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Labour – Protest
Workers protest at low wages, long hours
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZ11145OXD
Government interferes as 3000 Shenzhen workers blockade roads protest at low pay
深圳3千員工不滿薪水低上街堵路 ，政府出面對話
Yahoo News, October 7, 2004
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/041007/57/262pl_1.html
Media - Censorship
Reporting of farming seizures outlawed
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZJXZ35OXD(Category)
News
Accountability
19000 Shannxi villagers send open letter to President Hu
19000多名陕西村民向胡锦涛发公开信
Dajiyuan, October 7, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/7/n682630.htm
Detention – Yang Jianli
US lawmakers petition Chinese leader to grant dissident parole
AFP, October 7, 2004
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/110478/1/.html
Economic Development
Facts, figures reveal better life has dawned
People’s Daily, October 7, 2004
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200410/07/eng20041007_159204.html
HRIC in the media
Shanghaiese woman protesting against one-child policy tortured
報稱上海一婦女抗議一胎制遭虐待
BBC Chinese.com, October 6, 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_3710000/newsid_3719300/3719312.stm
Shanghaiese woman protesting against one-child policy tortured
上海一婦女因超生災連禍接
Asiatimes-chinese.com, October 6, 2004
http://www.asiatimes-chinese.com/2004/10/1006hric.htm
Rights group says detainee tied, beaten
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZ91145OXD
Shanghaiese woman tortured for violating one-child policy
上海妇女毛恒凤因「超生」遭非人对待
Daijiyuan, October 7, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/7/n682693.htm
Labour – Industry accidents
Expert worries about coal mine working safety
ChinaDaily, October 7, 2004
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/07/content_380140.htm
Labour – Protest
Shannxi textile workers on strikes for 23 days
陕西纺织工人大罢工进入第23天
Dajiyuan, October 7, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/7/n682870.htm
Prisons
UN probe sought into torture on mainland
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZ9PJ35OXD
China claims US congressional report interfere China’s internal affairs
孔泉：坚决反对美国会年度报告粗暴干涉中国内政
Chinanews.com, October 6, 2004
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2004/2004-10-06/26/491213.shtml
Public Health - AIDS
China's media urged to promote safe sex
People’s Daily, October 7, 2004
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200410/07/eng20041007_159218.html
Other – Tibet
Dalai Lama demands true autonomy for Tibet
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIIK35OXD.html
Nepali police caught 27 Tibetan refugees
尼泊尔警方逮捕27名试图偷渡的西藏人
Dajiyuan, October 7, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/7/n682632.htm