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, May 08, 2009

May 8, 2009

News

Disasters
China Reports Student Toll for Quake
New York Times, May 08, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/asia/08china.html
Related News
No Blame in China School Collapse
BBC, May 08, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8039376.stm

Officials Proud of Post-Disaster Achievements
South China Morning Post, May 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01d73ffffbb11210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
37,000 Dams at Risk of Collapsing, Warns Water Resources Chief
South China Morning Post, May 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=8fe73ffffbb11210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Melamine Victims Paid Out
Shanghai Daily, May 08, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090508/article_400168.htm

June 4th
湖北姚立法六四前遭警告 香港教育团体成立六四小組 (Authorities Monitor Yao Lifa ahead of June Fourth, HK Educators Form June Fourth Group)
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-05072009091041.html

80多位华人基督徒和传道人发布《六四20周年宣告》 (Chinese Christians Issue "June Fourth Twentieth Anniversary Declaration")
Radio Free Asia, May 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jidu-05072009162855.html

World Must Pressure China over Tiananmen: Dissidents
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 07, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090508/wl_asia_afp/chinarightstiananmen20years

Law
最高检22条规定细化领导班子思想政治建设 (Guidelines Detail Ideological Training for Procuratorate Leadership)
Xinhuanet, May 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-05/08/content_11333664.htm

Trial Begins over Fatal Rail Crash in Shandong
Shanghai Daily, May 08, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090508/article_400205.htm

Media
China Hits at Foreign Quake Zone Media
Financial Times, June 07, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/200e79da-3b26-11de-ba91-00144feabdc0.html

Related News
Sichuan Cadre Rejects Journalists' Complaint of Police
South China Morning Post, May 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15473ffffbb11210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protests and Petitions
Villagers in Central China Clash with Police
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), May 07, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_on_re_as/as_china_police_clash

Tibet
Tibetan Monk who Posted Abuses Video on YouTube is Released
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), May 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=40e73ffffbb11210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD