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.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Education

Equality in Education Urged for Disabled
China Daily, March 05, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/05/content_16275715.htm

Food Safety

China Reports More Deaths From Food Poisoning
China Daily, March 05, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/05/content_16279876.htm

Freedom of Speech

台公民团体吁中国政府签署《新闻自由保障协定》 (Taiwan NGOs Call for Cross-Strait Agreement to Protect Press Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/al-03052013092649.html

Related:
Activists Call for Cross-strait Media Freedom Agreement
Taipei Times, March 6, 2013
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/06/2003556414

Gender

China's Sex Ratio at Birth Declines 4 Years in a Row
Xinhua News Agency, March 05, 2013
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2013/03/05/Chinas%2Bsex%2Bratio%2Bat%2Bbirth%2Bdeclines%2B4%2Byears%2Bin%2Ba%2Brow/

Government

In China, 'Red Nobility' Trumps Egalitarian Ideals
Los Angeles Times, March 04, 2013
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-princelings-20130305,0,2241010.story

Information Control

Chinese Appeal for Improved Environmental Transparency
Xinhua News Agency, March 05, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/765854.shtml

June Fourth

香港团体全国人大开幕日示威 声援六四难属促当局保障人权 (Hong Kong Groups Urge NPC to Consider Tiananmen Mothers' Demands)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/sy-03052013101352.html

Political and Economic Reform

On Eve of China Congress, Calls for Reform Unanswered
Voice of America, March 04, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-npc-national-peoples-congress-power-xi-jinping-hu-jintai/1614770.html


去年两会看“熙来”,今年两会瞧“纪兰” (Critics Highlight NPC Deputy’s 59-Year Tenure as Sign of Systemic Problem)
Voice of America, March 05, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/on-shen-jilan-phenomenon-20130304/1614959.html

Public Health

HIV Carrier Sues Hospital for Refusing Surgery
China Daily, March 05, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/05/content_16275733.htm

"Stability Maintenance"

Sweep Targets 'Sensitive' Individuals Ahead of NPC
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/npc-03042013135543.html

Tibet

专访:藏族作家唯色荣获美国国际妇女勇气奖 (Interview with Tibetan Writer Woeser, Recipient of International Women’s Courage Award by US State Department)
Voice of America, March 05, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/weishe-20130305/1615301.html

Related:
2013 International Women of Courage Award Winners
US Department of State, March 4, 2013
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2013/bio/index.htm

从拉萨的新面貌说起
The New Face of Lhasa
China Rights Forum, 2012 No. 2
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6163
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6137


西藏女作家唯色因作品赞美达赖喇嘛而遭受严重迫害
Tibetan Writer Persecuted for Praising Dalai Lama
Human Rights in China, October 27, 2004
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/2138
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/2023