Wednesday, December 15, 2004

December 15, 2004

Top news of the day

Detention – Yu Jie and Liu Xiaobo

Intellectuals are free, but homes guarded by police officers
SCMP, December 15, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSL5DQB1E.html



News

Economic development
Major setbacks to China’s development
六大難題困擾中國發展
WenWeiPo, December 15, 2004
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0412150005&cat=002CH

Human rights
Writers' detention fuels fears of crackdown
SCMP, December 15, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLW2DQB1E.html

China under US scrutiny
Financial Times, December 14, 2004
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4274d6b2-4e0a-11d9-9351-00000e2511c8.html

June 4th
Dissident to fight to death if repatriated to China
鲁德成:如泰警方执意将他遣返中国将以死抗议
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/12/14/ludecheng/

NGO
Rights group allows giving speech to public in China for the first time
人权观察代表首次被允在中国公开场合发言
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/12/14/requanguancha/

The inadequacy of the list of “advanced civil organizations”
“先进民间组织名单”中的缺憾
China Youth On-line, December 15, 2004
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2004-12/14/content_996565.htm

Labour – industrial accidents
China's mining accidents kill 5,286 people in 11 months
People’s Daily, December 15, 2004
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200412/15/eng20041215_167353.html

Law

Court to setup a database for all court case details for public scrutiny
全国法院执行案将入数据库供公众监督
Legal Daily, December 15, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/15/content_167851.htm

Law – legal profession
Views on the concept of professionalism of China lawyers
也谈律师执业观
Legal Daily, December 15, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/15/content_167935.htm

Media – censorship
Sex-themed talk show banned by watchdog
SCMP, December 15, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9MAIQB1E.html

China strengthens controls over media
中国加强媒体控制
Voice of America, December 14, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=27CD7128-680D-45DE-93CE4AC66E7CBF20&title=%D6%D0%B9%FA%BC%D3%C7%BF%C3%BD%CC%E5%BF%D8%D6%C6%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C214%C8%D5%29

Population policy
U.S.: One-Child Abuses Rampant in China
AP via Yahoo News, December 15, 2004
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041214/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/china_one_child_1


Society
Seven major measures to build a harmonious society
构建和谐社会七大措施
China Youth On-line, December 15, 2004
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2004-12/14/content_996540.htm