China News

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

Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Nutrition Making for Bigger Kids in China. China's children are getting bigger - and that's bad news for many parents' pocket books. Since the 1949 communist revolution, China has given children under age 7 free bus fares, amusement park admission and other services - so long as they're under 3-foot-7. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
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China Arrests an Internet Dissident. A former Chinese civil servant has been arrested for "inciting subversion" on the Internet, the government said Tuesday, issuing the first official word on his case almost four months after he was detained. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
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Family mourns lost cockler son. Louisa Lim, in China, meets the grieving family of one of the men who died picking cockles in Morecambe Bay. [BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition]
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China internet dissident arrested. A Chinese internet dissident, Du Daobin, has been formally arrested on charges of subversion. [BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition]
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China charges internet dissident [ABC.net.au]

A Chinese internet dissident has been formally arrested and charged with subversion. [more}

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