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, November 05, 2008

November 5, 2008

Disasters
China Announces Industrial Plan on Quake Reconstruction
Xinhuanet, November 04, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/04/content_10306764.htm

Heavy Rain Lashes S China Region, 1.17 Million Affected
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/04/content_10306724.htm

Environment
广州严处一非法倾排含三聚氰胺牛奶入河事件 (Waste Compression Station Wasted for Discharging Allegedly Tainted Milk into Nearby River)
People's Daily (available at Xinhuanet), November 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/05/content_10307672_1.htm

Food Security
China's Bureaucracy Stymies Food Safety
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/food-safety-11042008154540.html

Government
China to Issue Human Rights Plan: Official
Reuters (available at YahooNews), November 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081104/wl_nm/us_china_rights

Labor
Workers Win Payout Fight after Factory Closure
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de206331e286d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Crisis Hits Chinese Workers
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/migrants-11042008054042.html

Land Policy
Beijing to Issue Farmers Land-Use Rights Certificates
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1eb66331e286d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Law
中国更多律师不畏压力为法轮功学员辩护 (More Lawyers Defend Falungong Practitioners in Trial)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/flg-11042008092542.html

Police
China City Vows Crackdown on Taxi Strike Violence
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081104/wl_asia_afp/chinastriketaxitransport

Protests and Petitions
外出吃顿饭 住房强拆完 (Shanghai Couple Taken away After Their House Forcibly Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chai-11042008092804.html

广西工学院学生因停水及收费问题发生骚乱 (Tertiary School in Guangxi in Turmoil over Water Suspension and Fee Hikes)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuexiao-11042008165813.html

Thugs Beat up Villagers
Shanghai Daily, November 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200811/20081104/article_379361.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Media Critical of Security Measures for Envoy's Visit
South China Morning Post, November 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e1336af7866d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Tibet
New Round of Tibet Talks Start amid Mixed Signs
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=2a176331e286d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Dalai Lama's Health ‘Improved’
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/health-11042008063329.html

拉萨形势吃紧 再有藏人被捕 (One More Tibetan Arrest during China-Tibet Negotiation)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-11042008170908.html