The Chinese Law Prof blog has a fascinating (at least for legal geeks) post on the first Beijing lawsuit to access government information under the Regulations on Open Government Information which came into effect on May 1. Such a case would have been... ...full story at China Law Blog
from China Law Blog on Fri, Jun 20 2008
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| 04 Mar 08 |
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China's Olympic Lie part 3 »
YouTube video To Chinese people,
Our brothers can't know the truth because of the restriction of information by the Chinese government.
Let's make China a better country. Don't forgive the Chinese government. Don't ignore what they have done and what they are doing.... |
| 14 Feb 07 |
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Suzhou Highlights Information-sharing » china.org.cn The rank and file have much easier access to government information, and their opinions are taken into serious consideration in government decisions, sources from the Suzhou government said. |
| 08 Nov 07 |
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Yahoo Apologizes In Dissident Jail Case But Makes No Commitments » Google Blogoscoped 3 years ago, Yahoo received an "order" from the Chinese government to turn over information regarding an email that was sent from China to the US with information regarding the Chinese gov't role censorship efforts. Yahoo decided the government overrules... |
| 23 Apr 07 |
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China issues landmark decree to encourage government transparency » People's Daily The State Council, China's cabinet, on Tuesday granted the release of a set of milestone regulations to boost official transparency, ordering government departments to be more open in giving out information. |
| 16 May 07 |
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More than 85 percent of China's government organs have websites » People's Daily More than 85 percent of central and local government organs in China have set up websites to provide online information and services, according to a report from the State Information Center. |
| 01 Jul 08 |
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Which way forward for Chinese NGOs? » China Dialogue New regulations on open government information have ushered in a new environment for the country’s NGOs. chinadialogue asked He Ping how green groups can best use their increasing influence.China’s domestic non-governmental organisations... |