The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, July 06, 2006

July 6, 2006

News
Corruption
中国贪腐日益严重监督机制难应对 (Existing Monitoring Mechanism Cannot Deal With Worsening Corruption in China)
Voice of America, July 05, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-05-voa17.cfm

Death Penalty
废除贪官死刑有违社会伦理 (Abolishing Death Penalty for Corrupt Officials Is Unethical)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/content_1438441.htm

四川犍为原县委书记受贿1859万被判死缓 (Corrupt Senior CPC Member in Sichuan Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve)
Shenzhen Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2006-07/06/content
_180719.htm


男子掐死智障姐姐奸尸续:凶手一审被判处死缓 (Man Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Murdering Sister with Mental Disability)
Shenzhen Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2006-07/06/
content_181079.htm


Education
內地小学生年減四百万 (Number of Primary Students Reduced Drastically in Recent Years)
Wen Wei Po, July 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0607060028&cat=002CH


Political Courses 'Made More Relevant' in Merger
SCMP, July 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZB0OX51PE.html

Environment
国家森林公园竟成城市垃圾场 垃圾堆积十米高 (10 Meters of Rubbish Sitting in National Park in Hainan)
EastDay.com, July 06, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node146062/userobject1ai2158544.html
8544.html

An Energy Bridge to the Future
SCMP, July 06, 2006
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/balsheet/ZZZQDP9P7PE.html

Experts Warn Swimmers Against Health Hazards in Pearl River
SCMP, July 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ25P9P7PE.html

循环经济先从这里开篇 战略转型下的罗湖试验” (How the "Recycling Economy Law" Is Being Implemented in Luohu, Shenzhen)
Nanfang Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200607060311.asp


深圳将开展绿色GDP核算试点 (Shenzhen to Launch "Green GDP Audit")
Shenzhen Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.sznews.com/zhuanti/content/2006-07/06/
content_180975.htm


中国现有水土流失需半个世纪治理 (China Needs 50 Years to Fix Soil Erosion Problem)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
05/shuitu/


Freedom of Speech
刘云山:文艺工作者要更好地关注现实 服务大众 (Central Propaganda Department Official: Writers and Artists Should Pay More Attention to Reality and Serve the Public)
People's Daily, July 06, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1024/4563449.html

Government
国家赔偿额度过低不利于人权保障 (Insufficient State Compensation Not Beneficial to Protection of Human Rights)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/
content_1438426.htm


Human Rights Defender – Lawyers - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
临沂政府加强监控打压陈光诚家属 (Local Government in Shandong Steps up Monitoring of Chen Guangcheng's Family)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
05/linyi/


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔案有新发展 月底可能开审 (New Development in Ching Cheong Case – Trial Could Start in Late July)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
05/chingcheong/


Labor
Despite Boom, China Graduates Face Job Crunch
Washington Post, July 04, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2006/07/04/AR2006070400363.html


Media
媒体如何才能正常报道突发事件 (How Can the Media Report on “Suddenly Arising Mass Incidents” Properly?)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/content
_1438416.htm


中国禁演同性恋题材韩片 (China Bans Korean Movie with Homosexual Content)
BBC, July 05, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5150000
/newsid_5152000/5152046.stm


Internet Regulation Protects Search Engines
SCMP, July 05, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/05
/content_634075.htm


中国著名门户网站凯迪网作出调整 (Popular Hainan-Based Web Portals Change Content Due to Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/05/internet/


Migrant Workers
Orphans of the Chinese Economy
Los Angeles Times, July 05, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
children5jul05,1,7369125.story?coll=la-headlines-world


Police
公民的非正常死亡是法治社会的悲哀 (Unnatural Death of a Woman in Hubei in 2002 Discredits Claim of Rule of Law)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/content_
1438391.htm


Politics
Southern Chinese City Marks Cultural Revolution
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/07/04/china_cultrev/

Poverty
有些国情亟须我们改变 ("National Conditions" Related to Income Gap Must Change)
China Youth Daily, July 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/06/content_1438396.htm

Protests and Petitions
Rumblings from China
New York Times, July 06, 2006
http://global.factiva.com.arugula.cc.columbia.edu:2048/
ha/default.aspx


突发重大环境事项可直报国家信访局 (State Environmental Protection Administration Issues “Measures for Handling Environmental Petitions”)
Legal Daily, July 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/06
/content_347315.htm


Rural Issues
Shanghai to Give Single-child Parents "Retirement Award"
People's Daily, July 04, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/
05/eng20060705_280082.html


Tibet
Foreign Press Gets No Easy Ride on Tibet Line
The Independent Online (South Africa), July 06, 2006
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=
420&art_id=qw1151654941867T614


Tibet Tourism Impact Fears Rejected
SCMP, July 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZN0OX51PE.html

Bikers Rev up Where Old Tibet and New China Collide
Reuters, July 05, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=
inDepthNews&storyID=2006-07-
05T125515Z_01_PEK
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