Top news of the day
UN
Sides to discuss resuming rights dialogue
SCMP, October 26, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP68Z2I0E.html
News
Detention – Zhao Yan
Powell fails to pressure China to release Zhao Yan
再 促 放 趙 岩 鮑 卿 碰 釘
Apple Daily, October 26, 2004
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?sec_id=15335&showdate=20041026&art_id=4396805
Environment
China revises law -- doesn't want to be "world's largest dumping ground"
People’s Daily, October 26, 2004
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200410/26/eng20041026_161551.html
Environment official urges public to sue polluters
Xinhuanet.com, October 25, 2004
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/25/content_2136561.htm
Human rights
Investigations under way on government departments abuse of power and violations of human rights
中国严查国家机关工作人员侵犯人权的五大类犯罪
Chinesenewsnet.com, October 26, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/zxs_2004-10-26_498729.shtml
Labour – protests
Provinces struck by prolonged labour strife
SCMP, October 26, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTUJ73I0E.html
Labour – union
Threat to blacklist anti-union firms
SCMP, October 26, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG1TE2I0E.html
Law
Amendments in the draft Security Administration Punishment Act
草案与现行条例有哪些不同
Legal Daily, October 26, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-10/26/content_144147.htm
China to improve security administration punishment act
People’s Daily, October 25, 2004
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200410/25/eng20041025_161513.html
Media - censorship
Crackdown resumes on liberal media
SCMP, October 26, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG7SE2I0E.html
Media – press freedom
Shenzhen may incorporate media’s right to information into law to protect journalists’ safety in reporting
深圳：媒体知情权可能入法 记者采访有安全保障
Chinesenewsnet.com, October 26, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/zxs_2004-10-26_498735.shtml
Olympics
Olympics Legal Framework completed, highlighting compensation to citizens who may be negatively affected by the Olympics
《奥运法律框架》完成 奥运造成不利应补偿市民
EastDay.com, October 26, 2004
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/news/news/node4938/node37750/userobject1ai606065.html
Police
Public order law to curb police abuses and antisocial acts
SCMP, October 26, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ988Z2I0E.html
Poverty – Urban-rural disparity
Income gap still large in Shanghai
China Daily, October 25, 2004
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/25/content_385560.htm
Public health
Wu: Rural healthcare gets much better
Xinhuanet.com, October 25,2004
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/25/content_2134538.htm
Public health – HIV aids
Special detention area for HIV-aids prisoners found in Jiangsu prison
江苏监狱首建艾滋病犯监区
Legal Daily, October 26, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-10/26/content_144166.htm
Prison
China's prison reform borrows foreign idea
People’s Daily, October 26, 2004
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200410/26/eng20041026_161549.html
Resettlement
HRIC: Shanghai court bias against plaintiffs of urban clearance case, making the setback to fight for justice
中国人权：上海法院偏袒开发商拆迁户寻求公正难似登天
Chinesenewsnet.com, October 26, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest/Life/2004_10_25_16_21_41_817.html
Other – Tibet
Austria cancels memorial stamps for Dalai due to China’s pressures
迫于中国压力奥取消出版达赖喇嘛纪念邮票
Radio Free Asia, October 25,2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/10/25/aodili/