Thursday, November 04, 2004

DAILY NEWS BRIEF FOR November 4, 2004

News
Ethnic minority

No end in sight for martial law in Henan riot villages
SCMP, November 4, 2002
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJMWZ2I0E.html

Labour – protests and petitions
Hundreds of Nanjing workers protest against layoff plan under the SOE reform
国企改制裁员南京数百人抗议
Mingpao.com, November 4, 2004
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20041104/cad1r.htm

Legal
18 provinces adopted no-prolong detention rule
18个省区市实现无超期羁押
Legal Daily, November 4, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-11/04/content_147019.htm

Media
Party officials urge to resolve the “China Farmers’ Survey” outside courtroom
中国农民调查官司案 中共官方要求原被告和解
Chinesenewsnet.com, November 4, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/cna_2004_11_03_21_28_03_206.html

Migrant children
Migrant children stay bottom of class
China Daily, November 4, 2004
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/04/content_388505.htm

Population
Calendar influences Beijing's birth rate
China Daily, November 4, 2004
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/03/content_388278.htm

Protests and petitions
Riots provide bleak picture of society's ills
SCMP, November 4, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWAHF2I0E.html

Public Health – HIV aids
Government takes precaution measures to control the spread of HIV-aids in Yunan as infected patients reached 80,000
云南艾滋病感染者超八万 预防为主严控病毒流行
Chinesenewsnet.com, November 4, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/zxs_2004-11-04_502138.shtml

Other - Tibet
Tibetan monks on hunger strike in India urging China not to execute Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche Lama
印度藏僧绝食要求中国勿处决丹增德勒活佛
Radio Free Asia, November 3, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/11/03/zangseng/