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, September 16, 2005

September 16, 2005

News

Detention—Shi Tao (師濤)
Dissident writers with International PEN urge an early release for Shi Tao
國 際 筆 會 促 釋 放 師 濤
Apple Daily, 16/09/2005
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20050916&sec_id=15335&showdate=20050916&art_
id=5230396e=20050916&art_id=5230396

Government—Governance and accountability
Zhengzhou government issues China’s first “inventory of powers and responsibility” for local government officials
首部法定“权力清单”发布 郑州政府权力4122项
Xinhuanet.com, 16/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_348
9079.htm

Labor—Work Safety and conditions
China to close all coal mines in Guangdong province
AFP via YahooNews.com, 16/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050916/wl_asia_afp/china
mine_050916030814;_ylt=Aq.JFpCYYJbXExhJac1NwHftOrgF;
_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Labor—Disputes
Man in coma after burning himself
By Li Fangchao, China Daily, 16/09/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/16/cont
ent_478345.htm

Law
Legal experts suggest public hearings alone insufficient to encourage public involvement in the legislative process
立法听证会“说了白说”?
People's Daily, 16/09/2005
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/14957/53050/3700035.html

Media—Internet
Yahoo's fingering of reporter hurts tech funding
Asia Times Online, 15/09/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GI16Cb02.html

Population—Aging population
Lonely death heightens concern
SCMP. 16/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZM4OZDMDE.html

Population—One-child policy
China faces political pressure to relax one-child policy
中国面临放松一胎化强制政策压力
Voice of America, 15/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-15-voa46.cfm





Protests and Petitions
Appeal to premier after Taishi activist disappears
SCMP, 16/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZR4OZDMDE.html



Government exaggerates success rate of settling protests and petitions, petitioners say
信访人士认为官方虚报停访息诉率数据
Radio Free Asia, 15/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/15/sh
angfang/

Protests and Petitions/Police—Abuse
Six police positions are nation’s top receivers of letters and petitions
六警种在全国公安机关“大接访”中被投诉最多
People's Daily, 16/09/2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/3699118.html

Religion—Christianity
Bishops' Rome trip still a possibility
SCMP, 16/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX3OZDMDE.html

Religion—Falun Gong
Falun Gong sues Chinese embassy
Dennis Carcamo, Manila Standard, 16/09/2005
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news06_sep
t16_2005

Reform—Population Control
Low birth rate unstable: official
Xinhua, 16/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/16/content_350
0942.htm

State Security—Terrorism
China calls for "fair and effective" security order
AFP via YahooNews.com, 16/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050915/wl_asia_afp/unsum
mitchina_050915185002;_ylt=ApaXFi87Kpfv5UnFuQGlnRjtOrg
F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

State Security—State secrets
What is a "State Secret" in China's political context?
在中国，究竟什么是国家秘密？
Chinesenewsnet.com, 15/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews
/Mainland/2005_9_15_14_55_23_936.html

Three Gorges
The Three Gorges Project makes China the world's first to have a nationally unified electricity supply
三峽工程使中國一躍成為世界第一直流輸電國家
CRI Online,16/09/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn
/8606/2005/09/16/1062@703349.htm

Tibet
Supreme People's Procuratorate calls for more effort to prevent public funds embezzlement in Tibet
最高检加大援藏工作力度 防止滥用挪用援藏资金
EastDay.com, 16/09/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node86935/userobject1ai1456231.html