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.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

June 21, 2005


News

Bilaterals - US/China
Government: China Teen Must Be Deported
AP, June 21, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050621/ap_on_re_us/deportation_fight_1

Bilaterals - Other
China defends its relations with Israel
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/21/content_31160
92.htm


Chinese asylum seeker given interim Australia visa
Reuters, June 21, 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&st
oryID=8846196


Corruption
Officials' dining bill will take 36 years to pay off
The Standard, June 21, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GF21Ad0
9.html


Death penalty
Trio executed for knife murder of party official
The Standard, June 20, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GF20Ad0
4.html


Education
School denies it knew staff charged media
SCMP, June 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com8/chimain/ZZZCU2R73AE.html

Human rights
Public opinions on democracy and human rights in Ching
听众议政:中国民主人权
Voice of America, June 20, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2005-06-20-voa58.cfm

Human rights / Law
No legal redress mechanism in place to protect victims from reporting human rights violations
举报人权利受到侵害 法律没有规定救济手段
People’s Daily, June 21, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3483969.html

Labour
Legislative departments attempt to draft new laws on various labour issues or revise Labour Law
立法机关拟制定相关法律或对劳动法进行调整
People’s Daily, June 21, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3484824.html

China issues circular ordering unsafe mines to close down
AFX News Limited, June 21, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/06/21/afx210
3202.html


Seven killed, buildings flattened in China blast
Reuters, June 21, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK179083.htm

Law
Thirty-one foreign chief justices to attend world law congress in China
Xinhuanet.com, June 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/20/content_311
1137.htm


Law – wrongful conviction
Innocent death row victim Xu Jingxiang files 560,000 yuan state compensation claims
胥敬祥申请国家赔偿56万元
Legal Daily, June 21, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-06/21/content_1575
39.htm


Olympics
Beijing delays work on Olympic rail link
Financial Times, June 21, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/014fa584-e1c3-11d9-9460-00000e
2511c8.html


ZENON to install its technology for Olympic Village in China
ZENON Environmental Inc., via Yahoo! News, June 21, 2005
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050621/to014.html?.v=8

China prepares Olympics opening ceremony, tickets to go on sale in 2006
AFP, June 21, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050621/sp_
wl_afp/oly2008chn_050621123852


Police – Prisons
China to classify prisons by security levels
Xinhuanet.com, June 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/20/content_310
9725.htm


Public health
China warned of obesity problem
中国面临肥胖问题
Dajiyuan.com, June 21, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/6/21/n960331.htm

Medicare reform not market-driven: official
Xinhuanet.com, June 20, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/20/content_31
11427.htm


Public health – Mental health
26m depressed, say experts
The Standard, June 20, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GF20Ad0
2.html


Public health – HIV Aids
Clinic settles case over HIV claims
SCMP, June 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZYRR5F4AE.html

Xinjiang / Education
2000 school age children no access to education in two rural Xinjiang villages
新疆两个村千名适龄儿童失学
China Youth Daily, June 21, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/21/content_20978.htm

Hong Kong
The secret's out
SCMP, June 21, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZOS1R73AE.html

Women - Sex Exploitation
Rape in China: A 3-Month-Long Nightmare for 26 Schoolgirls
New York Times, June 21, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/international/asia/21china.html