Public health
Strokes to be biggest health burden
SCMP, April 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZG4BVOY6E.html

Public health-HIV-Aids
More doctors and officials station in Aids villages in Henan
河南再度选拔官员和医生进驻艾滋病疫情高发村
People Daily, April 20, 3005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/3334691.html

Public health - Mental health
16 million people suffered from mental illness in China
我国精神病患者达1600万 成最严重疾病
Beijing Youth Online, April 19, 2005
http://china.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5117522

UN
China criticised of poor human rights progress, UN Committee on Torture and Arbitrary Detention report revealed
联合国人权考察归来，谴责中国人权倒退
Boxun.com, April 19, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/04/200504192
224.shtml

Hong Kong – Basic Law
Lawyers speak volumes in silent rally
SCMP, April 20, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZR0ZVOY6E.html

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

April 19, 2005

News

Education
Inequitable access to education widens the gaps in the society
教育不平等擴大階層鴻溝 中國教育公平受關注
CRI Online, April 19, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/3
821/2005/04/19/148@520511.htm

Law
Case highlights failings of nation's judicial system
SCMP, April 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4E6VOY6E.html

Media - Press Freedom
Pushing (and Toeing) the Line in China
New York Times, April 18, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/business/worldbusiness/
18shanghai.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5090&en=d3252725df
37e6d9&ex=1271476800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

NGO
China curbs civil society groups
Asia Times Online, April 19, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GD19Ad07.html

Public health
Food monitoring helps prevent cancer deaths
Xinhuanet.com, April 19, 2005
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/china.htm

Ministry of Health row to cut unreasonable medical charges as outpatient fees noted rising 13% annually
医院门诊费年均涨13% 卫生部:杜绝不合理收费
EastDay.com, April 19, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node57618/userobject1ai1027610.html

Public Health-HIV-Aids
Aids patients in Henan to receive 12 yuan monthly allowance from the government
河南农村艾滋病困难户7月1日起每人领12元月补助
YahooNews.com (Chinese edition), April 19, 2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050419/346/2b2yr.html

Resettlement – forceful eviction
Diehard villagers still fighting forced eviction
SCMP, April 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXIVVOY6E.html

Hong Kong – Basic Law
Elsie Leung's remarks anger lawyers
SCMP, April 19, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZDIVVOY6E.html

Monday, April 18, 2005

April 16-18, 2005


News

Children
4 saved in police crackdown on child trafficking
湖北警方破获一拐卖儿童大案 解救4名被拐儿童
EastDay.com, April 18, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node57395/userobject1ai1025550.html

June 4th –EU arms ban
China-Japan strains further cloud EU plans to lift arms ban
AFP via Yahoo news, April 17, 2005
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1529&ncid=
1529&e=2&u=/afp/20050417/wl_asia_afp/euchinajapanarms_0
50417053013

Human rights - Bilateral ties
US Congress hearing on state control over the society in China
美国会听证中国社会控制
Voice of America, April 16, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-16-voa24.cfm

Law
Money can’t compensate the mental damages of She Xianglin
佘祥林精神损害赔偿无法可依
Legal Daily, April 18, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/2005-04/18/content_2
06308.htm

Labour
Four major problems in current medical system in medical system have significant impacts on labour’s health, official survey says
2005百姓看病调查:四大弊端影响劳动者生命健康
People Daily, April 18, 2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/3329026.html

Labour- Work Safety/ Condition
Synthetic gem makers in battle over lung disease
SCMP, April 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZG00VOY6E.html

Exhaustion should not be ignored as survey finds that 20 % of the working population works more than 10 hours per day
中青年20%每天工作超10小时 "过劳死"不容忽视
East Day.com, April 18, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node379
57/node37979/node57395/userobject1ai1023771.html

Media - Internet
China’s Great Firewall
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/04/15/china_
internet_censorship/

Protests and petitions
Protests by ex-soldiers 'the tip of the iceberg'
SCMP, April 16, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE2PVOY6E.html

Crackdown on activists to head off protests
SCMP, April 16, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZAS1VOY6E.html

Anti-Japan protests raise doubts over Chinese government’s control
Financial Times, April 17, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/73eb49a4-af55-11d9-bb33-00000e
}2511c8.html

Public Health
Cancer has become top killer
Xinhuanet.com, April 16, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/16/content_28
39445.htm

Rural issue - Land Policy
Decrease of farmland slows down
Xinhuanet.com, April 16, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/16/content_28
36834.htm

Rural Issue - Taxation
Reform raises stock of farmers
Xinhuanet.com, April 18, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/18/content_284
3424.htm

Society – Drug
Brain surgery to cure drug addicts banned
SCMP, April 18, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZO74VOY6E.html

Friday, April 15, 2005

April 15, 2005

News

Food security – GM crops
Beijing acts as green group urges GM rice recall
The Standard, April 15, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GD15Ad
12.html

June 4th – EU arms ban
Consensus on ending arms ban collapses
SCMP, April 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZF4YUOY6E.html

Law
People should adjust their concepts to law
司法理念需调整变更
BeijingNews.com, April 15, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0415/12@01051
2.html

A review on the wrongful conviction case of She Xianglin (佘祥林)
佘祥林冤案检讨
Nanfang Weekend, April 15, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050414/xw/fz/20050
4140008.asp

No more forceful confessions in Sichuan, a step forward of Chinese legal system?
四川不再采用逼供证据是进步？
Voice of America, April 14, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-04-14-voa61.cfm

Media – internet
Blocking of internet 'taken to new level'
SCMP, April 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB4YUOY6E.html

Protests and petitions
Shanghai says it will not approve rallies
SCMP, April 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV4YUOY6E.html

Wider channel for filing complaints
Xinhuanet, April 15, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/15/content_283
3043.htm

Public health
18 million Chinese adults now obese: study
AFP via YahooNews.com, April 15, 2005
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050414/19/tz30.html

Hong Kong - Basic Law
Experts pinpoint further uncertainties over Law
SCMP, April 15, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ2SLVOY6E.html

Beijing invites Hong Kong democrats to exchange opinions on law re-interpretation
北京邀民主派议员就释法交换意见
Voice of America, April 14, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-14-voa36.cfm

Thursday, April 14, 2005

April 14, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention - Adam Briscoe
US NGO worker interrogated in Beijing
美国人权工作者在北京被中国当局监禁和审讯
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2005
Adam Briscoe, an American Human Right worker in Beijing was interrogated and detained for six hours by police yesterday. Briscoe was arrested at his office after the police confirmed that he didn’t bring along his passport to work. He was fined and release afterwards.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/04/13/renquan/


News

Death penalty
Supreme People’s Court may setup court of appeal in Beijing to review death penalty cases
最高法可能在北京设复核庭收回死刑复核权
EastDay.com, April 14, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node56871/userobject1ai1013851.html

Policy direction after returning the power to approve and review death penalty cases to Supreme People’s Court
死刑复核权收回后路向何方 ？
Legal Daily, April 14, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/14/content_2054
99.htm

University student sentenced to death for murdering and raping teacher
男生奸杀女教师被判死刑
BeijingNew.coms, April 14, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0414/10@0227
02.html#

Food security – GM crops
Greenpeace says GM rice grown in Hubei
SCMP, April 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOGTUOY6E.html

GM rice case to be reviewed
Xinhuanet.com, April 14, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/14/content_282
7618.htm

Human Rights
Beijing's white paper on rights dismissed
SCMP, April 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTCIVOY6E.html

Rights groups comment on China’s Human Rights White Paper and human rights conditions in China
人权组织评中国白皮书和人权状况
Voice of America, April 13, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-13-voa97.cfm

Protecting the rights of ethnic minorities yet to realize, say leading American rights experts
美专家：中国少数民族权利未兑现
Voice of America, April 13, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-13-voa79.cfm

June 4th
Tiananmen absent from China's textbooks
SCMP, April 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEFTUOY6E.html

Labour
Employment discrimination highlights the lack of legal protections to workers
没有成本的就业歧视
China Youth Daily, April 14, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/14/content_1069
069.htm

Law
Wrongly jailed man freed after 11 years
China Daily, April 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/14/content
_434020.htm

Law – legal reform
Forceful confession and evidence taken by force not accept by court as regulations on adopting evidence for criminal cases announced
中国首个刑事证据规范出台 刑讯逼供后可翻供
EastDay.com, April 14, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node56871/userobject1ai1013916.html

Poverty – income gaps / Rural issues
Farmers' income up; urban-rural gap widens
Xinhuanet.com, April 14, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/14/content_2826
135.htm

Protests and petitions
Former PLA soldiers rally over retirement benefits
SCMP, April 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSGTUOY6E.html

Local official makes front-pages hundreds of Chinese media for well treating petitioners
People’s Daily, April 14, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/14/eng20050414
_180919.html

Public health – HIV Aids
China arrests 15 in AIDS blood donor scandal
Reuters via YahooNews.com, April 14, 2005
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&amp
;amp;amp;ncid=731&e=1&u=/nm/20050414/wl_nm/aids_chin
a_dc

Hong Kong - Basic Law
Report: China Considers Amending HK Constitution
China National News, April 14, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc931
9e9b/id/92746ddf3126125a/

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

April 13, 2005

Top news of the day

Human rights
White paper illustrates human rights progress
Xinhuanet.com, April 13, 2005
China published a white paper on progress in human rights in 2004 today. The paper praised government’s marked efforts in protecting human rights last year.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/13/content_2822
204.htm



News

Children
Giving children the edge in battling cars on roads
SCMP, April 13, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIPEVOY6E.html

Corruption
Corruption of grassroots officials rampant
Xinhuanet.com, April 13, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/13/content_2820
908.htm

Death penalty
Fujiang woman sentenced to death for murdering lover
福建武平一女子毒杀情夫沉尸水塘被判处死刑
People’s Daily, April 12, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/3315253.html

Petitioner sentenced to death for violent protests
盐城一农妇暴力上访被判死刑
Legal Daily, April 13, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/13/content_20488
8.htm

Labour – employment market and income
Chinese factories struggle to hire
USA Today via YahooNews.com, April 12, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/4a3c24d21de99a
5c/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/

Law
Murder case puts the Chinese legal system on trial
Financial Times, April 13, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/86c3c294-abb9-11d9-893c-00000e
2511c8.html

Media – press freedom
Dismissed media studies professor Jiao Gaobiao (焦國標) criticizes China’s media censorship system
焦国标再次抨击中国新闻检查制度
Voice of America, April 12, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2005-04-12-voa87.cfm

Protests and petitions
In riot village, the government is on the run
SCMP, April 13, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3NEVOY6E.html

New regulations on petitions to take effective on May 1 strictly prohibiting retributions against petitioners and protesters
新版信访条例5月1日起实施 将严惩打击报复
Xinhuanet.com, April 13, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-04/11/content_28141
71.htm

Rural issues
Farmers expected to increase income by 5%, say Green paper 2005 on rural economy
2005农村经济绿皮书:今年农民收入预计增长5%
EastDay.com, April 13, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node56732/userobject1ai1011717.html

Xinjiang
Terrorism 'an excuse' to suppress Muslims
SCMP, April 13, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZODQUOY6E.html

China Rejects Rights Groups' Charge of Muslim Repression
Voice of America, April 12, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-04-12voa122.cfm

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

April 12, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and petitions / Environment
30,000 clash with police in village pollution riot
SCMP, April 12, 2005
30,000 villagers in Dongyang, Zhejiang clashed with local police when the police attempted to disrupt the villagers’ protests against population, which had caused severe damage on soil quality and agricultural production. Over a hundred people were sent to hospital.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNF1YQY6E.html

Xinjiang
China accused of crushing campaign against Muslim Uighurs
AFP via YahooNews.com, April 12, 2005
A human rights report jointed published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Human Rights in China (HRIC), the Chinese government is criticised of religious repression in Xinjiang in the name of anti-separatism and counter terrorism.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1530&ncid=
731&e=10&u=/afp/20050412/wl_asia_afp/chinaxinjiangusrights



News

Death Penalty - Hou Shuanxi (侯雙喜)
Hubei murderer executed
湖北隨州首例網吧殺人案主犯被執行死刑
Xinhuanet.com, April 12, 2005
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/legal/
2005-04/12/content_2818214.htm

Environment
Claws out as watchdog flexes green muscles
SCMP, April 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHFMUOY6E.html

Environment / Public health
'Polluted fog' leaves a city gasping
SCMP, April 12, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZQI3VOY6E.html

Gender – sex workers
Sex Trade Dominates Debate on Chinese Women
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/04/11/china_pro
stitution/

Hukou
Lan Zhiqian(蘭志強):Who stole my hukou?
誰弄“丟”了我的戶口--一個“黑人”的23個春秋
Xinhuanet.com, April 12, 2005
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/news
center/2005-04/12/content_2818472.htm

Law
Court to clear murder charge against She Xianglin (佘祥林) tomorrow, father of the innocent convicts prepares to get compensation of 200,000 yuan
法院明日宣判佘祥林無罪 佘父要求賠20萬
Xinhuanet.com, April 12, 2005
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/legal/
2005-04/12/content_2816644.htm

Eliminate evil practices of forceful confession is fundamental to uphold the rule of law
消除刑讯逼供的治本之策
Legal Daily, April 12, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/12/content_204
461.htm

Law
To promote legal education in tertiary institution
高校该如何改进法学教育
China Youth News, April 12, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/12/content_1067210.htm

Media – press freedom
Former Tsinghua University Arts Professor: Why did I resign?
陈丹青:我为什么辞职
Nanfang Weekend, April 7, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050407/wh/whxw/2005
04070053.asp

Media – internet
Closure of BBS sites provokes waves of protests in universities
中国教育部封BBS引发抗议风浪
Voice of America, April 11, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-11-voa45.cfm

Protests and petitions
Beijing in dilemma over protesters
Financial Times, April 12, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0c42d3d4-aaf1-11d9-98d7-00000e25
11c8.html

Public health / rural issues
Healthcare system in rural systems the requisite to achieve Xiaokan (a moderately well-off society)
农民有健康才能奔小康
Legal Daily, April 12, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/12/content_20441
9.htm
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