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.

Friday, November 28, 2008

November 28, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties

Sarkozy to Blame for EU-China Summit Delay
China Daily, November 28, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/28/content_7248663.htm

Death Penalty
China Executes Man for Ant-breeding Scheme
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 27, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081127/ap_on_re_as/as_china_ant_fraud/

Former China Player Sentenced to Death for Murder
Reuters (via Straits Times), November 28, 2008
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Sport/Story/STIStory_307404.html

Three Sentenced to Death for Beijing Taxi Murder Spree: Report
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 28, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081128/wl_afp/chinacrimetaximurder

Gender
18 Vietnamese Women Rescued in China in Wife-selling Ring
China Daily, November 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/27/content_7248197.htm

Hong Kong
China, the Basic Law and a Tale of Two Cities
Financial Times, November 25, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f289700-bb13-11dd-bc6c-0000779fd18c.html

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
欧议会议员会见郑恩宠律师 听民间谈人权问题 (EP Official, Previously Blocked from Seeing Zeng Jinyan, Visits Zheng Enchong to Speak on Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengenchong-11272008151326.html

Land Policy
新疆小区被迫迁业主收死亡恐吓 (XUAR Homeowners Forced to Relocate Threatened with Death)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_landlord-11272008104707.html

Media
Illegal Publications Confiscated in Blitz
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), November 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=382416

Population
《广东省人口与计划生育条例》上午通过 生二胎条件细化成八条 ("Guangdong Provincial Regulations on Birth Control and Family Planning" Passed Friday Morning)
Yangcheng Evening News (via South China Online), November 28, 2008
http://news.southcn.com/gdnews/nanyuedadi/content/2008-11/28/content_4734732.htm

Protests and Petitions
湛江退伍军人与公安冲突 多人被拘捕 (Several Dujiang Veterans Detained following Clash with Police over School Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhanjiang-11272008154006.html

Public Health
140 Chinese Infected with HIV per Day
Shanghai Daily, November 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=382362

Tibet
甘肃四藏人被判刑 当局继续审藏人 (4 Gansu Tibetans Sentenced for Involvement with March Protests)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gansu-11272008081845.html