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, October 11, 2005

October 11, 2005

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions (Taishi Incident) / Detention
Legislator returns home after beating
SCMP, 11/10/2005
Zhijiang People's Congress representative Lu Banglie (吕邦列)returned to his home province of Hubei last night after he was badly beaten in Guangdong’s Taishi village. He was attacked as he attempted to enter the strife-torn village in Panyu district, together with a journalist working for the British newspaper The Guardian.
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZMR53MEE.html


News

Death penalty
Township secretary sentenced to death for stabbing chief of medicine bureau to death
刺死药监局长 镇书记获死刑
The Beijing News, 11/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1011/10@02
3910.html

Rights group appeals for four Jiangxi prisoners on death row
大赦国际对江西四名死刑犯发起紧急救援
Radio Free Asia, 11/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/11/
jiangxi/

Education / Labour
Report reveals China's lack of quality graduates
Xinhuanet.com, 11/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/11/content_360
3164.htm

Environment
Greenpeace: climate changes put Yellow River under threat
绿色和平：气候变暖威胁黄河源头
Voice of America, 10/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-10-voa18.cfm

Government – Governance and accountability
Huge waste of funds found in Guangdong
SCMP, 11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAST53MEE.html

Media
Censors set sights on text messages
SCMP, 11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDLR53MEE.html


Media – Press freedom / Protests and Petitions (Taishi Incident)
French news agency demands explanations for journalists beaten us in
法广就记者广东被打致信中国大使
Voice of America, 11/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-11-voa26.cfm

Politics - CPC
New 5-Year Plan to see revolutionary changes
Xinhuanet.com, 11/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/11/content_360
6173.htm

Public health
China orders the 17th price cut on medicine, will it ease the anxiety of patients to go seeing the doctors?
中国第十七次药品大降价 能否缓解"看病贵"?
EastDay.com, 11/10/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
91905/userobject1ai1532669.html

Public Health - Disability
Law to better safeguard interests of disabled citizen
China Daily, 11/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/11/content
_484089.htm

Public Health – Mental health
Mental illness 'biggest burden on health care'
SCMP, 11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOOD53MEE.html

Religion - Christianity
Fellower of Beijing family churches taken away by police
北京家庭教会的华惠棋被国安带走
Voice of America, 10/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-10-voa32.cfm

Religion / Human Rights
Public opinions on religious freedom and underground churches in China
听众评说中国宗教自由和地下教会
Voice of America, 08/10/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-08-voa34.cfm