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Wednesday, March 17, 2004 |
CHINA: Censorship stepped up to target blogging [RFA]
Chinese authorities have closed two sites hosting blogs, in an escalation of Internet censorship that began with a crack down on discussion forums. In targeting blogs - personal pages where Internet-users post their own comments on the news - the government seems determined to claw back the meagre gains of the past few years in terms of individual freedoms. [more]
10:37:30 AM 
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THOUSANDS OF PHNOM PENH CHILDREN WORK FOR LITTLE OR NO WAGES [RFA]
The International Labor Organization (ILO) revealed in a recent survey that nearly 28,000 children work in household positions in Cambodia often for seven days a week and for little or no wages, RFA reports. The survey found that 10 percent of children in Phnom Penh between the ages of seven and 17 work in such households. Duties include cooking, cleaning, washing, gardening, or babysitting. [more]
10:31:47 AM
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DISSIDENT: CHINA'S DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT SHOULD FOLLOW TAIWAN'S [RFA]
The pro-democracy movement in China should follow a pattern similar to that in Taiwan during the past 20 years, released Chinese dissident Wang Youcai told RFA in a recent interview. "I think if in future China can take the same sort of direction that Taiwan did, the process under which they set up opposition parties, I think this is the sort of direction to take," Wang told RFA's Mandarin service after being released on medical parole from the Zhejiang No. 1 Prison in Quzhou City. [more]
10:27:13 AM
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[CNA]
10:23:28 AM
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A.F.L.-C.I.O. to Press Bush for Penalties Against China. It's about time! I can't believe that China has been able to get away with their behavior for so long. In the long run, our failing to challenge them to meet basic standards on worker safety, hours and wages doesn't just hurt workers in the US and China, it is bad for workers *everywhere*, all over the world, in my opinion. That isn't good for anybody. Except a few CEOs somewhere and their Cayman Islands bankers.. (New York Times) By STEVEN GREENHOUSE and ELIZABETH BECKER WASHINGTON, March 15 - The A.F.L.-C.I.O. will file an unusual trade complaint on Tuesday to press President Bush to punish China, which it asserts has gained a commercial advantage through violating workers' rights by suppressing... [Free North Korea!]
10:18:41 AM
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Ephesians 4:1-3. I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. [English Standard Version Bible Daily Verse]
10:13:17 AM
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