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, January 12, 2009

January 10-12, 2009

News
Corruption
Chinese Officials Gamble Away $3m in Public Funds
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), January 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_gambling

Jail for Bridge Officials
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), January 10, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090110/article_387555.htm

Former Party Secretary on Graft Charges
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3424d58715cbe110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Food Security
60 Get Arrested over Tainted Milk Scandal
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), January 12, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090112/article_387758.htm

China Screens 22.4 Mln Babies Fed Melamine-Tainted Milk
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/12/content_10644444.htm

60 Arrested over Melamine-Tainted Sanlu Milk Powder
Xinhua (via China Daily), January 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/11/content_7385532.htm

Human Rights Defenders
查建国,冉云飞及诗人流沙河因签署零八宪章而被问话 (Authorities Question Rights Defenders Over Charter 08)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianzhang-01092009090231.html

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Chinese Authorities Continue to Suppress Charter 08; Number of Signers Exceeds 7,200
Human Rights in China, January 9, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/107728
June 4th
天安门母亲北京聚会 (Tiananmen Mothers Gathering in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-01112009165151.html

Law
最高法公布“五个严禁” 设廉洁“高压线” (Five Rules Released by The People's Supreme Court to Keep Judges in line And Corruption in Check)
People's Daily (via Xinhua), January 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-01/09/content_10626820.htm

Media
China Closes 91 Lewd Websites in 3 Days
Xinhua (via China Daily), January 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/11/content_7385697.htm

Popular Blog Service Provider Shut Down
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5a7dd58715cbe110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

西安增加五百网络虚拟警察 (Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau Adds 500 Virtual Police Officers to Patrol The Internet)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianzhang-01092009090231.html

Olympics
Olympic Spending to Be Released by June
Xinhua (via China Daily), January 10, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/10/content_7385026.htm

Protests and Petitions
广东揭东公安重伤维权女村民死亡 (7 Guangdong Villagers Taken Away by Police After Being "Leaders" in Land Grab Protest; 1 Beaten to Death)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-01112009165651.html

千名福建访民趁省人大开会上访 部份访民被拘捕及遭殴打 (Up to 1000 Petitioners Petition Outside NPC Venue in Fujian; Some Taken away and Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qian-01112009164756.html

访民李春霞在天安门散发传单被拘留 (Pregnant Petitioner from Henan Taken Away by Police After Distributing Flyers in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-01092009104026.html?encoding=simplifiedencoding=simplified

北京发生暴力强拆 两人被打致重伤(视频)(Video: Two Beijing Residents in Serious Condition After Being Beaten in Violent Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-01092009094732.html

Tibet
Tibet to Open NPC, CPPCC Sessions to Foreign Media
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/12/content_10642391.htm

Taiwan to Give Residency Rights to Tibetans, Children of Veterans
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=021ed58715cbe110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Tibetans in New Kardze Protests
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/newkardzeprotests-01092009122252.html