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.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

May 12, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Ashton to Host Strategic Dialogue with China
Xinhua News Agency, May 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/12/content_12494843.htm

China Rejects US Criticism of Human Rights Record
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13358081

Disasters
Pain Never Fades for Parents Who Lost Children in Collapsed Schools
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=12f0b8cb00fdf210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
Bold Editorial on 2008 Quake Blacked Out
China Media Project, May 12, 2011
http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/05/12/12235/
川震灾民控诉官员腐败 香港援助90亿工程错漏惊人 (Quake-Affected Sichuaners Accuse Officials of Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhen-05112011094520.html
Related news:
天花板漏水 升降機變房 逃生通道少 汶川地震三周年專版:港援 90億工程甩漏驚人 (Special Report on Third Anniversary of Sichuan Quake: Alarming Errors and Omissions in HK-funded HK$9bil Relief Projects)
Apple Daily, May 10, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110510&sec_id=4104&subsec=11867&art_id=15240067
Food Security
China Urges Joint Effort to Deal with Global Food Security
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/11/content_12486450.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Ai Weiwei Supporters Rally at New Shows in London
Agence France-Presse, May 11, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110511/wl_asia_afp/chinaartpoliticsbritain

Human Rights Defender – Chang Kun (常坤)
公安拒绝调查常坤遇袭受伤事件 (Police Refuse to Investigate Attack of Activist Chang Kun)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents_hardship-05112011114412.html

Human Rights Defender – Liao Yiwu (廖亦武)
廖亦武抗议:“我到底做了什么?” (Liao Yiwu Protests Exit Permit Denial: "Just What Did I Do?")
Deutsche Welle, May 11, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15068164,00.html

Human Rights Defenders
Professor Targeted by Phone Calls
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/harassment-05112011100233.html

Law
Judges and Prosecutors Feel Hindered by System
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e70069229dfdf210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Mainland Courts Rely on Confessions, Study Finds
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2011
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Mainland-courts-rely-on-confessions-study-finds

Migrant Workers
Capital Tightening Hukou System to Limit Migrants
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=65ef69229dfdf210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Military
China Eyes New-Type Military Relations with US
Xinhua News Agency, May 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/12/content_12497050.htm

Police
湖南衡东交警打人 千人抗议掀翻警车 (Hunan: 1000 People Protest and Police Car Overturned after Traffic Cops Use Beatings to Enforce the Law)
Modern Express, May 12, 2011
http://news.sjz.soufun.com/2011-05-12/5022323.htm

上访农民在拘留所死亡 县委宣传部称其上吊自杀 (Farmer Petitioner Dies in Detention, County Committee Says It Was Suicide)
Southern Metropolis Daily, May 12, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2011-05-12/120222451848.shtml

Protests and Petitions
深圳修改禁民工上访讨薪文件 清除威胁语句 (Shenzhen Edits Notice to Remove Language Banning Migrant Workers' Petitions for Back Wages)
Southern Daily, May 12, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0512/08/73REG3HE00014AED.html

Poverty
Poverty Is No Simple Matter
Caixin, May 11, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-05-11/100257934.html

Taiwan
WikiLeaks: China Rejects Panama's Wish for Ties
Associated Press, May 12, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h1u_Iw1gyTTb1r62IY9KxY9r3fLw

Religion
百警围捣教会49名教友被抓 (Henan: 49 Detained in Raid on Underground Church)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_church-05112011115428.html