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, September 14, 2005

September 14, 2005

News

Gender - Sexual harassment / Law
Court accepts the first sexual harassment lawsuit
北京性骚扰第一案正式受理 法院以侵权纠纷立案
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3486
858.htm


Government – Fiscal / Poverty
2,000 yuan suggested as income tax baseline
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
8160.htm


Government - Elections
Ministry of Civil Affairs call for extending village leaders' term of service from 3 years to 5 years
村干部任期3年太短问题多 修改为5年呼声强烈
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_348
8118.htm


Human Rights - Bilateral ties
China's Hu pledges steps to ease US frictions
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/ts_nm/bush_china
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Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Law
Exclusive interview with rights activist Wang Juntao on lawsuit against Hu Jintao
多维就最近的博客讨论专访王军涛
Chinesenewsnet.com, 13/09/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
9_13_23_19_51_224.html


Human Rights - Human rights defenders / Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Xu Zhengqing put on trial in Shanghai
上海开庭审判上访人士许正清
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/xu/


related news:
Witnesses Dispute Charges against Petitioner Xu Zhengqing in Trial
Human Rights in China Press Release, 13/9/2005
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=24
708&item%5fid=24705


Labor - Disasters
Death toll rises to 12 in Yunnan unknown blast
China Daily, 14/09/2005

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/14/content_477875.htm

Law
Law enforcers urged to standardize practice
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
5687.htm


Media - Press freedom/censorship
Baixing magazine reporters detained when covering government scandals in Hebei
《百姓》杂志记者遭河北公安扣押
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/bai
xing/


Media – Internet / Police
Mao-era model soldier to clean up online gaming
Reutuers via YahooNews.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050914/tc_nm/china_game_dc;
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Media – Internet / Corporate Social Responsibility
A Web of treachery
The Standard, 09/09/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=991&sid=4479311&con_type=1&d_str=200509
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Migrant Workers / Death Penalty
Death sentence or not to desperate migrant worker? Legal experts highlight four major issues for concerns
该不该免王斌余一死?法学专家回应四焦点问题
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-09/14/content_3488
156.htm


Multilaterals - UN
UN refuses to consider Taiwan's representation
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487963.htm

Police
Fung shui classes disrupt harmony
SCMP, 14/09/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJP4LJJDE.html

Police - Prisons
Special Report: The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
The Guardian, 14/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1568467,00.html

Protests and Petitions / Population - One-child policy
Investigation over abuses in family planning scandal questioned
国家计生委官员赴临沂 诸方质疑行动效果
Radio Free Asia, 12/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/12/jihu
ashengyu/


Hunger strike continues as Shandong villagers protest against kidnapping leader
山东农民集体绝食抗议绑架维权者
Voice of America, 13/09/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-09-13-voa33.cfm

Public Health
Healthcare nation's top concern
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_348
7048.htm


China to crack down on drug use in entertainment venues
Xinhua, 14/09/2005

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3490933.htm

The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners
Ian Cobain and Adam Luck, The Guardian, 13/09/2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1568622,00.html?gusrc=rss

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs / Protests and Petitions
Infected HIV carriers demand compensations from Shanghai Pharmaceutical Company
感染艾滋病毒的血友病人要求赔偿
Radio Free Asia, 13/09/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/09/13/aizi/

China embarks on extreme condom drive
AFP via IOL, 14/09/2005

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=117&art_id=qw1126678683467B252

Social Security
245b yuan spent on social services, security
Xinhuanet.com, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13/content_348
6424.htm


State Security - State secrets
China criticized of not providing clear definition of state secrets
中国被指对国家机密仍无明确定义
Dajiyuan.com, 14/09/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/9/13/n1051268.htm

Editorial: disaster death toll should not be state secrets in any form
天灾死亡人数,不能成为任何形式的秘密
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A02/2005
09140232.asp


Make disaster death toll public helps to distinguish natural disaster and man-made disaster
公布自然灾害死亡人数,才能区别天灾和人祸
Nanfang City News, 14/09/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A03/2005
09140240.asp


Reform - Social Reform
China booms, so does divorce rate
By Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, 14/09/2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4240988.stm

Tibet / Economic Development
Dalai Lama: Rail Link 'Cultural Genocide'
Washington Post, 12/09/2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/09/12/AR2005091200264.html


Tibet tries best to stay clean land
Xinhua, 14/09/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/14/content_3487165.htm