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, December 16, 2004

December 16, 2004

Top news of the day

Detention – Yang Jiangli
Yang Jiangli seeks parole for medical treatment
异议人士杨建利争取保外就医
Voice of America, December 15, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=E402273C-D4C2-4507-97D4FD8C661BAB18&title=%D2%EC%D2%E9%C8%CB%CA%BF%D1%EE%BD%A8%C0%FB%D5%F9%C8%A1%B1%A3%CD%E2%BE%CD%D2%BD%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C215%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News#

Media – press freedom
China replaces liberal news editors
China National News, December 14, 2004
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/52d5f5b28f70646b/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/


News

Civil service
Chinese officials punished for hoarding government funds
People’s Daily, December 16, 2004
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200412/16/eng20041216_167506.html

Detention – Ju Jie and Liu Xiaobo
Writer released after detained by police, but monitoring continues
张祖桦被拘留后获释但继续被监视
Voice of America, December 15, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?ObjectID=CD591801-1FBC-49A5-987FBB5AD21DFFBB

RSF condemned detention of Chinese writers
【记者无国界】谴责中国骚扰作家刘晓波和余杰
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2004/12/15/liuxiaobo/

Food security – GM
China may commericalise GM rice production
中国可能允许生产转基因水稻
Voice of America, December 15, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=8839DDC0-A565-4A00-9BA792515F2B81DB&title=%D6%D0%B9%FA%BF%C9%C4%DC%D4%CA%D0%ED%C9%FA%B2%FA%D7%AA%BB%F9%D2%F2%CB%AE%B5%BE%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C215%C8%D5%29

Human rights
Gagging China's intellectuals
Asia Times Online, December 15, 2004
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FL15Ad05.html

China Targets Writers' Group
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2004/12/15/china_dissidents/

Labour – income level
Urban dwellers getting more pay
Xinhuanet.com, December 16, 2004
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/16/content_2340492.htm

Population policy
One-child policy still leading to abuses: US
SCMP, December 16, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJ58DQB1E.html

Prison
Dissident Yuan Bin arrives US
异议人士袁斌成功逃离泰国抵美
Voice of America, December 15, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=186D217D-AADF-4554-AD6BA62712E38FD9&title=%D2%EC%D2%E9%C8%CB%CA%BF%D4%AC%B1%F3%B3%C9%B9%A6%CC%D3%C0%EB%CC%A9%B9%FA%B5%D6%C3%C0%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C215%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News

Society
Love and money reshape family in China
Christian Science Monitor, December 15, 2004
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1215/p01s04-woap.html

Three Gorges
Shot in the arm for Three Gorges area
SCMP, December 16, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD8WZQB1E.html

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