January 5, 2005

Top news of the day

Media – censorship
A cold winter for the Chinese media: closure of China Reform magazine (rural edition)
中国传媒过严冬：《中国改革》农村版停刊
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 5, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2005_1_4_13_2_32_532.html

Protests and petitions
Silk Market stallholders in last-ditch protest
SCMP, January 5, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNN15HJ3E.html


News

Death penalty
Death sentences commuted for arms smugglers in Tibet
SCMP, January 5, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQT8BHJ3E.html

Gender – discrimination
12 year-old boy losts case against Education Bureau on sexual discrimination dispute
12岁男生状告教育局“性别歧视”案终审败诉
Legal Daily, January 5, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-01/05/content_174990.htm

Gender – sex workers
Chinese villages export their daughters
New York Times via International Herald Tribune, January 5, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/03/news/china.html

Human rights - education
Mobilize the society in promoting rights seeking amongst youngsters
动员全社会力量 推进青少年维权
Legal Daily, January 5, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-01/05/content_174967.htm

Law – legal rights
Let more litigants get assistance from lawyers for their cases
让更多的当事人有律师协助诉讼
Legal Daily, January 5, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-01/05/content_175049.htm

Political dissidents – Yang Tianshui (楊天水)
Pledges to the release of Yang Tianshui mobilized on internet
海外发起网络联署要求释放杨天水
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/01/04/shifang/

Political dissidents – Guo Qinghai (郭慶海)
Dissident writer speaks about the CCP after 4-year imprisonment
坐牢四年 郭庆海出狱谈中共
Dajiyuan.com, January 5, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/1/5/n770225.htm

Police – administrative detention – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒鳳)
Mao Hengfeng’s conditions in re-education camp worsening
毛恒凤遭迫害处境未改善
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/01/04/maohengfeng/

Resettlement – protests and petitions
A thousand Shenzhen protesters clash with police over forceful eviction
多维详讯：深圳皇岗千人示威反迁拆多辆警车被砸
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 5, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2005_1_4_18_42_23_819.html

Public health – HIV aids
Aids orphans face little sunshine
SCMP, January 5, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR0Z8HJ3E.html

Tibet
Fire Razes People's Hall in Sichuan, Arson Suspected
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/01/04/tibet_fire/

Xinjiang
Featured article: Xinjiang and democratization
陈破空：新疆问题与民主化
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 5, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005
_1_4_15_25_37_558.html