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, August 24, 2005

August 24, 2005

Top news of the day

Detention – Shi Tao (師濤)
Dissident Writer Shi Tao Files for Review of Appeal Decision
Human Rights in China Press Release, 24/08/2005
The mother of the imprisoned dissident writer Shi Tao has filed a trial supervision review on the ground of "serious procedural defects" in Shi's appeal hearing.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid
=24320&item%5fid=24151


Police – Prisons / UN
UN: China Allows First Probe on Torture
AP via YahooNews.com, 24/08/2005
A special investigator of the UN Human Rights Commission would visit prisons and detention centres as part of her investigation into torture allegations on China, during her first visit to China from November 21 to December 2, 2005.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050824/ap_on_re_eu/un_china
_torture;_ylt=AlnaZEW5uthguSaKkKVT8rEBxg8F





News
Bilaterals-Other
Poll: China-Japan ties need mending
By Qin Jize, China Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/24/content
_471671.htm

Border Territories/Issues-Tibet
Rival child lamas grow up and into political storm
By Lindsay Beck, Reuters, 22/08/2005
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddly
EnoughNews&storyID=2005-08-22T124600Z_01_HO245771_
RTRIDST_0_LIFESTYLE-CHINA-TIBET-PANCHENLAMA-
C-COL.XML

Death Penalty
Robber sentenced to death by a Guangzhou Court
廣州斬手劫匪重判死緩
Ming Pao, 24/08/2005
http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050824/__cca1.htm

Education
The controversy of extending free education from 9 years to 12 years: addressing the issue of inequity access to education seems far more important
“义务教育改12年”惹争议 解决“不均衡”更重要
People's Daily, 23/08/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/3638073.html

Environment / Olympics
A Big, Dirty Growth Engine
Business Week Online, 22/08/2005
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_34/b394
8520.htm

Gender - Law
White paper: Gender Equality and Development in China (full text)
中国性别平等与妇女发展状况（全文）
Xinhuanet.com,24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-08/24/content_
3395409.htm

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
Women's right legislations specify channels for sexually harassed victims to report their cases
为性骚扰受害人明确了救济渠道
Legal Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/24/content_1851
88.htm

Women's rights better guarded by revised law
Xinhuanet.com, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_339
4713.htm

China strives to eliminate poverty among women
Xinhua, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_3395
801.htm.

China issues White Paper on gender equality
Xinhua, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_3395
419.htm

Figures and facts: Gender Equality and Women's Development in China
People’s Daily, 24/08/2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/24/eng20050824_204
337.html

Government
Officials ordered to withdraw investments in coal mines
SCMP, 24/08/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7HXJROCE.html

Hong Kong-Human Rights
Court rules age of consent for homosexuals is unconstitutional
SCMP, 24/08/2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZUSJYWOCE.html

Police – Abused / Protests and petitions
Shanghai petitioner under police's surveillance after releasing from prison
上海上访人士马亚莲获释后仍被警察监控
Radio Free Asia, 23/08/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/08/23/ma
yalian/

Labor - Trade union
A New China for Organized Labor
Business Week Online, 22/08/2005
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_34/b3
948435.htm

Law - Legal reform
Don't make the re-trial system as a legal burden
别让再审成为负担
Legal Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/24/content_185
203.htm

NPC likely to pass the draft revision on the Regulations Governing Offenses Against Public Order this year
治安管理处罚法草案等有望表决
Legal Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/24/content_185
173.htm


Media - Internet
A Watchful Eye on China's Blogosphere
Business Week, 24/08/2005
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2005/nf2005
0823_2006_db065.htm

Migrant Workers - Migrant children
Over 20 million children left in rural areas as their parents work in cities, survey shows
我国1.2亿农民外出务工 2千万儿童成为留守孤儿
EastDay.com, 24/08/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node81939/userobject1ai1374931.html

Police - Prisons
Ministry of Justice to publish a manual on law enforcement in prison
司法部将印发执行《监狱执法手册》
Legal Daily, 24/08/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-08/24/content
_185177.htm

Protests and Petitions / Politics
Alarm and disarray on rise in China
International Herald Tribune, 24/08/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/23/news/china.php

Public Health-AIDS/HIV
Media must rethink AIDS coverage
Xinhua, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_33
94906.htm

Reform-Population Control
Imbalanced sex ratio in China not owed to family planning: official
Xinhua, 24/08/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_339
7289.htm