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, November 30, 2009

November 28-30, 2009

News
Corruption
河南官員受賄千萬 判囚15年 (Henan Officials Jailed for 15 Years over 10 Million RMB Bribes)
Ming Pao, November 30, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091130/caa3.htm

10 Journalists Charged over Hushed-up Mine Disaster
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8e6fb160e9635210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Jailed China Mafia Trial Judge Kills Self: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091130/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimecorruptiontrial

Disasters
法院拒绝受理公安告地震局发布虚假信息 (Beijing Court Refuses to Accept Case Brought against State Seismological Bureau to Spread False Information on Sichuan Earthquake)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawsuit_government-11272009113001.html?encoding=simplified

Government
Leadership Set to Reshuffle Positions in Key Provinces
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fd8535ef6d045210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Lin (张林)
民运人士张林出狱后行动受监视 (Pro-democracy Activists Put under Surveillance after His Release)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhang-11292009174025.html

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese AIDS Activist Held
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-11272009174731.html

Multilateral
Chinese Premier Meets EU Officials Before Summit
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 29, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/29/content_9073321.htm

Population
Experts Urge Switch from One Child Policy
China Daily, November 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/27/content_9067869.htm

Protests and Petitions
成都钉子户女户主自焚抗拒拆迁 (Woman in Sichuan Sets Fire to Herself in Attempt to Stop Demolition of Her Home)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_clash-11272009105616.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
First Government-backed Gay Bar to Open on Mainland in HIV Fight
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c584e2563d045210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

First Lawsuit Starts in China Milk Scandal: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091128/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchildcourt

China Tries to Fix Crumbling Health Care System
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091129/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_fixing_health_care