After Jiang Yanyong’s letter was publicized on the internet last week, an AP reporter in Beijing raised a question about Jiang’s petition to China’s premier today. Wen Jiabao did not respond directly to the question. Instead, he said that the survival of the country and the Communist Party “hung in the balance” during the 1989 […]
Read MoreMarch 12, 2004 “A 46-year-old professor and lawmaker at China’s annual session of parliament has taken the unusually bold step of setting up his own Web site as a forum for discussing social problems. The existence of Zhou Hongyu’s site, www.hongyu-online.com , signalled that Beijing had quietly broadened limits on what can be discussed on […]
Read MoreSince China’s annual People’s National Congress convened on March 5, the Chinese government has blocked chinese-language Internet versions of the Wall Street Journal and Deutsche Welle. Both Deutsche Welle and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have repudiated this limitation of access during the congress and in the larger context of growing censorship. RSF also spoke out […]
Read MoreWithin a week four major Chinese blog host sites have been shut down. China Newsmen, who claims to be the country’s first primarily news blog site, has been shuttered twice and since reopened with a new URL. Blog Bus and Blogcn have apologized to their registered users saying they had to suspend service temporarily due […]
Read MoreNumerous efforts are under way in the West to help Chinese web users get around China’s censorship of the internet, reports BBC technology correspondent Clark Boyd. The full text is here.
Read MoreThis is the English translation of Dr. Jiang’s letter, retained from CND. It is a powerful document. “Chairman and vice chairmen of the National People’s Congress [NPC] Standing Committee Chairman and vice...
Read MoreThe Committee to Protect Journalists has posted the new edition of the annual report Attacks on the Press, which covers press freedom conditions around the world. Read the China chapter. Read the full report.
Read MoreFeature story on workers in China petitioning authorities for compensation for lost lands and jobs. The Associated Press Thursday, March 11, 2004 BEIJING – In a shabby alley in southern Beijing, worlds away from the imposing hall where the politically powerful plot China’s future, the country’s aggrieved and downtrodden come to beg for a fair […]
Read MoreFrom Times Wire Services March 9, 2004 BEIJING ” Lawmakers began considering amendments to China’s Constitution on Monday that would enshrine protection of private property and human rights for the first time since the Communists swept to power in 1949. The changes, already endorsed by the Communist Party, also would declare support for entrepreneurs who […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: “It’s a Chinese rite of spring: The National People’s Congress gathers for its brief annual session, and police nationwide detain dissidents, religious activists and anyone else who might disrupt the pageantry of the figurehead parliament. … The stern reaction reflects the dilemma facing Hu’s government, which is promising more responsive rule […]
Read MoreMar. 9, 2004 BEIJING (AP) — China will recruit women astronauts for future manned space missions as a result of pressure from a leading women’s organization, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday. A...
Read MoreBy Juliana Liu From Reuters care of Forbes.com: “China’s homegrown Internet search firms said on Wednesday they were upgrading technology in a bid to take on Google just weeks after the search giant’s foray into a market seen worth some $100 million in 2004. Google, the world’s largest search engine, rolled out Chinese-language ad services […]
Read MoreMarch 10, 2004 “A proposed amendment to the Constitution replaces the wording “state of siege” with “state of emergency”. If passed, the amendment will provide a constitutional basis for legislation on the state of emergency. A growing number of industrial accidents and public health crises, especially the outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) last […]
Read MoreMar. 11, 2004 Gender equality in China continues to be a nagging problem. The old “We want a boy!” mentality still pervades Chinese thinking when it comes to young couples planning to start a family. Li Weixiong,...
Read MoreMar. 10, 2004 By Wang Jing Cupid’s arrow is out there. And he could be aiming it at you. It all depends on whether your name is on file at a matchmaking agency. China has experienced an increasing matchmaking market in recent years as people have taken a more relaxed attitude towards love and marriage […]
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