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, February 17, 2006

February 17, 2006

Top News of the Day

冰点复刊原主编副主编被撤职 (Editors of Freezing Point (Bing Dian) News Supplement
Dismissed)
Voice of America, February 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-16-voa48.cfm
Freezing Point (Bing Dian), a weekly supplement of China Youth Daily that has been banned for three weeks, will reopen on March 1, but both the chief editor and assistant chief editor have been dismissed.



News

Corruption - Environment
5條村4000人接雨水维生 (Over-mining Leaves 4,000 Villagers in Henan and Hunan Without Water)
Apple Daily, February 17, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm
?iss_id=20060217&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id
=5664039

Environment
中国国务院发布加强环境保护的决定 (China's State Council Announces Decision on Strengthening Environmental Protection)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/
16/huanbao/

Energy Efficiency Encouraged in New Buildings
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/16/content_4189
072.htm

Government
Beijing Takes on Local-government Mafias
Asia Times Online, February 17, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HB16Ad01.html

分析：中国政府行为黑社会化(1) (Analysis: China's Police Collaborate with Gangsters - Part I)
Voice of America, February 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-16-voa70.cfm

何勇：确保反腐倡廉各项工作任务落到实处 (Government Official Pledges that Clean Government & Anti-Corruption Plan Will be Implemented this Year)
Xinhuanet, February 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/lianzheng/2006-02/16/content_
4189512.htm

Government - Governance and Accountability
中央组织部印发加强干部监督工作的《意见》(State Organizational Department Publishes “Opinion” on Strengthening Supervision of Cadres)
Xinhuanet, February 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/17/content_4190
457.htm

Human Rights
上海数百上访人绝食一天声援高智晟 (Hundreds of Shanghai Petitioners Go on One-day Hunger Strike to Show Support for Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/16/
shanghai/

北京绝食接力组织者接连失踪 (Organizers of Beijing Hunger Strikes Disappear One by One)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/16/
jueshi/

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚妻子被打 官方不让就医 (Wife of Rights Defender Chen Guangcheng Beaten by Officials and Denied Medical Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/16/
chenguancheng/

Labor
Huizhou Factories Shut - Workers Homeless
SCMP, February 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDTZSH8JE.html

Labor - Occupational Health
Diseases at Work Haunt Migrant Workers
Xinhuanet, February 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/17/content_419
1634.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
袁伟時文章：中国跟日本一樣歪曲史實 (Commentary by Yuan Weishi: China Distorts History Just Like Japan)
Chinesenewsnet.com, February 16, 2006
http://www3.chinesenewsnet.com/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
cna_2006_02_16_08_00_56_763.html

Chief Sacked for Ignoring Newspaper's Principles, Says Executive
SCMP, February 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLTZSH8JE.html

Media - Internet Censorship
评析中国否认对网站实施特别审查 (Analysis on Why China Denies Internet Censorship)
Voice of America, February 16, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/W2006-02-16-voa3.cfm

Protests & Petitions
Tianjin Investors Take Protest to Capital
SCMP, February 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGD0TH8JE.html

Property Owners Vow Action to Stop Power Transformer Station
SCMP, February 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0MWTH8JE.html


Public Health
Inferior Infant Formula Reappears on Market
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/16/content_4189
708.htm

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
Henan to Begin AIDS Check on 1.5 mln People
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/16/content_4188
205.htm

Rural Issues
特别报道: 新农村需要新文化 中南海力破难题 (Special Report: New Rural Development Needs New Culture, Central Government Strives to Solve Problems)
Xinhuane, February 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/17/content_418
8745.htm

Social Security - Social Insurance
无地农民将获终身养老保障 (Landless Peasants to Get Lifetime Pensions)
Nanfang Daily, February 17, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a01/2006
02170133.asp

Society
2005年中国经济犯罪案件继续攀升 (Economic Crimes Continued to Rise in 2005)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/16/jingji/

河南人拒绝歧视 (Henan People Reject Discrimination)
Nanfang Weekend, February 16, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060216/xw/tb/2006
02160005.asp

Three Gorges
Govt to Audit Three Gorges Dam Project
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/16/content_4189
845.htm