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.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

January 23, 2008

News
Environment
China Sets 2030 Target to Clean Up Lakes
Reuters, January 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSP
EK6258620080123


民间环保培训已启动 环保总局准备好了吗 (State Environmental Protection Administration Holds Training Session For Civil Society Groups)
Legal Daily, January 22, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/2007zffz/2008-01/22/conte
nt_785874.htm


Government
China Safety Official Wants Public Help
YahooNews (Asia), January 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080122/ap_on_re_as/ch
ina_work_safety;_ylt=AlGhaQ5F
uekEk9tuzudOqZEBxg8F

China Punishes 183 for Industrial Disasters
Reuters, January 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK244
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Human Rights Defenders - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
Trial of Dissident Chinese Writer Lu Gengsong Opens As Curbs Tighten On Dissent
Christian Science Monitor, January 23, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0123/p04s01-woap.htm

Related Information
Writer Lü Gengsong's Trial Held Today
Human Rights in China, January 22, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/
47186


Human Rights Defenders - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
曾金燕反抗软禁遭警告抓捕 警称善待胡佳有待证实 (Under House Arrest, Police Threaten Zeng Jinyan with Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/2
2/hujia/


Land Policy
Land Investigation Nabs 2,700 Officials
China Daily, January 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-01/23/content
_6414412.htm


Law
China Couple Sue Metro Over Kiss
BBC, January 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7202348.stm

Olympics
Beijing Olympic Water Scheme Drains Parched Farmers
Reuters, January 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK345
320080123


Politics
Idealism Gives Way to Rubber-stamp Reality of Congress
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a
0a0/?vgnextoid=cb4b
57398e1a7110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=


Population
北京名人超生罚款将超常人数倍 额度尚未确定 (Beijing Plans to Increase Fines For the Famous and the Rich who Violate "One Child Policy")
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-01/21/content_7
460404.htm


Protests and Petitions
无钖上访户投诉当局雇用黑社会截访 (Wuxi Petitioner Sues Authorities Who Employed Mafia "Retrievers")
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/22/china
_petition_abuse/


百名天津访民北京上访 目睹江苏访民喝农药自杀 (Petitioner Commits Suicide Inside Petitioning Bureau)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/22
/fangmin1/


访民在驻京办黑监狱受虐待令人发指(带录像) (Secret Jails for Detaining Petitioners Revealed in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/
22/fangmin/


东莞两外企千人大罢工酿冲突 (Thousand-person Strike in Dongguan Turns Violent)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/22
/bagong/