News
Hong Kong- human rights
Hong Kong's duty to speak up
South China Morning Post, 11 February 2005
In the past few weeks, I have met visitors from Europe and the US who are concerned about human rights in China. Besides monitoring the situation in the mainland, they are interested in developments in Hong Kong.
http://www.scmp.com/
Law
The legal system's quiet revolution
International Herald Tribune, 11 February 2005 GENEVA This week's Chinese New Year celebrations honored the Year of the Rooster, an auspicious time signifying achievement and new hopes. But while one of China's achievements, its economic success, is well known, another transformation ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/10/opinion/edtse.html
My brush with Shanghai's thin blue line
International Herald Tribune, 11 February 2005
SHANGHAI Being gripped by the arm and hauled off to a police squad car, red and blue lights revolving, is unnerving anywhere. When it happened to me here recently in Shanghai, I feared the worst.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/10/opinion/edfull.html
Chinese Court Rejects U.S. Man's Appeal
AP, Feb 10, 2005
China's supreme court has rejected an appeal by a U.S. businessman serving a 16-year sentence on tax evasion charges in a case that prompted calls by Washington for his release and criticism of the Chinese legal system, according to his supporters.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050
211/ap_on_re_as/china_us_jailed_businessman
Rural issues-poverty
Abduction warning to China's rich
BBC News, 2/11/2005
The Ministry for Public Security said nearly 4,000 people had been kidnapped in the country in the past year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4257245.stm
Rural issues-migrants
Round-up: more migrant workers celebrating Spring Festival in city, rather than going back home
Xinhua News Agency, 11 February 2005
Just like Shanghai citizens, migrant workers Hua Yun and husband went to the Jing'an Temple in downtown Shanghai on the first day of China's Rooster Year.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/11/content_2571616.htm