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, July 21, 2005

July 21, 2005

News

Bilaterals - US/China
US sees military power as limited
Reuters, AFP, July 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPOL8ODBE.html

Diplomats hit 'groundless attacks'
Reuters, SCMP, July 21, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZI0PBODBE.html

Borders Territories/Issues - Taiwan
Lien Chan says his mainland visit fruitful
People’s Daily Online, July 21, 2005
http://english.people.com.cn/200507/21/text20050721_197
548.html


Death Penalty
From death sentence to death penalty with reprieve: Guangzhou Court reviews indictment of drug traffickers
全国最大制贩摇头丸案审结 嫌犯由死刑改判死缓
EastDay.com, 21/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75081/userobject1


Economic Issues
China Says It Will No Longer Peg Its Currency to the U.S. Dollar
International Herald Tribune, July 21, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/business/worldbusiness/
21cnd-china.html?ei=5094&en=e12a13cb678ded22&hp=&ex
=1122004800&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=11219588
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Labor - Disasters
Latest China mine blast kills 26
Reuters, July 21, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/china.mine
.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest


6 die in deserted mining pit collapse in central China
Xinhua, July 21, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/21/content_
3248119.htm


Law
Henan Nanyang biggest homicide case: wrongfully convicted man given 300,000 yuan compensation after spending 13 years in jail
河南南阳第一命案13年后30万国家赔偿执行到位
EastDay.com, 21/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75081/userobject1


Media
"Harmonious society" and "food safety" among new Chinese media buzzwords
Interfax China, 21/07/2005
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=3743&slug=CHINA
-MEDIA-NEWSPAPERS-SURVEY


Media asked for more efforts to show "real China"
Xinhuanet.com, 20/07/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/20/content_324
6038.htm


Media - Internet
Let a Thousand Filters Bloom
Washington Post, 20/07/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/07/19/AR2005071901556.html


Olympics / Resettlement
Beijing police arrest peasants who protests against forceful eviction for Olympic preparation
北京警方拘捕数名抗议政府强征土地的农民
Radio Free Asia, 20/07/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/07/20/chaiqian/

Co-host cities pin hopes on Games
China Daily, 20/07/2005
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/20/cont
ent_461591.htm


Population - One-child policy / gender imbalance
Sex imbalance could threaten progress
SCMP, 21/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVRJPQDBE.html

Protests and Petitions
19 petitioners arrested on the way to Zhongnanhai
圖往中南海請願京拘19上訪者
Orisun.com, 21/07/2005
http://the-sun.com.hk/channels/news/20050721/2005072102
3153_0001.html


Farm owner sues Guangzhou city government for forceful eviction, a real test for the legality of the new petition regulations
信访要求能否下放 农场主状告广州市政府
Legal Daily, 21/07/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-07/21/content_17
1183.htm


Hundred demobilized soldiers petition to Beijing for losing jobs at SOEs
數百退伍兵北京上訪
Orientaldaily.com, 21/07/2005
http://orientaldaily.com.hk/cgi-bin/nsrch.cgi?seq=490804

Resettlement
Hebei Dingzhou: Villagers welcome the halt of land conscription
河北定州绳油村土地不再征用 当地村民表示拥护
EastDay.com, 21/07/2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node75081/userobject1


Villagers triumph in deadly land grab in China
AFP, July 21, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050721/
wl_asia_afp/chinarightslandclash_050721065016


Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Children
Children unseen victims of Aids
SCMP, 21/07/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3PL8ODBE.html

Number of Aids orphan reach 76, 000 and to increase to 2.6 million in 2010
我国现有7.6万名艾滋孤儿 2010年将增至26万
Chinesenewsnet.com, 20/07/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/xhw_2005_07_20_09_55_28


Rural Issues - rural development
US farm subsidies more than GDP of poor countries, the livelihoods of 900 million Chinese peasants severely affected
美農業補貼超窮國GDP, 中國九億農民生計受影響
Asia Times Online,20/07/2005
http://www.atchinese.com/2005/07/0720repa.htm