2006 News and Analysis

Court Sentences Shaanxi Investor Feng Bingxian to Three Years Imprisonment (1/17/06)

Guangzhou Officials Release Activist Guo Feixiong (1/5/06)

Chinese Government Takes Steps Against Corruption While Land Abuses Continue (1/5/06)

Authorities Punish Imprisoned Activist Zheng Enchong After He Receives Human Rights Award (1/05/06)

Power Plant Construction Continues After Government Supresses Villager Protests in Shanwei (1/04/06)

2005 News and Analysis

Assailants Beat Catholic Nuns Over Xi'an Land Dispute (12/14/05)

Trade Officials Tell WTO That Government Contemplates No New Changes to Criminal IPR Laws (12/8/05)

Three Gorges Project Results in More Evictions, Land Scandals, and Corruption Cases (12/8/05)

Procuratorate Indicts Feng Bingxian and Three Other Shaanxi Oil Investors (11/2/05)

Chinese Government Expresses Continuing Concern Over Arable Land Loss (10/26/05)

Chengdu Homeowners Protest Inadequate Regulation of Property Development (10/20/05)

Shaanxi Authorities Release Lawyer Zhu Jiuhu (9/26/05)

Shanghai Court Sentences Two to Death for Violent Evictions (8/29/05)

Chinese Statistics Show More IPR Criminal Enforcement in the First Half of 2005 (8/29/05)

Prominent Chinese Lawyers Call on Lawyers Association To Investigate Detention of Zhu Jiuhu (8/23/05)

Police Detain Shaanxi Property Rights Advocate (8/19/05)

Supreme People's Court Issues Reply on Eviction Cases (8/15/05)

Police Clash With Ethnic Mongols Over Land Rights (7/27/05)

Worker and Farmer Riots Demonstrate Absence of Channels for Redress of Grievances (7/25/05)

Senior Chinese Officials Acknowledge Rising Social Unrest, But Rule Out Political Liberalization (7/4/05)

China's State Council Issues Updated White Paper on Intellectual Property Rights (5/23/05)

China Reports Lower Rate of Arable Land Loss in 2004 (3/29/05)

PBOC Again Attempts to Cool Hot Housing Market (3/29/05)

Local Governments Enact New Demolition Rules (3/28/05)

Jiangsu Farmers Win Lawsuit Against Land Ministry (3/28/05)

Chinese Report: Urban Demolitions Down 40 Percent, Authorities Investigate 70,000 Cases Involving Illegal Rural Land Transactions in 2004 (3/23/05)

News Report: China May Pass New Property Law in June 2005 (3/8/05)

Central Government to Launch National Land Survey, Consolidate  Control Over Land Management (3/8/05)

Media Summary: Land Management Continues to Receive Attention in the Chinese Press (3/8/05)

Chinese Authorities Release Farmers' Activist on Bail But Restrict His Activities (3/8/05)

China Daily: Urbanization to Displace Millions of Farmers Annually

Construction Ministry Calls for Improved Notice and Comment System for Demolitions and Relocations (2/11/05)

Agriculture Ministry Clears Path for Transfers of Contracted Land (2/10/05)

Former Chengdu Land Official Convicted of Corruption (2/8/05)

Chinese Report: More Than Two Million Peasants Protest in October 2004 (2/8/05)

150 Farmers Sue Ministry of Land and Resources in Beijing Court (2/3/05)

Shaanxi Court Jails Farmers for Land Protest (2/3/05)

Southern Weekend Publishes Review of China's Land Crisis in 2004 (1/14/05)

2004 News and Analysis

Land Use Inspection Campaign to Continue (12/15/04)

Evicted Farmers Lose Lawsuit Against the Ministry of Land and Resources (12/15/04)

Chinese Government May Abolish Agricultural Tax (12/15/04)

New York Times Examines Property Seizures in China (12/8/04)

Land and Finance Ministries Issue New Joint Notice on Payment of Land Use Fees (12/7/04)

Beijing to Expand the Amount of Land Available for Construction (12/3/04)

28 Central Government Bureaus Establish Joint Mechanism to Resolve Petitioning Issues (12/3/04)

Three Major Chinese Cities Announce Massive New Wave of Relocations (11/16/04)

State Council Releases Text of New Land Management Circular (11/16/04)

Chinese Official: Displaced Farmers Owed 15 Billion Yuan in Compensation (11/15/04)

Massive Protests Erupt in Sichuan, Protesters Briefly Detain Provincial Party Secretary (11/10/04)

Evicted Farmers Sue the Ministry of Land and Resources After More Than Two Years of Fruitless Appeals (11/10/04)

Media Summary: U.S. and Asian Newspapers Analyze Recent Unrest in China (11/9/04)

Caijing Reviews Efforts to Ease Social Unrest Through New Land Policies (11/9/04)

Chinese Legal Experts Discuss Draft Property Law and Prospects for Adoption by the NPC (10/28/04)

Legal Scholar Wang Liming Reviews Nine Key Points in the Draft Property Law and Issues to Be Resolved (10/28/04)

China to Lift Temporary Suspension of Land Sales (10/26/04)

NPC Standing Committee Slated to Discuss Draft Laws on Property, Public Order, and Bankruptcy (10/22/04)

Ministry of Land and Resources Reports that Reform of Land Management Bureaus to Be Completed By Year End, State Council Expresses Further Concern About Land Abuses (10/20/04)

Land Seizures Fueling Unrest in China, Party Responds by Prohibiting Domestic Media Reports (10/12/04)

CASS Scholar Yu Jianrong on Shift in Focus of Peasant Activism from Taxes to Property Rights (9/20/04)