Chinese press reaction to Abu Ghraib abuse (BBC)
The BBC has compiled clips from the Chinese press about the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Read it here.
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Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.
Freelance writer jailed
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 MoreChinese Internet user fights Internet privacy violations
According 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 MoreChina takes “urgent action” against AIDS
The 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 MoreAIDS doctors dispatched to China’s countryside (Asia Times)
from 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. […]
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