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, December 17, 2004

December 17, 2004

Top news of the day

Detention – Huang Jingao

Anti-corruption official detained
SCMP, December 17, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG2CDQB1E.html

Related news with top news:

Fuzhou refused to confirm arrest of anti-corruption official
福州当局拒绝证实黄金高被捕
Voice of America, December 16, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=46AF72ED-BF54-4DBE-8AE4D9B94CD5DBFB&title=%B8%A3%D6%DD%B5%B1%BE%D6%BE%DC%BE%F8%D6%A4%CA%B5%BB%C6%BD%F0%B8%DF%B1%BB%B2%B6%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C216%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News

Detention – Shi Tao
Hunan government confirms arrest of Shi Tao
湖南当局逮捕诗人记者师涛
Voice of America, December 16, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?ObjectID=8C04716B-4C92-410E-AD06771D8B21820B

News


Accountability
Draft government budget for the second half of this year should disclose to public
政府下年财政支出预算草案应向社会公开
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/xw/zy/200412160023.asp

Ethnic minority
China’s “Gypsy village”?
中国"吉普赛村"?
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/cs/cszt1/200412160044.asp

June 4th
EU Summit yet to touch on arms ban issue
多维简讯:欧盟高峰会议并未触及“对华武器禁售”议题
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 16, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2004_12_16_15_2_38_704.html


Labour – law

Increasing number of labour disputes reflects gaps in law
劳动争议增多凸显法律空白
Legal Daily, December 16, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/16/content_168423.htm

Labour – protests
Workers Demand Union at Wal-Mart Supplier in China
New York Times, December 16, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/international/asia/16china.html?oref=login&oref=regi

Law
Supreme People’s Court announces citizens can apply to be jury
最高法院出台实施意见 公民可申请当人民陪审员
EastDay.com, December 17, 2004
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/news/news/node4938/node43135/userobject1ai
724391.html


Market economy builds on sound legal foundation
市场经济应建立在法治基础上
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/jj/jjxw/200412160035.asp

Defending consistency of laws
怎样维护法律的统一
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/xw/sd/200412160029.asp

Law – legal reform
Some thoughts to improve procuratorate system for administrative and civil cases
完善民事行政检察制度的若干构想
Legal Daily, December 16, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/16/content_168397.htm

Court reform requires appropriate measures to resolve conflicting relationships in the court system
法院改革应妥善处理几种关系
Legal Daily, December 16, 2004
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2004-12/16/content_168399.htm

Migrant workers – migrant children
Five portable schools will bring classrooms to migrants' children
SCMP, December 17, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRDCDQB1E.html

Political Reform
Featured article: the arrest of dissident writers gives sign of political reform?
冼岩来稿:刘、余被传唤是否预示中国政治改革即将启动?
Chinesenewsnet.com, December 16, 2004
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2004_12_16_9_
31_26_336.html


Population policy
China moves to ban late abortions
Guardian, December 16, 2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1374536,00.html

Poverty – income gap
Widening wealth gap threatens development
Xinhuanet.com, December 16, 2004
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/16/content_2340617.htm

Prison
Chinese dissident reveals life during imprisonment
中国异议人士袁斌谈狱中遭遇
Voice of America, December 16, 2004
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=7691639D-FDC1-46E5-AA43CF2AE39262DE&title=%D6%D0%B9%FA%D2%EC%D2%E9%C8%CB%CA%BF%D4%AC%B1%F3%CC%B8%D3%FC%D6%D0%D4%E2%D3%F6%2804%C4%EA12%D4%C216%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News

Protest and petitions
Police in central China scuttle protest over electric power
Kyoto News, December 16, 2004
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=322057

Featured article: the progressive development of reforming the petition mechanism
《环球》杂志:信访改革应制度演进
EastDay.com, December 16, 2004
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/news/news/node4938/node43135/userobject1ai
724391.html


Public health
Infantile paralysis threatens southwest China after ten-year absence
AFP via Channelnewsasia.com, December 16, 2004
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/print/122558/1/.html

Trafficking

On the trail of a trafficked child
BBC, December 16, 2004
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/44b8ab850b5317d9/cid/9366300fc
9319e9b/


Others - Tibet
Survival of grassroots court judges in the reality of Tibet
西藏:基层法官的现实生存
Nanfang Weekend, December 16, 2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20041216/xw/fz/200412160008.asp