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Dates: during 2003-2003
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...LAID TO REST. SUN ZHIGANG, migrant graphic designer whose beating death in March by fellow inmates and attendants in a vagrants detention center in Shenzhen led to the reform of China's strict residency laws; in his hometown of Huanggang, Hubei province, China. Although Sun had the requisite residency papers for Shenzhen, the 27-year-old wasn't carrying them when he was stopped by police for a random check. His death created an uproar in China, and in June, President Hu Jintao signed an executive order forbidding police from detaining migrants simply for lacking the proper identification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 12/20/2003 | See Source »

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