November 3, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
浙江湖州两次火灾 官方严加整治引发民众抗议 (Villagers Protest Stringent Punishment Following Deadly Fires in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/02/huzhou/
More than 3,000 villagers went on protest and attacked the town government building in Zhili, Zhejiang Province on October 29 and November 1. The protests were a response to the heavy fines imposed suddenly on villagers who broke fire prevention regulations. The more stringent enforcement of those regulations started after local authorities failed to contain two fires that killed dozens of factory workers in September and October. The 300 police officers that were sent to the protest scene did not make any arrests.

News
Bilateral Ties
China's Hu Urges Sudan to Seek Solution over Darfur
AFP (via YahooNews), November 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061102/wl_asia_afp/sudandarfur
unrestchina_0611021534523452

Corruption
Fugitive Claims Ties with Top Beijing Official
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLO4X9YTE.html

Death Penalty
China Expands Death Penalty Review Panel
International Herald Tribune, November 02, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/asia/AS_GEN_Chin
a_Death_Penalty.php

安徽一司机驱车轧死一执勤交警被判死刑 (Driver Sentenced to Death for Vehicular Manslaughter of Policeman in Anhui)
Xinhuanet, November 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/01/content_5276818.
htm

Environment
Addressing China's Climate Challenge
BBC, November 03, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6111528.stm

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Activist's Retrial Sparks Hopes of Reform in China
The Independent, November 03, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1948211.ece

Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Legal Chill from the North
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZKM4X9YTE.html

Inner Mongolia
Seeking Faith in Inner Mongolia
The Epoch Times, November 02, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-11-2/47682.html

Labor - Industrial Accidents
Death Toll in Oil and Gas Exploitation Exceeds 2005 Total
People's Daily, November 02, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200611/02/eng20061102_317489.
html

Law
Court Rejects AIDS Activists' Attempt to Sue Government
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZN4X9YTE.html

“公益诉讼第一人”获得“奖金”八百元 (Man Who Won China’s First Public Interest Lawsuit Receives Award)
Legal Daily, November 03, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-11/03/content_445537
.htm

Media - Censorship
Censorship Signals - China Cracks down on Pics
Variety.com, November 03, 2006
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953024.html?categoryid=1
9&cs=1

Media - Internet Censorship
Taiwan Rapper Evades China Censor with Piracy
Reuters, November 02, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=musicNe
ws&storyID=2006-11-02T050017Z_01_TP281702_RTRIDST_0
_MUSIC-TAIWAN-MUSIC-DC.XML02T050017Z_01_TP281702
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“博客实名制”先推试点后立方案 ("Real Name Registration" System to Apply to Only Some Bloggers at First)
Nanfang Weekend, October 31, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20061031083
4.asp

Police
Shanghai Cops Swap Beats to Cut down Corruption
Xinhuanet, November 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/02/content_528073
8.htm

Protests and Petitions
Charges Depend on HIV Test
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTAI7AYTE.html

Public Health
Beijing Disputes New Strain of Bird Flu
SCMP, November 03, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ8BI7AYTE.html

Religion – Christianity
长春家庭教会聚点被强拆 (House Church in Changchun, Jilin Province Forcibly Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/02/church/

Tibet
达赖喇嘛：不求西藏独立只望自治 (Tibet Doesn't Want Independence, Only Autonomy: Dalai Lama)
Voice of America, November 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-02-voa54.cfm