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RRT RESEARCH RESPONSE

Research Response Number: CHN34601 Country: China Date: 23 March 2009

Keywords: China – CHN34601 – Dongge village – Haikou town – Piggeries.

This response was prepared by the Research & Information Services Section of the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the RRT within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. This research response may not, under any circumstance, be cited in a decision or any other document. Anyone wishing to use this information may only cite the primary source material contained herein.

Questions 1. Can you provide me with information about Dongge village, Haikou Town, eg size, population, type of area? Is it a pig farming area? 2. How far is Dongge village from Haikou Town and Fuqing City? 3. What is the address or location of the Haikou Frontier Police Station? 4. What is the address or location of the Fuqing City Public Security Bureau? 5. What is the address or location of the Fuqing Detention Centre? 6. Additional Information

RESPONSE

1. Can you provide me with information about Dongge village, Haikou Town, eg size, population, type of area? Is it a pig farming area?

No official or reliable information was found in the sources consulted regarding the population of Dongge village. Information from the „Falling Rain‟ website states that the approximate population within a 7km radius of Dongge is 82,882. The website does not provide a description as to how this population approximation is calculated or the source of the information („Dongge, China Page‟ 2004, Falling Rain Genomics website http://www.fallingrain.com/world/ch/7/dongge.html – Accessed 17 March 2009 – Attachment 1).

The Chinese Yellow pages website lists the following ten hoggeries which appear to be located in Dongge village, Fuqing:

FUJIAN FUQING DONGGE HUAQIAO MECHANIZATION HOGGERY 16 Zhuang 1#, DongGeHua QiaoNongChang 4# Zone, FuQing, FuZhou, Fujian Phone: 0591-5511166 Fax: 0591-5511022 Contact: Mouxin, LIN

…FUJIAN FUQING HAIKOU DONGGE DAHU HOGGERY XiQiaoDa, DongGe Village, FuQing, FuZhou, Fujian Phone: 0591-5511950 Contact: Dingyu, LIN

…FUQING DONGGE FARM XINJIAN HOGGERY DongGeHua QiaoNongChang 7# Zone, FuQing, FuZhou, Fujian Phone: 0591-5512799 Contact: Weixiong, LIN

…FUQING DONGGE HUAQIAO FARM CHANGLONG HOGGERY DongGeHua QiaoNongChang 6# Zone, FuQing, FuZhou, Fujian Phone: 0591-5511506 Contact: Helong, CHEN

FUQING DONGGE HUAQIAO FARM QIAOXIN HOGGERY DongGeHua QiaoNongChang 5# Zone, FuQing, FuZhou, Fujian Phone: 0591-5511263 Contact: Yueying, CHEN

FUQING DONGGE HUAQIAO FARM XINFA HOGGERY DongGeHua QiaoNongChang DiSiGuan District, FuQing, FuZhou, Fujian Phone: 0591-5511738 Contact: Shuisheng, CHEN

…FUQING HAIKOU DONGAGE HOGGERY DongGe Village, FuQing, FuZhou, Fujian Phone: 0591-5512064 Contact: Dinggeng, LIN

FUQING HAIKOU DONGGE CHUNLIN HOGGERY DongGe Village, FuQing, FuZhou, Fujian Phone: 0591-5512064 Contact: Huilin, LIN

…FUQING XIEDA ZHONGSWINE FARM DongGeHua QiaoNongChang 5# Zone, FuQing, FuZhou, Fujian Phone: 0591-5511195 Contact: Jinfu, FANG („Search Results-Agriculture-Livestock-Livestock & Herd-Fujian‟ 2009, Yellow Pages China, 17 March http://www.yellowpageschina.com/1355/1; http://www.yellowpageschina.com/1355/2; and http://www.yellowpageschina.com/1355/3 – Accessed 17 March 2009 – Attachment 2).

The Member may be interested to know that a 2006 report titled China – Pork Powerhouse of the World states that “because pig farming is a traditional family based farming practice, 75 to 80% of the pigs in China are still produced in rural backyards”. According to the report “only 20% to 25% pigs are produced by intensive piggeries and specialized pig-farming households”. The report also states that the “South Eastern coast region” of China which includes Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and Hainan is responsible for 13.2% of the nation‟s pork production (Wang, R. 2006, „China – Pork Powerhouse of the World‟, Advances in Pork Production, vol. 17, pp.36 & 45, Banff Pork Seminar website http://www.banffpork.ca/proc/2006pdf/033%20-%20wang.pdf – Accessed 26 March 2009 – Attachment 3).

Further information on pig farming within the Fuqing area can be found in question one of Research Response CHN33724, dated 8 September 2008 (RRT Research & Information 2008, Research Response CHN33724, 8 September – Attachment 4).

2. How far is Dongge village from Haikou Town and Fuqing City?

Information from the Microsoft Encarta Interactive Atlas indicates that Haikou is located approximately 9.87 kilometres from Fuqing. The Atlas does not include Dongge village. The following map displays the location of Haikou township in relation to Fuqing (listed on the map as Rongcheng):

(„Haikou: Fujian‟ 2000, Microsoft Encarta Interactive Atlas – Attachment 5)

3. What is the address or location of the Haikou Frontier Police Station?

Question 2 of Research Response CHN32936 includes an unofficial translation of a Chinese language list of police stations in Fuqing. The Chinese language list of Fuqing police stations was received by the Tribunal on 14 February 2008 from a Senior Chinese Librarian at the National Library of Australia. The translated list contains references to two police stations in the Haikou township including the “Haikou frontier defence police station”. The address details provided only state that the police stations are located in “Haikou Township, Fuqing” and do not include more specific address information such as street location:

序号单位名称电话号码地址 Unit name Telephone Address 海口行政派出所福清市海口 121 85567434 Haikou Administration Police Station Haikou Township, Fuqing 海口边防派出所福清市海口 189 85567211 Haikou frontier defence Police Station Haikou Township, Fuqing (RRT Research & Information 2008, Research Response CHN32963, 7 March – Attachment 6; Senior Chinese Librarian, National Library of Australia 2008, Email to RRT „RE: Information Request about Detention Centres in Fuqing‟, 14 February – Attachment 7).

A Google translation of a Chinese language website reveals a listing for „Haikou Border Station‟. The listing provides the same telephone and address details for Haikou Border Station as those provided above for „Haikou Frontier Defence Police Station‟. The Google translation of the website provides the following information for Haikou border station:

Contact: Haikou border station Contact Tel: 85567211 …Detailed Address: Haikou Town, Fuqing City („海口边防派出所‟ (undated) hy.cnfq.com website http://hy.cnfq.com/gsgc/fyljgzf/3879.shtml – Accessed 18 March 2009 – Attachment 8: Google translations can often be poor and can contain errors – as such they give only a rough indication of the contents of a document. For any further reliance on this information, a better translation should be obtained).

No additional information was found in the sources consulted regarding the address or location of the Haikou Frontier Police Station.

4. What is the address or location of the Fuqing City Public Security Bureau?

An unofficial translation of a Chinese language list of police stations in Fuqing includes information on Public Security Bureau (PSB) offices in Fuqing. As stated in question 3 of this response the Chinese language list of Fuqing police stations was received by the Tribunal on 14 February 2008 from a Senior Chinese Librarian at the National Library of Australia. The translated list contains the following three references to PSB offices in Fuqing:

单位名称电话号码地址序号 Unit name Telephone Address 福清市公安局福清市田乾路 115 85222322 Fuqing City PSB Tian Gan Road, Fuqing 福清市公安局龙田分局福清市龙田 116 85783779 Fuqing City PSB Longtian Division Longtian Town, Fuqing 福清市宏路公安分局福清市宏路 117 85388110 Fuqing City Honglu PSB Division Honglu Town, Fuqing (RRT Research & Information 2008, Research Response CHN32963, 7 March – Attachment 6).

However, information gained from a Chinese language website suggests that the Fuqing City Public Security Bureau is no longer located at Tian Gan Road, Fuqing (福清市田乾路). An unofficial translation of a Chinese website suggests that real estate has been advertised for sale at the address listed above for the Fuqing City PSB (福清市田乾路). The translation describes the location of the property for sale as the former address of the Fuqing Public Security Bureau. This translation was conducted through Google translate and with the assistance of a Chinese speaking Tribunal officer („公元 2007‟ (undated), FQLook.cn website http://www.fqlook.cn/fqlp/fuqingloupan/2008-01-17/29711.html – Accessed 18 March 2009 – Attachment 9: Google translations can often be poor and can contain errors – as such they give only a rough indication of the contents of a document. For any further reliance on this information, a better translation should be obtained).

No other information was found in the sources consulted regarding the address or location of the Fuqing Public Security Bureau. A site search was conducted using a combination of Google translate and Chinese characters in the websites of the Fujian Provincial Public Security Department (http://www.fjgat.gov.cn/fjgat/index.aspx), Fujian Yellow Pages(http://www.fjyellowpages.cn/), Fuqing Municipal Peoples Government (http://www.fuqing.gov.cn/), Fuzhou Public Security Bureau (http://www.fzga.gov.cn/) and the Ministry of Public Security of the People‟s Republic of China (http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/index.html). A Chinese language search was also conducted within the Google search engine.

5. What is the address or location of the Fuqing Detention Centre?

Question two of Research Response CHN32963, dated 7 March 2008 provides information on detention centers in Fuqing. The response provides details of four detention centres and one prison reported to be located in Fuqing. Two detention centres are reported to be located in Fuqing City and the other two detention centres are reported to be located in towns within Fuqing. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) confirmed in January 2007 that there is a detention centre located on Nan Meng Dou Street in Fuqing city. No additional information was found in the sources consulted regarding detention centres in Fuqing (RRT Research & Information 2008, Research Response CHN32963, 7 March – Attachment 6).

6. Additional Information

A DFAT report, dated 6 January 2008, provides addresses for a number of government agencies located in Fuqing city, including The Municipal Government Office. The report provides the following the information which may be of use to the Member:

Complaint Bureau ( Petition Bureau)

Longtian Town: N/A

Fuqing City: Fuqing City People‟s Government Building, Yifu Street, Rongcheng Town, Fuqing City 福清市融城镇一拂街市政府办公室 0591-85222299

Civil Affairs Bureau

Longtian Town: N/A Fuqing City: No. 114 Yifu Street, Rongcheng Town, Fuqing City 福清市融城镇一拂街114号 0591-85222368

The Municipal Government Office Longtian Town: Longtian Town, Fuqing City 福清市龙田镇 0591-85771013

Fuqing City: Fuqing City People‟s Government Building ,Yifu Street, Rongcheng Town, Fuqing City 福清市融城镇一拂街市政府办公室 0591-85222273

The People‟s Court

Longtian Town: No. 56, Longxiu Road, Longtian Town, Fuqing 福清市龙田镇龙绣路56号 0591-85978931/85781633 Fuqing City: No. 100, Huan Bei Road, Rongcheng Town, Fuqing 福清市环北路100号 0591-85222346

The Anti-Corruption Bureau of the People‟s Procurators

Fuqing City People‟s Procurator No 6, Jinxiujiayuan, Fuqing City 福清市锦绣家园6号 0591-86000699

The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Fujian Province People‟s Procurators No. 139, Hualin Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City 福州市鼓楼区华林路139号 0591-87813289 (Department of Foreign and Trade 2008, DFAT Report No. 755 – China: RRT Information Request: CHN32790, 16 January – Attachment 10).

List of Sources Consulted

Internet Sources:

Non-Government Organisations Amnesty International website http://www.amnesty.org/ Freedom House http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=1 Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/ International News & Politics Banff Pork Seminar website http://www.banffpork.ca/ Falling Rain Genomics website http://www.fallingrain.com/ Harry‟s World Atlas website http://harrysworldatlas.blogspot.com/ Traveling Luck World Index website http://travelingluck.com/ Region Specific Links FQLook.cn website http://www.fqlook.cn/ Fujian Provincial Public Security Department http://www.fjgat.gov.cn/fjgat/index.aspx Fujian Yellow Pages http://www.fjyellowpages.cn/ Fuqing Municipal Peoples Government http://www.fuqing.gov.cn/ Fuzhou Public Security Bureau http://www.fzga.gov.cn/ Hy.cnfq.com website http://hy.cnfq.com/ The Ministry of Public Security of the People‟s Republic of China http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/index.html Yellow Pages China http://www.yellowpageschina.com/ Search Engines Google search engine http://www.google.com.au/

Databases: FACTIVA (news database) BACIS (DIAC Country Information database) REFINFO (IRBDC (Canada) Country Information database) ISYS (RRT Research & Information database, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, US Department of State Reports) RRT Library Catalogue

List of Attachments

1. „Dongge, China Page‟ 2004, Falling Rain Genomics website http://www.fallingrain.com/world/ch/7/dongge.html – Accessed 17 March 2009.

2. „Search Results-Agriculture-Livestock-Livestock & Herd-Fujian‟ 2009, Yellow Pages China, 17 March http://www.yellowpageschina.com/1355/1; http://www.yellowpageschina.com/1355/2; and http://www.yellowpageschina.com/1355/3 – Accessed 17 March 2009.

3. Wang, R. 2006, „China – Pork Powerhouse of the World‟, Advances in Pork Production, vol. 17, pp.36 & 45, Banff Pork Seminar website http://www.banffpork.ca/proc/2006pdf/033%20-%20wang.pdf – Accessed 26 March 2009.

4. RRT Research & Information 2008, Research Response CHN33724, 8 September.

5. „Haikou: Fujian‟ 2000, Microsoft Encarta Interactive Atlas.

6. RRT Research & Information 2008, Research Response CHN32963, 7 March.

7. Senior Chinese Librarian, National Library of Australia 2008, Email to RRT „RE: Information Request about Detention Centres in Fuqing‟, 14 February.

8. „海口边防派出所‟ (undated) hy.cnfq.com website http://hy.cnfq.com/gsgc/fyljgzf/3879.shtml – Accessed 18 March 2009.

9. „公元 2007‟ (undated), FQLook.cn website http://www.fqlook.cn/fqlp/fuqingloupan/2008-01-17/29711.html – Accessed 18 March 2009.

10. Department of Foreign and Trade 2008, DFAT Report No. 755 – China: RRT Information Request: CHN32790, 16 January.