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, March 30, 2009

March 30, 2009

News

Disasters
China: 37 Die in 2 Unrelated Bus Accidents
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090327/ap_on_re_as/as_china_bus_crash

Education
重点学校腐败案频发 根治中小学教育腐败利刃何在 (Corruption Widespread in Prestigious Primary and Secondary Schools)
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-03/30/content_11098602.htm

中国农村大学生比例下降显著 预示教育危机 (Ratio of Rural Students in Colleges Falls)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/da-03272009223802.html

Government
公安部发布政府信息公开工作年度报告 (Ministry of Public Security Releases Annual Report on Open Government Information)
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/28/content_11088706.htm

Law
最高法院全面部署贯彻实施国家知识产权战略 (Supreme Court Releases Opinions on Implementation of IPR Strategy)
Xinhuanet, March 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/29/content_11097270.htm

Media
Grieving Parents Gain Clout in China
Washington Post, March 28, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032703292.html

Police
Family in Plea for a Second Autopsy
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090330/article_395934.htm

Protests and Petitions
云南盐津县三人"上访"扰乱社会秩序被判刑 (Three Yunnan "Petitioners" Sentenced for Disturbing Social Order)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0330/09/55L2UO4E0001124J.html

Casinos Blamed for Clashes on Hainan
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=036cbc54c2350210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
Rural Areas Targeted in Crackdown on HFMD
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090330/article_395935.htm

Religion
One Billion Souls to Save
Times Online, March 28, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article5960010.ece

Society
Book Stokes Nationalism in China
Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123836150260267093.html

State Security
Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries
New York Times, March 29, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/29spy.html

Related News
Analysts Dismiss 'Cyber Spy' Claims
China Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7628028.htm

Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network
Munk Center for International Studies, March 29, 2009
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13731776/Tracking-GhostNet-Investigating-a-Cyber-
Espionage-Network
Soldier Stabbed in SW China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090330/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetattack

Tibet
Tibet to Reopen to Foreign Tourists
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7629310.htm

Tibet's Panchen Lama, Beijing's Propaganda Tool
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090327/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetreligion50years2ndleadfo
cus
Related News
China Turns to Buddhism to Calm Tibet, Taiwan Tensions
China Post, March 29, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/03/29/202057/China-turns.htm