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.

Thursday, November 03, 2005

November 3, 2005

News

Death Penalty/Law-Legal reform
Supreme People's Court Reorganizes its Human Resources to Handle the Review on
Death Sentences
最高法扩编全国选才 重大疑难死刑案复核或听证
People's Daily, 03/11/2005
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/15177/53060/3823933.html

Detention- Chen Guangcheng(陳光誠) /Population-One-child policy
Beijing Pressed on ‘Abuse’ of Blind Activist
Financial Times, 03/11/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2e0f2ec6-4bfb-11da-997b-
0000779e2340.html


Detention- Wang Wanxing(王萬星)
'Mad' Dissident Speaks Out After Release
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSI7Q7BFE.html

Education
"Inadequate Funding" Becomes the Excuse for All Sorts of Delays in Education Reform
“投入不足”正成为教育卸责的万能借口
China Youth Daily, 03/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/03/content_85958.htm

Education/Hukou
Students from Cities Lie to Get Residence Permits in Rural Areas in Order to Get Educational Subsidies
城市学子争优惠 争相谎报农村户口
The Beijing News, 03/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1103/15@02
5041.html


Environment
Dam Opposition Swells
Asia Times Online, 03/11/2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GK03Cb06.html

Violence Flares in Hunan as Hired Thugs Collect Pollution Surcharge
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8J7Q7BFE.html

Hukou/Migrant Workers
Abolishment of Hukou System Cannot Secure Migrant's Rights
中国“取消户籍不能根本改善民工权益”
Chinesenewsnet.com, 03/11/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2005_11_2_15_4
_13_609.html

Rural Migrants to Get More Rights in China
International Herald Tribune, 02/11/2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/02/news/china.t.php

Labor-Protests
Chinese Sofa Factory Workers Go on Strike
AP via YahooNews.com, 03/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_bi_ge/china_lab
or_dispute;_ylt=AjWIzoK_
57v2vuU0hgzpxksBxg8F;_ylu=X3oD
MTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—


Shenzhen Workers Protest at Beatings
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9MZ58BFE.html

Law-Legal reform
Legal Reforms Don't Go Far Enough, Says US Law Expert
SCMP, 03/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMMY58BFE.html

Law-Wrongful Convictions
State Compensation: Cases Should Provide Foundation for Further Legal Development
国家赔偿:判例当促进立法
China Youth Daily, 03/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/03/content_85913.htm

Judges Across China Will Soon Be Required to Answer Enquiries on Verdicts Passed
法官判后答疑制将在全国推广
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/content_214
395.htm


Media-Internet
Western Companies Under Fire over Media Controls in China
AFP via Turkish Press.com, 03/11/2005
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=77526

Public Health
China's Past Stirs Fears of Future
Chicago Tribune via Newsday.com, 03/11/2005
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/chi-0511020223nov02
,0,3384568.story?coll=ny-
leadhealthnews-headlines

Head of Ministry of Health: Conflicts Between Patients and Medical Institutions Are
Caused by the Latter Party
卫生部部长高强:解决医患矛盾关键在医方
People's Daily, 03/11/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3823883.html

Rural Issues/Government-Governance and Accountability
Five Steps to Complete the Legislation on Formulation of Village Committees
从五个方面完善村委会组织法
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/content_214
468.htm


Tibet
Representative of Dalai Lama Says Tibet is not Fighting for Independence
达赖喇嘛特使重申不求西藏独立
Voice of America, 02/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-02-voa77.cfm