Thursday, April 07, 2005

April 7, 2005

Top news of the day

Media – Press freedom / Religion
AFP reporters detained on the way to interview an underground Catholic Church in rural Heibei village
中国警方拘留两名前往采访天主教家庭教会的法新社记者
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2005
Two reporters from the Agence France-Presse (AFP) were taken away by Police for interrogation on their ways to visit an underground Catholic Church in rural Hebei. Official declined to state reasons for the detention.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/04/06/afp/



News

Gender – law
The guiding principles for the amendments of Women’s Right Law
妇女权益保障法修改原则
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_2032
01.htm

Human rights – freedom of speech
Shanghaiese website faces lawsuit over violating freedom of speech as it removes users’ web postings
上海网民挑战中国言论自由 控告网站删帖
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 7, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/cna_2005_04_07_01_30_21_956.html

June 4th – EU arms ban
French minister defends EU plan to lift arms embargo on China
Financial Times, April 7, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5d0de054-a701-11d9-a6df-00000e25
11c8.html

Labour – employment market and income
Labour to get 4 times pay for working over time work on holidays when Guangdong adopts work payment regulation regulations
广东将实施工资支付条例 假日加班需付4倍工资
EastDay.com, April 7, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node55927/userobject1ai994767.html

Law
China drafts law to protect personal information
Xinhuanet.com, April 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/06/content_27933
88.htm

Law – legal aid
High Court announced new regulations on legal aid
最高人民法院对司法救助作出新规定
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_20315
1.htm

Law – legal reform
Shenzhen court rows to make court trials public to enhance transparency of the legal system
深圳罗湖法院审判全程公开
Nanfangdaily.com, April 7, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews//jwxy/200504070
904.asp

Some thoughts on formalizing and streamlining the legal appeal system
驳回再审申请的立法设想
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_20320
0.htm

Reconstruct streamlining procedures for criminal cases
我国刑事简易程序的重构
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_20319
8.htm

Law – legal profession
Legal ethics and judicial fairness
司法职业道德与司法公正
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_20319
7.htm

Media-Internet
Chinese media to cool anti-Japan campaign
China National News, April 7, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/625f6db7c39d28
27/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/

Resettlement-Dam
400,000 to be moved for canals network
The Standard, April 6, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GD06Ad03.html

Religion
China's Divided Catholics Unite, if Just to Mourn
New York Times, April 6, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/international/worldspecial
2/07china.html

Religious Groups question the freedom of religion in China
宗教团体质疑中国宗教自由
www.dajiuyuan.com, April 7, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/4/7/n880744.htm

Social security
Social security improving, problems remain
Xinhuanet.com, April 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/06/content_2794
735.htm

Financing of pensions not sustainable, says analyst
Reuters via The Standard, April 7, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GD07Ad05.html

Inner Mongolia
Relocation of Mongolian herdsmen 'massive abuse'
SCMP, April 7, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLR8UOY6E.html

Tibet
CTIC web upgraded
Chinadaily.com, April 7, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/07/content
_432138.htm

Hong Kong – Basic Law
Judicial reviews may have to be put on hold
SCMP, April 7, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ92YUOY6E.html