December 31, 2005 to January 3, 2006

Top News of the Day

Media
南都报副总编因得罪省领导遭撤职 (Dismissal of Deputy News Editor at Nanfang City News Believed to Be Related to Negative Report About Government Official)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2005
The Deputy News Editor for Nanfang City News, Xia Yitao, has been dismissed reportedly because of a report she made about a leader in Guangdong Province who was sanctioned over a mining accident in Meizhou.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/30/xiayitao/


News

Children
Child-Theft Racket Growing in China
Los Angeles Times, January 03, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
childsnatch1jan01,0,4305055.story?coll=la-home-eadlines
childsnatch1jan01,0,4305055.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Corruption
讨论：2005年中国法制蓝皮书反腐篇 (Discussion: Chapter on Corruption in China's 2005 Blue Paper on the Legal System)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/30/fanfu/

Corruption - Rights Defenders
Fujian Anti-Graft Crusader Loses Appeal Against Life Term
SCMP, January 01, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYSSW6SGE.html

Economic Development
Obsession with Growth Has to End: Economist
SCMP, December 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZK2RW6SGE.html

Environment
Officials Sacked After Pollution Riots
SCMP, January 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZB2RJRGE.html

Government
百姓看不到的都登出来了 (Government Website Publishes News the Public Has Never Seen)
Nanfang City News, January 03, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/
200601030124.asp

Human Rights Defenders
港记者协会递请愿信 望北京给予程翔公平审讯 (Hong Kong Journalists' Association Sends Letter to Beijing to Urge for Open Trial for Jailed Reporter Ching Cheong)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/02/
CHENGXIANG/

Labor
China's Union Organizers
Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-matchmaking31dec31,0,5689318.story?coll=la-home-worldmatchmaking31dec31,0,5689318.story?coll=la-home-world

Media
Networking: Convergence Comes to China
UPI, January 03, 2006
http://www.physorg.com/news9501.html

讨论：2005年中国政府对互联网的封锁 (Discussion: Crackdown on Web Sites by Chinese Government in 2005)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/02/web/

Migrant Workers
No New Year Cheer for Chinese Migrant Workers
China Daily, January 02, 2006
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/02/
content_508706.htm

Population
One-Child Policy Questioned as Population Ages Rapidly
SCMP, December 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8HWQJRGE.html

Poverty
Balm for Rural Areas Unlikely to Bring Calm
SCMP, January 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZGV4RJRGE.html

Protests and Petitions
广东去年社会骚乱事件频发引关注 (Widespread Concern Over Incidents of Social Unrest in Guangdong in 2005)
Voice of America, January 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-02-voa30.cfm

公转私职工集体维权 资方雇黑社会暴力打压 (Thugs Hired to Crack Down on Protestors over Labor Dispute in Chengdu)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/02/
weiquan/

Chinese Activists Targeted by Thug Violence
Washington Post, January 01, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/31/AR2005123100994.htmldyn/
content/article/2005/12/31/AR2005123100994.html

Staff Back to Work After Protest at Editor's Transfer
SCMP, December 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0S0RJRGE.html

广东深圳逾二千工人抗议罢工造成交通瘫痪 (四) (Traffic Comes to a Halt as Over 2,000 Workers in Shenzhen Go on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/12/31/bagong/

Public Health
Govt to Increase Subsidy for Rural Cooperative Medical System
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/01/content_3996340.htm

WHO Urges Openness on H5N1 as Mystery Shrouds Latest Death
SCMP, December 31, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5PFCKRGE.html

HIV Boy Loses China Hospital Case
BBC, December 30, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4569866.stm

Religion
新疆基督家庭教会屡受当局打压 (House Churches in Xinjiang Face Frequent Suppression from Authorities)
Voice of America, January 02, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-02-voa31.cfm

Rural Issues
Survey: Healthcare in Rural Areas Problematic
Xinhuanet, January 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/03/content_
4002260.htm

Rural Issues
Agricultural Tax Overhaul Implemented as Expected: Survey
Xinhuanet, December 31, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/31/content_3995178.htm

Social Security
100 mln Chinese Get Social Assistance in 2005
Xinhuanet, January 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/01/content_3996384.htm

Society
48% Chinese Feel "Very Happy","Happy" in 2005: Survey
Xinhuanet, January 02, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/02/content_4000100.htm