Thursday, November 25, 2004

DAILY NEWS BRIEF FOR November 25, 2004


Top news of the Day

Media – press freedom
Crackdown on illegal magazines
SCMP, November 25, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYMOBQB1E.html


News

Children – child labour

Teens worked in fire-struck mines
SCMP, November 25, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZDRTGQB1E.html

June 4th
China Said To Be Preparing To Free Jailed Dissident
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2004/11/23/china_jailed_dissident/

Labour – protests and petitions
Factory owner sacked thousands of workers but refused to pay compensation
深圳数千工人被解雇厂方拒付赔偿费
Chinesenewsnet.com, November 25, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest/Life/2004_11_24_19_51_22_773.html

Land policy
Survey on the laws of rural land policy
来自农村土地法律制度的调查
Legal Daily, November 25, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-11/25/content_158542.htm

Media – press freedom
One more reporter sacked for telling the truth
又一名南方报业集团记者因讲真话遭开除
Dajiyuan.com, November 25, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/11/25/n728016.htm

Prison
Hong Kong plans to repatriate mainland prisoners to China as Hong Kong prisons too crowded
香港监狱人满为患 计划将内地人犯移往中国
Chinesenewsnet.com, November 24, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/cna_2004_11_24_08_33_03_263.html

Public health – HIV aids
Universities stop condom giveaway
SCMP, November 25, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHPEYQB1E.html

China to give HIV aids tests to prison officers
将对需要治疗的羁押、收教人员进行抗病毒治疗
EastDay.com, November 25, 2004
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2004-11-25/2004112514252.htm

Others – Xinjiang
Uyghurs Count Cost of China's Quest for Stability
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2004

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/in_depth/2004/11/24/central_asia02/