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, January 23, 2009

January 23, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
英国外交部出台英中交往政策文件 (UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office Issues China-UK Relations Policy)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/waijiao-01222009155336.html

Related information:
The UK and China: A Framework for Engagement
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, January 22, 2009
http://ukinchina.fco.gov.uk/en/working-with-china/uk-and-china

Children
All Young People Kidnapped to Myanmar Released
Xinhuanet, January 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/23/content_10707861.htm

Related information:
山西18名遭跨国绑架少年获解救 3名疑犯被抓 (18 Kidnapped Youths Released, 3 Suspects Detained)
Xinhua (via Beijing Times), January 23, 2009
http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/200901/23/n2314284.shtml

Corruption
Top Fujian Official Sacked over Graft
South China Morning Post, January 23, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bc75b60a9aefe110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
China Parents Press Demands in Wake of Milk Sentences
Reuters, January 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50L0ZG20090123

Human Rights Defender - Mao Hengfeng (毛恒风)
上海访民上访遭打压 计划过年到天安门前抗议(图) (Shanghainese Petitioners Beaten, Plan Protest at Tiananmen)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-01222009114220.html

Internet Censorship
China's E-crackdown Here to Stay
Reuters (via TVNZ), January 23, 2009
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2450995

教育部要求加强管理校园网和上网场所 (Ministry of Education Demands Greater Management of School Networks and Computer Halls)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/campus_internet-01222009100253.html

Law
Court Sentences 15 Human Traffickers
Xinhua (via China Daily), January 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/23/content_7425205.htm

Media
China Says It's Unaware of Media Censoring Obama's Speech
Voice of America, January 22, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-22-voa8.cfm

Related news:
China Defends Censorship of Obama Speech
Reuters, January 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50L1K320090122

Public Health
卫生部启动公共场所卫生监督量化分级管理制度 (Ministry of Health Commences Classification System for Sanitation in Public Places)
China News Service, January 23, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/jk/kong/news/2009/01-23/1539596.shtml

Taiwan
Taiwan Wins Landmark Access to WHO amid China Thaw
Reuters, January 22, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50M0UH20090123