Freezing Point (ÂÜ∞ÁÇπÔºâeditor Li Datong has written an open letter protesting the closure of his publication. ESWN has translated the letter: On January 24, 2006, Tuesday, which the deadline for the Freezing Point weekly magazine, the Beijing editorial staff of Freezing Point worked as usual to edit and proof-read the weekly edition scheduled for January […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: A veteran Fuzhou journalist stood trial Thursday in the final step in a retaliation campaign launched after a Communist Party official gained national fame by publicly denouncing his superiors for condoning and covering up corruption. The case, in southern Fujian province on the Taiwan Strait, opened a window on an important […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Chinese took to the streets to protest land seizures, corruption, pollution and unpaid wages in record numbers in 2005, the national police said Thursday, with mass incidents that involved violent confrontations or attacks on government property surging at the fastest rate. The number of “public order disturbances” rose 6.6 percent […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: An official in charge of economic development in Zhejiang, the mainland’s richest province, has jumped to his death from his office building amid an investigation by the provincial anti-graft watchdog. Shi Jiuwu, director of the provincial Development and Reform Commission, is the latest in a series […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters AlertNet: A Chinese court sentenced three villagers for up to five years in prison on Monday for their roles in a violent protest over factory pollution, defence lawyers said. China has seen a surge of bitter, sometimes violent, protests over rampant official corruption, a widening wealth gap, pollution and land grabs. Official record […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: Police in the Chinese city of Nanjing are angry at a new demand to disclose details of their private lives, state media has reported. The new order, part of an effort to stamp out corruption, requires police officers to tell their superiors if they are getting married or divorced. They will also […]
Read MoreESWN has provided a loose translation of an article from Yazhou Zhoukan (Asia Weekly): Now corruption is present whenever opportunities present themselves and the risks of being caught are perceived to be low. So it is really really unfortunate that there are abundant opportunities for improper enrichment in the Henan AIDS villages of Shangcai county […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: The Chinese government released a prominent investigative reporter from prison Tuesday, even as it has been intensifying a crackdown on the press. The early release appeared intended to mollify the Bush administration, which had included the journalist on a short list of political prisoners whose cases it raises regularly with Chinese […]
Read MoreFrom Granta: I arrived in Sierra Leone in June 2005, at the height of the rainy season. Mud washed down the pot-holed streets of the capital, Freetown, and knots of beggars, some without arms or legs, huddled under trees and against battered shop-fronts. It was a fortnight before the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, where […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters.co.uk: China’s state auditors will extend their search for government corruption next year to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Xinhua news agency said, probing the massive construction schemes being readied for the event. The audit could shine unprecedented light on the Beijing Olympic organising committee which is overseeing the massive project of preparing the Chinese […]
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