Thursday, December 16, 2004

December 16, 2004

Top news of the day

Detention – Yang Jiangli
Yang Jiangli seeks parole for medical treatment
异议人士杨建利争取保外就医
Voice of America, December 15, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=E402273C-D4C2-4507-97D4FD8C661BAB18&title=%D2%EC%D2%E9%C8%CB%CA%BF%D1%EE%BD%A8%C0%FB%D5%F9%C8%A1%B1%A3%CD%E2%BE%CD%D2%BD%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C215%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News#

Media – press freedom
China replaces liberal news editors
China National News, December 14, 2004
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/52d5f5b28f70646b/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/


News

Civil service
Chinese officials punished for hoarding government funds
People’s Daily, December 16, 2004
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200412/16/eng20041216_167506.html

Detention – Ju Jie and Liu Xiaobo
Writer released after detained by police, but monitoring continues
张祖桦被拘留后获释但继续被监视
Voice of America, December 15, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?ObjectID=CD591801-1FBC-49A5-987FBB5AD21DFFBB

RSF condemned detention of Chinese writers
【记者无国界】谴责中国骚扰作家刘晓波和余杰
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/12/15/liuxiaobo/

Food security – GM
China may commericalise GM rice production
中国可能允许生产转基因水稻
Voice of America, December 15, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=8839DDC0-A565-4A00-9BA792515F2B81DB&title=%D6%D0%B9%FA%BF%C9%C4%DC%D4%CA%D0%ED%C9%FA%B2%FA%D7%AA%BB%F9%D2%F2%CB%AE%B5%BE%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C215%C8%D5%29

Human rights
Gagging China's intellectuals
Asia Times Online, December 15, 2004
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FL15Ad05.html

China Targets Writers' Group
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2004/12/15/china_dissidents/

Labour – income level
Urban dwellers getting more pay
Xinhuanet.com, December 16, 2004
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/16/content_2340492.htm

Population policy
One-child policy still leading to abuses: US
SCMP, December 16, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJ58DQB1E.html

Prison
Dissident Yuan Bin arrives US
异议人士袁斌成功逃离泰国抵美
Voice of America, December 15, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=186D217D-AADF-4554-AD6BA62712E38FD9&title=%D2%EC%D2%E9%C8%CB%CA%BF%D4%AC%B1%F3%B3%C9%B9%A6%CC%D3%C0%EB%CC%A9%B9%FA%B5%D6%C3%C0%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C215%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News

Society
Love and money reshape family in China
Christian Science Monitor, December 15, 2004
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1215/p01s04-woap.html

Three Gorges
Shot in the arm for Three Gorges area
SCMP, December 16, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD8WZQB1E.html