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, June 15, 2005

June 15, 2005

News

Death Penalty
Heartbreaking man sentenced to death for killing six people
男子恋爱不成连杀6人获死刑
The Beijing News, June 15, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0615/12@0159
52.html#


Disaster
Cash offer for families of flooding victims
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVZG4GA9E.html

Food Security
China to announce new laws to uphold food safety
关注食品安全:我国加大整顿食品安全力度
Chinesenewsnet, June 15, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/xhw_2005_06_14_21_55_13_768.html


Gender-marriage
Divorce rate in China exceeds Japan and Korea, Beijing at the top of national league table of divorce cases
中国离婚水平已超过日韩 北京离婚率全国最高
Xinhuanet, June 15, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-06/15/content_
3086702.htm


Law-Legal profession
Chinese lawyers save 500 billion yuan of losses in past 3 years
People’s Daily, June 15, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/15/eng20050615_
190265.html


Media – Internet
China's secret internet police target critics with web of propaganda
The Guardian, June 14, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1505988,00.
html


Chinese Target Web's 'Prohibited Language'
AP via YahoNews.com, June 15, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050615/ap_on_hi_te/china_micr
osoft/nc:731;_ylt=AvNRufrb5LG3djUdTMfTslkBxg8F;_ylu=X3oD
MTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


RSF condemns Microsoft kowtows to Beijing’s evil internet censorship
记者无国界谴责微软公司屈从中国政府压力
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/14/microsoft/

Olympics
'Green Olympics' eyed for 2008 Beijing Games
China Daily, June 15, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/15/content
_451599.htm


Villagers in Beijing suburbs block the entrance of an Olympic Stadium to protest against unreasonable compensation of land grabs
北京郊民因土地补偿问题堵塞奥运馆入口处
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/14/aoyuan/

Protests and petitions
City chiefs sacked over deadly attack on farmers
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7N4ZEU9E.html

Religion – Christianity
Beijing paving way to renew Vatican links
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJ25ZEU9E.html

State security – Spying
HK haven for spies: ex-Xinhua chief
SCMP, June 15, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ30H4GA9E.html

Xinjiang
Uighurs feel China's squeeze
Asia Time Online, June 14, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GF14Ad03.html