January 25, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
China Closes Investigative Pages of Top Newspaper
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2006
Chinese authorities have shut down a prominent weekly supplement called Freezing Point, which is connected to the national newspaper China Youth Daily. The closure was caused by a dispute between the supplement’s editors and Communist Party officials over journalistic values.
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2006/01/24/china_media/

Media - Internet Censorship / Corporate Social Accountability
Google Censors Itself for China
BBC, January 25, 2006
In a voluntary move, California-based Google has agreed to limit its services in China so as to help the authorities restrict access to online information related to sensitive matters such as Falun Gong and Tibet. Also, its email service Gmail and web log publishing function will not be made available in China, the company said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4645596.stm

Google Agrees to Censor Service to Enter China
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 25, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060125/wr_nm/google_china_
dc;_ylt=Ahdz2INNjRLySdED0sn9QNQBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjM
HVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--


News

Corruption
讨论：中国官员自杀现象透视 (Discussion: The Phenomenon of Suicide Among Chinese Officials)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/24/zisha/

Death Penalty
江苏原组织部长被判死缓 (Former Jiangsu Official Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve for Graft)
The Beijing News, January 25, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0125/014@157312.htm

入室强暴五女生 罪犯被执行死刑 (Liaoning Man Executed for Rape of Five Female Students)
Legal Daily, January 25, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/25/content_257303.htm

广东五元集团女副总被杀案终审 两名主犯伏法 (Two Men Executed for Robbing and Murdering Female Director of a Guangdong Enterprise)
Legal Daily, January 25, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/25/content_257298.htm

Environment - Pollution
China's Mixed Smoke Signals
Asia Times Online, January 25, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HA24Ad01.html

Riverside Chemical Plants 'Pose Huge Threat'
SCMP, January 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0KAEKRGE.html

Labor - Unemployment
湖北广水制药厂改制下岗工生活费被停发（二）(Former Employees Lose Pension Allowances After Factory Reform)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/24/guangshui/

Labor - Industrial Accidents
中国称仍有百馀化工厂存在安全问题 (Over 100 Chemical Plants Still Unsafe in China)
BBC, January 25, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4640000/
newsid_4642500/4642588.stm.stm

Land Policy - Resettlement
西安法官住宅遭强迫拆迁 (Judges Living in a Housing Compound in Xi'an Forced to Relocate)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/24/faguan/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Axe Falls on Influential Weekly that Fired Debate
SCMP, January 25, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLEWSJRGE.html

Police - Crime
Criminals Targeting Us, Say Foreigners
SCMP, January 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHJQSJRGE.html

Poverty
2005中国城乡居民收入继续较快增长 (Incomes for Both Urban and Rural Residents Increased in 2005)
China Daily, January 25, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-01/25/content_1307160.htm

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
中国最新艾滋疫情评估 现有65万艾滋病毒感染者 (650,000 Currently Infected with HIV in China)
EastDay.com, January 25, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node114307/userobject1ai1814480.html4480.html

Social Security - Relief Schemes
50 Million Poor to Get Relief from Government
People's Daily, January 25, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/25/eng20060125
_238183.html

Xinjiang
汉和评论：中国南疆部署歼十新战鬥机 (Toronto-Based Kanwa Intelligence Review: Latest Model of Fighter Jets Deployed to Xinjiang)
Asia Times Online, January 25, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12925&Itemid=33=33

January 24, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties / State Security – Spying - Gao Zhan (高瞻)
Once Eager to Host Her, US Can't Wait to Deport Scholar
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZH4TSJRGE.html

Children
New Measures to Help Street Kids Find Homes
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/24/content_
4091796.htm

Corruption
尽论中国： 腐败最易发生时 (Discussion on China: When Corruption Happens So Easily)
Apple Daily, January 24, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_
id=20060124&sec_id=15335&showdate=20060124&art_
id=5600117335&showdate=20060124&art_id=5600117

Guangzhou Graft Fighters Kept Busy
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ54TSJRGE.html

Punishment Announced for Corrupt Officials
China Daily, January 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/24/
content_514888.htm

Education
一所农村学校不及城市一间教室 (Facilities at Rural Schools Not up to Standards of Urban Schools)
China Youth Daily, January 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-01/24/content_1305977.htm

Gender
调整性别比失衡是否需刑法介入 (Should the Criminal Law Be Used to Correct Gender Imbalance?)
Legal Daily, January 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/24/content_256536.htm

Government
Cadre Gets 5 Years for His Role in Illegal Mine
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZT4NSJRGE.html

Human Rights Defenders - Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
贵州《毕节日报》记者李元龙被逮捕 (Journalist with Guizhou’s Bijie Daily Arrested for Inciting Subversion)
Dajiyuan.com, January 24, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/1/23/n1200735.htm

Labor
企业裁员200人以上须报批 (Anhui Province to Require Companies to Report When They Lay Off More Than 200 Employees)
The Beijing News, January 24, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0124/014@157073.htm

Law - Legal Reform
Courts Struggle with Judicial Enforcement
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/24/content_
4091691.htm

Population
北京十一五规划删除常住人口1600万的控制目标 (Beijing Scraps Goal of Limiting Population to 16 million by 2010)
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-01/23/content_
4089763.htm

Poverty
大学生消费占家庭月入叁成 年花逾万 相当农民收入3.5倍 (University Students’ Expenditures Amount to 30 Percent of Household Income, Equal to 3.5 Times Average Annual Income of Farmers)
Ming Pao, January 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060124/cca1.htm

Protests and Petitions
成都军工厂职工维权遭镇压 受伤者众忧官方清算 (Workers Protesting Closure of a Chengdu Factory Fear Retaliation from Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/23/
chengdu/

Public Health
医患纠纷患方胜诉率下降 法院审理有“四难” (Court Faces "Four Difficulties" in Medical Dispute Cases)
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/24/content_
4091706.htm

Few Benefit From Health-Budget Rise
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZL4TSJRGE.html

Study Urges More Private Healthcare in China
Financial Times, January 24, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2f6c1310-8c0b-11da-9efb-
0000779e2340.html

Rural Issues
Highways Offer Peasants a Road to Riches
SCMP, January 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0G7EKRGE.html

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Yunnan Sets up Museum on Life of Ethnic Group
Xinhuanet, January 24, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/23/content_4090777.htm

January 21-23, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
人权组织：拆迁上访人士叁送精神院 (Rights Group: Petitioners of Resettlement Sent to Psychiatric Hospital)
BBC , January 22, 2006
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai petitioner Liu Xinjuan has been forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being detained in a roundup of petitioners while Shanghai’s People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference were in session.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4630000/newsid_
4636400/4636488.stm

Related News
Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Petitioner Xu Zhengqing Loses Appeal on 3-Year Sentence)
Human Rights in China (HRIC), January 23, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=26694
&item%5fid=26692

Xinjiang
18,000 Uygurs Arrested for ‘Security Threats' Last Year
SCMP, January 21, 2006
Over 18,000 people, mainly of Uyghur decent, were arrested in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region last year for crimes that fall under the category of endangering state security, according to the Xinjiang Daily.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSODY6SGE.html


News

Death Penalty
经最高法复核 作案32起强奸34人恶魔被执行死刑 (Hohhot High Court Sentences Man to Death for Raping 34 Women)
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/21/content_4081638.htm

Disasters
China's State Council Issues Emergency Response Plan for Accidental Calamities
People's Daily, January 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/23/eng20060123_
237451.html

Environment
中国加强环保国际合作 多边双边官方民间相结合 (China Steps up International Cooperation on Environmental Protection)
Dajiyuan.com, January 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/zxs_2006-01-23_681760.shtml23_681760.shtml

Report Backs Yunnan Development
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFSMSJRGE.html

'We Are not Blindly Opposed to Dams'
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2OGSJRGE.html

Gender
Wuhan to Conduct Survey on Male Homosexuals
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/23/content_
4087877.htm

Government
政府权力规范与公民权益保障 (Checks and Balances in Government and the Protection of Civil Rights)
Legal Daily, January 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/23/content_
55860.htm

China Punishes Officials Who Buy Official Posts, Practice Bribery in Election
People's Daily, January 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/23/eng20060123_
237588.html


Online Publication of Lawmakers' Proposals Shows Democracy in Action
People's Daily, January 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/20/eng20060120_
237064.html

Hukou
河南率先取消农村户口 (Henan Province Becomes the First to Abolish Rural Household Registration)
Dajiyuan.com, January 22, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_1_22_2_28_6_855.html_6_855.html

Labor
我国职业危害波及7亿人 (700 Million Workers Suffer from Work-related Injuries)
Legal Daily, January 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/23/content_255825.htm

Media
张德江令严抓纪检　压媒体监督谁把关？(Guangdong Party Chief Zhang Dejiang Tightens Control Over Social Unrest, But Who Controls the Media?)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/20/
zhangdeijiang/

Test Promotes Internet Awareness
China Daily, January 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/home/index.html

Media - Internet Censorship
Doing Beijing's Dirty Work
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZJRMSJRGE.html

Migrant Workers
春节临近民工回不了乡 讨薪被迫下跪 (As Chinese New Year Nears, Migrant Workers Plead for Unpaid Wages So They Can Go Home)
Apple Daily, January 23, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_id=15335&iss_id=20060123&art_id=5596725123&art_id=5596725

Police
中国官方杂志承认黑社会犯罪猖獗 (Official Magazine Admits That Triad-Related Crimes Are Rampant)
Voice of America, January 22, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-22-voa39.cfm

Politics
Ambitious Officials Likely to Tread with Care in Intense Jockeying for Power
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIQKSJRGE.html

China Taking the Lead to Energise Marxist Ideology
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUL3EKRGE.html

Protests and Petitions
Police in Clash with Laid-Off Workers
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPTPSJRGE.html

温家宝认为侵占耕地导致社会不稳 (Premier Wen Jiabao Says Government Occupation of Farmland Is Causing Instability)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/22/wenjiabao/

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Incident
Officials to Pay Price for Teen's Death
SCMP, January 21, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZCPDY6SGE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
Tragic AIDS Tales Come to Life in Activist's Book
SCMP, January 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZD5HY6SGE.html

Guangxi Educates Govt Officials About AIDS
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/21/content_4081508.htm

Religion
Religious Groups Called to Play Role in Maintaining Stability
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/22/content_4086310.htm

January 20, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Journalists
原《中华新青年》的几名记者被判刑 (Three Zhejiang Journalists with New China Youth Sentenced for Publishing Unauthorized Magazine That Exposed Local Land Disputes)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2006
Three journalists from Zhejiang, Zhu Wanxiang (祝万祥), Wu Zhengyou (吴正有) and Pan Chunlei (潘春雷), have been given jail terms ranging from one to 10 years after being convicted of publishing an unauthorized magazine. They were also charged with illegal business operations and fraud.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/18/jizhe/

related news:
记者无国界谴责北京整肃敢言报刊 (Reporters Without Borders Condemns China for Crackdown on Newspapers)
Voice of America, January 20, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/1/19/n1195018.htm


News

Children
Project to Care for Prisoners' Children
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/20/content_
4075086.htm

Civil Society
基金会必须公布其活动信息 (Foundations Required to Disclose Information on Activities)
Legal Daily, January 20, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/20/content_
255135.htm

Corruption
32,000 Investigated for Corruption
China Daily, January 20, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/20/content
_513864.htm

Death Penalty
小保姆杀死山西长治原人大副主任夫妇被判死刑 (Babysitter Sentenced to Death for Murdering Shanxi NPC Deputy)
EastDay.com, January 20, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
113423/userobject1ai1804686.html4686.html

Environment - Water
China's Rivers to Be Dammed for Evermore
The Telegraph, January 20, 2006
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/
20/wdam20.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/20/ixworld.htmhttp
://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/
20/wdam20.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/20/ixworld.html

海南省過百萬農民水源遭污染 (Over a Million Hainan Farmers Drink Unsafe Water Despite Abundant Water Supply)
Asia Times Online, January 20, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=12814&Itemid=33=33

Government
Alarm Sounded Over Shortage of Professional Firefighters
SCMP, January 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMX9Y6SGE.html

Human Rights
The Development of Human Rights Is in the Details
China Digital Times, January 20, 2006
http://www.pressinterpreter.org/node/268

China Says Rights Criticisms Come from 'Thin Air'
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 19, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060119/wl_nm/rights_
china_dc_2

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Changqing (李长青)
当局不放记者李长青　换个罪名再开审 (Former Deputy Editor of Fuzhou Daily Charged with New Crime After Procuratorate Fails to Prove Case of Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/19/li/

Labor - Unemployment
Unemployment to Remain at 4.6%
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/20/content_
4075527.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
一位博客的看法：现在为博客立法？不必要 (A Blogger's Viewpoint: Legislation to Regulate Blogging not Necessary)
China Youth Daily, January 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-01/20/content_1303652.htm

博客：中国人新的虚拟空间 (Blog: A New Virtual Space for Chinese People)
China Youth Daily, January 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-01/20/content_1303657.htm

立法规范博客适逢其时吗 (Is This the Right Time to Regulate Blogging?)
China Youth Daily, January 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-01/20/content_1303662.htm

Migrant Workers
农民工法援基金百万元到位 (Legal Aid Fund Established to Help Rural Migrant Workers)
The Beijing News, January 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0120/013@
156259.htm

NGOs Launch Fund to Safeguard Interests of Migrant Workers
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/20/content_
4075089.htm

温家宝主持召开国务院常务会议解决农民工问题 (Premier Opens State Council Conference to Solve Migrant Workers Issue)
People's Daily, January 20, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1024/4046040.html

农民工就业歧视规定将清理 (Regulation Adopted to Prohibit Discrimination Against Rural Migrant Workers)
The Beijing News, January 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0120/013@
156277.htm

Police
China Handles 87,000 Public Order Disturbance Cases
Xinhuanet, January 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/19/content_
4074948.htm

中国拟对讯问嫌犯录音遏制逼供信 (Police Required to Tape Interrogations to Prevent Torture and Abuse of Suspects)
Voice of America, January 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-19-voa72.cfm

Politics
Millions Pledged to Revive Marxism
SCMP, January 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ05DSJRGE.html

Population - Aging Population
探索中的中国农村养老保险 (Looking at Insurance for the Elderly in Rural China)
Nanfang Weekend, January 19, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060119/jj/qs/2006
01190135.asp

农村空巢老人，谁来关爱？(Who Will Care for the Elderly Left in Rural Villages?)
Nanfang Weekend, January 19, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060119/xw/szxw2/2006
01190086.asp

Protests and Petitions
We Are not Giving Up, Say Villagers
SCMP, January 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUX9Y6SGE.html

深圳7000警民对峙扰攘5小时拘千人 (5,000 People Clash with Police in Shenzhen After Authorities Close Illicit Businesses, 25 Protestors Detained)
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 19, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_1_19_15_39_25_97.html9_25_97.html

中国社会不稳骚乱事件数目上升 (Incidents of Social Unrest on the Rise)
Voice of America, January 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-19-voa51.cfm

湖北潜江近百位职工市政府静坐请愿 (Over a Hundred Hubei Workers Stage sit-in Protest Against Government Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/19/jingzuo/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
China Approves Regulation on HIV/AIDS Prevention, Control
Xinhuanet, January 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/20/content_4075
041.htm

Religion
Filling the Mainland's Moral Void
SCMP, January 20, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZN4JSJRGE.html

Society
54.6％的市民认为首都社会和谐 (Survey: Just Over Half of Beijing Citizens Feel Society is Harmonious)
People's Daily, January 20, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/4047666.html

Tibet
人权观察再批中国侵犯西藏人权 (Right Group Criticizes China for Violating Human Rights in Tibet)
Voice of America, January 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-19-voa49.cfm

North Korea
The Secret's Out: North Korea's Leader Did Visit China
New York Times, January 19, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/international/asia/19
korea.html?n=Top%2fNews%2fInternational%2fCountries%20
and%20Territories%2fChinafInternational%2fCountries%20and
%20Territories%2fChina

January 19, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights
“人权观察”报告指中国人权状况倒退 (Human Rights Watch's Annual Report Says China's Human Rights Situation Has Deteriorated)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2006
Human Rights Watch has announced in its World Report 2006 that China has backtracked on its human rights record over the year, as authorities tightened their rein on Internet censorship, cracked down on outspoken journalists and media, and discouraged petitioners from redressing their grievances through administrative means.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/18/
renquan/

Related News
Human Rights Watch World Report 2006 - China
Human Rights Watch (HRW), January 19, 2006
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/18/china12270.htm

Human Rights Defenders
高智晟向本台谈遇袭经过 (Activist Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Nearly Killed in Driving Accident)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2006
Beijing-based human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng said he was almost killed when a vehicle braked suddenly in front of his car while he was driving on a highway Tuesday night. Gao said he believed it was an assassination attempt plotted against him by the authorities, but the Beijing Public Security Bureau has declined to comment on the matter.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/18/
gaozhisheng/


News

Corruption
Corrupt Officials Targeted by Probes
People's Daily, January 19, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/19/eng20060119_
236647.html

Suspects' Questioning to Be Taped
China Daily, January 19, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/19/
content_513503.htm

Education
“新义务教育地区”不再收杂费 (Areas Implementing Compulsory Education Banned from Charging Miscellaneous Fees)
The Beijing News, January 19, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0119/013@156021.htm

Environment
Guangdong Faces Heavy Impact of Energy Shortage
SCMP, January 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAGTDKRGE.html

Human Rights
人权组织批中国人权状况恶化 (Rights Group Criticizes China's Deteriorating Human Rights Record )
Voice of America, January 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-18-voa59.cfm

Human Rights Defenders
Appeal to Release Writer
SCMP, January 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXH9SJRGE.html

Journalists Jailed for Exposing Land Deals
China National News, January 19, 2006
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/
id/14b085ef99dad41c/

香港媒体报导亲属两次探望程翔 (Relatives of Detained Hong Kong Journalist Ching Cheong Visit Him Twice in Beijing)
Voice of America, January 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-18-voa26.cfm

Lawyer Survives 'Assassination' Bid
SCMP, January 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTH9SJRGE.html

赵紫阳忌日警方驱散百多访民 (Over 100 People Turned Away by Police for Attending Memorial Activities to Mark Anniversary of Zhao Ziyang’s Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/18/zhaoziyang/

Labor
China Creates 9.7 Million New Jobs for Urbanites in 2005
People's Daily, January 19, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/19/eng20060119_
236703.html

Media
79 Newspapers Fall Victim to Cultural Crackdown
SCMP, Jnuary 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2LFSJRGE.html

Military
PLA in PR Offensive on Conversion into Hi-Tech Military
SCMP, January 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZELFSJRGE.html

Police - Crime
2005年妨害公务等扰乱公共秩序犯罪增多 (Crimes Related to Disturbing Public Order Rose in 2005)
Xinhuanet, January 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/19/content_4071556.htm

2005年杀人强奸拐卖妇女儿童等案件明显减少 (Number of Murder, Rape and Human Trafficking Cases Dropped Sharply in 2005)
Xinhuanet, January 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/19/content_4071606.htm

Protests and Petitions
广东暴力冲突不断令投资者担心 (Investors Concerned About Endless Riots in Guangdong)
Voice of America, January 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-18-voa69.cfm

市人大会议期间上海警察驱逐大批访民 (Shanghai Police Disperse Petitioners During Local NPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/18/shanghai/

Public Health
讨论：中国将首出关于城市医改文件 (Discussion: China to Publish its First Report on Urban Health Care Reform)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/18/yigai/

平价医院如何“平价”？(How Can "Budget" Hospitals Provide "Budget" Services?)
People's Daily, January 19, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4041857.html

January 18, 2006

Top News of the Day

Religion
北京方舟教会两受警方骚扰 (Fangzhou Church in Beijing Raided by Police)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2006
A Beijing church named Fangzhou (“ark”) - founded by rights activists such as writer Yu Jie and lawyer Gao Zhisheng about two years ago - has been raided by police twice recently. No one has been arrested in the incidents.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/17/jiaohui/

Related News
北京加紧镇压地下教会 (Beijing Strengthens Control on House Churches)
Dajiyuan.com, January 18, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/1/18/n1194054.htm


News

Environment
"Energy Police" to Patrol Malls
Xinhuanet, January 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/18/content_
4066093.htm

2006年国家将解决农村2000万人的饮水困难问题 (State Pledges to Resolve Problems with Drinking Water for 20 Million Residents in Rural Areas in 2006)
People's Daily, January 18, 2006
http://gov.people.com.cn/GB/46742/4038786.html

Human Rights Defenders
警方监视家人纪念赵紫阳去世周年 (Family Members of Purged Leader Zhao Ziyang Under Police Surveillance for Holding Memorial Activities to Mark the First Anniversary of His Death)
Voice of America, January 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-17-voa17.cfm

Mourners Gather to Mark Anniversary of Zhao's Death
SCMP, January 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7R5SJRGE.html

Law - Legislative Reform
Property Law Draft Set for Further Revisions
People's Daily, January 18, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/18/eng20060118_
236333.html

Media
China Has 111 Million Internet Users
Xinhuanet, January 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/17/content_
4066612.htm

中国严控互联网阻止新闻自由流通 (China Steps up Control on Internet to Rein in Press Freedom)
Voice of America, January 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-17-voa58.cfm

Media - Internet Censorship / Corporate Social Accountability
Beijing's New Enforcer: Microsoft
New York Times, January 17, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/opinion/17tue2.html

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Geisha Film Has Censors Stumped
SCMP, January 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLYBSJRGE.html

Migrant Workers
Website Launched to Safeguard Workers' Interests
Xinhuanet, January 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/17/content_
4064330.htm

农民工的工资由谁来定？(Who Should Decide the Salaries of Migrant Workers?)
China Youth Daily, January 18, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2006-01/15/content_120598.htm

Politics - Political Reform
中国地方党委集中换届启动 涉及数以十万计幹部 (Hundreds of Thousands of Cadres Will be Involved in Major Reshuffle at Provincial, City, County and Village Levels)
Asia Times Online, January 18, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12689&Itemid=33=33

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Case
Fear Reigns in Land-Grab Village Amid Clampdown
The Standard, January 18, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=2&art_id=10109&sid=6275359&con_type=1&d_
str=200601189&con_type=1&d_str=20060118

三角镇警民冲突当局村民各执其词 (Police and Villagers Have Different Versions of Saturday's Crackdown on Land Protest in Sanjiao, Zhongshan)
Voice of America, January 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-17-voa36.cfm

Rural Issues - Rural Development
安徽小岗村重搞集体经济 (Collective Economy in Xiaogang Village, Anhui Becomes Role Model for Rural Reform)
Ming Pao, January 18, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

January 17, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders
China Stops Petitioners Mourning Late Leader Zhao
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 17, 2006
Around 30 people on their way to mourn the death of purged leader Zhao Ziyang, who died one year ago this month, were turned back by police and prevented from visiting the former leader’s home.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060117/wl_nm/china_zhao_dc

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Case
Family of Dead Teen Paid to Keep Quiet: Villagers
SCMP, January 17, 2006
Authorities in Guangdong have allegedly paid 130,000 yuan to the family of a teenage girl who was reportedly beaten to death during the violent crackdown on a protest over land compensation last Saturday. A relative of the family alleged the girl's parents had accepted the money and claimed their daughter had died of a heart attack. Chinese officials have denied that anyone was killed during the demonstration.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ39ZX6SGE.html


News

Corruption
Surge in Guangdong Corruption Cases
SCMP, January 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7XMDKRGE.html

Death Penalty
内蒙古一专修学院院长雇凶杀人 一审被判死缓 (Head of Inner Mongolia Technical College Sentenced to Death with Reprieve for Murder)
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-01/17/
content_4060617.htm

Gender
强化涉及妇女权益保障案件的审判工作 (Supreme Court to Strengthen Protection of Women's Rights)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/
content_252730.htm

Labor
刑事手段解决欠薪值得期待 (Cases of Unpaid Wages Expected to Be Resolved by Use of Criminal Law)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/content_252771.htm

Land Policy
失地农民，孕育不稳定因素的群体 (Farmers Being Stripped of Land Breeds Instability)
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-01/16/content_
4057373.htm

Law
“十一五”法律援助法有望出台 (Legal Aid Law Expected to be Enacted Under 11th Five-Year Plan)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/content_252729.htm

Law - Legal Profession
加快修订律师法规范律师执业 (Revision on Legal Profession Regulation to Gain Speed)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/content_252736.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
新京報高层完成调整 (Reshuffle Complete of Beijing News' Senior Management)
Wen Wei Po, January 17, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0601170017&cat=002CH

Media - Internet Censorship
China's Tangled Web
International Herald Tribune, January 16, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/16/opinion/edchina.php?rss

China's Tyranny Has the Best Hi-Tech Help
International Herald Tribune, January 15, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/15/opinion/edmirsky.php?rss

Migrant Workers
600万农民工今年将加入工会 (Six Million Migrant Workers to Be Unionized This Year)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-01/17/content_252773.htm

Military
中国裁军20万瞄准部队信息化 (200,000 Soldiers Retrenched as China's Military Gets Computerized)
The Beijing News, January 17, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0117/013@155535.htm

Military
我国一至六级残疾军人医疗待遇将得到较好保障 (PLA Soldiers with Disabilities to Have Better Medical Coverage)
Xinhuanet, January 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-01/17/content_
4061671.htm

Olympics /Economic Development
Olympics to Add Oomph to Beijing Economy
China Daily, January 17, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/17/
ontent_512873.htm

Police
Chinese Generals Promise to Bolster Paramilitary Police
Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-paramilitary13jan13,0,1925077.story?coll=la-headlines-worldparamilitary13jan13,0,1925077.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Politics
赵紫阳前秘书鲍彤促中国走民主路 (Bao Tong, Former Aid to Purged Leader Zhao Ziyang, Urges China to Democratize)
Voice of America , January 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-16-voa40.cfm

Protests and Petitions – Zhongshan Land Compensation Case
广东中山市警民冲突至少五人受伤 (At Least Five Injured in Zhongshan Protest)
Voice of America, January 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-16-voa11.cfm

Chinese Media Downplay Land Protest in Southern China
Voice of America, January 17, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-16-voa17.cfm

Police in China Hurt Villagers, Protesters Say
New York Times, January 17, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/international/asia/17china.html

广东中山失地农民将再聚集 (Protestors in Zhongshan's Land Compensation Case Gather Again)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/16/kangyi/

Protests and Petitions – Shanwei Incident
Shanwei Crackdown Widow Says Her Husband Was Innocent
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/01/16/china_shanwei/

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement (Case)
村民集体请愿要求政府履行承诺被非法拘禁判刑 (Villagers in Henan Detained by Police for Fighting for Fair Compensation for Relocation)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/16/qinyuan/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
黑龙江北安农场输血感染艾滋病者将索赔3000万 (Farmers in Heilongjiang Province Seek a Total of 30 Million Yuan in Compensation for Contracting AIDS Through Blood Transfusions)
People's Daily, January 17, 2006
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1062/4033889.html

North Korea
North Korea Kim Visit Is China's Worst-Kept SecretAP( via YahooNews), January 17, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060116/ap_on_re_as/finding_kim_2