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The BBC and the AP have reported on the arrest of freelance journalist and Internet essayist Liu Shui, who has been sentenced without trial to two years of “custody and education” in Shenzhen. The original news release from the Committee to Protect Journalists is here. Many of Liu Shui’s writings (in Chinese) are available here. […]
Read MoreAccording to Baker and McKenzie’s Global eLaw Highlights newsletter, “A Chinese citizen has appealed a decision of the Beijing Haidian District Court to dismiss her suit against the China Internet Network Information Center for automatically installing monitoring software when she visited its website.” No more details are given, though a contact name is provided for […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has announced new “urgent” measures to help stop the spread of AIDS, International > Asia Pacific > China Announces Plan to Curb Rapid Spread of AIDS” href=”http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-05/09/content_1459260.htm”>reported by Xinhua today, “Those officials breaching duty or hiding epidemic reports will be severely punished.” For more news stories from local Chinese press about HIV/AIDS, […]
Read Morefrom Asia Times: “In a health campaign harking back to Maoist mass mobilizations and the era of “barefoot doctors”, China is dispatching droves of young medics to work in rural areas in an effort to rectify the shortcomings of economic reforms that have left the vast countryside poor and vulnerable to health crises, like HIV/AIDS. […]
Read MoreChina now ranks fifth in the world for number of golf courses, but the country’s golfing craze is causing a myriad of problems, including destruction of crucial farmland, lost revenue, and encouragement of a corrupt lifestyle. Some even call golf “green opium”. Asia Times writes: Many investors jumped into the market in search of cheap […]
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