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General Information and Maps |
1.1 |
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1.2 |
The Europa World Year Book 2011. 2011. "China, including Hong Kong and Macao," pp. 1244-1290. London: Routledge. [Electronic version not available. Hard copy may be obtained in regional offices.] |
1.3 |
CHN101063.EX. 24 April 2006. Civil unrest involving farmers, workers, homeowners and tenants, particularly in rural areas of Guangdong; conditions causing the unrest; government response; reports of arrests, beatings and detention (2004-2006). |
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Human Rights |
2.1 |
United States (US). 24 May 2012. Department of State. "China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)." Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011. |
2.2 |
Amnesty International (AI). 2011. "China." Amnesty International Report 2011. |
2.3 |
United Kingdom (UK). 15 November 2010. Home Office. Country of Origin Information Report: China. |
2.4 |
United Kingdom (UK). 10 June 2009. Home Office. Operational Guidance Note: China. |
2.5 |
Human Rights Watch. 2011. "China." World Report 2011: Events of 2010. |
2.6 |
Human Rights Watch. 11 January 2011. Promises Unfulfilled. An Assessment of China's National Human Rights Action Plan. |
3 |
Identification Documents and Citizenship |
3.1 |
China. 1980. Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China. (Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Canada) [Electronic version not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
3.2 |
CHN103503.E. 8 July 2010. Information contained in birth and notarial certificates; reasons why a person would obtain a notarial certificate rather than a notarized copy of the original birth record. [Electronic version of attachment(s) not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
3.3 |
CHN103204.E. 31 July 2009. Information about how patient records are maintained in China, particularly in the province of Liaoning. |
3.3.1 |
CHN103406.E. 19 March 2010. The identification numbers on a driver's licence, including the identification numbers on a driver's licence issued in Dalian, Liaoning. |
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Passports |
3.4 |
ZZZ100559.E. 27 October 2005. Passport issuance procedures for Chinese nationals at diplomatic missions in Canada and in the United States; whether a Chinese national who is wanted by authorities in China would be issued a passport abroad (2003-2005). |
3.5 |
CHN100512.E. 7 October 2005. Procedures for obtaining a passport, including documents to be submitted, the issuing authority, processing times, and whether the applicant must apply in person (2003-2005). |
3.6 |
China. 2006. Passport Law of the People's Republic of China. (China Cultural Industries) |
3.6.1 |
CHN103721.E. 14 April 2011. Documents required to obtain or renew a passport within China and abroad, including whether all embassies require proof of status when applications are submitted abroad; whether Chinese embassies issue passports to individuals with no status abroad; circumstances under which an individual's Resident Identity Card (RIC) number would not appear in a passport. [Electronic version of attachment(s) not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
3.6.2 |
CHN103722.E. 13 April 2011. Validity periods of passports issued within China and abroad, particularly in 2001; whether validity periods are consistent on all passports issued within China and through embassies. |
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Household Registration Card (Hukou) |
3.7 |
Canada. February 2005. Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB). China: Reforms of the Household Registration System (Hukou) (1998-2004). Issue Paper. |
3.8 |
CHN101489.E. 9 November 2006. Process to obtain a People's Republic of China (PRC) driver's licence; documents required; whether the serial number on the national identity card is the same as the ID number that appears on the driver's licence. [Electronic version of attachment(s) not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
3.9 |
CHN101420.E. 27 June 2006. Household registration booklets (hukous) with loose pages inserted; whether or not hukous with loose pages exist in Changsha, Hunan province; the production of these hukous and their security features. |
3.10 |
CHN101198.E. 26 April 2006. The hukou; whether there remains a distinction between urban and rural hukou; social services available to persons holding an urban or rural hukou; the temporary hukou; and whether a person who is not registered in an urban area can obtain social services, including a hukou (2005-2006). |
3.11 |
Chan, Kam Wing and Will Buckingham. September 2008. "Is China Abolishing the Hukou System?" The China Quarterly, pp. 582-606. |
3.11.1 |
CHN102813.E. 20 May 2008. Whether an individual who has been sent to prison would have his or her hukou automatically cancelled; procedures to incarcerate and release a convict, including forfeiture of documentation, return of documentation and any demarcations on documentation noting incarceration. |
3.11.2 |
CHN102487.E. 26 June 2007. Whether collective hukous contain a box or area which indicates when the person named on the collective hukou had his or her Resident Identity Card issued; whether all sections of the hukou (e.g., occupation, place of employment) must be completed. |
3.11.3 |
CHN103191.E. 11 August 2009. Household registration for a collective or non-family group (jiti hukou). |
3.11.4 |
United States (US). 10 October 2010. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). "Freedom of Residence and Movement." Annual Report 2010, pp. 123-128. [For additional information from this report, see subsections 5.11 and 12.14.] |
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Resident Identity Card |
3.12 |
China. 2003. Law of the People's Republic of China on Resident Identity Cards (Order of the President No.4). |
3.13 |
CHN103753.E. 6 July 2011. The replacement of first-generation Resident Identity Cards (RICs) with second-generation RICs; authorities responsible for RIC replacement; geographic areas that have been covered during the replacement campaign, specifically in Guangdong and Fujian provinces; whether all citizens are required to replace first-generation cards with second-generation cards; whether authorities collect first-generation cards when second-generation cards are issued. |
3.14 |
CHN103754.E. 7 July 2011. Procedures for issuing second-generation Resident Identity Cards (RICs), including whether the procedures vary in different parts of China; application processing times and whether validity periods are assigned when the application is made or when the card is issued. [Electronic version of attachment(s) not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
3.15 |
CHN103755.E. 7 July 2011. Appearance of the second-generation Resident Identity Card (RIC), including personal information represented on the card; procedure for testing cards for authenticity. [Electronic version of attachment(s) not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
3.15.1 |
CHN103242.E. 10 September 2009. The master list of Resident Identity Card (RIC) provincial codes. |
3.15.2 |
CHN103770.E. 11 July 2011. Whether state authorities use second-generation Resident Identity Cards (RICs) to track citizens. |
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Fraudulent Documents |
3.16 |
CHN102486.E. 14 June 2007. Reports of corrupt officials issuing fraudulent Resident Identity Cards to unsuspecting rural residents and selling the authentic ones to "snakeheads" on the black market (2004-2007). |
3.17 |
CHN103134.E. 24 June 2009. The manufacture, procurement, distribution and use of fraudulent documents, including passports, hukou, resident identity cards and summonses in Guangdong and Fujian in particular (2005-May 2009). |
4 |
Political Activities and Organizations |
4.1 |
Human Rights Watch. 2009. "The Tiananmen Legacy: Ongoing Persecution and Censorship." |
5 |
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children |
5.1 |
CHN103033.E. 29 January 2009. Regulations on Family Planning of Liaoning Province; including exceptions to the one-child policy; reference made to birth control and termination of pregnancy; consequences or penalties for having more than one child under the regulations of the province; whether there are penalties for Chinese returning from overseas with children born abroad. [Electronic version of attachment(s) not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
5.2 |
China. 2002. Population and Family Planning Law of the People's Republic of China. (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCAP) |
5.3 |
China. 2001. Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China. (Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York) [Electronic version not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
5.4 |
CHN102496.E. 26 June 2007. Treatment of "illegal" or "black" children born outside the one-child family planning policy; whether unregistered children are denied access to education, health care and other social services (2003-2007). |
5.5 |
CHN103502.E. 9 July 2010. Family planning laws, enforcement and exceptions; reports of forced abortions or sterilization of men and women particularly in the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian (2007-May 2010). |
5.6 |
CHN103205.E. 10 August 2009. Whether medical facilities issue certificates to women who have had an abortion, particularly in the province of Liaoning. |
5.7 |
CHN103135.E. 23 June 2009. Treatment of pregnant, unmarried women by state authorities, particularly in Guangdong and Fujian; whether unmarried women are obliged to undergo pregnancy tests by family planning officials (2005-April 2009). |
5.8 |
CHN100385.E. 25 August 2005. Penalties faced by couples returning from overseas who are in violation of family planning regulations (2001-2005). |
5.9 |
CHN103176.E. 3 June 2009. Whether men are under threat of sterilization due to family planning policies. |
5.10 |
Xinhuanet. 12 March 2010. "Lawmaker, Political Advisor Urge Cooling Off Days for Prospective Divorcees." (China Society For Human Rights Studies) |
5.11 |
United States (US). 10 October 2010. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). "Population Planning." Annual Report 2010, pp. 116-122. [For additional information from this report, see subsections 3.11.4 and 12.14.] |
5.12 |
Fujian. 2002. Population and Family Planning Regulations of Fujian Province. (European Country of Origin Information Network) |
6 |
Sexual Orientation |
6.1 |
CHN100544.E. 26 September 2005. The situation and treatment of homosexuals (2003-2005). |
6.2 |
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). August 2009. Tom Mountford. The Legal Status and Position of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in the People's Republic of China. |
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Criminality and Corruption |
7.1 |
CHN102561.E. 13 July 2007. Government efforts to crack down on corrupt officials. |
7.2 |
CHN101062.E. 5 May 2006. Organized crime or black society activity, particularly in Guangdong and Fujian, including links with government officials, repercussions associated with failing to meet demands of criminal gangs, and government efforts at tackling organized crime (2005 - 2006). |
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Military Service Issues (No items in this section) |
9 |
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems |
9.1 |
CHN42444.E. 1 June 2004. Circumstances and authorities responsible for issuing summonses/subpoenas; procedural law; whether summonses are given to individuals or households; format and appearance; whether legality can be challenged; punishment for failure to comply with a summons (1998-2004). [Electronic version of attachment(s) not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
9.2 |
Liu, Guo-zhen. January 2007. "The Reform of the Compensation System of Land Expropriation in China." Journal of US-China Public Administration, pp. 11-20. [Electronic version not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
9.3 |
CHN103401.E. 6 July 2010. Implementation of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China in regard to arrest warrants and summonses, particularly in Guangdong, Fujian and Liaoning. |
9.4 |
CHN103402.E. 5 July 2010. Procedures for land expropriation; whether individuals from Guangdong, Fujian and Liaoning are issued documentation when their land is expropriated; recourse available to and treatment of citizens who oppose land expropriation (2007-2010). |
9.5 |
China. 1997. Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, Articles 59-76. (Congressional-Executive Commission on China, CECC) |
9.6 |
Criminal Procedure: A Worldwide Study. 2007. 2nd ed. "Chapter 3: China," pp. 91-106. Edited by Craig M. Bradley and James L. Calamaras. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press. [Electronic version not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
9.7 |
CHN103768.E. 6 July 2011. 2011 regulations regarding urban housing expropriation and compensation; state response to citizens who resist expropriation of rural land and urban property. |
10 |
Police and Security Forces |
10.1 |
Human Rights Watch. 7 April 2011. Nicholas Bequelin. "Crackdown in China." |
10.2 |
CHN102485.E. 13 June 2007. Whether the Public Security Bureau (PSB) seizes Resident Identity Cards or passports from homes of people they are planning to arrest; circumstances under which the identity documents would be seized; whether a receipt would be issued (2005-2007). |
10.3 |
CHN103133.E. 2 July 2009. Whether the Public Security Bureau (PSB) has set up a national computer network for information sharing; nature and extent of communication between PSB offices across the country; whether a link to a police computer network is available at international airports in China (2006-May 2009). |
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Media Freedoms |
11.1 |
Reporters Without Borders (RSF). 11 March 2011. "China." Internet Enemies 2011. |
11.2 |
Freedom House. 18 April 2011. "China." Freedom on the Net 2011. |
11.3 |
Reporters Without Borders (RSF). 30 March 2011. "Authorities Step up Pressure on Cyber-Dissidents." |
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Religion |
12.1 |
United States (US). 17 November 2010. Department of State. "China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)." International Religious Freedom Report 2010. |
12.2 |
United States (US). May 2011. US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). "Table of Contents" and "People's Republic of China." Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. May 2011 (Covering April 1, 2010 – March 31, 2011), pp. vi-vii, 124-140. |
12.3 |
CHN103303.E. 1 December 2009. Reports of ill-treatment of Tian Dao (Yiguandao) religious practitioners. |
12.3.1 |
CHN103255.E. 27 October 2009. Whether proselytizing is legal in China. |
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Christianity |
12.4 |
CHN102491.E. 13 June 2007. Treatment of "ordinary" Christian house church members by the Public Security Bureau (PSB) (2005-2007). |
12.5 |
CHN102492.E. 22 June 2007. Reports of raids on Protestant house churches; frequency and location of raids (2005-2007). |
12.6 |
CHN102493.E. 8 May 2007. Whether a person detained at an underground church meeting would have his or her name placed in the Public Security Bureau (PSB) database. |
12.7 |
CHN102494.E. 27 April 2007. The Chinese Patriotic Church; whether the Chinese Patriotic Church pledges its loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party first as opposed to God or Jesus; differences between the Chinese Patriotic Church and the unregistered Christian churches. |
12.8 |
CHN103501.E. 6 July 2010. Situation of Catholics and treatment by authorities, particularly in Fujian and Guangdong (2005-2010). |
12.9 |
CHN103500.E. 30 June 2010. Situation of Protestants and treatment by authorities, particularly in Fujian and Guangdong (2005-May 2010). |
12.10 |
China Aid Association, USA. 31 March 2011. 2010 Annual Report. Chinese Government Persecution of Christians and Churches in Mainland China: January-December 2010. |
12.11 |
CHN41862.E. 28 November 2003. Whether the translated text of the Bible used in Patriotic churches differs in content from the English version (July 2002-November 2003). |
12.12 |
CHN102868.E. 26 June 2008. Treatment of children of members of underground Christian churches; whether children of members of underground Christian churches are subject to sanctions, including reduced access to education and to health care. |
12.13 |
Chinese Protestant Church. 15 May 2008. "Church Order of Protestant Churches in China." [Electronic version not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
12.14 |
United States (US). 10 October 2010. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). "Contents," "General Overview," and "Freedom of Religion." Annual Report 2010, pp. i-iii, 1-10 and 99-112. [For additional information from this report, see subsections 3.11.4 and 5.11.] [Electronic version not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
12.15 |
United States (US). 1 February 2009. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). "Authorities Target Protestant House Churches for Harassment, Detentions in December." |
12.16 |
Forum 18. 12 April 2007. Magda Hornemann. "China: China's Catholics, the Holy See and Religious Freedom." |
12.17 |
CAN103719.E. 31 March 2011. Whether the readings at Roman Catholic mass are prescribed and consistent across all churches, including Chinese Catholic churches in Toronto; information on the Roman Catholic Initiation for Adults (RCIA), including its application among Chinese Catholic churches in Toronto. [Electronic version of attachment(s) not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
12.17.1 |
International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). 25 November 2009. "Basic Texts for the Roman Catholic Eucharist: The Order of Mass." (Catholic Resources for Bible, Liturgy, Art and Theology) |
12.17.2 |
CHN103256.E. 10 November 2009. Legal recourse available to unregistered (house) church members; reports of cases undertaken to protect the right to practice at an unregistered (house) church. |
12.17.3 |
CHN103254.E. 27 October 2009. Doctrinal and denominational differences between registered and unregistered Protestant churches; whether members who practice in registered Protestant churches must pledge loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). |
12.17.4 |
China Aid Association. 18 December 2008. "Liangren House Church Speaks Out About Raid." |
12.17.5 |
Australia. 30 November 2010. Refugee Review Tribunal. "China – CHN37814 – Fujian Province – Christians – Christian Assembly Church." |
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Falun Gong |
12.18 |
CHN102560.E. 11 July 2007. Treatment of family members of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese authorities; situation of persons who unwittingly or knowingly assist Falun Gong practitioners (e.g., by allowing use or rental of property, offices, office equipment, vehicles, etc.); the treatment of such persons if they deny knowledge of having assisted Falun Gong practitioners, agree to cease such assistance, or denounce Falun Gong. |
12.19 |
CHN103769.E. 30 June 2011. Treatment of Falun Gong practitioners by state authorities; whether state authorities treat Falun Gong leaders differently than other Falun Gong practitioners (2006-2011). |
12.20 |
CHN102867.E. 26 June 2008. Treatment of children of Falun Gong practitioners; whether children of Falun Gong practitioners are subject to sanctions, including reduced access to education and to health care. |
12.21 |
ZZZ103741.E. 25 May 2011. The Falun Dafa Association of Canada (FDAC); requirements for membership in the FDAC; whether there are genuine Falun Dafa practitioners who are not members of the FDAC; the process undertaken by the FDAC when someone requests a letter vouching for them as a genuine Falun Gong practitioner. |
12.22 |
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12.23 |
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12.24 |
CHN33180.EX. 26 November 1999. Falun Dafa (Falun Gong, Falungong); history, details of practice, organizational structures; treatment of practitioners; laws and practice regarding other non-recognized practices and religions [Electronic version of attachment(s) not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
12.25 |
This item had been previously removed. |
12.26 |
Hongzhi, Li. 13 November 1996. Translation updated April 2001. "Chapter II: Illustrations and Explanations of the Exercise Movements." The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa. (Falun Dafa) |
12.27 |
Hongzhi, Li. 1999. Third translation update March 2000. "Lecture Five: The Falun Emblem." Zhuan Falun (English Version). (Falun Dafa) |
12.28 |
Hongzhi, Li. April 2001. "Chapter V: Questions and Answers." Falun Gong. (Falun Dafa) |
12.29 |
Falun Dafa. N.d. "Falun Emblem." [Electronic version not available. Hard copy may be viewed in IRB regional offices.] |
12.30 |
Hongzhi, Li. 1999. Third translation update March 2000. "Glossary." Zhuan Falun (English Version), pp. 193-198. Taiwan: The Universe Publishing Company. (Falun Dafa) |
13 |
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race |
13.1 |
CHN101133.E. 28 April 2006. The "Green Book" issued to Tibetans; how it is obtained and maintained, and whether holders enjoy rights equivalent to Indian citizenship (April 2006). |
13.2 |
ZZZ100699.E. 6 February 2006. Whether a Tibetan whose birth in India between 1950 and 1987 was not registered with the authorities would be recognized as a citizen; whether the Indian government accepts birth certificates issued by the Tibetan government-in-exile; whether the Indian government issues birth certificates to Tibetans born in India. |
13.3 |
ZZZ103171.E. 7 July 2009. Residency rights of Tibetans residing in India; requirements for Tibetans to obtain and retain permanent residence in India. |
13.4 |
Amnesty International (AI). 13 March 2008. "Crackdown on Activists and Minorities in China." |
13.5 |
IND103724.E. 14 April 2011. The 22 December 2010 Delhi High Court ruling that Namgyal Dolkar, a Tibetan woman born in India, is entitled to claim Indian citizenship by birth, as per the Citizenship Act. |
14 |
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement |
14.1 |
CHN103571.E. 29 September 2010. Visa issuance procedures at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, including whether a third party can secure a visa for an applicant and whether the Embassy conducts security checks on applicants before issuing a visa. |
14.2 |
CHN103170.E. 23 June 2009. Documents required and security measures in place for international departures by air from Hong Kong. |
14.3 |
CHN102869.E. 8 July 2008. Exit controls and security measures at airports in China for mainland citizens traveling overseas and to Hong Kong. |
14.4 |
CHN103261.E. 7 October 2009. The People's Republic of China (PRC) Travel Document/Permit; what documents a PRC citizen needs to provide in order to obtain the PRC Travel Document/Permit. |
14.5 |
Asia Times. 19 April 2007. Bertil Lintner. "A How-To Guide for Fleeing China." |
14.6 |
CHN102775.E. 27 February 2008. Whether a Chinese national who is married to a permanent resident of Hong Kong would be able to acquire permanent residency status in Hong Kong. |
15 |
Labour, Employment and Unions (No items in this section) |
16 |
Other Issues (No items in this section) |