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.

Friday, November 04, 2005

November 4, 2005

Top News of the Day

Detention-Xu Wanping(
许万平)

Chongqing Court Holds Secret Trial for Xu Wanping
重庆法院秘密审理异见人士许万平
Radio Free Asia, 04/11/2005
Xu Wanping, the detained internet writer who was charged with "inciting subversion of state power", was tried on Thursday, October 3, 2005 by the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court. A closed trial was held because the case involved state secrets. A verdict has not yet been announced.
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2005/11/03/china_dissident/


News

Corruption

China to Establish Centralized Computer System to Record Cases of Corruption
中国将建行受贿犯罪档案查询系统
Voice of America, 04/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-03-voa31.cfm

Corruption
Seventeen Bureau-Level Cadres in Beijing Investigated on Corruption Charges in First Three Quarters of Year
317廳局干部被查 北京市檢察院提交腐敗報
Chinesenewsnet.com, 04/11/2005
http://www5.chinesenewsnet.com/MainNews/Sino
News/Mainland/zxs_2005-11-

04_646926.shtml

Detention- Shi Tao(师涛)/UN
Rights Group Raises Shi Tao's Case to UN
人权组织就师涛案申诉联合国
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-03-voa72.cfm

Education
Government Subsidies Needed for Vocational Schools
要打工,读职中,可农家孩子没钱读怎么办
China Youth Daily, 04/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/04/co
ntent_86703.htm


Education-Basic education
Inspector Resigns over Fees Inquiry
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCT388LFE.html

Education
Supply Teachers Get 40 Yuan a Month in Poverty-stricken County in Gansu
穷乡代课教师月薪40 甘肃县委书记含泪上书
Ming Pao, 04/11/2005
http://www.mingpaonews.com/

Gender-Sexuality
'Money Boys' Become Currency of Pimps
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZXKEG64FE.html

Gender-Sexual harassment
Sexual harassment law gives hope to women suffering in silence
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZ4ZR8C2DE.html

Government-Elections
Back to the Roots
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZN8RLSSDE.html

Hukou
China to Drop Urbanite-Peasant Legal Differences
New York Times, 04/11/2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/03/international/
asia/03china.html


Hukou System to be Scrapped in 11 Provinces
中國11個省份將取消戶籍制度
Chinesenewsnet.com, 04/11/2005
http://www5.chinesenewsnet.com/MainNews/Forums/BackSt
age/2005_11_3_15_30_24
_835.html

Human Rights-Bilateral ties
China Says Canada Does Not Understand its Human Rights Situation
中国称加拿大并不了解其人权状况
Voice of America, 03/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-03-voa12.cfm

Labor-Protests
Strike Ended by Promise of Payment
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ99N78LFE.html

Law-Legal reform
Justice Buckles under Weight of Soaring Workload
SCMP, 04/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chifeatures/ZZZRM9QXEEE.html

Law-Legal Profession/Protests and Petitions
Lawyers Acting as Intermediaries in Petitioning Government Will Bring 6 Areas of Change
律师参与接访工作的六大作用
Legal Daily, 03/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/03/
content_214552.htm


Media-Internet
China Reportedly Shuts Down Blog
AP via China Digital News, 04/11/2005
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_Ch
ina_Blocked_Blog.html


Media
The Bottom Line on SMS Control
一个公民对短信管理的底线要求
China Youth Daily, 04/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/04/content_86853.htm

NGOs

We Have to Donate According to the Law
我们要依法行善
Legal Daily, 04/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2005-11/04/content_215306.htm

Police-Abuse/Human Right-Human rights defenders
Lawyer in Taishi Case Harassed by Police Officers
北京维权律师高智晟多次被公安人员滋扰和搜查
Radio Free Asia, 04/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2005/11/03/china_lawyer/