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, July 19, 2010

July 17-19, 2010

Bilateral Ties
美大使约见北京维权律师 国际关注维权 (US Ambassador Meets with a Beijing Rights Lawyer)
Voice of America, July 17, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/20100717-Jon-Huntsman-98661204.html
Environment
Cleanup Begins after Oil Pipe Explosion in China
Associated Press, July 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100718/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_pipeline_explosion

More Toxic Sewage Spills from Zijin Plant
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b64b8e16376e9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defenders
刘沙沙遭绑架施酷刑 有意参加聚会网友被站岗 (Liu Shasha Kidnapped and Tortured)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-07182010170207.html
Human Rights Defenders -- Jiang Tianyong, 江天勇; Li Heping, 李和平; Tang Jitian, 唐吉田
Lawyers’ Licenses Withheld
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-inspection-07182010184545.html
Human Rights Defenders -- Feng Zhenghu, 冯正虎
Expo 2010 Shanghai: A Better Life,' But Not for Dissidents
McClatchy Newspapers, July 18, 2010
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/18/1735872/expo-2010-shanghai-a-better-life.html
Human Rights Defenders -- Wan Yanhai, 万延海
万延海呼吁发展欧盟和中国公民社会的战略关系 (Wan Yanhai Calls on EU to Build Strategic Relationships with Chinese Civil Society)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wan-07182010182204.html
Labor
4 Accidents Kill 38, Trap 13 Miners
China Daily, July 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/19/content_10121092.htm
Related news:
陕西韩城小南沟煤矿28名工人在矿难中丧生 (28 Workers Die in Coal Mine in Shaanxi)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shan-07182010183007.html
Land Policy
Elite Treat Top Heritage Sites as Their Own
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1801a475eebd9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Law
China Raises Compensation for Wrongful Imprisonment
Xinhua News Agency, July 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/16/content_10118441.htm
Related news:
最高检公布刑事赔偿新标准 日赔偿额较上年增加 (SPP Promulgates New Standards for Reparation of Criminal Cases, Daily Compensation Rate Increased from Last Year)
Xinhua News Agency, July 16, 2010
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201007/16/t20100716_21623020.shtml
Media
Bloggers Attract Censors' Sights as Internet Crackdown Continues
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=75c0a475eebd9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Booming Demand for TV on the Internet in China
New York Times, July 18, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/business/global/19chinavideo.html
Migrant Workers
China Boomtown Migrants Sorely Underpaid
Reuters, July 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100719/wl_nm/us_china_labour
Related information:
深圳新生代农民工生存状况调查报告 (Report on Living Conditions of Shenzhen's Young Migrant Workers)
People's Daily, July 15, 2010
http://acftu.people.com.cn/GB/67582/12154737.html
Protests and Petitions
苏州通安拆迁爆发大规模群体流血冲突 (Demolition in Suzhou Causes Large Scale Outbreak Among Community)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shu-07182010163549.html
Public Health
Hospital Refuses to Treat Woman with HIV
Agence France-Presse, July 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ff15add9bf9d9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD