China News

News from China with a focus on human rights and religious liberty

Thursday, January 22, 2004

China's peasants opt for urban grindstone. Migrants brave tough factory conditions for a once in a lifetime shot at leaving the farm. [Christian Science Monitor | World]
8:13:16 PM

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FORMER CHINESE OFFICIAL'S FAMILY DISPUTES SUICIDE VERDICT [RFA]
Relatives and associates of a former deputy mayor in China who died in prison are rejecting official accounts of his death, which say he committed suicide by jumping out of a third-floor window, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. They also maintain that Zhu Shengwen, former deputy mayor of the northeastern city of Harbin, was framed for corruption and tortured into making a confession. [read more]
8:05:22 PM

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11:28:05 AM

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Conference on Tibetan Self-Determination in Switzerland from .... Save Tibet, D.C.
... The conference will discuss ways to further the Tibetan people’s right to self-determination,
mindful that the United Nations resolved in 1961 that China ... [XMLMania.com - Google News Search: China]
11:06:18 AM

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China clamp on online justice. Tim Luard examines the power of the internet following mass web protests regarding the case of a BWM driver who ran over and killed a peasant. [BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition]
11:05:24 AM

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China's migrant wage battle. One of China's millions of unpaid migrant workers battles to get wages owed to him and his colleagues. [BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition]
11:05:05 AM

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China Hopes Year of Monkey Is Healthy One. The Year of the Monkey arrived Thursday, casting an eerie holiday calm over China's capital as hundreds of millions of people hunkered down in their hometowns and hoped for promised prosperity - and a season free of two fearsome diseases the government is racing to contain. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
11:02:48 AM

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Dead Falcon in Hong Kong Found to Be Infected With Bird Flu. The dead falcon was the first sign that the disease spreading in chicken flocks in Vietnam, South Korea and Japan may also be present in China. By Keith Bradsher. [New York Times: International]
10:59:54 AM

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Important Agreements Between Kazakhstan and China. Times of Central Asia Jan 22 2004 1:52PM GMT [Moreover - China news]
10:58:11 AM

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