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 24, 2010

March 24, 2010

News
Disasters

Drought Paralyzes Power Supply
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9631695.htm

5.7-magnitude Earthquake Jolts Tibet
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9634999.htm


Internet Censorship
Google Users Report Erratic Service in Beijing
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), March 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100324/bs_nm/us_china_google_access

Related News:
Xinjiang Internet ‘Still Limited’
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/gfw-03232010113848.html

Redirection of Users ‘Just a Little Trick’
Financial Times, March 24, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1354c28-366a-11df-8151-00144feabdc0.html

Stance by China to Limit Google Is Risk by Beijing
New York Times, March 24, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/world/asia/24china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

China Fails to Act against Google as It Tries to Defuse Row
The Daily Telegraph, March 24, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7504952/China-fails-to-act-against-Google-as-it-tries-to-defuse-row.html

Chinese Netizens Divided over Google Move
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 24, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8582556.stm

Google Hits Exit Key
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9631710.htm

Even if They're Kept On, Many Employees May Want to Go
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5982fcf6a8b87210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law

Shanghai Trial of Rio Tinto Staff Ends, No Verdict
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 24, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_rio_tinto_trial


Media
北京女記者採訪遭架走 (Beijing Reporters Carried away from Area near Olympic Sports Centre)
Beijing Times (via Ming Pao), March 24, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100324/ca31301i.htm


Mainland Media Told to Toe Government Line on Dispute
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2f42fcf6a8b87210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Fake Reporters Drill Mines for Hush Money
Xinhua News Agency (via Sina), March 23, 2010
http://english.sina.com/china/2010/0322/310206.html

Land Policy
Sale of Residential Land Temporarily Halted
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9631749.htm


Protests and Petitions

湘潭两千村民准备誓死抗拒拆迁 (Over 2,000 Villagers in Hunan Vow to Resist Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-village-03232010120357.html


Public Health
HFMD Disease Kills at Least 5 in Henan Province
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9631388.htm

Society Whistleblower Claims Vaccines Stored Wrong
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9631575.htm


Religion
Vatican Meeting Fails to Iron out China Issues
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5472fcf6a8b87210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD