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, November 23, 2005

November 23, 2005

News

Children
一网民在网上发帖拍卖婴儿被查处 (Man Punished for Auctioning Babies on the Internet)
China Youth Daily, 23/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/23/content_95453.htm

心理问题严重 超过13%的浙江中小学生曾计划自杀 (Over 13 Percent of Students Have Contemplated Suicide, Survey Shows)
YahooNew.com (China), 23/11/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051123/906/2g79a.html

Chinese Sports School Denies Abuse
AP via YahooNews.com, 22/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051122/ap_on_re_as/oly_
beijing_gymnastics


Death Penalty
Suspended Death Term for Killer Cadre
SCMP, 23/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZH0OL78GE.html

Economic Development / Poverty
Low Growth Target Aims for Quality, not Quantity
SCMP, 23/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOXJP58GE.html

Education
市政府该向谁提供教育?(To Whom Should the Shenzhen Government Provide Free Education?)
China Youth Daily, 23/11/2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-11/23/content_95473.htm

Environment
Pollution Threat Cuts off Water to 3 Million
SCMP, 23/11/2005
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZQSSL78GE.html

Food Security - GM Food
Beijing Adopts Cautious Agenda on Modified Rice
SCMP, 23/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOFMP58GE.html

Gender
Single Happiness: Marriage Takes a Back Seat in China
Radio Free Asia, 21/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/11/21/china_
marriage/


Human Rights - Bilateral Ties
布什离华中国仍监控部分维权人士 (Activists Still Under Surveillance after Bush Visit)
Voice of America, 22/11/2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-11-22-voa37.cfm

Labor - Work Safety / Conditions
Govt Releases List of Unsafe Coal Mines
Xinhuanet.com, 23/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/23/content_382
0691.htm


Law / Rural Issues
农民权益保护法草案草稿完成 (Drafting of New Law to Safeguard Rights for Rural Residents Completed)
Legal Daily, 23/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-11/23/content_22
3515.htm


Law
人大个案监督应把握五原则 (Five Principles to Guide NPC in Monitoring Court Procedures)
Legal Daily, 23/11/2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-11/23/content_223
518.htm


Media – Internet / Corporate Social Responsibility
美公司助中共封网络电话 (U.S. Phone Company Helps China Block Internet Calls)
Dajiyuan.com, 23/11/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/11/23/n1129380.htm

Media - Internet
Govt Pays Great Attention to Information Security
Xinhuanet.com, 22/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/22/content_3819
400.htm


Protests and Petitions
吉林进京上访村民在天安门广场点燃汽油被判刑 (Jilin Petitioner Sentenced for Setting Fire at Tiananmen Square)
CRI Online, 23/11/2005
http://big5.chinabroadcast.cn/gate/big5/gb.chinabroadcast.cn/
8606/2005/11/23/107@791748.htm

1748.htm

当局仍封锁太石村 村民指发生着见不得光的事 (Entry to Taishi Village Still Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, 22/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/22/taishi/

Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
云南艾滋感染者达3万多例 (More Than 30,000HIV Carriers Now in Yunnan Province)
Nanfang City News, 23/11/2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/dsb/A20/2005
11230201.asp


输血导致艾滋病传播 谁应负责?(Who Should be Responsible for HIV Infections Spread by Unsafe Blood Donations?)
Radio Free Asia, 22/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/11/22/
aids1/