Commission Analysis

Chinese Official Announces Plans to Loosen Government Control Over Religion

October 20, 2004
Freedom of Religion

China Bans Broadcasts of Foreign Television Programs Dubbed in Local Chinese Dialects

October 20, 2004
Freedom of Expression

High-Level Planning Group Reported To Be Reassessing China's One-Child Policy (story in Chinese)

October 20, 2004
Population Planning

Opposition Growing to Proposed Dam in Southwest China

October 20, 2004
The Environment

Chinese Court Accepts Nation's First Tort Case for Injuries Caused by Environmental Pollution (story in Chinese)

October 19, 2004
The Environment

Chinese Official Suggests NGO Registration Requirements to be Relaxed

October 18, 2004
Civil Society

RFA Reports Jiang Yanyong Continues to be Subject to Surveillance and Restrictions

October 18, 2004
Criminal Justice, Freedom of Expression, Institutions of Democratic Governance

Xinhua Article Describes Internet Cafe Monitoring (story in Chinese)

October 18, 2004
Freedom of Expression

Chinese Localities Experimenting With More Open Methods of Selecting Officials

October 14, 2004
Institutions of Democratic Governance

Chinese Scholars and Officials Discuss "Major Revisions" to the PRC Criminal Procedure Law, Other Procedural Laws

October 13, 2004
Access to Justice, Criminal Justice

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