April 14 - 18, 2006

Top News of the Day

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

Related News

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


News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 13, 2006

Top News of the Day

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

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

News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 12, 2006

Top News of the Day

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


Related News

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

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


News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 11, 2006

News

Death Penalty
学者胡星斗再提公民建议书—应在网上公布所有死刑判决书 (Scholar Hu Xingduo Renews Proposal That All Death Penalty Verdicts Be Published Online)
China Youth Daily, April 11, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/11/content_
1355493.htm

Environment
Beijing Residents Driven Indoors as Smog and Dust Choke Capital
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ803K1DLE.html

Government
Statistics Chief Vows to Improve Credibility of Government Data
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5H3K1DLE.html

Human Rights
人权观察呼吁将人权问题列入布胡会谈重要议提 (Human Rights Watch Calls for Talks on Human Rights at Hu-Bush Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/04/10/renquan/

Human Rights Defenders – Zhao Yan (赵岩)
赵岩尚未获释 律师指中国政府违法 (Journalist Zhao Yan Still Detained Although Charges Have Been Dropped, Lawyer Says Chinese Government Is Violating the Law)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/10/zhaoyan/

Land Policy
Shenzhen Property Managers Arrested Over 'Gangland' Tactics
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZW03K1DLE.html

Media
China Closes, Reopens Shandong-Based Poetry Forum
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/arts/
2006/04/10/china_poets/

China Mobile Branch Cracks Down on SMS Abusers
China Daily, April 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/
11/content_565075.htm

Minister: Media Exchanges Boost Sino-Australian Ties
China Daily, April 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/
11/content_564823.htm

News Ban for Guangzhou's Suspected Second Bird Flu Case, Sources Say
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFQFK1DLE.html

Migrant Workers
受权发布:国务院关于解决农民工问题的若干意见 (State Council Issues Opinion on Resolving Migrant Worker Problems)
Xinhuanet, April 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-03/27/
content_4351076.htm

Olympics
China Will Change After Games, Says London Boss
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLGDK1DLE.html

Police
200,000 Cameras to Fight Shenzhen Crime
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4XDK1DLE.html

警察或群众生命受到威胁的时候可果断开枪 (Police Can Shoot When Their Lives or Citizens' Lives Are in Danger)
EastDay.com, April 11, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/
node81762/node129115/userobject1ai1973115.html

Protests and Petitions
Protest Continues Until Five Released, Say Villagers
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRFDK1DLE.html

Public Health
Ban on Surrogacy Services Explained
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVFDK1DLE.html

Organ Removal Reports 'Slander'
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRG3K1DLE.html

Religion
京捧佛教论坛 分析指借佛抑主 (Bureau of Religious Affairs Chief Praises Buddhism Ahead of World Buddhist Forum to Meet This Week)
Ming Pao, April 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Buddhism Held Up As Healer of Social Divisions
SCMP, April 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1GDK1DLE.html

中国评论﹕中共崇佛「扶正压邪」(China Discussion: Beijing Promotes Buddhism to Suppress "Cults")
Ming Pao, April 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Society
China Facing Economic, Social Unrest
ABC News, April 11, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/International/Business/
story?id=1826019&page=1

April 8-10, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
Set Out the Good China, the President's Coming
New York Times, April 09, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/weekinreview/09yard
l.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=sloginslogin

Death Penalty
China Reflects on Its Judicial Killing Fields
Financial Times, April 10, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/41712214-c7f0-11da-a377-00007
79e2340.html

专家建议让律师介入死刑复核保障被告辩护权 (Lawyers Should be Involved in Death Penalty Review, Expert Suggests)
EastDay.com, April 10, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node128811/userobject1ai1969289.html9289.html

Environment
Green Push Set to Spur Mainland Price Rises
SCMP, April 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ05BK1DLE.html

Human Rights
听众对比分析四五运动和八九民运 (Listeners Compare the Impact of the April 5 Movement and the Tiananmen Incident on China's Political Development)
Voice of America, April 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-04-08-voa27.cfm

Human Rights Defenders - Journalists
律师学者谈赵岩程翔仍在押 (Zhao Yan and Ching Cheong Still in Jail With No Signs of Trial or Release, Say Lawyers)
Voice of America, April 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-09-voa32.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
孙小弟苏家屯被捕 刘华下落不明 (Petitioner Sun Xiaodi Arrested in Shenyang, Liu Hua Still Missing)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/07/
sunxiaodi/

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyers Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟在陕北被困 (Rights Activist Gao Zhisheng Under 24-Hour Surveillance in Shaanxi Province)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/07/gao/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
China Introduces New Media Curbs
BBC, April 07, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4888930.stm

Migrant Workers - Children
外来工子女调查:孩子上学花掉三成家庭收入 (Survey on Migrant Children: Schooling Costs 30% of Total Household Income)
EastDay.com, April 10, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node12
8811/userobject1ai1970073.html0073.html

Politics
北大教授多党论惹争议 (Beijing University Professors Criticized for Advocating Multi-Party Politics)
Ming Pao via Chinesenewsnet.com, April 10, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_4_8_18_19_22_474.html_22_474.html

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
佛山抗低价徵地百人伤 (Some 100 Villagers Injured as Protest Over Land Dispute Continues in Foshan)
Ming Pao, April 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060410/caa1.htm

Angry Villagers Put up Roadblocks
SCMP, April 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMU9K1DLE.html

Public Health
China Bans Sale of Human Eggs, Tightens Control over Sperm Banks
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060409/wl_asia_afp/healthchina
fertilitysperm_060409073038;_ylt=ArVwjJdunDSvTvJxUS9lJwpP
zWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl3038;_y
lt=ArVwjJdunDSvTvJxUS9lJwpPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW
9mBHNlYwMlJV

Diet Standards Urged to Avoid Wrong Sort of China Rising
SCMP, April 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3S6K1DLE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
AIDS Message Gradually Sinks in with At-Risk Groups
China Daily, April 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/08/content_
563380.htm

Religion - Christianity
华南教会创办人龚圣亮家人因病重提出保外就医 (Family of Ailing ‘South China Church’ Founder Gong Shengliang Files Request for Medical Parole)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/08
/gongshengliang/

Society
拿什么来保障困难群体住房？政府责任不可推卸 (How Can China Guarantee the Basic Right to Housing for Lower-Income People?)
Xinhuanet, April 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/house/2006-04/10/content_44
03977.htm

April 7, 2006

News

Education
毕业了，我们的工作在哪里 (We've Graduated, But Where Are the Jobs?)
Nanfang Weekend, April 06, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060406/xw/tb/2006
04060001.asp

Human Rights
四五运动30年天安门广场仍敏感 (Tiananmen Square on Guard on 30th Anniversary of April 5 Student Movement)
Voice of America, April 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-06-voa14.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
李元龙案缓开庭 阳小青案退回补充侦查 (Court Case Against Journalist Li Yuanlong Postponed, Yang Xiaoqing Case Returned Pending Further Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/06/
liyuanlong/

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青)
"无国界记者"呼吁释放阳小青 (Reporters Without Borders Calls for Release of Detailed Journalist Yang Xiaoqing)
BBC, April 06, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4880000/newsid
_4885500/4885520.stm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Professor Hits Back at Critics on the Internet
SCMP, April 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZPDTJ1DLE.html

Media - Internet Censorship
Anonymizer Takes on China's Net Censors
PC World via YahooNews (Asia), April 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060404/tc_pcworld/125303

Police
Database Ensures Big Brother is Watching in China
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060407/ts_nm/china_surveillance
_dc_1;_ylt=An1hbaWRldQt_X.CwuzR3rZPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiM
W04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlldQt_X.CwuzR3rZPzWQA;_ylu=X3o
DMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Politics
At a Secret Meeting, Chinese Analysts Clashed Over Reforms
New York Times, April 07, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/07/world/07china.html?ex=130
2062400&en=b0e2d5545d2c4847&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&em
c=rss5d2c4847&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
爱滋患者遊长城被捕 (AIDS Patient Arrested While Visiting the Great Wall)
Ming Pao, April 07, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060407/cae1.htm

Society
听众：中国为何房价高？ (Listeners Ask, Why Are Housing Prices So High?)
Voice of America, April 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-04-06-voa56.cfm

April 5-6, 2006

News

Death Penalty
成都原宣传部长终审死缓 (Former Chengdu Propaganda Chief Given Death Penalty with Reprieve for Corruption)
The Beijing News, April 06, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0406/005@
172615.htm

Environment
Factories Put on Hold by Green Watchdog
SCMP, April 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2MOJ1DLE.html

Food Security
Farmland Loss Leads to Food Security Fears
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/05/content_
4388153.htm

Government - Grassroots Elections
Democracy Programme "a Success" in Rural Areas
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/06/content_
4389569.htm

Human Rights
温家宝承认中国人权仍需改善 (Premier Wen Jiabao Admits China's Human Rights Record Requires More Improvement)
Asia Times Online, April 06, 2006
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content
&task=view&id=14881&Itemid=33=33

Human Rights Defenders - Xinjiang
加籍维吾尔异议人士乌兹别克被捕 (Uyghur Dissident Arrested in Uzbekistan)
Voice of America, April 05, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-05-voa47.cfm

Land Policy
Tighter Control on Land Use to Protect Farmland
China Daily, April 06, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/06/content_
561278.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
Jailed Chinese Reporter Says Charges False
AP( via YahooNews), April 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060405/ap_on_re_as/china_
reporter_arrested;_ylt=Alri1gv8h47hRRAsqs8ipMwBxg8F;_ylu
=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--v8h47hRR
Asqs8ipMwBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN
1YmNhdA--

Media - Internet Censorship
无国界记者组织声援废除互联网新规定的请愿 (Reporters Without Borders Joins Campaign Urging China to Drop Regulations on Internet News Services)
Radio Free Asia, April 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/04/rsf/

Military
China Builds up Largest Military Training Ground in Asia
Xinhuanet, April 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/05/content_438
7507.htm

Olympics
Olympics to Bring Beijing Short Reprieve from Pollution Woes
AFP (via YahooNews), April 06, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060406/wl_asia_afp/oly2008
chnenvironment;_ylt=Ahs8hVlnGi_rHEzQUGWxFM8Bxg8F;_ylu
=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--VlnGi_rHEz
QUGWxFM8Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1
YmNhdA--

Beijing 2008 Games Will Improve Human Rights: Rogge
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060405/sp_nm/olympics_
beijing_dc_2

Police
人肉炸弹袭四川法院 (Bomb Explosion in Sichuan Court Kills Two)
Wen Wei Po, April 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0604060021
&cat=002CH

Dare to Shoot Criminals, Police Told
SCMP, April 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ57ZJ1DLE.html

Protests and Petitions
维权绝食人士欧阳小戎被抓下落不明 (Whereabouts Unknown of Rights Defender Ouyang Xiaorong, Detained in February for Participating in Hunger Strike)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/05/
Ouyangxiaorong/

China Steps Up 'Patriotic Education' as Dongzhou Mourns Its Dead
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/04/05/china_shanwei/

上访者在沈阳苏家屯区政府前请愿 (Liaoning Petitioners Stage Protest Against Corrupt Village Officials)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/05/
shangfang/

Public Health - Health Care Reform
医疗体制改革不需要设立新机构 (New Institutions Not Necessary for Health Care Reform)
China Youth Daily, April 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/06/content_1352332.htm

Society
70个城市拒绝廉租房 谁拿走了百姓的廉租房？(70 City Governments Refuse to Provide Low-Cost Housing)
People's Daily, April 06, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/4271006.html

Suicide Hotline for Elderly Kept Busy
SCMP, April 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6MOJ1DLE.html

April 4, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
记者阳小青揭腐败黑幕 被拘押面临起诉 (Journalist Yang Xiaoqing to Face Charges for Uncovering Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, April 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/03/
yangxiaoqing/
Journalist Yang Xiaoqing (阳小青) is facing official charges of extortion after being arrested by the police in January. According to Yang's family, the arrest is retribution by the local government against Yang, who had reported claims of corruption and dishonest state property sales in Hunan Province.


News
Death Penalty
沈阳交警执勤被轧死续:罪嫌一审被判死刑 (Shenyang Driver Given Death Penalty for Killing Traffic Police)
Sina.com, April 04, 2006
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-04-04/06548605259s.shtml

Environment
谁来补偿因保护生态牺牲的发展机会 (Assistant SEPA Chief Asks: Who Will Compensate for the Loss of Development Opportunities Due to Land Protection in the Current 5-Year Plan?)
China Youth Daily, April 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/04/content_1350
588.htm

Freedom of Speech
Free Speech? You Have to Pay
China Daily, April 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/04/content_
559070.htm

Protests and Petitions - Labor
深千人罢工 抗议港资厂刻薄 (Thousands of Shenzhen Workers Go on Strike to Protest Maltreatment of Employees)
Wen Wei Po, April 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06040
40012&cat=002CH

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
Villagers Escalate Land Row Protest
SCMP, April 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYMTJ1DLE.html

过百三山村民上访　官员欺下瞒上避协商 (Over 100 Villagers in Guangdong’s Pengzhou Township Petition Against Corruption and Illegal Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/03/
shangfang/

Public Health
Medical System to Cover All Residents
People's Daily, April 04, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200604/04/eng20060404
_255774.html

Rising Wealth Takes Its Toll on Health
SCMP, April 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2QJJ1DLE.html

Society
“70％城市居民无能力买新房” ("70% of Urban Residents Cannot Afford to Buy a Home", Says Report)
The Beijing News, April 04, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0404/005@
172040.htm

Tibet
分析中国称或准达赖喇嘛回国访问 (An Analysis of China's Motivation for Possibly Allowing the Dalai Lama to Visit Beijing)
Voice of America, April 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-03-voa53.cfm

西藏流亡政府称北京发出积极讯息 (Tibetan Government-in-Exile Welcomes Positive Message from Beijing)
Voice of America, April 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-03-voa43.cfm

Xinjiang
China Moves Farmers as Tarim River Waters Dwindle
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2006/04/03/uyghur_
tarimriver/

April 1-3, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
China Deal to Break Open Australian Nuclear Industry
AFP (via YahooNews), April 03, 2006
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060403/afp/060403045512asiap
acificnews.html

Death Penalty
打孔盗油最重判死刑 (Pipeline Oil Thieves May Face Death Penalty)
The Beijing News, April 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0401/014@17
1411.htm

Education
盖监狱的钱不如拿去盖学校 (Spending the Money on Building Schools, not Building Prisons, Says Legal Expert)
Nanfang City News, April 03, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2006
04030175.asp

Environment
Pollution Woes can Turn China into Green Industry Leader
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/afterhours/ZZZ2TQJ1DLE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Shi Tao (師濤)
师涛家人召开记者会 投诉雅虎香港控股 (Shi Tao's Family Sets to Sue Yahoo Hong Kong for Privacy Leak)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/31/
shitao/

Shareholder Activist Urges Victims of Web Name-list Blunder to Sue
SCMP, April 01, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ8BOJ1DLE.html

Labor - Industrial Accidents
山西偏关县花炮厂发生爆炸8人死亡1人失踪 (Eight Died and One Went Missing in Firework Blast in Shanxi)
EastDay.com, April 03, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
127598/userobject1ai1955674.html

Gas Leak Villagers Go Home
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRYFJ1DLE.html

省长亲赴处理 出事原因未明 (Provincial Chief to Handle Gas Blast in Shandong Which Has Killed At Least 28 Workers and Injured Many)
Ming Pao, April 03, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060403/caa1.htm

Labor - Unions
China Plans to Unionize 60% of Foreign Firms
Asia Times Online, April 01, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HD01Cb03.html

Law - Juvenile Justice
青少年农民工虚报年龄 引发刑事判决麻烦 (Falsifying Age Documentation Amongst Young Migrant Workers Hinders Courts to Invoke Juvenile Justice System in Serious Criminal Cases
Legal Daily, April 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-04/03/content_
292634.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
冰点拒刊袁伟时文章 ( Bing Dian Refuses to Publish Articles of Controversial Scholar)
Radio Free Asia, April 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/01/
bingdian/

北京文革纪念摄影展受阻 (Photo Exhibition of Cultural Revolution May be Called-off Under Increasing Political Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/31/
wenge/

Media - Internet Censorship
Web Users Walk Great Firewall of China
USA Today, April 03, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-04
-02-china-web-cops_x.htm?csp=34

Tech Companies' Ties to China Worry Some
USA Today, April 02, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2006-04-02
-china-worries_x.htm?csp=34

Police - Abuses
HRIC: Woman Physically, Mentally Abused in Chinese Custody
Voice of America, April 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-04-01-voa19.cfm

Population - One-Child Policy
中国独生子女的人际空间:六成感孤独 交友多疑虑 (60% Feel Lonely and Hesitate to Make Friends, According to Survey on China's Single Children)
EastDay.com, April 03, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
127598/userobject1ai1955852.html

Poverty
中国扶贫面临巨大挑战 (China's Poverty Situation Facing Great Challenges)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/02/
fupin/

Protests and Petitions
Activists' Tug-of-War to Ensure Democracy Wins at Olympics
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJYFJ1DLE.html

Villagers Forced to Sign 'Hush Form' over Shootings
SCMP, April 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJWCJ1DLE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
《艾滋病防治条例》实施后少女状告华夏时报侵犯肖像/隐私权 (AIDs Orphan Sues Newspaper for Invading Privacy in Accordance to the Rights Enshrined in the Regulations on AIDs Prevention)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 03, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/
BackStage/2006_4_2_14_57_46_748.html

Public Health
Removing Stigma from a Noble Cause
SCMP, April 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDYMJ1DLE.html

Religion - Christianity
专家：中梵之冰未破 (Sino-Vatican Relations Still Need More Ice-Breaking Efforts)
Wen Wei Po, April 03, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06040300
19&cat=002CH

Society - Ethnic Minorities
Ex-librarian Struggles to Save Zhuji Dialect from Extinction
SCMP, April 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ67FJ1DLE.html

Tibet
China May let Dalai Lama visit, Eyes Ties with Vatican
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060403/wl_nm/religion
_china_dc_1;_ylt=AoYxGsZz6847_tKlNg9bT5BPzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Hong Kong
Fighting for Our Rights
SCMP, April 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZI1GJ1DLE.html