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1. Human rights report decried
  China Thursday denounced US criticism of its human rights record in an annual report, saying Washington should first put its own house in order.

2. The pursuit of truth is tied in with freedom of speech
  "Freedom of speech" is written into the constitution of our nation. But some comrades do not have a deep understanding about it. For example, does "absurd speech" enjoy the freedom...

3. China kills chickens to frighten monkeys
  The recent arrest of Chinese dissident writer Liu Xiaobo after he took part in a high-profile signature campaign that calls for more freedoms and political reform is a sign that hu...

4. Democratic society is a consistent goal
  Huang Mengfu, the vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the board of directors of the China Foundation f...

5. Coca-Cola 'abused workers' rights'
  Coca-Cola has come under fire after a private investigation accused it of "serious infringement" of the rights of its dispatched workers in China.

6. Petitioners detained in mental hospitals
  Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistleblowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge th...

7. China irritated with 'Slanderous' U.N. report on rights
  The Chinese government reacted angrily on Monday to what it called a slanderous United Nations report that alleges systemic torture of political and criminal detainees. The governm...

8. China skirts UN's questions on its torture record
  China refused Monday to answer questions from a U.N. human rights panel about the alleged torture and disappearance of dissidents, or provide official figures on the mistreatment o...

9. China to outline human rights action plan
  China planned to draft its first national action plan to protect human rights, said the State Council Information Office on Tuesday.

10. China must free dissident Hu Jia, amnesty says after EU...
  Chinese authorities must free jailed dissident Hu Jia immediately and stop harassing his family, Amnesty International said today, after he was awarded the European Parliament's to...

11. Facing human rights debate between China and West
  Zhang Weiwei, a senior researcher at the center for Asian studies in the University of Geneva in Switzerland, expressed his opinion about human rights debate between China and West.

12. Back up "Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Announcement"
  On the eve of Chinese traditional mid-Autumn festival, fourteen Chinese scholars and veteran journalists proposed in a united announcement that mid-autumn day should be celebrated ...

13. Commentary: In the name of "human rights"
  Fourteen countries boycotted the Los Angeles Games in 1984, in an action seen as retaliation for the U.S.-led snub on Moscow four years earlier. But China still decided to particip...

14. China's protection of human rights differs from Western...
  Chinese expert said at the inaugural Beijing Forum on human rights that China is on a path of human rights' development with Chinese characteristics, which differs distinctly from ...

15. Amnesty International report refuted
  The Amnesty International report issued after the unrest in Lhasa and ahead of the Olympics to assail China's human rights record was to "create hurdles for China's peaceful develo...

16. Monks muddle up media tours
  The second round media tours to the riot-hit region were interrupted by a group of monks at the Labrang Lamasery on Wednesday, but it soon resumed.

17. China "ready to resume human rights dialogue with US"
  After suspending the human rights dialogue with the United States for 4 years, China is ready to resume talks. The change in policy was announced during US Secretary of State Condo...

18. Favorable policies offered for one-child families
  The favorable policies, mainly targeting rural families, range from housing and health to education and poverty-alleviation.

19. Beijing gears up to prevent violence against women
  An All-China Women's Federation survey shows violence has been reported from 35 percent of families in China, with most of the victims being women.

20. Migrant workers to get equal rights
  Migrant workers who were previously farmers will get the same labor rights as their counterparts from towns and cities starting next year, under a new regulation.

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