---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 18 Jun 2001 (HL) New in IGCS - Chinese News Media - Background: HKJA 2000 Annual Report: Patriot Games. Hong Kong's media face to face with the Taiwan factor Ed./Corp.: Hong Kong Journalists Association / Article 19, Hong Kong, PR China URL: http://www.hkja.org.hk/whatnew/arf-e.htm Language: English. Self description: "The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and ARTICLE 19, the Global Campaign for Free Expression, publish here our eighth annual report on the state of freedom of expression in Hong Kong, and our first of the new millennium. [...] On a positive note, we are pleased to report that the people of Hong Kong continue in large measure to enjoy the right to freedom of expression, and that Hong Kong society benefits from public debate and a relatively free press. But we remain concerned about various longstanding threats to such freedom, some a legacy from the period of British colonial rule, others arising from Hong Kong's re-incorporation into China. [...] We are especially concerned that during the past year there have been several ominous developments which threaten freedom of expression. [...]" Site contents: (1) Introduction; (2) Conclusions and recommendations; (3) The Government and the Taiwan Question (A mainland official sounds warning on Taiwan reporting; The Taiwan factor at the government broadcaster; The threat of anti-subversion laws; The sacred flag; No reform for security-related laws; Dim day for the rule of law; Raid on a leading newspaper; Other law reform issues; The monitoring of human rights; The government's uneasy interface with the media); (4) Backlash from Years of Bad Behaviour (Privacy - the flawed laws we have; Privacy - the flawed laws being proposed; The threat of new obscenity laws; New controls on the Internet; The scourge of self-censorship; More libel cases go to court); (5) New Media, New Problems (Good news - more investment; Picking winners; Bad news - little extra diversity; Pushing up the stakes; Content is king, or is it?; Uncertainties and familiar problems). Previous annual reports: 1999: The Ground Rules Change. Freedom of expression in Hong Kong two years after the handover to China. 1998: Questionable Beginnings. A report on Freedom of Expression in the Hong Kong SAR one year after the change of sovereignty. Further annual reports are available for 1994-1997 _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L