Am 25.10.2006 beim Jietaisi (Peking) Foto: Shen Yun

A court in eastern China’s Zibo city sentenced veteran dissident Li Jianping to three years in prison on Wednesday, after convicting him of subversion for an online essay encouraging pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, a rights’ group said. Quelle: Bangkok Post - dpa

“… Entitled ‘EU-China: Closer partners, growing responsibilities,’ the 10-page document focuses on …” Quelle: Xinhua.

“China is campaigning to eliminate errors in the country’s identity number system. At least 1 million people in China have the same identity number as someone else but, according to the law, each number should be unique … The 18-digit number includes 6 numerals representing the holder’s birth place, 8 for date of birth, and another 4 for sex and differentiation. Most ‘identity duplication’ cases occur with people who live in the same city and share the same birth place. But there are also cases that involve people from different provinces …” Quelle: Xinhua.

Archbishop Rowan Williams, speaking at the end of the first trip to China in 12 years by the spiritual leader of the world’s Anglicans, said Chinese officials discussed the role of religion in ‘’building a harmonious society,'’ referring to the Communist Party phrase for efforts to spread prosperity and ease tensions over the gap between China’s rich and poor. Quelle: NYT