China News

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

Friday, July 16, 2004

Ex-leader may hold sway in China. Recent developments in China's domestic and international policy demonstrate Jiang Zemin's refusal to cede power to his successors, according to a front page article in the New York Times. The piece offers three notable examples in which Jiang's will has... [China Digital News]
10:00:00 PM

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China: Internet forums axed in wake of crackdown. Via Asia Media: "A series of national internet forums have been cancelled as advertisers and sponsors shied away from an area which is experiencing tighter government controls" Click here to read the news on South China Morning Post today.... [China Digital News]
6:29:27 PM

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Former Leader Is Still a Power in China's Life. With bold front-page headlines and top billing on the main television news show, China's state media announced this week that Jiang Zemin, the country's military chief, had visited the northern city of Shenyang ... [China - Topix.net]
11:00:12 AM

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China: Act Now! Free Uighur prisoners of conscience in China. Appeal cases.. Act Now! Free Uighur prisoners of conscience in China Amnesty International (AI) has documented human rights violations against the ethnic Uighur community in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China for many years. [Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English Reports]
10:57:50 AM

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Former Leader May Still Hold Sway in China. Jiang Zemin, who handed the titles of Communist Party chief and president to Hu Jintao in 2002, still holds ultimate power in China. By JOSEPH KAHN. [The New York Times > International]
10:32:40 AM

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