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 01, 2010

March 01, 2010

Disasters
China Reports At Least 29 Injured in Yunnan Quake
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake


Education

Government to Increase Spending on Education
China Daily, March 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/01/content_9515384.htm

Related News:

教育經費支出17年未達標 (China's Education Spending Never Reaches Its Four-percent-of-GDP Target Set in 1993)
Ming Pao, March 01, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100301/caa1.htm

中國政府放權學校自主辦學 (Authorities Plan to Allow Greater School Autonomy)
China News Service (via Ming Pao), February 28, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100228/ca71210p.htm

Related Information:

國家中長期教育改革和發展規劃綱要(2010-2020)全文 (National Outline for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020): Full text)
China News Service, March 01, 2010
http://big5.china.com.cn/policy/txt/2010-03/01/content_19492625.htm



Government
温总理网上"真情对话"遭网民"打假" (Wen Jiabao Chats with Internet Users, Criticized for His Hypocritical Speech)
Radio France Internationale, February 28, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19728.asp


Hukou

內地13報社論同斥戶籍制 (13 Papers Publish Joint Editorial Criticizing Current Household Registration System)
China Review News (via Sina), March 01, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1442185/1.html


Human Rights Defender - Zhang Sizhi (
张思之)
Losing Hope: The Defence Lawyer Who Always Loses
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7a14f80295f07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (
刘晓波)
My Dear Husband Liu Xiaobo, The Writer China Has Put behind Bars
The Guardian, February 28, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/28/liu-xia-china-dissident-xiaobo


Labor
The Beautiful Game's Ugly Secret Exposed
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3822f80295f07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Politics
China's National People's Congress - Democracy in action
The Economist, February 25, 2010
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15580832


Protests and Petitions

Dissidents And Petitioners Targeted Before NPC Session
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2e1aa93fd7517210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Shanghai World Expo

Olympics-style Blowout Rejected for Expo Opening
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0bc9a93fd7517210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Tibet
China Raises Profile of Its Choice of Dalai Lama's No 2
Reuters, February 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62007920100301

XUAR
Discriminatory Job Notice Comes as No Surprise to Uygurs
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0f00c6d14a07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD