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, October 12, 2005

October 12, 2005

Top News of the Day

Human Rights-Human rights defenders/Population-One-child policy
Lawyers Defending Villagers who Opposed Forced Abortions in Shandong’s Yinan County Harassed and Placed under Surveillance
中国律师维护农民权益受暴力挑衅
Voice of America, 11/10/2005
Lawyers defending villagers in Shandong Province’s Yinan County, who were abused and forced to have abortions by the local authorities, found themselves being closely monitored and
harassed by unknown followers after the court's sudden notice to cancel the trial.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-10-11-voa14.cfm

News

Corruption
Huge Waste of Funds Found in Guangdong
SCMP,11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAST53MEE.html

Gender-Discrimination / Sexuality
China Gays under Pressure to Stay in the Closet
Reuters via China Digital News, 11/10/2005
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3439427a12,00.html

Government -Elections/Protests and Petitions
China Village Democracy Skin Deep
BBC.com, 10/10/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4319954.stm

Government-Governance and accountability
Leaders to be Audited Before Leaving Posts
Xinhuanet.com, 10/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/10/content_
3602418.htm

Human Rights-Human rights defenders
Blind to Legal Abuses
SCMP, 12/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZQ6S53MEE.html

Human Rights
US Congress Study Sees "No Improvement" in China's Human Rights Record
AFP via YahooNews.com, 11/10/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051012/wl_asia_afp/
uschinarights_051012013236;_ylt=
AjIID4owI97WRKKJ8NtKrDLtOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04
NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl



Human Rights-Freedom of speech
Censors Set Sights on Text Messages
SCMP, 11/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDLR53MEE.html

Labor-Protests
Police Closely Monitor the Chongqing Steel Workers
重庆特钢继续处在警方严密控制下
Radio Free Asia, 11/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2005/10/11/chongqing/

Labor
Mine Field for Beijing
The Standard, 10/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.
asp?we_cat=5&art_id=3072&sid=4892688
&con_type=1&d_str=20051010

Law-Legal reform
Two Reviews on Criminal Procedural Law in the Past Decade: Witness Must Testify in
Court
刑事訴訟法十年兩次修改背後:證人必須出庭作證
CRI Online, 11/10/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabro
adcast.cn/8606/2005/10/11/107@73
3569.htm

Population
China's Population Growth Stabilizing, but with Gender Imbalance: French report
AFP via YahooNews.com, 12/10/2005
http://au.news.yahoo.com/051011/19/wb85.html

Poverty
Experts Explain the Poverty Gap: Government Should Let the People Taste the Fruit of
Development
专家详解贫富差距：政府应该让百姓享受发展成果
YahooNew.com (China), 11/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051010/1462/2fezk.html

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Activist Vows to Continue, Despite Beating
The Guardian, 12/10/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1589974,00.html

Authorities Said Shawei Villagers Incited by Others to Protest the
Building of Electricity Plant
汕尾村民索赔行动被政府指为少数人煽动
Radio Free Asia, 11/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/10/11/shanwei/

Protests and Petitions
Press Slammed for Coverage of Taishi
SCMP, 12/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFNV53MEE.html

US Expresses Concern to China over Village Incident
AFP via YahooNews.com, 12/10/2005
http://au.news.yahoo.com/051011/19/wb6p.html

Protests and Petitions/Politics -Political reforms
Beating Highlights Slow Democratic Reform in China
Financial Times, 11/10/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2959d1e2-39e5-11da-
806e-00000e2511c8.html

Protests Surge as Reforms Fail to Match Rising Hopes
The Guardian, 11/10/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/
0,,1589119,00.html

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs
Chinese Youth Taught to be Against AIDS
Xinhuanet.com, 11/10/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/11
/content_3605811.htm

Social Security
Welfare Tops Agenda of New 5-year Programme
SCMP, 12/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWYV53MEE.html