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AP: Opponents Say Proposed HK Subversion Law Goes Too Far
2002-11-08
Many have questioned whether the law could be used against Falun Gong, the meditation [practice] which is outlawed in mainland China [..] but frequently protests in Hong Kong against Beijing's often deadly crackdown on its followers in the mainland. -
Reuters: HK rights group lobbies world against subversion law
2002-11-08"These proposals represent the end of Hong Kong as a free society and the creation of a repressive state where people are punished for their beliefs," Human Rights Monitor director Law Yuk-kai told Reuters. "These proposals are shameful and should be withdrawn." -
Reuters: Finance industry starts to fear HK anti-subversion law
2002-11-08"What happens when we issue a recommendation or express a view about a China policy that turns out to be bad for the investing community? Will that be subversive?" said a fund manager of a major Hong Kong bank. If we exercise a judgement or a view and that ends up bringing the markets down in Hong Kong and China, that will bring immense instability both economically and socially. They can take a literal approach and say we have caused instability, they can just lock me away!" -
Oracle Corporation Challenged in Shareholder Resolution on Human Rights in China
2002-11-08Is Oracle’s software being used to identify, jail, torture and execute advocates of democracy in China? -
FDI: Jiang Zemin’s Legacy Claims More Lives - Thirteen Falun Gong Practitioners Reported Dead After Abuse Under Jiang’s Regime
2002-11-07to torture Liao without leaving marks, the policemen beat her chest, causing broken ribs and serious internal injuries, injected drugs to poison her, and caused her gums to fester by force-feeding her. Finally, on the night of October 3rd, Liao’s body began to suffer from shock and she was sent to the hospital where she died shortly afterwards. -
Far Eastern Economic Review: Nothing More To Lose
2002-11-07"It isn't surprising that the urban masses in the ruined industrial heartland are angry with the health service in tatters and education in decline...Despair over unemployment angers many and official corruption helps to fuel their rage, especially when it involves unpaid wages or being cheated on redundancy agreements." -
WSJ: Hackers May Get U.S. Funds To Fight China's Web Curbs [Excerpt]
2002-11-07According to a recent study by the Rand Corp. think tank, China has about 46 million Internet users, while at least 25 people have been arrested in the past two years for online activities. And after a deadly fire in an Internet cafe in Beijing earlier this year, the authorities closed thousands of Internet cafes and demanded that those allowed to reopen install surveillance and firewall software to block [...] Web sites [that Jiang’s regime dislikes]. -
FDI: Husband of New York City Resident Sentenced to Ten Years in Chinese Prison for Authoring Pro-Falun Gong Articles
2002-11-06
Ms. Wang says that recent news from Mr. Zhang's lawyer, however, confirms that Mr. Zhang had actually been secretly sentenced to ten years in prison...[and] that he has been suffering "long term torture" that she says their lawyer describes as "beyond imagination." -
Reuters: CHINA: Key facts about China
2002-11-06"These are key facts about China, set for a sweeping leadership change during its 16th Communist Party Congress that opens on November 8." -
AWSJ (The Asian Wall Street Journal): Notable & Quotable
2002-11-06Related anti-subversion laws under Article 23 directly affect the freedom of expression and civil liberties of those who live in, work in or visit Hong Kong. They also risk permanently undermining confidence in the place, say critics [of the law]. -
Newsmax.com: President Bush's Bipolar Human Rights Policy (Extract)
2002-11-05"Jiang is also an enthusiastic persecutor of religious and spiritual groups, especially the meditation movement Falun Gong. Banned […] in July 1999, over 500 Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death and tens of thousands sent to labor camps and mental institutions." -
Geneva Family Information Newspaper: Geneva Parliament Members Condemn China’s Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
2002-11-05According to a report in the Geneva Family Information Newspaper, the Falun Gong practitioners living in China are suffering. Not only have some practitioners been tortured and beaten to death, but there are also more than five thousand practitioners being detained in mental hospitals. -
New York Times: Plan to Crack Down on Dissent Stirs Debate in Hong Kong
2002-11-04China's deputy prime minister, Qian Qichen, fanned the dispute when he said in a recent television interview that opponents of the new rules must have something to hide. The opponents must have "devils in their hearts," he warned... -
Financial Times: Hong Kong's plans for sedition laws cause alarm
2002-11-02The likely effect of the new laws is to raise growing levels of self-censorship in Hong Kong on issues sensitive to China such as Taiwan and Tibet and the Falun Gong, a spiritual group banned in China but legal in Hong Kong. -
Forbes: Subverting Hong Kong's Markets
2002-11-02"Five years after Britain handed Hong Kong over to China, the Hong Kong government says it will enact a law prohibiting acts of treason, secession, sedition and subversion against the Chinese government. The business community--particularly the foreign business community--worries that China's definition of these crimes will be far stricter than that of most liberal democracies."
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