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, June 11, 2010

June 11, 2010

News
Death Penalty

China Sentences Man to Death for School Attack
Associated Press, June 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/ap_on_re_as/as_china_students_attacked

Farmer Gets Death Sentence After Killing 8
Shanghai Daily, June 11, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=439873&type=National

Education
北京放开外地生学籍动摇教育特权 家长憎恶 (Admittance of Migrant Workers’ Children to Beijing Schools Leads to Ire of Beijing Parents)
Xinhua News Agency, June 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100611/u1a5256425.html

Environment
Global Warming Spells Doom for Asia's Rivers
Agence France-Presse, June 11, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1284006

Freedom of Speech
Mocking Mao Good for Business But Not Career
Financial Times, June 11, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9777780-6305-11df-8b4a-00144feab49a.html

Food Security
质检总局:7成食品加工企业无许可证 (70% of Food Processing Enterprises Do Not Have Permit)
China Economic Net, June 11, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0611/12/68T9QDTO000146BD.html

Human Rights Defender – Mo Shaoping (莫少平)
莫少平律师事务所被迫搬迁 (Mo Shaoping Law Firm Forced to Move)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mo-06102010103435.html

Human Rights Defenders
谢福林案秘密裁决 福建网民案不乐观 (Ruling in Xie Fulin Case Pronounced in Secret Trial)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xie-06102010095454.html

Labor
外資廠罷工潮蔓延多省 要求仿效富士康加薪 (Strikes of Foreign-funded Plants Spread to Other Provinces)
Ming Pao, June 11, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100611/cab1.htm
Related news:
Workers at Chinese Honda Plant March in Protest
New York Times, June 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/business/global/11strike.html
各省最低工资纷纷上调 机制不健全侵蚀职工利益 (Raising Minimum Wage Within Unsound System May Hurt Employees' Welfare)
China News Service, June 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100611/u1a5257153.html

Law
男子无罪被关211天失劳动能力 申国家赔偿遭拒 (Compensation Rejected for Innocent Man Who Lost Ability to Work after Detention)
Guangzhou Daily, June 11, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0611/03/68SAJQJD00014AEF.html

Multilateral
SCO Leaders May Make Crucial Afghan Decisions
China Daily, June 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010sco/2010-06/11/content_9963918.htm

Protests and Petitions
Frustrated Petitioner Stabs Official to Death and Then Takes Poison
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9cece4e32c229210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

陕西法制培训饥饿治访民 九个月关死伤残军人 (Shanxi Government Uses Hunger to Torture Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0610dx1-06102010171502.html

Public Health
农村儿童大病医保将全国试点 报销比例将达7成 (Health Insurance to Be Launched for Seriously Ill Children in Rural Areas)
The Beijing Times, June 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100611/u1a5256280.html

State Security
Bomber Badly Injured in Blast; 26 on Bus Unhurt
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3e3ce4e32c229210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Police in China's Xinjiang Hold Anti-Riot Exercise
Agence France-Presse, June 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100611/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestpoliticsxinjiang