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.

Monday, August 04, 2008

August 02-04, 2008

News
Civil Society

New Citizen Activism Unsettles Beijing
Financial Times, August 03, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddf67bf6-616e-11dd-af94-000077b07658.html

Corruption
Corrupt Official Faces Execution
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369209

Disasters
21人挪用救災物資受處分 (21 Punished for Diverting Quake Relief Funds)
Ming Pao, August 04, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080804/ca11258k.htm

The Olympics Don't Have Any Meaning, Says Quake Survivor
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=afff763a0398b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Two Dead, 76,000 Flee Homes in East China Floods: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 04, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwNE_MYLRIqjRV3FB520PmD_E48g

Government
Law Aims to Ensure Fair Grassroots Elections
China Daily, August 04, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/04/content_6900019.htm

Human Rights Defenders
北京进一步加强对维权律师的监控 (Beijing Heightens Control over Rights Defense Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-08032008165746.html

Dissident Free, Yet Still far from Liberty
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 03, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/latest-news/dissident-free-yet-still-far-from-liberty/2008/08/03/1217701854128.html

Migrant Workers
外来农民工也是北京市民 发改委官员说法透善意 (Beijing Official's Assertion that "Migrant Workers Are Also Beijing Residents" Was in Good Intention)
Xinhuanet, August 04, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-08/04/content_8934795.htm

Olympics
And on Your Left, the Chinese Army Being Completely Open about the Olympics
Los Angeles Times, August 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-olythreats2-2008aug02,0,3088468.story

Beijing Outlines Olympic Protest Rules
Financial Times, August 03, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d47563c-6185-11dd-af94-000077b07658.html

IOC Chief Strives to Deflect Criticism of Chinese Censorship
Wall Street Journal, August 04, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121769525318907505.html

Limits to China's Pledge of Change
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7537838.stm

Mentally Ill People Perceived as Threats to Be Forcibly Committed
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=48917c46b2f7b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protest-Zone Test Case Blocked in Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08017c46b2f7b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
交警撞死女大學生 石家莊傳火炬當日 (Traffic Police Kill Student on Day of the Hubei Torch Relay; Do Not Divulge Information to Family)
Ming Pao, August 04, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080804/ccd1.htm

Protests and Petitions
上海北京天津又有访民受控 (Petitioners Continue to Be Harassed in Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shang-08012008223836.html

State Security
Six Held over Terrorism Rumours
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e40e1cdaf7e7b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State-owned Enterprises
新疆:企事业单位领导工资奖金统统要公开 (Salaries and Bonuses of XUAR SOEs Heads Should Be Made Public)
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/local/2008-08/03/content_8922809.htm

Taiwan
United Daily News Report Claims Ma to Renew Truce with China
Agence France-Presse (via Taiwan News), August 04, 2008
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=706297


Tibet
Nepal Detains 253 Tibetans as Olympics Near
Reuters, August 03, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-34806320080803

XUAR
16 Cops Killed in Assault on Xinjiang Police Station
Shanghai Daily, August 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369262

Officials Held over Shooting Death
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=85bf763a0398b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD