Top News of the Day
Political dissidents - detention cases
China frees top Uighur prisoner
BBC, March 17, 2005
Rebiya Kadeer, 58, was allowed to leave China for medical treatment in the US, the Dui Hua Foundation said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4357637.stm
News
Bilaterals - U.S./China
U.S. government decides against offering China rights resolution, officials say
Associated Press Newswires, 17 March 2005
The U.S. government has decided against proposing a U.N. resolution critical of China's human rights policy because of positive steps by Beijing in the past year, United States officials said Thursday.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050317-0249-us-china-rights.html
Homeland Insecurity
New York Times March 17, 2005
When it comes to China, the Bush administration is engaged in one of the greatest acts of unilateral disarmament ever seen in U.S. foreign policy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/17/opinion/17friedman.html?ex=1268715600&en=19cb8a4f361c299c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt
Death Penalty
Suspended death term for Beijing official
SCMP, March 17, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYM9F456E.html
23-year-old man sentenced to death for murdering an American in Guangdong
廣東東莞美國人被害案嫌犯肖友尊一審被判死刑
CRI Online, 16 March, 2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/38
21/2005/03/16/381@483083.htm
June 4th – EU arms embargo
EU pledges fail to dent US resolve on embargo
SCMP, March 17, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6N9F456E.html
Arms needed 'to end strait standoff'
SCMP, March 17, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEP1K456E.html
China hopes EU has "wisdom" to lift arms ban
Reuters News, 17 March 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17689019.htm
They Will Call Us Hypocrites
The Wall Street Journal Europe, 17 March 2005
Those European governments that are apparently bent on lifting the European Union's arms embargo against China would be well-advised to take notice of the gathering tide of opposition among legislators on both sides of the Atlantic.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111102657400782014,00.html
Selling arms to China: If Europe has to do it, here's how
International Herald Tribune, March 18, 2005
On many U.S.-European policy differences, whether in the Middle East or Iraq, Americans themselves are divided, and many even share the European view. But on selling arms to China, U.S. public and political opinion is united.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/17/opinion/edgordon.html
Labour – industrial accidents
6 saved after trapped in Hunan coal mine for 2 days while 28 died in blast in Shanxi
湖南6名被困矿工获救，山西28名矿工确认死亡
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/03/16/kuangnan/
Labor- Work Conditions
Occupational death on the rise
我國職業病危害嚴重
China Youth Daily, 17 March, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-03/17/content_1050585.htm
Law- Legal Profession
Appraisals ensure judicial fairness
Xinhuanet.com, 16 March, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/16/content_270
4500.htm
Media-Press Freedom/Police
Xinhua journalists clash with local police and government officials after they were blocked covering villagers petitioning
新華社記者遭惡警圍-採訪山西村民上訪 地方官員阻撓
Mingpo.com, 17 March, 2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050317/__cca1.htm
Protests and petitions
Leaders' Promises Have Little Impact on China's Petitioners
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/03/16/china_
NPC_aftermath/
Rural issues- Land Policy
Intensifying land reforms to revive agricultural economy, says expert
深化土地制度改革再创农村辉煌
Fanfan Daily.com, 16 March, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/sheping/20050
3160516.asp
Tibet
Exile Tibetans feedback on Dalai’s soften line on Tibetan independence
达赖喇嘛和解姿态流亡藏人反应
Voice of America, March 16, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-03-16-voa50.cfm
