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China and the internet: a question of politics or management?

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/17525/2/China_and_the_internet(LSERO).pdf

http://www.rsf.org/en-pays57-China.html

Laogai: "Reform Through Labor" in China
This 2000 article describes "'Laogai,' which translates from Mandarin to mean 'reform through labor,' [and] is the Chinese [criminal] system of labor prison factories, detention centers, and re-education camps." Topics include the three types of Laogai (convict labor, re-education through labor, and forced job placement), conditions, and applicable Chinese law and international law standards. From Human Rights Brief, a student-run publication of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law.
URL: http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/07/2laogai.cfm
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26787

Reeducation Through Labor in China
This 1998 paper describes the Chinese "system of detention and punishment administratively imposed on those who are deemed to have committed minor offenses but are not legally considered criminals. Reeducation through labor ... is not to be confused with reform though labor ... the complex of prisons, labor camps, and labor farms for those sentenced judicially." Includes comparison of the criminal and non-criminal systems. From Human Rights Watch.
URL: http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/china-98/laojiao.htm
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26786

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ANU Contemporary China Centre
A specialist research centre of the Australian National University which focuses upon interdisciplinary social science research relating to the politics, economics, Anthropology and society of post 1949 China. Its website provides information on its aims and activities. It includes the full text of all George Ernest Morrison Lectures in Ethnology from 2001 onwards, plus tables of contents and abstracts from its leading scholarly publication The China Journal. Topics covered by the latter include: studies of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan since 1949 and analyses of political change in the Chinese communist party.
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/ccc/

Stanford China Program
The Stanford China Program is based in the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC). Its aim is to coordinate interdisciplinary social science research about China at Stanford University. Its website provides information on itsaims, activities and research. It includes the full text of many working papers published since approximately 2002. There are abstracts of other journal articles and books. Topics covered include Chinese economic policy and growth, the cultural revolution, political, economic and social change in China, reforms within the Chinese political leadership and communist party.
http://chinaprogram.stanford.edu/

China news: The Times
This site is maintained by leading British daily newspaper The Times. It provides access to news headlines, comment and analysis from Times journalists, covering all aspects Chinese economics, politics and social change. It also includes photographs, video footage and blogs from reporters. Typical topics covered include the 2008 Beijing olympics and changes within the Chinese government and communist party. While the main emphasis is upon current news, some archived materials can also be accessed. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued the State of Asia-Pacific’s Children 2008 (full text, pdf, 3.35 MB). According to the UNICEF press release, the report finds that while child survival in Asia and the Pacific has improved considerably, deepening economic disparities have meant that the region’s poor are often unable to access proper health care. Global achievement of the health related Millenium Development Goals depends largely on India’s success and on China accelerating progress. Learn more from the UN News Story.

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China Digital Times
China Digital times is an innovative news site maintained by the Berkeley China Internet Project. It is experimenting with new Internet technology (such as blogs and podcasts) to provide coverage of economic, political and social events within China and its emerging importance as a world power. Users may read blog postings, watch video news casts and receive RSS newsfeeds of the latest stories prepared by Berkely staff, students and guest reporters. Topics covered include the 2008 Beijing Olympics; Chinese politics and foreign policy, relations between China and Hong Kong and China and Taiwan and political transitions within the Chinese communist party. Archived blog postings from 2003 onwards can be read on the website. Intute.ac.uk
http://chinadigitaltimes.net

Second Historical Archives of China (SHAC)
The Second Historical Archives of China (SHAC) is one of the most important national government archives in China. Administered by the State it has substantial holdings of material relating to the Chinese politics and the political history of the Chinese republican governments from 1912 to 1949. This includes coverage of the contribution of Sun Yat Sen and the development of the Chinese communist party. Its English language website contains information on the archive holdings and access policies. It includes some online exhibitions containing digital images of it key holdings and treasures.
http://www.shac.net.cn/en/index.asp

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Arab Media & Society
http://www.arabmediasociety.com/
What's going on in the Arab world and media you might ask? It's an immensely interesting subject, and one that is tackled with persistence, aplomb, and timeliness by the staff members at the Arab Media & Society website. The website was created by a working partnership between the American University in Cairo's Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Training and Research and The Middle East Centre at Oxford. It is a bold mission, and their primary intent is to cover not just television but "all forms of media, and their interaction with society-at-large, from politics and business to culture and religion, as well as the way in which Arab media change resonates in the broader Muslin world." Visitors can view recent articles and posts by topic along the left-hand side of the site and also view featured articles that cover everything from insurgent video propaganda to an exploration of the BBC Arabic satellite channel. Additionally, visitors can view videos clips and listen to a number of audio selections. For anyone with an interest in journalism in the Arab world, this site will be simply invaluable. [KMG]

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China and Tibet : Human Rights Watch resources This site is maintained by leading human rights group Human Rights Watch. It provides free access to its press releases, statements and full text reports relating to human rights in China and Tibet. This includes coverage of abuses against Tibetan citizens by the Chinese government, the campaign for Tibetan independence and self government. Coverage of human rights in China includes materials relating to womens rights, minority rights and issues relating to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Publications generally date from approximately 1989 onwards.
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=asia&c=china

Tibet: Alliance for Democracy and Reform in Asia resources The Alliance for Democracy and Reform in Asia (ADRA) was founded in 2000. It is composed of individuals and organisations who seek to promote human rights, good governance and free elections in Asian countries. It website provides free access to information on its aims and activities. It includes a large number of press releases, statements, comments and full text reports. This section contains materials about Tibet. They discuss human rights, calls for democracy and the Tibetan independence movement from approximately 2004 onwards.
http://www.asiademocracy.org/content_list.php?section_id=1&country_id=22

Sino-Tibetan dialogue in the Post-Mao era: lessons and prospects This site provides access to the full text of a 91 page report by Tashi Rabgey and Tseten Wangchuk Sharlho which was published as policy studies no.12 by the East-West Center, (a think tank based in Washington) in 2004. It examines the nature of relations between China and Tibet from the mid 1970s until 2004. Topics covered include changes in Chinese policy towards Tibet in the post mao period; the role of the Dalai Llama and the international community in the campaogn for Tibetan independence.
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/PS012.pdf

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Financing Energy Efficiency: Lessons from Brazil, China, India, and Beyond, is a new book recently released by the World Bank. The book focuses on China, India, and Brazil as three of the globe's top 10 energy consumers. The three countries hold 40 percent of the world's population and account for well over half of all energy demand by developing countries. By 2030, they'll be responsible for 42 percent of growth in energy demand worldwide. The book draws extensively on the results of a multiyear, global technical assistance effort known as the Three Country Energy Efficiency Project, a joint initiative of the World Bank, the UN Environment Programme's Denmark-based Risoe Centre (URC), and partners in Brazil, China, and India. Read more about the publication, including the press release from the website. Permanent Link: Financing Energy Efficiency
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2008 Report: Democracy Charade Undermines Rights [pdf]
Human Rights Watch Highlights Abuses in Pakistan, Kenya, China, Somalia

(Washington, DC, January 31, 2008) – The established democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections for political expediency, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2008. By allowing autocrats to pose as democrats, without demanding they uphold the civil and political rights that make democracy meaningful, the United States, the European Union and other influential democracies risk undermining human rights worldwide.

States claiming the mantle of democracy, including Kenya and Pakistan, should guarantee the human rights that are central to it, including the rights to free expression, assembly and association, as well as free and fair elections. But in 2007 too many governments, including Bahrain, Jordan, Nigeria, Russia and Thailand, acted as if simply holding a vote is enough to prove a nation “democratic,” and Washington, Brussels and European capitals played along, Human Rights Watch said. The Bush administration has spoken of its commitment to democracy abroad but often kept silent about the need for all governments to respect human rights.

“It’s now too easy for autocrats to get away with mounting a sham democracy,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “That’s because too many Western governments insist on elections and leave it at that. They don’t press governments on the key human rights issues that make democracy function – a free press, peaceful assembly, and a functioning civil society that can really challenge power.”

In its World Report 2008, Human Rights Watch surveys the human rights situation in more than 75 countries. Human Rights Watch identified many human rights challenges in need of attention, including atrocities in Chad, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia’s Ogaden region, Iraq, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Sudan’s Darfur region, as well as closed societies or severe repression in Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Libya, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. Abuses in the “war on terror” featured in France, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among others.

To download report go to: http://hrw.org/wr2k8/pdfs/wr2k8_web.pdf

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Formosan Association for Public Affairs

The Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) is a US based non-profit organisation which campaigns for the right of Taiwan to establish an independent nation. Its website provides information on its aims, membership and activities. It includes press releases, details of Taiwan related legislation and activitiy in the US congress and other petitions and papers. Topics covered include: relations between Taiwan and the USA; relations between China and Taiwan; criticism of the 'one China policy'.
http://www.fapa.org/

Taiwan security research Taiwan security research is an academic website maintained by staff based at Taiwan National University which seeks to aggregate English language information about all aspects of Taiwan security and regional security. It includes news headlines and links to full text articles and papers. Topics covered include elections in Taiwan, foreign policy, relations with America, relations between China and Taiwan.
http://www.taiwansecurity.org/

Taiwan Government Information Office, Republic of China

An official website of the government of Taiwan. Its English language version is used to promote taiwan to the world. It includes background information on the history and culture of the region, plus access to the latest political and economic headlines (as chosen by the government), Taiwan government press releases and online journals. these cover all areas of economic social and political policy. They include coverage of topical events such as elections and economic budgets and relations with China.
http://www.gio.gov.tw/

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Beijing 2008: China's olympian human rights challenges

This site was created by Human Rights Watch to monitor political and civil rights in China in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. It provides access to press releases, timelines of events, statistics and full text reports from Human Rights Watch on human rights abuses in China. These include materials relating to the persecution of journalists, press censorship and limitations on the right of press freedom. From Intute.ac.uk
http://china.hrw.org/

Recent/Updated CRS Reports: China (PDFs)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists, OpenCRS)
+ China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
+ China-U.S. Trade Issues
+ China's Currency: A Summary of the Economic Issues
+ China's Economic Conditions
+ Food and Agricultural Imports from China
+ Hong Kong: Ten Years After the Handover
+ The Southwest Pacific: U.S. Interests and China's Growing Influence
+ Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990

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China blog: Time Magazine

Gate of heavenly peace: Tiananmen Square

This site was created by Long Bow Group to support the documentary film Gate of Heavenly Peace a feature length documentary about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and subsequent repression by the Chinese Communist government. It provides access to information about the document and its transcript, as well as a large amount of supporting materials which could be used independently. These include an interactive tour of the square, chronology of events, essays on human rights and democracy in China and a bibliography of further readings on these issues. From Intute.ac.uk
http://tsquare.tv/

Focus: China and the world

Source: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Brand China
Source: The Foreign Policy Centre

People's Republic of China eGovernment Directory

Via a description from Basefsky’s IWS Documented News Service

China's Africa Policy, 12 January 2006 (PDF 47kb)

Second Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation: Addis Ababa Action Plan (2004-2006), December 2003

First Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation: Beijing Declaration, October 2000

First Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation: Programme for Cooperation in Economic and Social Development, October 2000 (PDF)

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