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, March 10, 2009

March 10, 2009

News
Gender
Work Woes Dog China's Women
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/women-03092009103628.html

Human Rights Defenders
陈西境外记者采访前遭拘留 郭永丰两会期间失踪 (Guizhou Dissident Chen Xi Detained before Interview with Japanese Journalist)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti-03092009095313.html

Labor
內蒙礦井泄不明氣體6人亡 (Unknown Poisoned Gas Kills Six Mine Workers in Inner Mongolia)
Ming Pao, March 10, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090310/ca21211m.htm

人大法工委﹕勞動法不會改 (Labor Contract Law Will Not Be Amended)
Ming Pao (via Sina), March 10, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1062625/1.html

Media
Plea to Jam 'Hostile' Radio in Volatile Border Areas
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11e3fd6ab8bef110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Radio, TV Coverage Needs to Improve
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), March 10, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090310/article_393662.html
Politics
China Strives to Weed out Judicial Corruption
Xinhuanet, March 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/10/content_10985029.htm

China’s Leaders See a Calendar Full of Trouble
New York Times, March 10, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/world/asia/11china.html

Protests and Petitions
从天安门到马家楼 访民京城频频被抓(视频,图) (Petitioners Detained from Tiananmen to Majialou)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-03092009094612.html

湖北郧西访民到京上访被截访人员拘留并被押送 (Hubei Petitioners Forcibly Returned Home after Traveling to Beijing to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yunxi-03092009165947.html

Public Health
Chinese Lawmakers Press for Smoking Control
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 10, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009npc/2009-03/10/content_7562854.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Defense Minister Denies Think Tank Aimed at Contacts with China
Taiwan News, March 9, 2009
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=887003

Related news:
Official: Taiwan Wants Chinese Military Contacts
Associated Press (via China Post), March 9, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/03/09/199415/Official%3A-Taiwan.htm
Tibet
Bomb Hits Tibetan-populated Area ahead of Uprising Anniversary
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2774eedad2cef110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Considers Tibet a Sovereignty Issue
Voice of America, March 9, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-09-voa10.cfm

China on Alert for Unrest on Key Tibet Anniversary
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090310/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

Related news:
A Focus of Tibetan Ire: Mining
Washington Post, March 10, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902878.html

Advisor: No Extra Security Forces in Tibet on March 10
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 10, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009npc/2009-03/10/content_7562625.htm

Tibetans Rally 50 Years after Uprising
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090309/wl_asia_afp/chinatibet50yearsusprotest

西藏增兵數萬 氣氛緊張 (Tens of Thousands of Reinforcements Sent into Tibet for Anniversary)
Ming Pao (via Sina), March 10, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1062618/1.html