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, January 06, 2009

January 6, 2009

News

Civil Society
浙江成立首家民間救援組織 ( First Non-Governmental Rescue Organization Established in Zhejiang)
Ming Pao, January 06, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090106/ca21005a.htm

Corruption
江苏惠山一医院工作人员利用管理漏洞侵占公款百万元 (Jiangsu Hospital Workers Use Loophole to Seize a Million in Public Funds)
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-01/06/content_10610721.htm

Official Guilty of Causing Fatal Crash
Shanghai Daily, January 06, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090106/article_387058.htm

Disasters
Village Fire Burns 92 Homes in SW China
China Daily, January 06, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/06/content_7368535.htm

Economic Development
670,000 Small Firms Shut; Jobless Rate Doubled
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=5592a6bf3a7ae110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
China Curbs Overseas Trips on Public Expense
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/06/content_10608954.htm

记者体验各地社情民意通道:37条热线 通了30个 (Journalist Tests Government "Public Opinion Hotlines", Finds 30 of 37 Accessible)
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-01/06/content_10609108.htm

Related News
九成网民认为民意上达通道不畅 (90 Percent of Netizens Find Blockages in "Public Opinion Hotlines")
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/opinion-01052009160758.html
Media
北京記者採訪火災被毆打 (Beijing Reporter Beaten for Investigating Fire)
Ming Pao, January 06, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090106/ca21143a.htm

Protests and Petitions
Xinhua Warns of National Wave of Unrest
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=43ac4c54ea9ae110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

豫上京访民屡被非法关押 济南访民关押饿死 (Jinan Petitioner Detained During Olympics Starves to Death, Beijing Petitioners Detained)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-01052009100010.html

Chinese Police Hunt Authors of Democracy Charter
Times Online, January 06, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5451728.ece

Rural Issues
湖南新化二千村民六年无家可归 (Two Thousand Villagers Left Homeless for Six Years in Hunan)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-01052009091610.html

Society
Minority Scheme Halted
Shanghai Daily, January 06, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090106/article_387095.htm

State Security
孟建柱:借鉴奥运经验维护首都稳定 迎建国60周年 (Min of Public Security Will Use Olympic Experience to Ensure Stable 60 Year PRC Anniversary)
Xinhuanet, January 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-01/06/content_10610804.htm