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.

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

March 03, 2010

News
Civil Society
互联网成为中国人公民意识 “训练场” (Internet Becomes Civic Awareness "Training Ground")
Xinhua News Agency, March 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100302/u1a5052527.html

Death Penalty
PERU-CHINA: Extradition to Death Row
Inter Press Service, March 01, 2010
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50502

Education
Publish and Perish
China Economic Review, March 03, 2010
http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/cer/2010_03/Publish_and_perish.html

Gender
Gay Rights in China: Road to Respect
China Central Television, February 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-02/24/content_9492530.htm

Hukou
中介公司辦速成留學生 12天歸國一年拿北京戶口 (Obtain a Beijing Hukou Easily through Agent by Becoming an "Overseas Student" – Only 120K)
Legal Evening News, March 02, 2010
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnlocal/sinacn/20100302/21131235940.html

Human Rights Defenders
两会前 北京加强对敏感人士的监控 (Beijing Tightens Surveillance of Activists before NPC and CPPCC)
Radio France Internationale, March 02, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19769.asp

Media
青年經營色情網站判囚十年 (Young Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Running Porn Site)
Ming Pao, March 03, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100303/ca30848a.htm

中国两微博被迫永久停运 严密审查下生存不易 (Two Micro-blogging Service Providers in China Forced Out of Market For Good; Hard to Survive under Stringent Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weibo-03022010094421.html

Migrant Workers
Government and Policy Discrimination an Issue: Survey
China Daily, March 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/03/content_9527729.htm

Migrants' Children Shut Out of Schools
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8dcd3a5dd8f17210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
警察酒後槍殺酒店保安 受審時稱不記得事情經過 (Alcohol-laden Police Officer Shoots Security Guard, Claims to Not Recall What Happened)
Spring City Evening, March 03, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1444663/1.html

Politics
Congress Set to Give Some Pointers on China's Future
Irish Times, March 03, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0303/1224265500628.html

Protests and Petitions
物業被騙 港商上訪遭軟禁 (Hong Kong Businesswoman Put under House Arrest for Petitioning in Beijing)
Ming Pao, March 03, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1444202/1.html