Top news of the day
Detention – Huang Jingao
Anti-corruption official detained
SCMP, December 17, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG2CDQB1E.html
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Fuzhou refused to confirm arrest of anti-corruption official
福州当局拒绝证实黄金高被捕
Voice of America, December 16, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=46AF72ED-BF54-4DBE-8AE4D9B94CD5DBFB&title=%B8%A3%D6%DD%B5%B1%BE%D6%BE%DC%BE%F8%D6%A4%CA%B5%BB%C6%BD%F0%B8%DF%B1%BB%B2%B6%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C216%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News
Detention – Shi Tao
Hunan government confirms arrest of Shi Tao
湖南当局逮捕诗人记者师涛
Voice of America, December 16, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?ObjectID=8C04716B-4C92-410E-AD06771D8B21820B
News
Accountability
Draft government budget for the second half of this year should disclose to public
政府下年财政支出预算草案应向社会公开
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/xw/zy/200412160023.asp
Ethnic minority
China’s “Gypsy village”?
中国"吉普赛村"?
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/cs/cszt1/200412160044.asp
June 4th
EU Summit yet to touch on arms ban issue
多维简讯：欧盟高峰会议并未触及“对华武器禁售”议题
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 16, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2004_12_16_15_2_38_704.html
Labour – law
Increasing number of labour disputes reflects gaps in law
劳动争议增多凸显法律空白
Legal Daily, December 16, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/16/content_168423.htm
Labour – protests
Workers Demand Union at Wal-Mart Supplier in China
New York Times, December 16, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/international/asia/16china.html?oref=login&oref=regi
Law
Supreme People’s Court announces citizens can apply to be jury
最高法院出台实施意见 公民可申请当人民陪审员
EastDay.com, December 17, 2004
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/news/news/node4938/node43135/userobject1ai
724391.html
Market economy builds on sound legal foundation
市场经济应建立在法治基础上
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/jj/jjxw/200412160035.asp
Defending consistency of laws
怎样维护法律的统一
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/xw/sd/200412160029.asp
Law – legal reform
Some thoughts to improve procuratorate system for administrative and civil cases
完善民事行政检察制度的若干构想
Legal Daily, December 16, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/16/content_168397.htm
Court reform requires appropriate measures to resolve conflicting relationships in the court system
法院改革应妥善处理几种关系
Legal Daily, December 16, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/16/content_168399.htm
Migrant workers – migrant children
Five portable schools will bring classrooms to migrants' children
SCMP, December 17, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRDCDQB1E.html
Political Reform
Featured article: the arrest of dissident writers gives sign of political reform?
冼岩来稿：刘、余被传唤是否预示中国政治改革即将启动？
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 16, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2004_12_16_9_
31_26_336.html
Population policy
China moves to ban late abortions
Guardian, December 16, 2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1374536,00.html
Poverty – income gap
Widening wealth gap threatens development
Xinhuanet.com, December 16, 2004
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/16/content_2340617.htm
Prison
Chinese dissident reveals life during imprisonment
中国异议人士袁斌谈狱中遭遇
Voice of America, December 16, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=7691639D-FDC1-46E5-AA43CF2AE39262DE&title=%D6%D0%B9%FA%D2%EC%D2%E9%C8%CB%CA%BF%D4%AC%B1%F3%CC%B8%D3%FC%D6%D0%D4%E2%D3%F6%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C216%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News
Protest and petitions
Police in central China scuttle protest over electric power
Kyoto News, December 16, 2004
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=322057
Featured article: the progressive development of reforming the petition mechanism
《环球》杂志:信访改革应制度演进
EastDay.com, December 16, 2004
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/news/news/node4938/node43135/userobject1ai
724391.html
Public health
Infantile paralysis threatens southwest China after ten-year absence
AFP via Channelnewsasia.com, December 16, 2004
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/print/122558/1/.html
Trafficking
On the trail of a trafficked child
BBC, December 16, 2004
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/44b8ab850b5317d9/cid/9366300fc
9319e9b/
Others - Tibet
Survival of grassroots court judges in the reality of Tibet
西藏：基层法官的现实生存
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/xw/fz/200412160008.asp