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Xinhua reports that China may reform its procedures for prosecuting death penalty cases: China hinted at reform of the death penalty on Wednesday in a supreme court report to parliament that also touched issues ranging from corruption to social order in the face of rapid change… The top court relinquished the power of final review […]
Read MoreTung Chee-hwa has formally resigned. Here are stories from the BBC, the New York Times, and Reuters. BBC and Financial Times also have articles about his successor, Donald Tsang.
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: In the run-up to the transition to the fourth generation of Chinese leaders in 2002, intellectuals in Beijing were cautiously optimistic that Hu Jintao would be a force for reform… “In 2003, like other intellectuals, I had some high expectations for Hu,” said Wang Yi, an outspoken law professor at Chengdu University […]
Read MoreCourtesy of the BBC, here is another report on Internet control in China: The Chinese authorities have used several methods to “sanitise” what people see online, according to a report from US firm Dynamic Internet Technologies, which watches net use in the country. On the most basic level, the firewall blocks net addresses hosting webpages […]
Read MoreReuters reports on a report by the WWF which says China’s timber imports are threatening the world’s forests: China’s soaring demand for timber, driven by its rapid economic expansion, is a major threat to the world’s forests as illegal loggers make fortunes supplying the mainland, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday. China’s timber imports have […]
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