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China executes series killer murdering 11, including cops - People's Daily Online
November 03, 2010

A Chinese man convicted of murdering 11 people including three police officers over five years were executed Tuesday in Foshan City, south China's Guangdong Province, a local court said.

Listed as one of the top wanted suspects, Cheng Ruilong, 37, was arrested in 2005 and was sentenced to death for murder, robbery and **** by Foshan Municipal Intermediate People's Court in February 2010. He was found to have murdered 11 people in a string of violence between May 1996 and January 2005.

Cheng, a Guangdong native, was originally convicted of murdering 13 but the court dropped the number of victims in July's hearing of Cheng's appeal as bodies of a woman and her daughter allegedly killed by Cheng were never found.

He lost the appeal. His execution had been approved by the Supreme People's Court, officials with Foshan intermediate court said.

Source:Xinhua
 
Experts: hukou system is unfair to farmers - People's Daily Online November 04, 2010

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China's urbanization would be set back if the government does not reform the hukou (household registration) system, experts said.

"With 1 percent annual growth in the number of people moving to cities from rural areas, China's urbanization rate will reach 60 percent in 12 years. But I am afraid the country would take some 25 years to achieve that rate with all the discriminatory restrictions against farmers," said Wang Chunguang, a social mobility researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

China's urban areas held 45.6 percent of the country's population at the end of 2008, 44.9 points higher than the figure in 1976, according to a report released in early October by the Institute of Finance and Trade Economics under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The report also described current urbanization as "incomplete", because members of the floating population, which refers to people working outside their hukou registration places, were not entitled to the same amount of benefits as local residents.

Wang Chunguang said that most members of the floating population are excluded from social benefits enjoyed by local residents, such as buying low-income housing, voting in city elections and having their children go to public high schools in the city.

Wang Jian, a micro-economic expert with the National Development and Reform Commission, also said that the urban population had grown too quickly.

"We will still need huge input to cover them with social benefits," Wang Jian told the Beijing-based Caijing magazine.

According to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, China had 229.87 million migrant workers by the end of 2009, accounting for more than one-third of the urban population in China.

The latest report by the China Development Research Foundation showed that if the government put in 2 trillion yuan a year to give non-agricultural residencies to 20 million migrant workers, it will take 20 years to include all migrant workers.

In August, the Shandong provincial government took over the housing sites of residents in 1,249 villages. The villagers were relocated to centralized residential zones far from their field land, but were not given new jobs or social insurance, Guangzhou Daily reported.

Similar policies were also under way in Shaoxing in Zhejiang province, Wuhan in Hubei province and Changsha in Hunan province.

Recent research disclosed by the All-China Women's Federation revealed that land expropriation was the reason for 58.9 percent of female and 50.9 percent of male farmers losing their land. And 30 percent said their living quality decreased after their land was taken over.

By Cheng Yingqi, China Daily
 
China executes series killer murdering 11, including cops - People's Daily Online
November 03, 2010

A Chinese man convicted of murdering 11 people including three police officers over five years were executed Tuesday in Foshan City, south China's Guangdong Province, a local court said.

Listed as one of the top wanted suspects, Cheng Ruilong, 37, was arrested in 2005 and was sentenced to death for murder, robbery and **** by Foshan Municipal Intermediate People's Court in February 2010. He was found to have murdered 11 people in a string of violence between May 1996 and January 2005.

Cheng, a Guangdong native, was originally convicted of murdering 13 but the court dropped the number of victims in July's hearing of Cheng's appeal as bodies of a woman and her daughter allegedly killed by Cheng were never found.

He lost the appeal. His execution had been approved by the Supreme People's Court, officials with Foshan intermediate court said.

Source:Xinhua

why did it take 5 years to put this garbage to death?
 
China's poor stubbornly stuck at bottom - People's Daily Online November 05, 2010

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Zhang Heng, who enrolled at Nanjing-based Hohai University this summer, transports bricks on a construction site in his hometown, a small village in Cangzhou city of Hebei province, on July 23. He works there to make money for his tuition fees. Provided to China Daily

Members of China's lower class are facing more limited opportunities to move up the socio-economic ladder as resources become concentrated in the hands of a small number of wealthy people, greatly hindering the country's efforts to build a fair social class structure, experts have warned.

"The flow of different classes in China is somewhat blocked," said Ge Daoshun, a social policy expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).

Family background has become an "invisible barrier" for many people who want a good job, Ge said.

The chance of an official's child being employed by government is more than twice that of a child of a common citizen, assuming that their fathers have the same educational background, the CASS research found.

According to Ge, children from wealthy and well-connected families can easily acquire decent jobs, handsome incomes and good opportunities to develop. However, those whose parents have no money and no power may find it difficult to improve their position in society.

Some 35 percent of college graduates with a rural family background were unemployed in 2009, while the proportion was 15 percent for graduates whose parents are doing management work, according to a survey by MyCOS, a Beijing-based consultancy.

The survey also found that children from rural families earned the lowest income among all graduates six months after graduation.

At the same time, universities have seen fewer enrollments from rural areas. In 2009, some 840,000 students did not sit for the national college entrance exam. Most of them were from rural families who cannot afford tuition fees and were pessimistic about the employment situation for college graduates. Instead, the students chose to be migrant workers.

Gu Jun, a sociologist at Shanghai University, told China Daily: "An adequate flow of people into different classes is a must as society develops.

"China's new social class structure has not yet formed, and once barriers are set, the lower class will find it hard to rise," he said.

An ideal society should be shaped like an olive, a few at the top, a few at the bottom, with the middle class being the majority, Ge Daoshun, the CASS expert, said.

When a society's middle class reaches about 60 percent, the society will enjoy relatively stable political and economic conditions and a good social order, he said.

According to a standard set by the CASS in 2006, a Chinese with a yearly income of $11,800 to $17,700 can be called middle class. But currently the middle class accounts for only 23 percent of the population.

"Unfairness is the key reason behind the lower class' difficulty in acquiring higher social status," Gu Jun, from Shanghai University, said.

People who enjoy rich social and financial resources will pass on these benefits to the next generation and even the generation after that. Social resources include economic, organizational and cultural resources. These resources are now almost centralized in the hands of a small number of people, he said.

"It could be a danger for China's social stability, if the wealth gap continues to increase," he said.

Ge Daoshun said that some systemic obstacles, such as hukou (permanent residency), employment and social security systems, left over from China's planned economy era before 1978, have also hindered the social movement of people from all classes.

He suggested that China should deepen reform and improve policy innovation in sectors such as income distribution, education, hukou and social security to gradually make the class structure adapt to the new economic structure.

By Chen Xin, China Daily
 
29 arrested in police raid on SW China drug den - People's Daily Online November 06, 2010

Police in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have raided an underground narcotics drug factory, arresting 29 people and confiscating tonnes of raw materials and ingredients for producing ephedrine.

Ephedrine, a stimulant whose usage is restricted in China, can be extracted to make methamphetamine, one of the most popular chemical dopes in China, also known as "ice".

Police discovered over 100 kg of finished and half-finished ephedrine as they raided the drug den hidden in a deserted minefield in Laibin City on Thursday.

More than 40 tonnes of the Chinese herb Mahuang, 7 tonnes of diluting solution, and 2.5 tonnes of other chemicals - all ingredients for making ephedrine - were discovered in the raid.

Police said it was rare to raid a drug den with such a large manufacturing capacity.

Chinese laws provide that smuggling, trafficking, transporting and manufacturing narcotic drugs can lead to capital punishment.

Source:Xinhua
 
get the drug dealers out! i don't think they will all be executed though; probably only the head is executed and the rest get life.
 
Policemen jailed for fatal attempted **** - People's Daily Online November 01, 2010

A court in Hunan province said on Sunday that it had jailed two police officers and three other suspects for the attempted **** of two teenage girls, one of whom jumped to her death while trying to resist her attackers.

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Gong Cheng, a Hunan police officer, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve for the attempted **** of two teenage girls, the Intermediate People's Court of the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture said on Sunday in Fenghuang County People's Court in Fenghuang, Central China's Hunan province, Oct 31, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

One of the pair, Gong Cheng, a Hunan police officer, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, the Intermediate People's Court of the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture said.

Xu Lei, the other police officer, was sentenced to 15 years in jail. Lin Yi, one of three other men involved in the attempt, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, and the other two, life in prison and 13 years.

According to the court statement, the two girls, surnamed Qiu and Hou, from neighboring Hubei province, knew one of the attackers and had gone to a karaoke bar in the autonomous prefecture with him and the four others on Sept 4.

The men decided to spike the girls' drinks with ketamine, an anaesthetic that causes a temporary loss of sensation, and take them to a hotel where they tried to **** the girls, both 16, the report said.

When the girls resisted, one of the men slapped and kicked Qiu, and threatened her.

When Gong tried to **** Qiu, she managed to get away and jumped out of a window of the ninth-floor room, falling to her death.

The five were also ordered to pay more than 350,000 yuan ($52,460) in compensation.

Source: China Daily

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Local residents gather outside Fenghuang County People's Court for the trial in Fenghuang, Central China's Hunan province, Oct 31, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

After being criticized by west again and again, CPC is getting hesitant to impose capital punishment to these bastards who has commited such horrible crimes and would have been executed in the old days.

That is disappointing, CPC should have shown no mercy to these criminals. Just put a bullet in his head, solve the problem once and for all.
 
When we were called Sick man of Asia,

当我们被称作东亚病夫,

We were called The Yellow Peril.

我们被称为黄祸。

When we are billed to be the next Superpower,

当我们将要成为下一个超级大国,

We are called The China Threat

我们被称为中国威胁。

When Our doors were closed…

当我们的国门紧闭。。。

You smuggled Opium to Open Markets.

你们走私鸦片来打开我们的市场。

When we Embrace Free Trade,

当我们拥抱自由贸易,

You blame us for Taking Away Your Jobs.

你埋怨我们抢走了你们的工作。

When We were falling apart,

当我们支离破碎,

You marched in your troops,

你们的军队长驱直入,

and wanted your fair share.

从对我们的瓜分中得到你那“公平的”份额。

We were broken into pieces,

我们被瓜分的四分五裂,

And You killed, burned,mained and looted.

你们烧杀掳掠。

Just go to the British Museum and The Louvre,

which of those Arts and Relics werebought fair?

到大英博物馆和卢浮宫去看看,那里的哪一件艺术品和文物是公平交易的结果?

Even Woodrow Wilson Couldn’t give back Birth Place of Confucius back to Us.

甚至是伍卓·威尔森也不能把孔子的出生地归还给我们。

But,He did buy a ticket for the Famine Relief Ball for us…

但是,他毕竟为饥荒中的我们买了一张赈灾舞会的门票。。。…

A trickle of good will in a sea of despair.。。。

在绝望之海中,这是一股善意的小溪。

Never again, we said, We stood up and fought for our survival.

这一切都不会再发生,我们说,我们站起来为自己的生存而战斗。

And piece by piece,we put our nation back together again,

一点一点,我们将自己的国土重建。

“Free Tibet” you screamed, “it was aninvation!”

“解放西藏”,你尖叫着。“那是一场侵略!”

Never mind,that those who shouted,did the original invation.

却不知,那叫喊的人才是真正的侵略者。

When We Tried Communism,

当我们尝试共产主义,

You hated us forbeing Communisits.

你痛恨我们是共产主义者。

When We embrace Capitalism,

当我们拥抱了市场经济,

You hate us for being Capitalists.

你又因痛恨我们是资本主义者。

When We had a Billion People,

当我们有了十亿人口,

You said we were destroying the planet.

你说我们正将地球毁灭。

When We tried limiting our members,you said it was human right abuse.

当我们限制人口增长,你说我们侵犯人权。

When We were Poor,

当我们贫穷,

You treat us like dogs.

你视我们如猪狗。

When We loan you cash,

当我们借钱给你,

You blame us for your debts.

你却埋怨我们制造了你的债务。

When we build our industries,

当我们发展工业,

You called us Polluters.

你说我们是污染的罪魁祸首。

We made you consumer goods,

我们为你们制造消费产品,

You blamed us for globalwarming.

你指责我们使全球变暖。

When We buy oil,

当我们购买石油,

You called that exploitation and Genocide.

你说那是剥削,是种族灭绝的举动。

When You fight for oil

,当你们为了石油发动战争,

You called that Liberation.

那便成了解放运动。

When We were silent,You said you want us to have Human Rights and Free Speech.

当我们沉默时,你声称要给我们人权和言论自由。

When We Were silent No More,You called Us Brain Washed-Xenophobics.

而当我们不再沉默,你称我们是被洗了脑的仇外者。

Enough is Enough,Enough Hypocrisy for this one world.

够了,够了,这世界已不再需要虚伪。

We Want…One World One Dream.

我们需要的是。。。同一个世界,同一个梦想。。。

And Peace On Earth.

还有地球上的和平。

– This Big Blue Earth is big Enough for all of Us.

—这个巨大的蓝色星球足够我们每一个人。
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How about this news? You can find it on news sites and blogs outside China in both Chinese and English...but not anywhere in China

China Police Confine Prominent Artist
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/world/asia/06china.html?emc=eta1

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I really do not care about the rights of those idiots, simply is not worth the care that they do not belong to need to take care of people's rights. Those idiots belong to some interest groups, do actors for their money, especially the "艾未未" idiot. By the way, if I could ask, what is your assessment to this idiot? Over.
 
Comment: Fight corruption while naming officials - People's Daily Online November 08, 2010

Malpractices are rampant in the appointment of officials. This is both a reason for, and an outcome of, the prevalence of corruption in public offices. The Communist Party of China knows this, and wants desperately to solve the problem. The CPC's disciplinary and organizational departments and the Ministry of Supervision have just issued a joint decree stating that they will crack down on the offering and taking of bribes in official appointments. They made public the specifics of 12 violations.

That the appointment of officials has become a new trading place for public and private interests is an indication that the traditional approach is failing. The emerging consensus is that a government built on the favors and disfavors of individual leaders cannot deliver good governance.

So long as it is not done merely to lower the average age of public-office holders, which has often be the case, we agree there is an imperative to breathe new life into our less-than-respected public offices. The CPC and government offices never have to worry about lack of candidates, but the question remains who should be appointed, and how.

In the "two-way exchange" program that brings promising young officials to central government offices from the provinces, and dispatches young officials with leadership potential the other way, those born in the 1960s are in the absolute majority. Aging is a natural phenomenon. Sooner or later, younger people will take the place of their elders. This is natural. Life-long tenure for leaders, no matter how capable they are, does no good to society. Nor does poorly thought-out age limits for public offices. That is why we disagree with any favor or discrimination based solely on age.

There is a universal understanding that as long as the CPC's watchdog wants to bite, there is no safe haven for corrupt elements. The stark reality, however, is that it simply cannot take care of all the problems. Nor would it be possible or fair to have every case attended to personally by somebody of a sufficiently high rank.

Numerous similar proposals and heavy-handed campaigns have failed to stem corruption. But this is not because our leaders are not serious about their pledges. However, to achieve the desired result, we need a change in approach.

Since decisions made behind closed doors have bigger risks of failure, and public-office holders are supposed to serve the public, and are supported by taxpayer's money, taxpayers deserve some say in such processes.

Or at the very least, the appointment of public officials should be conducted in broad daylight.

Source:China Daily
 
Beijing shuts most local gov't liaison offices to fight corruption - People's Daily Online November 09, 2010

China's central government has closed 625 of the 971 local government liaison offices in Beijing after the public criticized the offices for allegedly bribing central government officials and wasting public funds.

According to a detailed list the State Council released Tuesday, the offices shut down include eight that represented major cities, 189 that represented local government departments at various levels, 374 that represented counties and 54 that represented development zones and other government units.

On Jan. 19, the State Council's General Office issued a circular urging a reduction in the number of local government liaison offices in Beijing.

The circular also called for stricter supervision of the offices to cut costs and fight corruption.

"After the State Council circular, many local governments set up special teams to investigate their liaison offices and map out plans to regulate them," said an unnamed official from the Government Offices Administration of the State Council.

"Applications to keep the offices open were strictly reviewed. The offices whose management was disorderly or unclear were eliminated, as were the ones that did not function satisfactorily," said the official.

Some 296 offices representing major cities and all 50 offices that represent China's provinces and special economic zones were permitted to keep offices in the capital.

Source: Xinhua
 
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