02-01-08

中国活动人士被控颠覆罪 (Chinese Activist Charged with Subversion)

中国知名维权活动人士胡佳的律师说，他的当事人已被正式指控犯有颠覆罪，并可能在今年晚些时候受审。

胡佳去年12月在中国当局查抄他的住宅时被逮捕。胡佳以维护中国农村艾滋病受害者的权益而闻名。

自当局查抄他的家以来，他的妻子、维权活动人士曾金燕与出生不久的女儿一直被软禁。

中国当局经常以“煽动颠覆政权罪”为手段将异议人士关押多年。中共当局在2008年北京奥运会之前加紧了镇压活动人士。欧盟和美国要求释放胡佳。

The lawyer for prominent Chinese rights activist Hu Jia says his client has been formally charged with subversion and could be put on trial later this year.

Hu Jia was arrested by Chinese authorities in a raid on his home in December. He is known for his advocacy for AIDS victims in rural China.

Hu's wife and fellow activist Zeng Jinyan has been under house arrest with the couple's infant daughter since the raid.

Chinese authorities often use the charge of "inciting the subversion of power" as a means to detain dissidents for years. China's communist government has intensified its crackdown on activists ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The European Union and the United State have demanded Hu's release.

中国的班禅喇嘛在北京罕见露面 (China's Panchen Lama Makes Rare Appearance in Beijing)

中国政府指定的作为西藏佛教中影响力第二大人物的男孩在一次罕见的公开露面中会见中国人大最高官员。中国官方新华社说，第11世班禅额尔德尼.确吉杰布星期四在北京会见全国人大常委会委员长吴邦国时，表达了对中国共产党的支持。他说，他会努力把他的宗教活动与中国的社会主义制度相适应。

1995年，西藏流亡精神领袖达赖喇嘛挑选6岁的根敦确吉尼玛为第11世班禅喇嘛。但是之后不久，这位转世灵童和他的父母被中国当局带走，此后毫无音讯。

几个月后，中国指定确吉杰布为第11世班禅。他被送往西藏日喀则的扎什伦布寺学经。扎什伦布寺是西藏佛教中影响力第二大的僧侣传统的驻锡地。

The boy chosen by China as Tibetan Buddhism's second-most influential figure has met with China's top legislator in a rare public appearance. China's official Xinhua news agency says Gyaltsen Norbu expressed support for the Communist Party when he met with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Thursday in Beijing. He said he would work to make his religious work adapt to China's socialist society.

In 1995, Tibans' spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in exile chose six-year-old Gendun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama. Soon afterwards, however,the boy and his parents were taken into custody by Chinese authorities, and have not been heard from since.

Months later, China named Norbu as the 11th Panchen Lama. He was sent to study at Tashilhunpo monastery in Shigatse - the traditional seat for Tibet's second-most prominent figure.