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, February 17, 2009

February 17, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
Clinton Praises China Stimulus, Has Hope for North Korea Relationship
Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123481470951294121.html

China Announces Military Dialogue With US
Associated Press (available at the New York Times), February 16, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/16/world/AP-AS-China-US-Military.html

Environment
Nearly 1,500 More Cars in Beijing Daily: State Media
YahooNews (Asia), February 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090217/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutiontransportaut
o

Government
湖北省委首次差额票选厅级干部 (Hubei Will Hold First Provincial-Level Election)
Caijing Magazine, February 15, 2009
http://www.caijing.com.cn/2009-02-15/110068813.html

Years after Village Elections began in China, Mixed Results
McClatchy Newspapers, February 15, 2009
http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/1035588.html

Hukou
Hire Graduates without Local Hukou
China Daily, February 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-02/17/content_7482978.htm

Human Rights
王丹籲美卿就人權向華施壓 (Wang Dan Appeals to Hillary to Pressure China on Human Rights)
Ming Pao, February 17, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090217/ca21017w.htm

Media
福建省整治网络低俗之风:要推进网站实名登记制度 (Fujian to Push Forward Real Name Registration System for Websites)
Xinhuanet, February 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-02/17/content_10831321.htm

Knifing of Blogger Sends Shiver through Online Community
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=04457c273cf7f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Netizens Call for Extension of Anti-porn Crackdown
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/16/content_10830027.htm

经营性新闻出版单位明年底全部转制 (For-Profit News Media Will Decouple from Government by End of 2010)
China Youth Daily, February 13, 2009
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2009-02/13/content_2538411.htm

Protests and Petitions
骏景千人点火抗议警察暴力 三名业主事后被捕 (1000 Proprietors Protest Police Violence in Guangzhou Property Development Case)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kangyi-02162009094755.html

報道指四川藏人示威被捕 (Ethnic Tibetans Arrested after Demonstrating in Sichuan)
Ming Pao, February 16, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090216/ca12216c.htm

疫苗致残家长欲上访遭拘押 (Poison Injection Victim's Father Detained for Planning to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yuanqing-02162009084929.html

Public Health
卫生部公布2008年我国卫生改革与发展情况 (Ministry of Health Releases Report on Health Reform and Development in 2008)
Xinhuanet, February 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-02/17/content_10831129.htm

Investigation into Illegal Organ Transplants
Shanghai Daily, February 17, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200902/20090217/article_391292.htm

2009年医政工作要点出台 将修订病历书写规范 (Ministry of Health Releases 2009 Medical Working Points)
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-02/16/content_10827450.htm

Society
2,000 Police Put Down Riot in Hebei
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=e6157c273cf7f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

拆迁业主被扔下楼惨死 连云港官商勾结酿悲剧 (Gas Station Owner Thrown from Roof by Thugs after Resisting Developers)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/baoli-02162009094235.html

Tibet
China in Life, Death Struggle with Dalai Lama: Media
China Post, February 17, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/02/17/196382/China-in.htm

Tibetan Official Calls on Buddhist Circles to Firmly Safeguard National, Ethnic Unity
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/16/content_10829595.htm