News Report and Human Rights Protection——Interview with Xinhua News Agency Deputy-Editor-in-Chief Ju Mengjun

Q: What progress has China’s journalism circle made over the past 30 years of reform and opening up? How do you assess the situation in     

跨文化背景下的人权对话

On the cold morning of February 24, 2009, a few hundred people were gathered outside Beijing Cultural Palace of the Nationalities. Among them were ethnic Tibetan students of the Central University for Nationalities, retired Tibetan cadres and people from all walks of life. They were waiting for the opening of the exhibition 50 Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet.     

Fourth Beijing Human Rights Forum Held in Beijing

The Fourth Beijing Forumon human Rights was heldin Beijing from September 21-23,2011.Jointly sponsored by the China Society for human Rights Studies and the China human Rights Development Foundation,the forum was centeredon the theme of"Cultural Tradition     

Human Rights Reading Materials Series Publication Symposium Held in Beijing

The China Society for Human Rights Studies(CShRS),together with the China Foundation for Human Rights Development(CFHRD)and hunan University Press,organizeda symposium on the publication of the human rights reading materials serieson Jan.11,2013,in Beijing.More than 30 representatives from governmental offices     

China’s First Blue Book on Human Rights Development

The China Society for the Studies of human Rights and the Social Sciences Documentation Press held a joint press conference on September 8, 2011, officially launching the publication of China’s first blue book, the China human Rights Development Report no. 1 (2011). Present at the briefing were Luo haocai, president of the China Society for human Rights Studies, vice-chairman of the national Committee of the 10th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former chairman of the China Zhi Gong Dang and head of the editorial committee of the     

Advancing Human Rights

Editor’s note:Amid the country’s ongoing efforts to work out the National Human Rights ActionPlan of China(2012-2015),WangChen,minister of the State Council Information Office, gave an interview to Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday about the new program. The following are excerpts of what he said:     

Tibet Advances Amidst Challenges in 2009

For Tibet, the ＂roof of the world,＂ 2009 was an unusual year. It is the first year following the March 14, 2008 Riots in Lhasa that stunned China and the rest of the world. It is a year when the world financial crisis wrecked havoc and a serious draught hit Tibet following a rare snowstorm that hit southern Tibet and an earthquake measuring 6.6 degrees on the Richter scale that hit the Dangxiong area in the region.     

A Promising Path

<正>Key meeting ahead of the 19th CPC National Congress emphasizes adherence to socialism with Chinese characteristics President Xi Jinping has called for upholding the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics on the road toward victory in building a well-off society and realizing the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.     

For the People:A 90-Year-Old Doctrine

Zhang Side,a soldier of the Chinese Communist Party’s Eighth Route Army, did not die a hero’s death in the war against Japanese invaders. Instead,he lost his young life at the age of 29 when making charcoal in a woods in northwest China after a kiln collapsed.