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, September 20, 2013

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

江苏规定补偿费未到位 农民有权拒绝交地 (Jiangsu regulations: farmers have right to refuse land handover if compensation is not received)
Xinhua, September 20, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0920/c1001-22974709.html

China land tenure reform project presents lessons learned
International Institute for Sustainable Development, September 18, 2013
http://forests-l.iisd.org/news/china-land-tenure-reform-project-presents-lessons-learned/215553/

See the report:
Forest tenure reform in China – results and lessons learned from the EU-SFA-FAO China Forest Tenure Project
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/mi285e/mi285e.pdf