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, January 06, 2005

January 6, 2005


Top news of the day

Media – press freedom
RSF criticizes disappointing press freedom conditions in China
【记者无国界】再次对中国新闻自由状况提出批评
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/01/05/jizhewuguojie/

Political dissidents – imprisonment – Zhang ZhengYao (张正耀) 、Zhang Xianfu (张纤夫)
Chengzhou labour activists sentenced for libel
郑州工运领袖张正耀、张纤夫因言判刑
Dajiyuan.com, January 5, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/1/5/n771241.htm


News

Corruption
Graft whistle-blower framed, family says
SCMP, January 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1KBBHJ3E.html

Supreme Court flexes her muscles to put corrupt officials on trial before upcoming NPC meeting
兩高欲建司法權威 人大前掀審貪官潮
AsiaTimesOnline.com, January 5, 2005
http://www.atchinese.com/2005/01/0105rep2.htm

Environment / Resettlement – dam projects
Damming Tiger Gorge
E-magazine, January/February 2005 Vol XVI. No.1
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2168

Government – governance and accountability
Audit storm to point to 6 major areas
今年审计风暴剑指六大重点
Nanfang City News, January 6, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/18/200501060215.asp

Media – internet
Chinese authorities call for increased surveillance of the Internet
AFP, January 6, 2005
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050105/afp/050105170822hightech.html

Media – press freedom
TV chief comments on lawsuit with Falungong
赵致真对法轮功起诉做出回应
Voice of America, January 5, 2005
http://www1.voanews.com/Chinese/article.cfm?objectID=0C7ED130-6007-4A19-ADDB92F772ABA83A&title=%D5%D4%D6%C2%D5%E6%B6%D4%B7%A8%C2%D6%B9%A6%C6%F0%CB%DF%D7%F6%B3%F6%BB%D8%D3%A6%2805%C4%EA1%D4%C25%C8%D5%29&catOID=C283D8A3-4AB3-11D5-8EC2009027ACC5C2&categoryname=National%20News

Migrant workers – migrant children
Worrying health conditions of children among the floating population
流动儿童的健康状况堪忧
YahooNews, January 6, 2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050105/305/27we1.html

Politics – CCP
China's CPC starts internal education campaign
People’s Daily, January 6, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200501/06/eng20050106_169768.html

Population – one-child policy
Hopes on family planning policy - from punishment to reward
对计划生育从罚到奖的进一步期待
Beijing News via YahooNews.com, January 6, 2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050106/346/27wt4.html

China on the list of countries with low reproduction rate
我国迈入低生育水准国家行列
China Youth On-line, January 6, 2005
http://news.cyol.com/gb/news/2005-01/06/content_1009803.htm

Population – urbanization
Beijing residential population reached 15 million, including 3.5 million floating population
北京实际居住人口突破1500万 流动人口超过350万
Beijing Youth Daily via YahooNews, January 6, 2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050106/346/27wqm.html

Protests and petitions
Silk Market traders stage last-day protest
SCMP, January 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZREL7HJ3E.html

Draft amendment to regulation on petitions passed in principle
People’s Daily, January 6, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200501/06/eng20050106_169769.html

Resettlement – protests and petitions
Workers riot over plan to demolish building
SCMP, January 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2CK7HJ3E.html

WTO / Law
WTO entry promotes concept of "rule by law" in China: NPC official
People’s Daily, January 5, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/3624aa20948d8982/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/

Other - Tibet
Tibetan monk reported arrest
一藏族喇嘛遭拘捕
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/01/05/lama/

Other – Hong Kong – Politics
Pro-Beijing lawmakers reject opposition's bid to blast government report for rejecting full democracy in Hong Kong
AP via Yahoo News, January 6, 2005
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050105/ap/d87e1g3g0.html