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.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

June 30, 2009

News

Religion
四川成都一家庭教会强遭当局取缔 (Authorities Shut Down Chengdu House Church)
Voice of America (via Voice of America), June 30, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-06-28-voa25.cfm

Media
新華社英語電視明日開播 (Xinhua News Agency's English News Channel Begins Airing in EU on July 1)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), June 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1184090/1.html

Supermarkets Spread News as China Advances on English Language Broadcasts
Times, June 30, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6605449.ece

State Security
国家秘密须审慎界定 ("State Secrets" Must Be Cautiously Defined)
China Youth Daily, June 27, 2009
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2009-06/27/content_2730861.htm

Politics
全國人大首次明確表態 同命不同價現象有望終結 (NPC for the First Time Clearly States that Urban and Rural Residents Should Receive Same Death Compensation)
The Beijing News (via Sina.com), June 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1184334/1.html

Green Dam
“绿坝”克星“绿色海啸”问世 ("Green Tsunami" Released to Combat "Green Dam")
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lvba-06292009160803.html

Corruption
12 China Officials Jailed for Landslide
Taiwan News, June 29, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=989002

Disasters
Shanghai Home Owners Demand Refunds after Apartment Building Collapse
China Daily, June 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/28/content_11616206.htm

Hong Kong
Beijing 'Afraid' of Big Turnout for March
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e4cfdd531bc22210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京对香港民主派弃怀柔政策改强硬立场 (Beijing Alters Policy toward Hong Kong's Pan-Democrats)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), June 29, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14560.asp

North Korea
Traffickers Prey on North Korean Women Fleeing to China
Voice of America, June 29, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-29-voa25.cfm

Gender
China Launches Anti-Prostitution Drive
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_asia_afp/chinasexcrimeprostitution