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, June 24, 2005

June 24, 2005

Top news of the day

Protests and petitions
Thousand protestors petition outside foreign embassies arrested
中国农民向驻外使馆请愿 约千人被捕
Boxcn.com, June 24, 2005
Thousands of farmer petitioners were reportedly taken away by police in Beijing between June 16 to 23, when they were on the way to protest against land grabs and corruption in their localities outside French and British Consulates.
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/2005062
40955.shtml



News

Bilaterals - US/China
US accusations over birth policy baseless
China Daily, June 24, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/24/content
_454219.htm

Bilaterals - Other
Africa to enhance co-op with China: African party representatives
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/24/content_3132
079.htm

Japan, China end fence-mending strategic talks
Reuters, June 24, 2005
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/24/
japan_china_end_fence_mending_strategic_talks/

China relations unaffected by asylum row
The Age, June 24, 2005
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/China-relations-unaff
ected-by-asylum-row/2005/06/24/1119321873413.html?oneclic
k=true

Death Penalty
Hong Kong gang leader sentenced to death for producing 17 tonnes of methamphetamine (“Ice”)
全球最大冰毒案五主犯深圳受审 全判死刑(图)
Chinesenewsnet, June 23, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_06_22_23_25_17_297.html

Detention – Zheng Jiadong(鄭家棟)
CASS Researcher suspected of human trafficking
多维独家报导：中国教授郑家栋先后带6任妻子访美
Chinesenewsnet, June 23, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_6_23_7_42_59_177.html

Disaster – Floods
China floods kill 536 this year, worse to come
Reuters via YahooNews.com, June 24, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050624/wl_nm/weather_china
_floods_dc/nc:731;_ylt=Ahsmr1g6m3SvGwC87drEml8Bxg8F;_yl
u=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Economic Issues
CNOOC tries to ease worries over Unocal bid
AP, June 24, 2005
http://www.suntimes.com/output/business/cst-fin-unocal24.html

Education
Uneven regional economic development and education quality make parents to pay a fortune for school fees in Beijing, also contribute to inequitable access to basic, says academic
义务教育发展不均衡是择校收费的重要根源之一
China Youth Daily, June 24, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/24/content_22885.htm

Gender - Sexuality
Beijing's 'Lala' scene -- A Chinese Lesbian speaks out
China Daily, June 23, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/23/content_
453867.htm

June 4th – EU arms ban
Inside story of the EU arm bans
欧盟对华军售禁令幕后
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050623/xw/tx2/2005
06230030.asp

June 4th
Featured article: Why did I say “it is not the right time to review June 4th”?
冼岩专稿：我为什么提出“六四伤疤未到揭开之时”？
Chinesenewsnet, June 23, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
6_23_9_59_49_891.html

Law - Legal reform
Legal reform kicks off, but in a modest and pragmatic way
司法改革全面启动 改革操作体现稳健务实风格
People Daily, June 23, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42731/3491930.html

Media
Outbreak cover-up?
SCMP, June 24, 2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZEHLKF4AE.html

China will close down unregistered websites
AFP, June 24, 2005
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_i
d=qw1119620701730B255

Police - Re-education through labour (RTL)
A new model of Re-education through labour for drug addicts established, 58,000 drug addicts accepted for treatment
累计收容戒毒者58万 中国劳教戒毒模式基本成型
China News Agency, June 24, 2005
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2005/2005-06-24/26/59
0525.shtml

Politics – NPC
NPC reform to set constraints on work activities of NPC representatives, emphasizing collective work activities, not individual ones
人大改革“规范”代表
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050623/xw/szxw2/2005
06230025.asp

Police / Olympics
“Preventive measures” to replace “massive crackdown” the way to reform Public Security’s operations
“防控”替代“严打”正当时　“警务革命”需持久努力
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050623/xw/tb/20050
6230002.asp

Police – Abuse
Three Yunnan policemen sentenced for abusing suspect and forcing them to confess
三警察“刑讯逼供”被判刑　云南王树红冤案一审判决，三被告分别被判18个月
Nanfang City News, June 24, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A16/2005
06240404.asp

Poverty – Urban poverty
Slumps and urban poverty lie on the edge of a prosperity city
城市角落，在繁华区的边缘
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050623/xw/tb/200506
230001.asp



Public health
Visiting the village of “Insensate patients”
探访“植物人村”
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050623/xw/zmxwzt/
200506230032.asp



No epidemic encephalitis outbreak in Gansu
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/24/content_313
0475.htm

Public health – HIV Aids
‘Why can’t people be lenient to my Aids contraction?’ she pleads for an answer
“艾滋女生”的凄切追问
Nanfang Weekend, June 23, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20050623/xw/zy/200506
230011.asp



Protest and Petition
“Seeking petitioners’ village” by Liao Yiwu, Part 2 – petition but blocked by officials
廖亦武《寻访上访村》（2）：被一只红袖章手臂拦住
Chinesenewsnet, June 23, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_6_23_10_15_18_164.html

Reforms - Social
Yunnan Leads in China's Anti-Drug Campaign
CRI, June 24, 2005
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2238/2005-6-24/88@251019.htm

Rural Issues - Migrants
'Rights of migrants must be protected'
China Daily, June 24, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/24/content
_454230.htm