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, February 09, 2011

February 09, 2011

News
Food Security
UN: Drought Endangers Chinese Winter Wheat Harvest
Associated Press, February 08, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110208/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_un_china_drought

IMAR
Dissident Writer Missing
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/missing-02082011164044.html

Labor
部分劳动者春节加班难讨加班费 媒体盘点四误区 (New Year's Overtime Pay Difficult to Come By for Workers)
Procuratorial Daily, February 09, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110209/u1a5712157.html

Law
Ex-Dow Chemical Worker Guilty in Trade Secret Case
Reuters, February 08, 2011
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/02/08/idINIndia-54722420110208

Media
War on Independent Web Cafes Worries Net Users
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1a9c0ef43950e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
民工荒再起 工厂加薪放宽年龄限制 (Factories Offer Higher Wages, Loosen Age Restrictions as They Face Labor Shortage)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mingong-02082011091402.html

打工仔被警方当成劫匪 羁押9个多月后无罪释放 (Worker Spends Nine Months in Custody on Robbery Suspicion before Guilt-free Release)
Xin Xiao Xi Bao, February 09, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0209/06/6SEB0KAR00014AED.html

Police
钱云会案重要证人被捕 当局欲借打拐转移民众视线 (Key Witness Detained in Case of Petitioning Village Official)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yueqing-02082011091411.html

Politics
Stamping out Corruption among Judges
China Daily, February 09, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/09/content_11965435.htm

Social Security
77岁老太因家中无钱治病春节投江自杀 (Elderly Woman Too Poor to Treat Illness, Commits Suicide)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, February 07, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0207/01/6S8LBVMS00014AED.html

Religion
Fears for Taoist Author
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taoist-02082011153319.html

Taiwan
Major General Arrested in Taiwan Is Accused of Spying for Beijing
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c33f4a429360e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetan Singer Released from Jail
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-02082011153914.html