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, December 15, 2004

December 15, 2004

Top news of the day

Detention – Yu Jie and Liu Xiaobo
Intellectuals are free, but homes guarded by police officers
SCMP, December 15, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSL5DQB1E.html



News

Economic development
Major setbacks to China’s development
六大難題困擾中國發展
WenWeiPo, December 15, 2004
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0412150005&cat=002CH

Human rights
Writers' detention fuels fears of crackdown
SCMP, December 15, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLW2DQB1E.html

China under US scrutiny
Financial Times, December 14, 2004
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4274d6b2-4e0a-11d9-9351-00000e2511c8.html

June 4th
Dissident to fight to death if repatriated to China
鲁德成：如泰警方执意将他遣返中国将以死抗议
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/12/14/ludecheng/

NGO
Rights group allows giving speech to public in China for the first time
人权观察代表首次被允在中国公开场合发言
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/12/14/requanguancha/

The inadequacy of the list of “advanced civil organizations”
“先进民间组织名单”中的缺憾
China Youth On-line, December 15, 2004
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2004-12/14/content_996565.htm

Labour – industrial accidents
China's mining accidents kill 5,286 people in 11 months
People’s Daily, December 15, 2004
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200412/15/eng20041215_167353.html

Law
Court to setup a database for all court case details for public scrutiny
全国法院执行案将入数据库供公众监督
Legal Daily, December 15, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/15/content_167851.htm

Law – legal profession
Views on the concept of professionalism of China lawyers
也谈律师执业观
Legal Daily, December 15, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/15/content_167935.htm

Media – censorship
Sex-themed talk show banned by watchdog
SCMP, December 15, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9MAIQB1E.html

China strengthens controls over media
中国加强媒体控制
Voice of America, December 14, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=27CD7128-680D-45DE-93CE4AC66E7CBF20&title=%D6%D0%B9%FA%BC%D3%C7%BF%C3%BD%CC%E5%BF%D8%D6%C6%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C214%C8%D5%29

Population policy
U.S.: One-Child Abuses Rampant in China
AP via Yahoo News, December 15, 2004
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041214/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/china_one_child_1


Society
Seven major measures to build a harmonious society
构建和谐社会七大措施
China Youth On-line, December 15, 2004
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2004-12/14/content_996540.htm