China News

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

Friday, April 02, 2004

Chinese rivals reach for the sky. The architectural race for the skies demonstrates the rivalry between the great cities of Taipei, Shanghai and Hong Kong. [China - Topix.net]
11:37:09 PM

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China's top committee is poised for HK crackdown (Taipei Times). China's top legislative committee yesterday began a meeting hinting that it would reject growing calls in Hong Kong for more democracy, including direct elections for its next leader by 2007. [Google World]
11:28:48 PM

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Reporters Without Borders raises alarm over mushrooming Internet repression in China [RSF]

Cyberdissident Ma Yalian has been sentenced to 18 months in a work re-education camp for posting articles on the Internet exposing failings in China's complaints system for its citizens. At the same time the authorities have extended filtering of weblogs.

Reporters Without Borders protested against the sentence, handed down on 19 March, which it said rode roughshod over basic rules of law.

"This woman has been sent to a re-education camp for the second time without being tried by a court. This practice shames China, which has just incorporated human rights into its constitution," said the international press freedom organisation. [more]

2:59:37 PM

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MAN DIES AS CHINESE GOVERNMENT RAZES UYGHUR HOMES [RFA]
An elderly man in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang has been crushed to death during demolition work after he refused to move from an area scheduled for redevelopment by the municipal government, which local people say is acting illegally in its use of property, RFA's Mandarin service reports. The man was crushed on March 12 in Keshi city in the mostly Muslim region when his house collapsed during demolition work, which continued in the face of fears for his safety on the part of the demolition crew, an eyewitness told RFA. [more]
2:53:48 PM

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Hong Kong Protesters Say China Is Trying to Stifle Democracy. Hundreds of people held a vigil in Hong Kong to protest Beijing's plans to restrict Hong Kong's movement toward greater democracy. By Keith Bradsher. [New York Times: International]
2:41:47 PM

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China meeting sparks HK protest. China prepares to rule on Hong Kong's calls for more democracy, prompting protests in the territory. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]
2:40:28 PM

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The Epoch Times :: Chinese Police Beat Protesting Retirees in Chongqing. The Epoch Times: "In a three-day standoff that has blocked a major road in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, police have descended on several hundred elderly people protesting government plans to relocate them and beaten at least two couples, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. " The appropriation private homes and land is one of the most serious topics in both urban and rural areas [China Letter : News-Human Rights-Government-Economy-Law]
2:36:37 PM

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Chinese websites up 60.3 percent in 2003. Peoples Daily: "China had approximately 600,000 approved websites by the end of 2003, up 60.3 percent over 2002, said a report issued by the State Council Informatization Office Thursday. " [China Letter : News-Human Rights-Government-Economy-Law]
2:36:14 PM

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China Releases Kin of Tiananmen Victims. AP via ABCNEWS.com Apr 2 2004 4:56PM GMT [Moreover - China news]
2:35:02 PM

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