From China Daily, via Xinhua: In its latest roadmap for reforms in the next three years, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate expressed an intention to make local people’s procuratorates financially independent of their equivalent-level governments. It has been proposed that the expenses of local procuratorates be guaranteed by State finances, and included in central and provincial […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via The Star Online: China has banned local courts from helping officials enforce controversial social policies such as strict family planning and demolition of property for redevelopment, state media said on Thursday. The move is part of efforts to give more independence to a judiciary, which human rights groups say is more inclined […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: The website of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, or the central government of the People’s Republic of China, www.gov.cn, will open on a trial basis on October 1, a spokesman for the Council’s General Office announced here Thursday. The website, with simplified and traditional Chinese versions first, will provide […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via China Daily: China has launched a stock rescue fund, which will focus on compensating investors and helping brokerages that run into problems, one of a raft of measures designed to buoy the nation’s sickly stock markets. Money for the fund will come from a small portion of stock trading commissions from the […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via Sydney Morning Herald: China is imposing new regulations to control content on its news websites, the Government said today, another step in efforts to police a rapidly expanding internet population. The rules were issued by the Ministry of Information Industry and the State Council, China’s cabinet, to “standardise the management of news […]
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