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.

Thursday, June 09, 2005

June 9, 2005

News


Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Singapore journalist association urges the release of Ching Cheong
新记者协会吁中国尽快处理程翔案
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa54.cfm

Hong Kong media: Ching tells Taiwan China’s bottom line of its Taiwan policy
港媒体：程翔涉嫌向台湾透露大陆对台政策的底线
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/08/chingch
eong/

Zhang Hua: to save Ching Cheong, make it high profile or low profile in press?
张华：救程翔，该低调还是高调？
Apple Daily via Chinesenewsnet.com, June 9, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
6_8_17_41_0_12.html

Gender
Little sex knowledge means more abortions
China Daily, June 9, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/09/content
_449873.htm

Gender - Marriage
Guangdong divorce rate soars since restrictions lifted
SCMP, June 9, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTYOMEK9E.html

Government – Governance and accountability
3,000 university students in Hebei given official posts in villages
三千大学生中原当“村官”
China Youth Daily, June 9, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/09/content_16045.htm

Human rights – Bilateral ties
China defector says would rather die than go home
Reuters via YahooNews.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050609/wl_nm/australia_china_
defector_dc/nc:731;_ylt=AqPoJNAl19OVPFLVpCuWbw4Bxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Media – press freedom
Alarms Over China
Forbe.com, June 8, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/06/08/china-media-inte
rnet-cz_rm_0608crackdown.html?partner=rss

Migrant workers
Survey on the cost of defending rights of rural migrant workers: to get delay payment of 100 billion yuan would cost 300 billion yuan of the society
农民工维权成本调查：追讨1千亿欠薪需3千亿成本
Xinhuanet.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/09/content_3061
559.htm

Population – One-child policy
Violations of the reproductive right of the Chinese people persists, according to experts
专家：中国仍存在计生侵权问题
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa78.cfm

Society
Ministry of Civil Affairs should not abandon the disadvantaged groups
民政部门不能抛弃弱者
China Youth Daily, June 9, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/09/content_15875.htm

Tibet
Wife of exile Tibetan Independence Movement activist leaves to Europe with fake passports via Hong Kong after 3-month detention in Beijing
疆独负责人迪里夏提之妻以假护照经香港转机
Dajiyuan.com, June 8, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/6/8/n948744.htm

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

June 8, 2005

Top news of the day

Media – Internet
China Orders All Web Sites to Register
AP via YahooNews.com, June 8, 2005
All China-based websites and blogs have been ordered to register with the Ministry of Information Industry by June 30, or they would be closed down. Unregistered sites would face fines up to 1 million yuan for illegal operation. The move drew severe criticism as the government’s latest effort to tighten media control in China.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050608/ap_on_hi_te/china_
policing_the_net/nc:731;_ylt=AsI0bro20fuEffL4w3B5q9YBxg
8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl



News

Children - children trafficking
Crackdown of children traffickers saves 17 children in Zhengzhong
郑州解救17名被拐儿童
The Beijing News, June 8, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0608/05@0135
23.html#

Corporate social responsibility / NGOs
Chinese Companies Spend Little on Charities
Xinhua News Agency via China Digital News, June 6, 2005
http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/131210.htm

Death penalty
Death sentence to online game player by Shanghai law court
上海判决首起网络纠纷杀人案 被告人被判死缓
People’s Daily, June 8, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/3449888.html

Environment
Bias environmental protect efforts in certain provinces may balloon pollution damages in other provinces
“环境不公”比环境污染更有害
China Youth Daily, June 8, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/08/content_15381.htm

Environment – Water
Billions to be sunk into water pipes
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVNPYFA9E.html

Human rights – bilateral ties
Second China defector backs Australia spy claims
Reuters via China National News, June 7, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9
319e9b/id/00949cec35ac0a2c/

Diplomat seeking asylum in Australia also met US officials
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4OPYFA9E.html

June 4th
State media silent as former aide to Zhao Ziyang dies
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKOPYFA9E.html

Law
A total of 114,000 million lawyers in China, but 206 counties without one
律师11.4万但分布不均衡 我国206个县无律师
People’s Daily, June 8, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3450721.html

Migrant workers
Pension scheme offers carefree retired life for migrants
Xinhuanet.com, June 8, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/08/content_305
8323.htm

Public health – HIV Aids / Gender – sex workers
The controversy of new Aids initiatives over sex industry
防愛滋新舉措掀性產業爭論
Asia Times Online, June 8, 2005
http://www.atchinese.com/2005/06/0607rep3.htm

Prostitutes targeted in anti-AIDS battle
Xinhuanet.com, June 8, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/08/content_305
7637.htm

China Urges Needle Exchanges to Fight AIDS
AP via YahooNews.com, June 7, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050607/ap_on_re_as/china_
aids/nc:731;_ylt=Asu3kFKqyhlzGp9EJjQELjIBxg8F;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Society
Homeless, mentally ill 'dumped' in Jiangxi countryside
SCMP, June 8, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWPX3GA9E.html

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

June 7, 2005

Top news of the day

Religion - Christianity
Catholic priests released after two month of detention
中国释放两名天主教神父
Voice of America, June 6, 2005
The Cardinal Kung Foundation reported on Monday that Zhao Zhendong (趙振東) and Zhao Kwxun (趙克勛), a Bishop and an administrator of the diocese respectively in an underground church near northern province of Hebei, were released after two month of detention. The move was seen as Beijing’s gesture to improve ties with Vatican.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-06-voa38.cfm


News

Corruption
Officials' spouses urged to build "family firewall" against corruption
Xinhuanet.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/06/content_305
2489.htm

60 Jiangsu officials punished for receiving ‘gifts’ during Lunar New Year
江苏60人“节日腐败”遭处分
Xinhuanet.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/06/content_
3050479.htm

Detention - Huang Qi (黃琦)
Freed Chinese Dissident Vows To Resume Tiananmen Web Site
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/06/06/china_
cyberdissent/

Human rights – bilateral ties
Rebel Chinese diplomat makes second plea for asylum in Australia
AFP via YahooNews.com, June 7, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050607/wl_asia_afp/australia
chinausdiplomat/nc:731;_ylt=AhQNFw2pEt0O9rfHgtwrQIgBxg
8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


June 4th
China Rejects U.S. Appeal on Tiananmen
AP via YahooNews.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050606/ap_on_re_as/china_
us_tiananmen/nc:731;_ylt=AkU6AU8Wwqsckiu4HzbIOLQBxg
8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

When will China answer for Tiananmen massacre?
USA Today via YahooNews.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/2005
0606/cm_usatoday/whenwillchinaanswerfortiananmenmassacre

Law
Lower the age threshold liable for legal responsibility as juvenile delinquency cases on accelerate?
未成年人犯罪激增 刑事责任年龄是否该降?
Ynet.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5487409&pageno=1

Law - Legal profession
Lawyers in politics viable in China? (Part II)
律师从政 在华可行？(2)
Voice of America, June 6, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-06-voa66.cfm

Media - Internet
China using new "Night Crawler System" to monitor internet and close unregistered websites
Interfax.cn via China Digital News, June 6, 2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=2367

NGOs
Tough rules for NGOs may impede volunteer scheme
SCMP, June 7, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRVVRGA9E.html

Law professor of Beijing University urges for legislations on charity organizations
北京大学法学教授：中国需要一部公益事业组织法
Chinesenewsnet, June 7, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/zxs_2005-06-07_583537.shtml

Olympics/Corruption
No corruption found in Games preparation
China Daily, June 7, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/07/content
_449116.htm

Police – abuse / Law
A true story of “double regulations” against the people: 69-year-old man beaten to death as protest against forceful conviction in Zhejiang
“双规”案例实录——实录之一：69岁老人被打死
Boxcn.com, June 6, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/2005060
60011.shtml

Supreme People’s Procuratorate vows to clear wrongful verdict and forceful conviction in the name of human right
司法高层重视冤错案 以人权名义清理刑讯逼供
EastDay.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node66550/userobject1ai1159796.html

Video and audio taping the solutions for forceful conviction?
录音录像真能管住刑讯逼供？
Legal Daily, June 6, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/07/content_150
629.htm

Police should testify in court to verify forceful conviction claims
是否刑讯逼供 警察出庭质证
Legal Daily, June 6, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/07/content_1506
25.htm

Half of a thousand cases filed under administrative procedure laws targets police
2004年沈阳出现千例"民告官" 一半以上告公安
EastDay.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node66798/userobject1ai1161419.html

Politics
Sooner or later China will embrace democracy
Financial Times, June 7, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/a881c794-d6ef-11d9-b0a4-00000e
2511c8.html

Public health – HIV Aids
Migrant workers targeted in new campaign to stem spread of Aids
SCMP, June 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8HT3GA9E.html

Resettlement
More State help for landless farmers
China Daily, June 7, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/07/content_
449253.htm

Society /Social Security
Homeless and mentally retarded people thrown out of the city to make a pleasant city environment
为整顿市容 7名流浪人员被抛送荒野
China Youth Daily, June 7, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/07/content_14928.htm

Monday, June 06, 2005

June 4-6, 2005


Top News

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Reporter under house arrest
SCMP, June 6, 2005
Ching Cheong was put under house arrest for investigation, according to an official notification from the State Security Bureau to the wife of the detained journalist. Yet, the Bureau did not give reasons for the delay in notification.
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZNJIYFA9E.html

Detention – Huang Qi (黃琦)
Cyber-dissident out of jail, gets house arrest
SCMP, June 6, 2005
Reporter Without Border reported that Huang Qi, a cyber dissident, had been released after severing 5 years in a Sichuan prison, but was warned not to leave his home in rural Sichuan without police permission. Huang was arrested in June 2000 for running a “subversive” website.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2CEMEK9E.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monk Held in Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, June 3, 2005
Jiagme Dasang, a 22 year old monk from Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai Province, was detained by the Huangzhong County Public Security Bureau after a daily prayer ceremony. He was alleged of having possible links with Tibetan separatist as a number of anti-government posters were noted in the monastery at the time of arrest.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/06/03/tibetan
_detain/


News

Children - Abuse
Suzhou orphanage forceful undergo hysterectomy operation for mental retarded girls: trials in court
福利院切除少女子宫案开庭
Ynet.com, June 4, 2005
http://china.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5474229&pageno=1

Disaster
China Flooding Kills 204; 79 Missing
AP via YahooNews.com, June 5, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050605/ap_on_re_as/china_
floods/nc:731;_ylt=AjXfQDvf3GulxVZuk2Oy0GsBxg8F;_ylu=
X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Environment
290 cities suffered severe pollution, fail to reach environmental standard in cities
中国共有290个城市空气质量达不到居住区标准
EastDay.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node66408/userobject1ai1157280.html

Ecological ruin costs western provinces 150b yuan
SCMP, June 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ13SRGA9E.html

Environment / Law
Fisherman's wife battles to turn the tide against polluters
SCMP, June 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV3N3GA9E.html

Government – Governance and accountability
Progress made in rural grass-roots democratic institutional reforms
Xinhuanet.com, June 4, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/04/content_3043
813.htm

Survey on a program campaigning university students as rural officials in Hunan: a great success to bring ‘new blood’ in rural areas
河南大学生村官计划调查:为农村干部输入新血
EastDay.com, June 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node66550/userobject1ai1157860.html

Human rights – bilateral ties
Australia under fire over treatment of defecting Chinese diplomat
AFP via YahooNews.com, June 6, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050606/wl_asia_afp/australia
chinadiplomat/nc:731;_ylt=AkUbIoC_DIuW.pvtrqQLjTcBxg8F;
_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


Rumsfeld warns Beijing about lack of democracy
SCMP, June 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHWR2GA9E.html

June 4th
Right activists under surveillance in wake of June 4th anniversary
六四敏感期民运人士被监控
Voice of America, June 5, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/N2005-06-05-voa36.cfm

Close watch as parents mourn June 4 victims
SCMP, June 5, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4UGYFA9E.html

Tiananmen crusaders adopt a new rallying cry
SCMP, June 5, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ01O3GA9E.html

History is on our side, says dissident
SCMP, June 4, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCQFYFA9E.html

Labour-Industrial accidents/Children
Schoolchildren Appeal to China's Leaders Over Fireworks Factory On Their Doorstep
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/06/04/fireworks/

Law
Lawyers in politics viable in China?
律师从政 在华可行？
Voice of America, June 5, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-05-voa51.cfm

Media-Internet
China fights to control the net
The Australian via China Digital News, June 6, 2005
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/
0,5744,15521940%255E2703,00.html

Public health
Trading of human organs prohibited
Xinhuanet.com, June 5, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/05/content_304
6250.htm

WTO
China to host WTO mini-ministerial meeting
Xinhuanet.com, June 4, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/04/content_304
4887.htm

Friday, June 03, 2005

June 3, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Open letter reveals Ching’s work relationship with President Hu Jintao
多维追击：妻子公开信爆料程翔为胡锦涛工作
Chinesenewsne.com, June 3, 2005
In an Open Letter to President Hu Jintao, Mary Lau, the wife of the detained journalist, revealed that Ching Cheong had helped the central government to gather opinions from intellectuals and government officials on various Hong Kong issues. Law was shocked by the news of the detention of academics Lu Jianhua (陸建華) and Chen Hui (陳輝) because Ching and Lu were good friends. In 2001, Ching interviewed Lu many times on Taiwan, Sino-US relations, and other Chinese public policy.
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_6_2_17_18_21_839.html



Media – press freedom / media censorship
Live broadcast of CNN interview with New Zealand Premier blackout when mentioning human rights issues in China
新总理谈中国人权，电视画面空白
Voice of America, May 31, 2005
China censored CNN interview with Helen Clark, the visiting New Zealand Premier. The interview was blackout for 15 second on TV when the Premier commented on human right conditions in China.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-31-voa13.cfm


News

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
The Two Faces of China's Leadership
LA Times, June 2, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china2
jun02,1,2069912.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=
true

Detention – Lu Jianhua (陸建華) and Chen Hui (陳輝) / State secrets
New crackdown over state secrets
SCMP, June 3, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR6MRGA9E.html

Detention – Zhao Yan (趙岩)
Prosecutors Take Chinese Researcher Case
AP via YahooNews.com, June 2, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050602/ap_on_re_as/china_
new_york_times/nc:731;_ylt=Alf_GH.X79md3Fi3O.sS92UBxg
8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Disaster
At least 71 dead, 58 missing as China rains destroy thousands of homes
AFP via YahooNews.com, June 3, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050603/
wl_asia_afp/chinaweathertoll_050603024053

Education
Inequality in access to education more alarming than growing income disparity
我国教育差距的严重程度比经济差距更大
China Youth Daily, June 3, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/03/content_13511.htm

Environment
Pollution blights many cities in China
China Daily, June 3, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/03/content
_448099.htm

Pollution in cities and seas the toughest clean-up task
SCMP, June 3, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5ZJ3GA9E.html

Governance and accountability
Government set to announce new regulations specifying standards and criteria for auditing government officials’ performance
“考官”新法　引而待发
Nanfang Weekend, June 2, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050602/xw/szxw1/
200506020027.asp

Labour-Work safety and conditions
473 provinces have yet to install safety monitoring systems
473个县（区）未设安监机构
The Beijing News, June 3, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0603/09@00
4056.html

Olympics
Beijing Olympic organisers hold first sponsor workshop
People’s Daily via China National News, June 3, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300f
c9319e9b/id/8e43fc3783029afa/

Thursday, June 02, 2005

June 2, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention - Lu Jianhua (陸建華) and Cheng Hui (陳輝) / State secret
China holds sociologist for leaking state secrets
Reuters via YahooNews.com, June 2, 2005
Lu Jianhua (陸建華), 45, a prominent sociologist at Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS), and Chen Hui (陳輝), assistant to Director of the research institute, were reportedly detained in April and May respectively on suspicion of “leaking state secret”. CASS claimed ignorance of the detention, but noticed that Although Lu and Chen did not come to the office for a while.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050602/
wl_nm/china_secrets_dc_1

Tibet
Tibetans, Chinese Security Forces Clash in Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2005
Violent clashes between Tibetans and security forces were reported in Qinghai Province on May 20-21. Thousands of Tibetans were angry with the elevation of tax levy and accused local Chinese authorities of pocketing most of the money.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/06/01/tibetan
_clash/


News

Children
Childhood in the ‘garbage’ village
垃圾村里的童年
BeijingNews.com, June 2, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0602/10@015
516.html

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
The statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs implies Ching a spy for Taiwan
多维追击：中国外交部暗示程翔替台湾工作
Chinesenewsnet.com, June 2, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_5_31_21_43_17_385.html

Outcry over arrest puts pressure on mainland
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZMY7YFA9E.html

Detention of HK journalist is mainland's legal affair: officials
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ33L2GA9E.html

Believe only the hard evidence
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZS5G3GA9E.html

Transparency needed in case of 'spy' journalist
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZAY7YFA9E.html

Detained Journalist Entrapped by Bogus Promise of Zhao Papers: Zong Fengming
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/06/01/china_
journalist_arrest/

Detention - Shi Tao (師濤)
Shi Tao awarded human rights award
师涛在美国获中国青年人权奖
Voice of America, June 1, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-01-voa73.cfm

Environment
One third of China's land areas suffer from soil erosion
Xinhuanet.com, June 2, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/02/content_3
035063.htm

NPC set to legislate to entitle people the right to decent environment
全国人大将立法赋予公民环境权
Xinhuane.comt, June 1, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/01/content_3030
028.htm

Population – one-child policy
Rewards family for having fewer kids, instead of punishing them for having more
“奖励少生”代替“处罚多生”
Legal Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/02/content_147
816.htm

June 4th
China tighten monitor on political dissidents
中国加紧对政治异见者的监控
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/01/jiankong/

Labour-Industrial accidents (cases)
Explosion kills 2 in Anhui Province
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content
_448000.htm

Law – legal rights
Immediate access to lawyers makes a difference in lawsuits
第一时间后”的律师帮助
Legal Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/02/content_1478
74.htm

Law-legal professions
The puzzles of Chinese lawyers
中国律师的困惑
Legal Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/02/content_147
875.htm

Police – Re-education through labour (RTL)
To fix the problems of Re-education through labour mechanism in China
抓住监狱劳教系统的突出问题整改
Legal Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/02/content_147
811.htm

Public health – HIV Aids
Government reveals plan to combat AIDS
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content
_447742.htm

Sixteen infected HIV by blood in hospital
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content_
447743.htm

AIDS: Forewarned is to be forearmed
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content_
447876.htm

Resettlement – Infrastructure (dam project)
Mass movement of affected population noted as resettlement project for Danjiangkou dam continues
南水北调中线坝区移民全面动迁
Chinesenewsnet.com, June 2, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_06_01_22_55_19_042.html

Rural Issues - Taxation
China to hold national meeting on rural tax reform
China Daily, June 2, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/02/content
_447741.htm

Hong Kong
Survey reveals concerns over loss of freedoms since 1997
SCMP, June 2, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ66G3GA9E.html

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

June 1, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Zhao Yan (趙岩)
New York Times Chinese researcher accused of fraud
Reuters via YahooNews.com, June 1, 2005
The lawyer of Zhao Yan, the detained Chinese journalist and researcher for the New York Times, said that Beijing police had leveled an accusation of fraud against Zhao today. Given this new accusation, the police could legally hold Zhao Yan for seven months for investigation without bringing his to trial.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050601/wl_nm/china_resear
cher_dc/nc:731;_ylt=AvEFRTJGM42OCVCKLdae83EBxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

June 4th – prisoners (Zhao Ziyang) / Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Zong Fengming (宗鳯鳴) vow to publish dialogues with Zhao Ziyang, despite the detention of Ching Cheong
美关注程翔被捕宗凤鸣称继续出书
Voice of America, June 1, 2005
Zong Fengming (宗鳯鳴), a close associate of Zhang who had rare access to Zhao in the past 10 years, said the manuscript of his dialogues with Zhao was safe and would not withdraw the plan to publish the dialogue to commemorate Zhao.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-01-voa1.cfm

Law
Court move undermines commitment to rule of law in China
Financial Times, June 1, 2005
Shannxi High Court refused to hear a lawsuit against the provincial government for seizing oil wells run by hundreds of oil entrepreneurs. The move was criticized of infringing citizens’ right to defend their interests against the wrong-doing of the government, a right enshrined in the Administrative Litigation Law. At least five lawyers, including lead lawyer Zhu Jiuhu (朱久虎), had been detained by the authority.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ff6f5a0e-d239-11d9-8c82-00000e
2511c8.html




News

Death Penalty – Zhang Hongdong(張宏東)
Gang leader executed for committing a series of triad crimes in Liaoning
辽宁“4·05”特大涉黑案主犯张宏东被执行死刑
Legal Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/01/content_147
153.htm

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
HK journalist confessed to spying: Beijing
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZJO4YFA9E.html

I'm ready for the worst, says wife
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZKRERGA9E.html


Food Security
Guangzhou strives to guarantee food safety
China Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/01/content_
447500.htm

June 4th
Rising sympathy for Tiananmen students
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ4UC3GA9E.html

Calls on China’s Leader to Rethink June 4
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/05/30/china_annivers
ary/

Beijing advise petitioners to return home at the wake of June 4th anniversary
六四近京勸返上訪者
Oriential Daily, June 1, 2005
http://orientaldaily.com.hk/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=478918

Labour – Industrial accidents
Mine blast in Huating, Gansu leads to 1 dead and 17 injured
甘肃华亭煤矿发生矿难18人被埋 1人死17人受伤
EastDay.com, June 1, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node65373/userobject1ai1143788.html

Labour - Work Safety and condition
Mines to appoint veterans as Guardian Angels
China Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/01/content
_447373.htm

Law
Xu Jingxiang cleared charges after jailed for 13 years
胥敬祥：冤狱13年有罪变无罪
Legal Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/01/content_14715
7.htm

Law – Legal reform
Court may refuse endorsement of unlawful ‘red-titled document’, according to the draft revision of Administrative Procedural Law
行政诉讼法修改稿:法院可判决撤销违法红头文件
EastDay.com, June 1, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node65373/userobject1ai1143958.html

Lawyers urge to abolish “forgery charges against lawyers”
律师呼吁：取消“律师伪证罪”
Legal Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-06/01/content_147
146.htm

Media – press freedom
Reporters told to take ideology test
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBO4YFA9E.html

Chinese journalists at risk, says rights group
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKPG2GA9E.html

Migrant Workers-Children
Children's Day offers young migrants hope
Xinhuanet.com, June 1, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/01/content_30288
55.htm

Urban, rural children as equals
China Daily, June 1, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/01/content_
447495.htm

Public health
Smoking doctors set poor example
SCMP, June 1, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEOG2GA9E.html

Public health-HIV-AIDS
Aids activist urges aids organisation not to ‘use’ Aids orphans for fund raising
高耀洁：别把艾滋孤儿当摇钱树
China Youth Daily, June 1, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/01/content_12183.htm

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

May 31, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
China accuses detained HK reporter of spying
In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, China confirmed detention of Ching Cheong (程翔), a prominent Hong Kong reporter who work with Singapore’s Strait Times, for spying activities in China. The authority said that Ching admitted engagement in “intelligence gathering activities” and acceptance of “huge amount of spying fee” and confessed spying for foreign organisations.
Reuters via YahooNews.com, May 31, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050531/wl_nm/china_reporter
_dc/nc:731;_ylt=AuMscU8OiLgL3QsZA4.1EWwBxg8F;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


News

Children/Public health-Mental Health
Gamers to receive help
China Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/31/content_
447110.htm

Death Penalty
Two prisoners on death row in Fujian claim innocence
福建两死刑犯称：我们是冤枉的
China Youth Daily, May 31, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/31/content_11541.htm

Education / Rural issues
Free basic education to target students in rural areas
义务教育将主要服务农村学生
China Youth Daily, May 31, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/31/content_11671.htm

China to pump US$2.4b to rural schools
China Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/31/content_
447118.htm

Law
15 state legislations and 13 provincial laws to take effective on June 1
中国27部法规、规章6月1日起开始实施[解读]
EastDay.com, May 31, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node65197/userobject1ai1141742.html

Concerns over the judicial system of juvenile delinquency
关注少年刑事司法
Legal Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/31/content_146
465.htm

Highlights on a new set of judicial protection measures to juvenile delinquents in Sichuan
未成年人刑事司法的五个“第一次”
Legal Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/31/content_146
468.htm

Over 80% of criminal suspects do not meet their lawyers within 48 hours
超过八成犯罪嫌疑人48小时内见不到律师
Ynet.com, May 31, 2005
http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=5437328

Law – Legal profession
Beijing NPC representatives inspects lawyers on their decency in law practice
全國人大常委會執法檢查組在京檢查律師法執法
CRI Online, May 30, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/05/30/922@564800.htm

Overworked judges retire early
SCMP, May 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZEB2YFA9E.html

Ministry of Justice: Report on Development of Legal Profession in China 2005
司法部：2005年中国律师业发展政策报告
People’s Daily, May 31, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3430216.html#

Olympics
Oil giant pumps in 2008 Olympic Games aid
Xinhuanet.com, May 31, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/31/content_3024
301.htm

IOC official says there will be no censorship of media
SCMP, May 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ74B3GA9E.html

Society - ethnic minority
Economy grows in minority regions
China Daily, May 31, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/31/content
_447115.htm

Monday, May 30, 2005

May 28-30, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Ching Cheong
Hong Kong Reporter Being Held By China
The Washington Post, May 30, 2005
Ching Cheong, a prominent Hong Kong journalist and the Chief China correspondent of Singapore’s Straits Times, was reported under detention in China after he had been taken away by police in Guangzhou on April 22, where he was scheduled to obtain a collection of secret interviews with a Communist leader purged for opposing the 1989 Tiananmen Square movement. The authorities warned the Ching’s wife and the newspaper not to disclose Ching’s detention.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
05/29/AR2005052900986.html

News

Children
Focus on children's emotions, say experts
SCMP, May 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFTZURX8E.html

Gender Issues – Domestic violence
Legislation on domestic violence to take effective in August 1 in Liaoning
今年8月1日起 遼寧省立法預防和制止家庭暴力
CRI Online, May 29, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/05/29/381@563116.htm

Human Rights – bilateral ties
Human rights worries will not derail trade talks, says Clark
The New Zealand Herald, May 30, 2005
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=101
28235

June 4th –Tiananmen Mother Campaign
Victims' families demand Beijing face up to June 4
SCMP, May 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZIX4EA9E.html


Labour
Budget funding for re-employment up 31%
Xinhuanet.com, May 28, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/28/content_30
12963.htm

Land Policies
Declining in land resources causes tensions of land use in Beijing
北京土地资源日渐减少，用地紧张
Voice of America, May 29, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-29-voa22.cfm

Law
Torture by judicial personnel is not allowed: official
Xinhuanet.com, May 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/27/content_3012
614.htm

Media - Press freedom
Big Brother's book ban blues
The Standard, May 28-29, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Weekend/GE28Jp0
3.html

China is amongst the most repressive regimes on media control, according to World Association of Newspaper (WAN) latest report
世界报业协会：中国是压制新闻自由最严重国家之一
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/05/29/xinwenziyou/

Media - Internet
Great Firewall of China puts websites under pressure
SCMP, May 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2TN5EA9E.html

China in drive to register all Internet sites
AFP via the Independent Online, May 28, 2005
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=
qw1117268462827C553

Migrant Workers
Chinese migrant building workers join trade unions
China Daily, May 29, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/29/content
_446672.htm

Olympic
Thousand of homes destroyed to make way for Olympics tourists
Times, May 26, 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-3-1628199-
3,00.html

Police – Abuse
Police told to stop using torture
SCMP, May 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHI8CSX8E.html

Poverty
Minister in rare admission of the scale of poverty
SCMP, May 29, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLHJ5EA9E.html

Poverty / Ethnic minority
Balance of support and unity will help minorities, says Hu
SCMP, May 28, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFL9HSX8E.html

Public health
Poor regions get advanced medical equipment
Xinhuanet.com, May 29, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/29/content_3017
906.htm

Hong Kong
Wolves in sheep's clothing
SCMP, May 28, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ2RYURX8E.html

Hundreds of Hong Kong people join peaceful march to commemorate 16th anniversary of June 4th
香港上千名市民发起游行 纪念六四十六周年
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/05/29/6.4/

Friday, May 27, 2005

May 27, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention - Xu Wanping (許萬平)
Xu Wanping formally arrested on a charge of “subversion of state”
许万平被正式逮捕 当局正罗织罪名
Boxcn.com, May 27, 2005
The wife of Xu Wanping (許萬平), a rights activist who was taken away by the police on April 30, has been informed by the Chongqing police that Xu was arrested abd charged with “subversion of state” yesterday.
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/05/2005052
70342.shtml

Xinjiang/Media-press freedom
Five magazines banned in Xinjiang as the authority says ‘they’re illegal’
中国政府在新疆强行取缔五种报刊
Boxcn.com, May 26, 2005
A Xinjiang independent movement group condemned the Chinese government of media control and violation of freedom of speech in Xinjiang as five magazines were banned by the government due to reporting political sensitive stories.
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/05/20050526
0256.shtml


News

Children
Half of Children food in Guangdong fail to meet health standard, a survey shows
广东工商局抽查发现:将近半数儿童食品不合格
EastDay.com, May 27, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node64071/userobject1ai1130953.html

Gender Issues
UN Gender and Society Research Fund launched in China
中国社会性别研究基金启动
The Beijing News, May 27, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0527/11@0058
51.html#

Labour-Employment market and income
Ministry of Labour and Social Security suggests four measures to ensure labour get paid
劳动保障部：4举措确保农民工工资正常支付
People’s Daily, May 27, 2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3421772.html#

Law
Loopholes in Chinese judicial protection system lead to the suicide of policeman, says lawyer of innocent “wife-killer”
佘祥林律师称司法保护程序出差错造成民警自杀
EastDay.com, May 27, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node64071/userobject1ai1130772.html


Public Health - HIV-AIDS
US NGO workers optimistic about HIV prevention efforts in China
美国援华工作者谈防治艾滋
Voice of America, May 26, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-26-voa87.cfm

Public Health - Mental Health
Mental health activists
精神卫生的维护者
Nanfang Weekend, May 26, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050526/xw/xz/200505260046.asp

Resettlement - Protests and Petition
700 Villagers block construction work of Jing Cheng Highway to protest against unreasonable land compensation
征地费问题引发不满 京承高速施工被村民阻停
Chinesenewsnet.com, May 27, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_05_26_19_25_10_716.html

Society - Drug
Battles won on drugs, but war rages on
China Daily, May 27, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/27/content
_446062.htm


Society - Housing
Affordable Housing in Beijing: a breakthrough to secure right to housing of the poor
北京廉租房：找到了突破口
Nanfang Weekend, May 26, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050526/xw/ms/2005
05260036.asp

Society – ethnic minority / Law
State Council to implement Certain regulations on PRC on Regional National Autonomy
受权发布：国务院实施《中华人民共和国民族区域自治法》若干规定
Xinhuanet, May 27, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-05/27/content_
3007953.htm

Three Gorges
Tale of two towns by the Yangtze
China Daily, May 27, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/27/cont
ent_446207.htm

Hong Kong
Gay couples 'not immune to issues of gender'
SCMP, May 27, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZXS5HSX8E.html

Thursday, May 26, 2005

May 26, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and petitions
Petitioners rounded up in capital
SCMP, May 26, 2005
Between 300 to 500 petitioners in Beijing were, who were planning to file petitions with the Communist Party Discipline Committee, were forced to return to their home town yesterday, despite government rows to handle petitioning better under the new petitions regulations.
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHGEURX8E.html



News

Children
Child safety cited in call for better toy quality
Xinhuanet, May 26, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/26/content_300
3352.htm

More parents leaving their children in countryside
SCMP, May 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK61CSX8E.html

Death Penalty
Legislation urged to specify the right of prisoners on death row to see their family before execution
建议立法明晰死刑犯刑前会见家属的权利
China Youth Daily, May 26, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/26/content_9535.htm

Criminal sentenced to death for poisoning milk
向牛奶注甲醛 蒙牛毒牛奶案主犯被判死刑
Ynet.com, May 26, 2005
http://china.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5396838

Environment – Water
Nearly 75pc of Yellow River declared unfit for drinking, swimming
SCMP, May 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWQSURX8E.html

Gender Issues
Pink China comes out of shadows
BBC, May 24, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4575437.stm

Human Rights
In the eye of the beholder
SCMP, May 26, 2005
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/observer/ZZZPD0CSX8E.html

International rights group criticizes China for executions, religious repression
AP via YahooNew.com, May 26, 2005
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050525/ap/d8aa4nho0.html

Labour
Labour rights group urged China to ban forced labour practices
劳工组织吁中国等国结束强迫劳工
Voice of America, May 25, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-25-voa62.cfm

Law
Lawyer doesn’t help in “wife-killer” case
佘祥林案律师有多少无奈
Legal Daily, May 26, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/26/content_140
378.htm

Law – legal reform
Supreme People’s Procuratorate to build special report-filing mechanism to prevent innocent conviction cases
高检拟建特别备案审查制 有效防止冤错案发生
EastDay.com, May 26, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node63830/userobject1ai1127836.html

Flashy points and blindspots of the amendment of Administrative Proceeding Law
行政诉讼法“大修稿”亮点与盲区
Legal Daily, May 26, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/26/content_1403
75.htm

Olympics
Beijing strive to hold a “Green” Olympics
北京奥运场馆的筹备工作力求体现“绿色”理念
Xinhuanet.com, May 26, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-05/25/content_
3002437.htm

Population
Human tide expected to flood affluent coastal cities
SCMP, May 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ072HSX8E.html

Poverty – Income gap
An inequitable life
The Guardian, May 25, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1491
934,00.html

East-west wealth gap now a chasm
SCMP, May 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1HEURX8E.html

Rural Issues
Who still gives farmers a big burden on their lives?
新华时评：查一查谁还在加重农民负担
Xinhuanet.com, May 26, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-05/26/content
_3004370.htm

Society – Housing
Law as tool to protect right of housing
用法律维护百姓基本住房权益
Legal Daily, May 26, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/26/content_1403
33.htm

Hong Kong – Basic Law
Anger and walkouts as CE bill gets rubber stamp
The Standard, May 26, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GE26Ak04.html

Beijing fears election 'conspiracy'
The Standard, May 26, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GE26Ak03.html

China heightens worries about human rights in Hong Kong, Amnesty says
AP via YahooNews.com, May 26, 2005
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050525/ap/d8aabh500.html

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

May 25, 2005

News

Children / Rural issues
Phenomena of “Orphan” in villages rampant
中国农村“留守儿童”牵动各界关注
Xinhuanet.com, May 25, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-05/25/content_
2998912.htm

Detention – Shi Tao (师涛)
Jailed journalist Shitao to be represented by Mo Shaoping in second trial
莫少平律师为记者师涛二审辩护
Voice of America, May 24, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-24-voa69.cfm

Environment – Water
Peasants suffer as long Hainan drought drags on
The Standard, May 25, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GE25Ad08.html

Gender
China's dangerous sexual ignorance
BBC, May 24, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4572859.stm

Gender - Marriage
Divorce cases hit 1 million as extramarital affairs get popular
中国流行婚外情离婚案破百万
Oriental Daily via chinesenewsnet.com, May 25, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest/Life/
2005_5_24_16_56_38_126.html

Labour
Shaanxi to protect unemployed workers
China Daily, May 25, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/25/content
_445503.htm

Labour - Employment market and income
South China factories short of workers
China Daily, May 25, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/25/content
_445545.htm

Law
Lost of right: right to defence in Chinese courts
遗落的权利
Legal Daily, May 25, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/25/content_13
8968.htm

Law – legal professions
Is prosecutors and lawyers born to be enemy?
检察官与律师 天生是冤家？
Legal Daily, May 25, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-05/25/content_138
970.htm

Media-Internet
Death by a Thousand Blogs
The New York Times, May 24, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/opinion/24kristoff.html

1,041 words banned on internet in China
何山：中国1041个被禁止的网络词汇
Chinesenewsne.comt, May 25, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005
_5_24_19_18_34_140.html

Population Policies
Only 4 coordinators assigned to a populated migrant workers village with 30,000 people in Beijing
北京流动人口第一村调查:3万人口仅4个协管员
EastDay.com, May 25, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node379
57/node37979/node63610/userobject1ai1124363.html

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

May 24, 2005

News

Labour - Employment market and income
One out of eleven young people out of work, survey shows
中国青年就业调查报告公布 11名青年有1人失业
YahooNews.com, May 24, 2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050523/467/2c3rk.html

Labour – Industrial accidents
Second escape from death for 'luckiest man in China
SCMP, May 24, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD4MURX8E.html

Law
State compensation is difficult to implement on the ground
国家赔偿也面临“执行难”
China Youth Daily, May 24, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/24/content_8367.htm

Media - Press freedom
China's Cultural Dynamism: Personal stories paint the big picture
Asia Pacific Media Network via China Digital News, May 23, 2005
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=24670

NGO / Law
Competition allowed amongst industry associations
行业协会允许适度竞争
Nanfang Daily, May 24, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/A02/2005
05240061.asp

Olympics
320 billion yuan to build "New Beijing"
China Economic Net via China Digital News, May 23, 2005
http://en-1.ce.cn/Industries/Utilities/200505/23/t20050523_
3892854.shtml

Police
Abuse cases and the restriction of police power
警察“事故多发”与警察权的控制
China Youth Daily, May 24, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/24/content_8307.htm

Politics – CPC
Chinese Communist Party has 69.6 mln members
Xinhuanet.com, May 24, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/23/content_2991
804.htm

Population Policies
Challenges of China population policy
张维庆：今后一个时期中国四大人口高峰相继到来
China New Agency, May 24, 2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-05-24/26/
577478.shtml

Population Policies - Urbanization/Olympics
Capital to see fewer transients
China Daily, May 24, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/24/content
_445168.htm

Protests and petitions/Resettlement
Hundreds of people in Jiangxi Jinggangshan block railway protest against unreasonable land compensation
井岗山村民卧轨阻断京九铁路6小时
Chinesenewsnet.com, May 24, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_5_23_19_36_20_114.html

Public health
Disease outbreak strains pledge of openness
SCMP, May 24, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8W7URX8E.html

Rural Issues-Taxation
Agricultural Tax revenue to drop 90% this year
今年农业税收入将减少九成
Beijing News, May 24, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0524/05@0147
59.html#

Social Security
No flight of fancy for pensioner
China Daily, May 24, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/24/content
_445165.htm

Society – ethnic minority / poverty
Cash aid to level ethnic poverty
Xinhuanet.com, May 24, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/24/content_299
3392.htm

Society / NGO
National campaign to improve public welfare
Xinhuanet.com, May 24, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/23/content_
2992940.htm

Monday, May 23, 2005

May 21-23, 2005

News

Death Penalty
Prisoners on death row allowed seeing family before execution in Liaoning
辽宁省辽阳市首次允许死刑犯临刑前会见家属
YahooNews.com, May 22, 2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050521/808/2c1j8.html

Environment
Renewable energy and China
可再生能源和中国
Voice of America, May 22, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-22-voa40.cfm

Gender Issues
Emancipation from the masculine myth
SCMP, May 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZW2QBSX8E.html

Government call off the gimmick of “Feast on naked women”
中國禁止"人體盛"筵席
BBC, May 22, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4570000/new
sid_4571200/4571229.stm

Gender Issues – Discrimination (sexual harassment)
Sexual harassment-A growing social problem
China Daily, May 20, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/20/cont
ent_444316.htm

Human rights-Human rights defenders - Guo Guoting (郭国汀)
Rights defender Guo Guoting arrives Canada safely for academic conference
郭国汀律师抵达加拿大
Boxcn.com, May 21, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/05/2005
05211035.shtml

Labour-Industrial accidents
Three injured in explosion in Liaoning chemical factory
遼寧遼陽化工廠生產車間劇烈爆炸3人受傷
CRI Online, May 23, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/05/23/106@555583.htm

Mine blast blamed on excessive production
SCMP, May 23, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOSRBSX8E.html

Labour – work conditions and safety
Long hours, low pay add up to tough life for city youth: poll
SCMP, May 23, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZX1PBSX8E.html

Media – Press freedom
Reporter's fingers chopped off
SCMP, May 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQAGURX8E.html

Media-Internet
Mugabe's Net spies go on China shopping trip
SCMP, May 22, 2005
http://world.scmp.com/worldnews/ZZZTL2URX8E.html

Ready or Not, China Gets Blogged
Wired news via China National News, May 19, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9
319e9b/id/114c5e2316f38e4f/

Banned websites remain popular despite government pressures
何山：越禁越热的十大被封锁网站
Boxcn.com, May 21, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/05/200505
211211.shtml

Police - Abuse
U.S Businessman “Disappears”, Forced to Sign Over Family Home in China Dispute
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/05/19/china_apex/

Police – Corruption
Police detained for taking pickpockets' bribes
SCMP, May 23, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZV64URX8E.html

Population Policies - Urbanization
Expert expects floating population to drop after 2008
专家预测北京流动人口零八年后开始下降
Chinesenewsnet.com, May 22, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2005_05_21_22_10_23_060.html

Public health – HIV Aids
High-risk HIV threat for gays in Shenzhen
SCMP, May 23, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJORGSX8E.html

Public Health - Mental Health
China needs more soul savers
China Daily, May 21, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/21/cont
ent_444590.htm

Society
Experts: How to understand the changes of social structure in China
如何认识把握当今中国社会结构的变化
China Youth Daily, May 23, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/23/content_7762.htm

Museum's dark lessons rile authorities
SCMP, May 22, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ03QBSX8E.html

Hong Kong
Human Rights Watchdog Condemns Hong Kong Over Gay Rights
China National News, May 22, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319
e9b/id/b95bcfb366af627d/

Racial discrimination law must protect the rights of mainland migrants
種族歧視立法必須保護內地新移民
Hong Kong Economic Journal (Page 20), May 23, 2005

Tibet
Exiled Tibetans and Uighurs combine forces in Washington to strive for freedom and democracy in China
流亡藏维族人士联合争取民主自由
Voice of America, May 20, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-20-voa65.cfm

Friday, May 20, 2005

May 20, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Shi Tao (師濤)
Appeal Documents Expose Injustice in Shi Tao Case
Human Rights in China Press Release, May 19, 2005
It is reported that dissident Shi Tao had made an appeal with documents demonstrating the wrongly conviction of “illegally revealing state secrets abroad”.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=
22495&item%5fid=22494

Media – Press freedom and censorship
Reporter without Border: censorship of Google in China market represents the deprivation of press freedom
记者无国界致函Google
Voice of America, May 19, 2005
Reporter without Border (RSF) criticised the Chinese government of her censorship over Google’s content and news information as the move would significantly undermine press freedom in China.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-19-voa78.cfm



News

Corruption
New anti-corruption method sparks debate
China Daily, May 20, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/20/content
_444125.htm

Death penalty
Four sentenced to death by Kunming court for children trafficking
人贩昆明哄骗19名儿童拐卖广东 8人贩4人判死刑
EastDay.com, May 20, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node62497/userobject1ai1111166.html

Education
Are High Priced Elementary Schools Against the Mandatory Education Law?
高价初中是否违反《义务教育法》惹争议
Dayoo.com, May 16, 2005
http://gz.dayoo.com/gb/content/2005-05/16/content_2054
259.htm

June 4th – EU arms ban
EU Backs Off Lifting China Arms Embargo
The Guardian, May 19, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5015
610,00.html

Labour – Industrial accidents
Race to rescue 51 missing after blast rocks coal mine in Hebei
SCMP, May 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6FI3UT8E.html

Law
Conflicts of judicial evaluation, when would it end?
司法鉴定何时才能不“打架”
Nanfang Weekend, May 19, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050519/xw/ms/2005
05190015.asp

Media – Internet
Special force tackles negative chat on Net
SCMP, May 20, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4GI3UT8E.html

Government employs undercover commentators to guide public opinion in net space
中国雇用地下评论员引导网络舆论
Voice of America, May 19, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-19-voa44.cfm

Internet users hit 100 million in China, CNNIC statistic shows
中國網民數字突破一億僅次美國
Hong Kong Economic Journal, May 20, 2005

NGO
Civil organisation rewarded with more flexibility when new regulations announced this year
新社团条例年内出台　民间组织将获适度鼓励
Nanfang Weekend, May 19, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050519/xw/szxw2/
200505190006.asp

Police – abuse / Law
Lawyers given presence in clients’ interrogations to prevent torture and forceful conviction, experiment underway according to Beijing Haidan police
北京海淀警方试行律师旁听审讯制 严防刑讯逼供
EastDay.com, May 20, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node62497/userobject1ai1111142.html

Poverty – Income gap
“Fewer poor people when the rich spend more?”
“富人消费多了，穷人就少”？
Nanfang Weekend, May 19, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050519/xw/zy/2005
05190025.asp

Religion-Christianity
New religious regulations bring hopes to legalise underground churches in China
中国地下教会面临合法化契机
Boxcu.com, May 20, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/05/200505
200445.shtml

Resettlement - Forceful eviction
Strong resistance to closure of Hangzhou’s Cuiyuan night market
杭州停办翠苑夜市：摊主强烈反弹
Voice of America, May 19, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-19-voa39.cfm

Rural Issues
Rural governance and decentralization of power showcased in WuYi city, Zhejiang
浙江武义：分权治村
Nanfang Weekend, May 19, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050519/xw/szxw1/
200505190005.asp

Society – ethnic minority
Poor ethnic minorities need more attention: commission
Xinhuanet.com, May 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/19/content_297
7046.htm

Social security
2 mln farmers receive pensions
Xinhuanet.com, May 19, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/19/content_297
6907.htm

Hong Kong
NPC ruling on leader necessary, says judge
SCMP, May 20, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ8Y4ATM8E.html

Still wrong on democracy
SCMP, May 20, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZZCH3UT8E.html

Thursday, May 19, 2005

May 19, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention - ZhaoYan (趙岩 ) and Li Changqing (李長青)
Right activists yet to meet lawyers since detention for months
中国异议人士被捕数月仍不得会见律师
It is reported that right activists ZhaoYan (趙岩 ) and Li Changqing (李長青), who are under charges of “leaking state secret” and “planning subversive activities” respectively, have yet to meet their lawyers since detention. Zhao has been detained for eight months and Li for three months.
Chinesenewsnet.com, May 19, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_5_18_13_54_52_211.html


News

Death Penalty
Fake wine-seller sentenced to death by Guangzhou court
广州“毒酒”案　首犯一审被判死刑
Ynet.com, May 19, 2005
http://china.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=5336386

Detention-Jiang Weiping (姜维平)
Rights activist Jiang Weiping heath problem deteriorates as no proper medical treatment provided in prison
姜维平因揭露腐败入狱，病情严重
Voice of America, May 18, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-18-voa44.cfm

Environment
“Compensation for ecological damage” needs support from civil society
寻求生态补偿的“草根之路”
China Youth Daily, May 19, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/19/content_5942.htm

Gender
Chinese women bosses: long hours don't hurt kids
The Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2005
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05137/506133.stm

Labour
Collective labour dispute cases rise by 72.7% last year
去年集体劳动争议案件增长72．7％
China Youth Daily, May 19, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/19/content_5987.htm

Labour-Industrial accidents
51 missing in coal mine explosion in Chengde city, Hebei
河北承德國有地方礦瓦斯爆炸 51名礦工生死不明
CRI Online, May 19, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
3821/2005/05/19/1385@552359.htm

Law - Legal reform
Some doubts on the intention to invite professionals and academics as people’s jurors
质疑“专家型陪审员”
China Youth Daily, May 19, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-05/19/content_5922.htm

Media – Internet / Gender – sexuality
Website for gays blocked
SCMP, May 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZK3F3UT8E.html

Population Policies-Urbanization
China pledges sustainable urbanization
Xinhuanet.com, May 18, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/18/content_297
2617.htm

Poverty
Four major measures to promote pro-poor economic growth
我国将采取4大措施促进“有利于穷人经济增长”
YahooNews.com, May 18, 2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050518/1308/2bxzv.html

Don't forget the poor, premier tells forum
SCMP, May 19, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZH1QZSM8E.html

Public health - HIV Aids
Companies in China urged to help HIV carriers
China Daily, May 18, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/18/content
_443758.htm

Rural Issues - Taxation
Financial aid needed for rural democracy
China Daily, May 19, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/19/content
_443873.htm

Society - Ethnic minority
More help for ethnic minorities with small population
Xinhuanet.com, May 18, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/18/content_29
72595.htm

Hong Kong
Falun Gong newspaper wins reprieve
SCMP, May 19, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZDN6CTM8E.html
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