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, June 09, 2005

June 9, 2005

News


Detention – Ching Cheong (程翔)
Singapore journalist association urges the release of Ching Cheong
新记者协会吁中国尽快处理程翔案
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa54.cfm

Hong Kong media: Ching tells Taiwan China’s bottom line of its Taiwan policy
港媒体:程翔涉嫌向台湾透露大陆对台政策的底线
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/06/08/chingch
eong/


Zhang Hua: to save Ching Cheong, make it high profile or low profile in press?
张华:救程翔,该低调还是高调?
Apple Daily via Chinesenewsnet.com, June 9, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
6_8_17_41_0_12.html


Gender
Little sex knowledge means more abortions
China Daily, June 9, 2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/09/content
_449873.htm


Gender - Marriage
Guangdong divorce rate soars since restrictions lifted
SCMP, June 9, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTYOMEK9E.html

Government – Governance and accountability
3,000 university students in Hebei given official posts in villages
三千大学生中原当“村官”
China Youth Daily, June 9, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/09/content_16045.htm

Human rights – Bilateral ties
China defector says would rather die than go home
Reuters via YahooNews.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050609/wl_nm/australia_china_
defector_dc/nc:731;_ylt=AqPoJNAl19OVPFLVpCuWbw4Bxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


Media – press freedom
Alarms Over China
Forbe.com, June 8, 2005
http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/06/08/china-media-inte
rnet-cz_rm_0608crackdown.html?partner=rss


Migrant workers
Survey on the cost of defending rights of rural migrant workers: to get delay payment of 100 billion yuan would cost 300 billion yuan of the society
农民工维权成本调查:追讨1千亿欠薪需3千亿成本
Xinhuanet.com, June 9, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-06/09/content_3061
559.htm


Population – One-child policy
Violations of the reproductive right of the Chinese people persists, according to experts
专家:中国仍存在计生侵权问题
Voice of America, June 8, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-06-08-voa78.cfm

Society
Ministry of Civil Affairs should not abandon the disadvantaged groups
民政部门不能抛弃弱者
China Youth Daily, June 9, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-06/09/content_15875.htm

Tibet
Wife of exile Tibetan Independence Movement activist leaves to Europe with fake passports via Hong Kong after 3-month detention in Beijing
疆独负责人迪里夏提之妻以假护照经香港转机
Dajiyuan.com, June 8, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/6/8/n948744.htm