China Human Rights Briefing September 16-30, 2008
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Reporting human rights development from the grassroots
September 16-30, 2008
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HIGHLIGHTS
- · CHRD continues to receive testimonies by activists, petitioners and applicants to protest at the Beijing Olympics which indicate human rights abuses on a systemic scale directly related to the Games. Many have been sent to Re-education through Labor camp or to psychiatric hospitals or have been criminally detained. Of those who were put under residential surveillance (house arrest) prior to the Games, some continue to be, while others have been released from “black jails”, residential surveillance and psychiatric institutions in the past two weeks.
- · The Chinese government has tightened its grip over the media in order to contain rising nationwide outrage at tainted milk products. Since the scandal came to light on September 11, CHRD has documented a number of measures taken by the government to block reporting of the scandal. An online magazine, China Agricultural Product Market Weekly, an online publication forcibly closed on September 25, became the latest victim in the authorities’ quest to direct the public’s attention away from the scandal.
- · CHRD is appalled by the death of Luo Shubo, a petitioner from Heilongjiang Province. Ms. Luo died on August 24. Both before and during her confinement in a Re-education through Labor camp, Luo was repeatedly denied medical treatment by the local authorities. By the time Luo was released from the camp and began to receive treatment, it was too late to restore her health. CHRD calls on the U.N. Committee against Torture, which is due to review China’s report in November, to pressure China to investigate and hold legally accountable those responsible for the cruel and degrading treatment of Luo.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Freedom of expression. 2
Caijing Shibo Punished for “Untrue” Article on Agricultural Bank of China. 2
Online Publication Closed for Reporting on Tainted Milk Scandal 3
China Tightens Grip on Media in Effort to Control Damage from Tainted Milk Scandal 3
Freedom of Association and Assembly. 3
Police Disrupt Protest outside of Chengdu Court 3
Judiciary Imposes Restrictions on Shenzhen Lawyer in Tainted Milk Cases. 3
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment 4
Petitioner Dies Following Delayed Access to Medical Treatment in RTL Camp. 4
Harassment and persecution of rights activists. 4
Sichuan Internet Writer Chen Daojun to be Tried in Closed Trial 4
Activist Detained for Applying to Protest during the Olympics. 4
Olympics “Protest Zones” Applicant Sent to Re-education through Labor 4
Shanghai Petitioners Continue to be Under House Arrest 5
AIDS Activist Barred from Attending NGO Conference. 5
Human Rights Defender Huang Qi Finally Allowed Access to Lawyers. 5
Member of Pan-Blue Alliance Released from Two Months of Residential Surveillance. 5
Consumer Advocate Released Following Three Months of Detention. 5
Chongqing Human Rights Defender Hu Jing Released from Detention at Psychiatric Hospital 6
Workers’ Rights Activist Released from Six Months of Residential Surveillance. 6
Wuhan Activist Released from a Month of Detention. 6
Persecution of petitioners. 6
Petitioners Sent to Re-education through Labor Prior to the Olympics. 6
Local Government Cuts Off Power of Petitioner’s Family in Act of Intimidation. 7
Petitioner Sent to Psychiatric Institution. 7
Sichuan Earthquake Victims’ Representative Detained. 7
Land and housing rights. 8
Zhejiang “Nail Household” Forcibly Demolished. 8
Land of Zhejiang Villagers Forcibly Appropriated by Government 8
Policy and Regulation Watch. 8
Hainan Drafts Regulation to Provide Pension to Farmers who Lose Land to Appropriation. 8
Regulations for the Implementation of the Labor Contract Law Released. 8
Hainan and Guangdong to Implement New System of Residence Permits. 8
Freedom of expression
Caijing Shibo Punished for “Untrue” Article on Agricultural Bank of China
On September 25, Caijing Shibao (or “Financial Times”), an independent-minded newspaper, released a statement stating that the publication had been punished for “untrue reporting” and for violating a number of media regulations, such as reporting on news outside of its local area. The newspaper is barred from publishing for the next three months. The “untrue” article in question, published in July, is believed to have exposed the misconduct of the Agricultural Bank of China, a state-owned bank. (Caijing)[i]
Online Publication Closed for Reporting on Tainted Milk Scandal
On September 25, China Agricultural Product Market Weekly (zhongguo nongchanpin shichang zhoukan), an online publication, was forcibly closed by the authorities. It is believed that the website was closed by Xiamen police in Fujian Province due to its reporting and commentaries on tainted Sanlu milk powder. The website, edited by Huang Liangtian (黄良天), has faced repeated closures in the past. (CHRD)[ii]
China Tightens Grip on Media in Effort to Control Damage from Tainted Milk Scandal
According to a CHRD press release on September 29, China has tightened its grip over the media in order to contain rising nationwide outrage at tainted milk products. Since the scandal came to light on September 11, CHRD has documented a series of measures taken by the government to block reporting of the scandal. CHRD has also learned that evidence of tainted milk was not reported when it first appeared in early July because the media was told to avoid “negative” reporting ahead of the Olympics. (CHRD)[iii]
Freedom of Association and Assembly
Police Disrupt Protest outside of Chengdu Court
On September 23, a group of petitioners protesting outside of Chengdu Intermediate People’s Court had their flags, megaphones, cameras, banners and posters confiscated by Chengdu police. The police also beat two protesting petitioners, Huang Xiaorong (f) and Hua Zhengyuan (m). On September 12, People’s Daily published an article praising the work of the Court’s Letters and Visits Office. The petitioners protested because they were angry that the article misrepresented the situation at the Office. (CHRD)[iv]
Judiciary Imposes Restrictions on Shenzhen Lawyer in Tainted Milk Cases
On September 22, the Office of Lawyers Administration (OLA) under the Shenzhen Bureau of Judicial Affairs told Huang Xuetao (黄雪涛), a lawyer at the Shenzhen Office of Beijing Dipingxian Law Firm, that she should abide by a number of rules set by the Office in regard to her interaction with victims of tainted milk, Huang can take such cases only under the following conditions: she must have the approval of the law firm’s partner; the cases must be registered with the OLA; the cases must be local; she must not speak in public or to the media about any case; and she must not encourage other lawyers to join her.
It is believed that a number of other lawyers across the country were warned against representing victims of tainted milk scandal or intimidated against doing so through informal “chats” with their local judiciary. (CHRD)[v]
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Petitioner Dies Following Delayed Access to Medical Treatment in RTL Camp
CHRD learned on September 24 that petitioner Luo Shubo (罗淑波) died on August 24 after she was repeatedly barred from accessing medical treatment by the local government both before and during her confinement in a Re-education through Labor (RTL) camp.
In October 2007, the local government barred Luo from seeking medical attention to prevent her from petitioning during the 17th Party Congress. Luo, of Renmin Township, Anda City, Heilongjiang Province, had been petitioning after winning a Court case but not having received the compensation to which she was entitled. On October 30, Luo was sent to two years of RTL for “extortion”. There, in spite of her requests she was barred from accessing medical treatment by the Qiqihaer RTL Camp and the Anda City Political and Legal Committee. In March 2008, Luo was finally sent to the hospital, but she was shackled and handcuffed while receiving treatment. Luo was released on April 12, but she was already too ill for the treatment she received after her release to be effective. (CHRD)[vi]
Harassment and persecution of rights activists
Sichuan Internet Writer Chen Daojun to be Tried in Closed Trial
CHRD learned on September 29 that Chen Daojun (陈道军), a cyber-activist from Chengdu who has been detained since May 9, is to be tried on “inciting secession” by Chengdu City Intermediate People’s Court in a closed trial at Jintong County People’s Court in Sichuan Province. Chen is believed to be tried after October 3, when the National Day public holidays end. Chen has been incarcerated for posting articles online criticizing the construction of a chemical plant in Chengdu and for dissenting from the official line on the incidents in the Tibetan regions in mid-March. (CHRD)[vii]
Activist Detained for Applying to Protest during the Olympics
CHRD learned on September 26 that Ji Sizun (纪斯尊), an activist who “disappeared” on August 11 after he applied to protest at the “Protest Zones” in Beijing, has been criminally detained. On September 25, six policemen from Fuzhou City Public Security Bureau (PSB) in Fujian Province went to the home of Ms. Lin, Ji’s friend and a veteran petitioner from Fujian Province. Police told Lin that Ji had been criminally detained. They presented Lin with a search warrant, searched her home for four hours and confiscated all the materials Ji had left at her home. (CHRD)[viii]
Olympics “Protest Zones” Applicant Sent to Re-education through Labor
On September 23, Liu Xueli (刘学立), a petitioner and activist against forcible land appropriation from Henan Province, was sent to six months of RTL for “endangering public safety”. Liu has been sent to Luoyang RTL camp. Liu had been under residential surveillance (house arrest) after he submitted an application in early August to protest at the “Protest Zones” in Beijing during the Olympics. (CHRD)[ix]
Shanghai Petitioners Continue to be Under House Arrest
CHRD learned on September 25 that the family of Duan Huimin (段惠民), a Shanghai petitioner who was beaten to death by interceptors in January 2007, has been under residential surveillance (house arrest) since July 25 to prevent them from “making trouble” during the Olympics. About eight to nine hired guards were dispatched by the Shanghai government to guard the family around the clock. Duan’s family is suing the Shanghai government for its role in Duan’s death. (CHRD)[x]
AIDS Activist Barred from Attending NGO Conference
On September 18, Li Xige (李喜阁), a grassroots HIV/AIDS activist from Ningling County, Henan Province, was barred from going to Shenyang, Liaoning Province to attend an NGO conference organized by China Global Fund. About ten police officers and other hired guards dispatched by the Ningling government guarded Li’s home and prevented her from going to the airport. Li has been under intermittent house arrest by police from Ningling County since August 2006. (CRLW)
Human Rights Defender Huang Qi Finally Allowed Access to Lawyers
On September 23, Huang Qi (黄琦), director of Tianwang Human Rights Center and detained since June 10, was allowed access for the first time to his lawyers, Mo Shaoping (莫少平) and Ding Xikui (丁锡奎). Huang has denied the charge of “illegal possession of state secrets”, on which he was formally arrested on July 18. Huang told the lawyers he had not been beaten but he was subjected to interrogation sessions lasting twenty-four hours. Despite repeated requests, Huang’s family has still not been allowed to visit the activist. (CHRD)[xi]
Member of Pan-Blue Alliance Released from Two Months of Residential Surveillance
On September 18, Li Zhuoxi (李卓熹), a member of the Pan-Blue Alliance of Chinese Nationalists from Changsha, Hunan Province, was released from over two months of residential surveillance (house arrest). On June 3, Li was detained on suspicion of “internet fraud” by police from Dazhou PSB in Sichuan. It is believed that the real reason for his detention is that he made t-shirts while he was visiting the disaster zone in Sichuan that criticized the poor quality of the collapsed buildings in the May 12 earthquake In July, he was released from detention and put under residential surveillance. After the end of the para-Olympics in September, Li was released from residential surveillance. Li will not discuss the details of his detention as one of the conditions of his release was that he not speak about it. (CHRD)[xii]
Consumer Advocate Released Following Three Months of Detention
On September 19, Chen Shuwei (陈书伟) from Shenzhen, one of China’s best-known consumer rights advocates, was released from nearly three months of detention in a “black jail”. On July 24, Chen was petitioning at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in Beijing when he was intercepted by eight police officers from Shenzhen. Chen was escorted back to Shenzhen and detained at an inn at Lychee Center, Xili Reservoir, Nanshan District, Shenzhen. (CHRD)[xiii]
Chongqing Human Rights Defender Hu Jing Released from Detention at Psychiatric Hospital
On September 19, Hu Jing (胡敬), a human rights defender from Chongqing, Sichuan Province, was released from detention at a psychiatric institution. In early July, Chongqing police sent him to the local psychiatric institution to prevent him from petitioning during the Olympics.
Hu had defended workers’ rights at a state-owned motor company in Chongqing and is a member of the Pan-Blue Alliance of Chinese Nationalists. This is the third time Hu has been detained in a psychiatric institution. In 2005, while on his way to Tiananmen Square in Beijing where he had planned to burn a Chinese Communist Party flag, he was intercepted by Chongqing Police and sent to a local psychiatric institution where he was reportedly mistreated. Between November 2007 and January 2008, Hu was again sent to the institution for petitioning about workers’ rights in Beijing. (CHRD)[xiv]
Workers’ Rights Activist Released from Six Months of Residential Surveillance
On September 23, Hu Cheng (胡诚), a workers’ rights activist from Changshu, Jiangsu Province, was released from residential surveillance (house arrest). Hu had been under residential surveillance since April, during which time he was guarded around the clock by six plainclothes officers believed to be dispatched by the local PSB. It is believed that Hu’s confinement was related to the Olympics. (CHRD)[xv]
Wuhan Activist Released from a Month of Detention
On September 18, Wang Guoqiang (汪国强), a traffic policeman and rights activist, was released from detention at an isolated “black jail”, where he had been held for a month-and-a-half. On August 5, Wang was kidnapped by local policemen and detained at a mansion in Qingliang Township, Mulanshan, Huangpo District, about 100 km from Wuhan City. It is believed that Wang was detained to prevent him from speaking out against human rights violations and corruption during the Olympics. (CHRD)[xvi]
Persecution of petitioners
Petitioners Sent to Re-education through Labor Prior to the Olympics
Prior to the Olympics, many of Beijing’s petitioners were rounded up in the capital’s large-scale crackdown on petitioners. They were sent back to their hometowns where they were detained. Some were released after the Games, while others are still in detention or have been sent to Re-education through Labor (RTL) camps. Below are some cases, documented by CHRD on September 29, of petitioners who were sent to RTL:
On July 11, petitioner Ren Peihua (任培花) was sent to 18 months of RTL for “disturbing the working order of [government] organs” while petitioning in Beijing. Ren, from Committee 10, Luodong Village, Dawo Township, Yongshun County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, had been petitioning for years because she believes that the local police failed to hold her son’s murderer accountable for the crime.
On July 19, Liao Kaifu (廖开付), a petitioner against forced demolition belonging to the Miao minority, was sent to one year of RTL for “gathering crowds to disturb public order” while petitioning in Beijing. Liao, 74, from Committee 5, Chudonghe Community, Tonghe Office, Jishou City, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, has been allowed to serve his term outside of RTL facilities. Liao’s five children, who petitioned together with him, were released after they had been detained for ten days.
On August 5, Zhang Yulin (张育林), a petitioner from Qijiang County, Chongqing, Hunan Province, was apprehended while petitioning in Beijing. Police told Zhang’s family that he will either be imprisoned or sent to two to three years of RTL. Zhang is currently being held at a detention center in Chongqing. (CHRD)[xvii]
Local Government Cuts Off Power of Petitioner’s Family in Act of Intimidation
On September 27, the family of Zhang Shufeng (张淑凤), a petitioner from Yinhe Township, Shunyi, Beijing, had their electricity cut. When Zhang’s husband complained to the electricity repairmen in the village, he was told that his cable would be repaired if he stopped petitioning. (CHRD)[xviii]
Petitioner Sent to Psychiatric Institution
On September 5, Huang Dingbin (黄定彬), an eighty-year-old petitioner and dismissed soldier from Renshou County, Sichuan Province, was forcibly sent to Renshou County Psychiatric Hospital by a group of local police and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. Huang was kidnapped on his way to deliver a petition to the Letters and Visits Office under the Disciplinary Office of the CCP in Sichuan Province. The officers confiscated Huang’s money and petitioning materials. The psychiatric hospital told Huang’s family that he could not be released because he had been admitted by the government. The local government told the family that Huang could not be released before his mental state was evaluated and he and his family promised to cease petitioning. (CLRW)[xix]
Sichuan Earthquake Victims’ Representative Detained
On September 22, Yang Peiqun (杨培群), a representative of earthquake victims from Guilin Village, Xujia Township, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, was taken into custody while petitioning in Beijing. Yang wanted to expose the use of falsified accounts to misappropriate relief funds and materials by the local cadres in the village. Yang reported to her family on September 22 that she was being detained in a “black jail” at the Sichuan Provincial Liaison Office in Beijing, but nobody has been able to contact her since then. (Canyu)[xx]
Land and housing rights
Zhejiang “Nail Household” Forcibly Demolished
On September 23, the home of Zhao Shuilong (赵水龙), a “nail household” in Sijiqing Street, Dinghai Community, Jianggan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, was forcibly demolished. A team of seven-hundred comprising PSB officers, Urban Inspection Officers (chengguan), hired security guards and local cadres participated in the demolition. Zhao’s is one of the last households to be forcibly demolished to make way for a new development in the area. Zhao said the local government has not provided him with adequate compensation (CRLW)[xxi]
Land of Zhejiang Villagers Forcibly Appropriated by Government
CHRD learned on September 16 that the farmland of Yasu Village, Bailongqiao Township, Wucheng District, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province was forcibly appropriated by the local government. On June 20, about two-hundred local government and police officers bulldozed the farmland and removed the seedlings on the farms. One villager, Yu Chuping (虞初平), was beaten and pushed to the ground when she attempted to stop the operation. Some villagers who attempted to film the process had their cameras confiscated. The villagers believe that the local government has not gone through the necessary procedures for land appropriation and has paid them insufficient compensation for their land. (CRLW)[xxii]
Policy and Regulation Watch
Hainan Drafts Regulation to Provide Pension to Farmers who Lose Land to Appropriation
According to a September 16 article on Sina.com, Hainan Province has drafted a pilot scheme which, if implemented, would set up a pension fund for farmers whose land is appropriated by the government. The government would contribute a portion of the revenue from the land sales to the fund, and the farmers would also contribute a portion of the money they receive for compensation and resettlement. (Sina.com)[xxiii]
Regulations for the Implementation of the Labor Contract Law Released
On September 18, the State Council promulgated the Regulations for the Implementation of the Law on Employment Contracts. The Regulations contain implementation details for the Law on Employment Contracts, which came into effect on January 1, 2008. The Regulations stipulate conditions under which the employee or the employer can terminate a contract. (Sina.com)[xxiv]
Hainan and Guangdong to Implement New System of Residence Permits
Hainan and Guangdong Provinces recently released new draft regulations on residence permits. The draft regulations stipulate that individuals between the ages of 16 and 60 are eligible for residence permits. The new system is considered an improvement on the “hukou” system currently in place in the rest of China. The new system allows individuals who do not originally come from the two provinces to acquire residency relatively easily and enjoy the corresponding benefits. (Legal Daily and Xinhua Net)[xxv]
[i] Caijing Shibo¸ “Caijing Shibo Ceases Publication for Rectification: a Public Statement <《财经时报》停刊整顿的公告>”, September 30, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080930094614_10854.html
[ii] CHRD, “China Agricultural Product Market Weekly Forcibly Closed Again <中国农产品市场周刊网再遭关闭>”, September 25, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080925132156_10746.html
[iii] CHRD, “China Tightens Grip on Media in Effort to Control Damage from Tainted Milk Scandal”, September 29, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class9/Class10/200810/20081003103511_10917.html
[iv] CHRD, “More Riots in Front of Chengdu Intermediate People’s Court <成都中院门前再发生骚乱>”, September 24, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/fmzj/200809/20080924234828_10733.html
[v] CHRD, “Bureau of Judicial Affairs Had a ‘Chat’ with Lawyer Huang Xuetao on Handling Tainted Milk Powder Cases <黄雪涛律师亲历代理毒奶粉案件被司法局约去谈话>”
[vi] CHRD, “Heilongjiang Petitioner Luo Shubo Died Because She Was Detained at an RTL Camp Which Delayed her Access to Medical Treatment <黑龙江访民罗淑波重病被劳教延误医治致死>”September 24, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080924182217_10719.html
[vii] CHRD, “Chen Daojun’s Charge Changed; Barred from Hiring Lawyer by the PSB <陈道军罪名变换，聘请律师受公安阻止>”, September 29, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class18/chendaojun/200809/20080929203921_10838.html
[viii] CHRD, “Activist Suffers Retaliation for Applying to Protest during the Olympics”, September 26, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class9/Class10/200810/20081003103356_10916.html
[ix] CHRD, “Olympics “Protest Zones” Applicant Sent to Re-education through Labor”, September 24, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class9/Class10/200809/20080924082105_10704.html
[x] CHRD, “Family of Shanghai Petitioner Duan Chunping Continues to be under House Arrest <上海访民段春平全家仍被软禁>”, September 25, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class5/200809/20080925154907_10750.html
[xi] CHRD, “Huang Qi Finally Allowed to Meet with Lawyers <黄琦终于获准与委托律师见面>”, September 24, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080924121907_10715.html
[xii] CHRD, “Hunan Pan-Blue Alliance Member Li Zhouxi Detained and Put under Residential Surveillance for 3.5 Months <湖南长沙泛蓝成员李卓熹被拘留监视居 住3个半月>”, September 20, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080920185112_10633.html
[xiii] CHRD, “Guangdong Rights Activist Chen Shuwei Detained for Nearly Three Months <广东维权人士陈书伟遭软禁近三个月>”, September 20, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080920194141_10634.html
[xiv] CHRD, “Chongqing Rights Activist Hu Jing Released from Detention at Psychiatric Hospital for the Third Time <重庆维权人士胡敬被第三次送精神病院 近三个月>”, September 20, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080920220237_10635.html
[xv] CHRD, “Changshu Removes the 24-Hour Residential Surveillance on Rights Activist Hu Cheng <常熟解除对维权人士胡诚的24小时监控>”, September 23, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080923215504_10693.html
[xvi] CHRD, “Wuhan Rights Activist Wang Guoqiang Guarded in Turns by 38 Policemen <武汉维权人士汪国强奥运期间被38个警察轮流看守>”, September 23, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class5/200809/20080923114131_10683.html
[xvii] CHRD, “Petitioners Sent to RTL Prior to the Olympics <奥运前被从北京抓回去劳教的访民>”, September 29, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class5/200809/20080929221606_10840.html
[xviii] CHRD, “Family of Beijing Petitioner Zhang Shufeng Harrassed and their Electricity Cut off <北京访民张淑风的家人遭断电干扰>”, September 28, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080928165632_10821.html
[xix] CRLW, “Eighty-year-old Dismissed Soldier Huang Dinbing Still Detained in Psychiatric Hospital during National Day <四川省仁寿县八十岁军转干部黄定彬国庆期间仍被关精神病院>”, September 30, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080930204137_10861.html
[xx] Canyu, “Yang Peiquan, Representative of Victims of Earthquake from Dujiangyan City in Sichuan Province, Taken into Custody while Petitioning the CCP’s Disciplinary Committee <四川都江堰市地震灾民代表杨培群在中纪委上访被抓>”
[xxi] CRLW, “Well-known Legal Scholar Concerned about Forcible Demolition at New City in Zhejiang Province; Nail Household Zhao Shuilong’s Home Forcibly Demolished <著名法学家关注杭州钱江新城拆迁 钉子户赵水龙依然被强拆>”, September 23, 2008, https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200809/20080923163235_10686.html
[xxii] CRLW, “Farmland of Two Hundred Forcibly Appropriated in Zhejiang Province Jinhua City <浙江省金华市二百多人强征农民土地>”, September 16, 2008, http://www.msguancha.com/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=1450
[xxiii] Sina.com, “Hainan to Legislate a Pension System for Farmers whose Land is Appropriated <海南拟立法建立失地农民社会养老保障制度>”, September 17, 2008, http://news.sina.com.cn/c/l/2008-09-17/072916303497.shtml
[xxiv] Sina.com, “Regulations for the Implementation of the Labor Contract Law Released <劳动合同法实施条例全文发布>,” September 18, 2008, http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-09-18/212816314278.shtml
[xxv] Legal Daily, “Hunan Province to Implement Residence Permit System; Will Legislate to Give Migrants the Same Benefits as Those Accorded to Citizens” <湖南省拟施行居住证制度 将立法赋外来人口“市民待遇”>”, September 16, 2008, http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-09/16/content_945680.htm; Xinhua Net, “Guangdong to Replace Temporary Residency System with Residence Permits; Relevant Regulations Unveiled to Consult the Public <广东将居住证取代暂住证制度 相关条例征求意见>”, September 25, 2008, http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-09/25/content_10109397.htm
