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, November 15, 2005

November 15, 2005

News

Corporate Social Responsibility
99% of Chinese Enterprises Do Not Make Donations
中國99%企業無參與捐贈
Asia Times Online, 14/11/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=9980&Itemid=33

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Corruption
Verdicts of Wang Jingao's Case Cause Doubt Among the Public
黄金高被判无期 诸多疑点引起质疑
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/11/hua
ngjingao/


Economic Development
China expects 6% rise in oil imports
Bloomberg November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content
_494440.htm


Siemens to build high-speed trains for China
Xinhua November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_
494472.htm


Education-Girl education
Programme Offers Future for Rural Girls
China Daily, 15/11/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/15/content_
494698.htm


Food Security
Concern raised over future grain supplies
China Daily, November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_
494340.htm


Gender-Sexuality
Sex Culture Festival Opens in Guangzhou
China Daily, November 14, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Nov/147901.htm

Gender-Trafficking of Women
Memoirs suggest kidnapped women are in North Korea
Taipei Times, November 14, 2005
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/11/14/
2003280119


Gender-Gender Equality/Government-Civil Service
Should Male and Female Civil Servants Retire at the Same Age?
男女公务员同龄退休?
EastDay.com, 15/11/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node9
9916/userobject1ai1644499.html
499.html

Human Rights
Beware of Discrimination in the Policy-Making Process
警惕政策制定中的歧视现象
China Youth Daily, 15/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/15/content_91553.htm

Dissidents suffer in China's prisons
Taipei Times, November 14, 2005
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/11/
12/2003279830/print


Human Rights-Bilateral ties
Bush to Press China on Human Rights, Despite Flap Over US Torture policy
AFP via YahooNews.com, 15/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051114/pl_afp/usbushapecrights_
051114142959


Prince Charles threatens legal action over China memo
The Guardian, November 14, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,2763,1642106,
00.html


Human Rights-Human Rights Defenders
China to Give Memorial Rite to Hu Yaobang, Purged Reformer
New York Times, 15/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/international/asia/15c
hina.html?ex=1289710800&en=c11934d6c6492a74&ei=5088&
partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
n=c11934d6c6492a74&ei=5088&part
ner=rssnyt&emc=rss


Gao Zhisheng Asks for Second Hearing on the Sudden Closure of Law Firm
維權律師高智晟被勒令停業一年 覆議聽證
Asia Times Online, 15/11/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/index.php?option=com
_content&task=view&id=10002&Itemid=33
=33

June 4th-EU arms ban
Hu Presses Spain on EU Arms Embargo
International Herald Tribune, 14/11/2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/
2005/11/14/news/hu.php


Labor
Workers' rights in private firms well protected
Xinhua, November 14, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/14/content
_3778752.htm


Media-Internet
China Blocks Web Site Nominated for DW Weblog Award
Deutsch Welle , November 14, 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1776197,00.html

Netizens Initiate Online Petition to Urge the Removal of Internet Control Regulations
网上发起公民签名活动 促当局撤销《互联网新闻信息服务管理规定》
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/11/
wangluo/


Olympics
Mascots promise a 'friendly' Olympics
China Daily, November 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/12/content
_494085.htm


Police-Crime
Early Success Cited in Crime Crackdown
SCMP, 15/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLRUPFXFE.html

Police-Abuse/Resettlement-Forceful Eviction
Thousands of Police Clash Violently with Peasants in Sichuan’s Anyue County; 8 Arrested
四川安岳警民冲突 8位村民被抓
Radio Free Asia, 11/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/11/chong
tu/


Population-One-child Policy
State Family Planning Commission Reports 90 Million “Only Children” in China
全国累计出生9000万独生子女
The Beijing News, 15/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1115/09@002617
.html


Sen. Rodham Clinton Calls on Bush To Address China's One-Child Policy With China's
President
Kaiser Network, November 14, 2005
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR
_ID=33696


Poverty-Rural poverty
China Urged to Tackle Rural Poor
BBC.com, 15/11/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4435174.stm

Protests and Petitions
Protesters Wander Streets as Authorities Tear Down Beijing Petitioners’ Village
北京上访村被拆 外地访民被迫露宿街头
Radio Free Asia, 15/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/14/shan
gfang/


Chinese police killed 2 at labor protest, rights group says
Kyodo News, November 14, 2005
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=352175

Human rights protestors greet Chinese president
Expatica, November 14, 2005
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=11204&article
=Human+rights+protestors+greet+Chinese+president
greet+Chin
ese+president


Public Health
Special prisons built for HIV/AIDS inmates
Big News Network, November 14, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e
9b/id/5f496916d2c06cee/

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Public Health -HIV AIDS /STDs/Police-Prisons
China Plans Jails for HIV Inmates
BBC.com, 14/11/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4434446.stm

Religion
Past Haunts Gansu as Religious Freedom Returns
The Standard, 15/11/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=9&art
_id=5611&sid=5467820&con_type=1&d_str=20051115
&con
_type=1&d_str=20051115


Tibet
People May Act if No Autonomy, Dalai Lama Warns
SCMP, 15/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1SUPFXFE.html