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, February 09, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Biden, China's Xi Discuss Agenda for US Visit‎
Reuters, February 08, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/08/us-china-usa-idUSTRE8171I920120208
Related information:
HRIC Commentary: Xi Jinping’s U.S. Visit: Sino-American Relations Need a New Start
中国人权评论:中美关系应有新的起点——评习近平访美
Gao Wenqian, February 08, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5854
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5855

Government

獨立參選人出庭 律師批未審先判 (Guangdong: Independent Candidate on Trial for "Undermining Elections")
Ming Pao, February 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2572225/1.html

Hong Kong

Basic Law Ruling on Mothers a 'Last Resort'
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ff165b1ee6065310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Internet

微博限實名發言 學者憂箝言論 (Beijing Scholar Worries Real-name Regs Might Drive Users from Microblogs)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2572226/1.html

Media

Journalists 'Kept Away' from Wukan
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/journalists-02082012125641.html

悲壯春茗 胡耀邦子籲護《炎黃春秋》 (Hu Yaobang's Son Calls for Protection of Outspoken Mag Yanhuang Chunqiu)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2572228/1.html
Related news:
'They Want to Get Rid of Us'
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=da014e0da9d55310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
Wang Lijun, Crime Fighter, Is Said to Have Tried to Defect
The New York Times, February 08, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/world/asia/speculation-grows-over-fate-of-crime-fighting-chinese-official.html

Public Health

癌症已成为造成中国人死亡的最大杀手 (Cancer China's Number One Killer)
Radio France Internationale, February 09, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120209-癌症已成为造成中国人死亡的最大杀手-0

中国报告学生感染艾滋病毒人数明显增加 (Report: Clear Increase of HIV/AIDS amongst Students)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aw-02082012093310.html

Tibet

Defiant Tibetans Hold Protests
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/defiant-02082012161711.html

四川阿壩據稱再有藏人自焚 (Another Tibetan Self-Immolates in Ngawa, Sichuan)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2572605/1.html