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 03, 2006

February 3, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China/ Human Rights
美高官:中国压制反对声音有碍稳定 (US Official Says China's Suppression of Dissenting Opinions Undermines Stability and Growth)
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4670000/
newsid_4676100/4676112.stm
.stm

Children
调教问题孩子” (Mobile School - A Place for Correcting the Problems of China's Spoiled Children)
Nanfang Weekend, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060126/xw/xz/2006
01260026.asp


Disasters
China Fireworks Deaths Blamed on Child
AP( via YahooNews), February 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_as/china_
fireworks_deaths;_ylt=ApyQW.yxV_qkNyiXB2xRhMcBxg8F;
_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
W.yxV
_qkNyiXB2xRhMcBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYw
N5bnN1YmNhdA--


Human Rights Defenders - Lawyers
Lawyer Attacked after Visiting Taishi Activist
SCMP, February 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWS9TJRGE.html

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
杨群:山东临沂维权盲人陈光诚的亲邻继续遭受迫害 (Shandong Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Reportedly Under Surveillance)
Chinesenewsnet.com, February 03, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_2_2_14_48_12_961.html
_12_961.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Yuanlong (李元龙)
贵州记者李元龙案数番换审 (Guizhou Court Still Working Out the Charge for Detained Journalist Li Yuanlong)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/
liyuanlong/


Labor - Industrial Accidents (Case)
山西晋城煤矿瓦斯爆炸23名矿工丧生 (Gas Blast Kills 23 in State-Run Shanxi Coal Mine)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/
jincheng/


Law - Legal Reform
全国人大将修订刑事民事及行政诉讼法 (NPC to Revise Criminal, Civil and Administrative Procedure Laws)
EastDay.com, February 03, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
115608/userobject1ai1827050.html
7050.html

Law - Juvenile Justice
不满16岁犯罪一般不判无期徒刑 (Supreme Court Issues Guidelines Setting Out More Lenient Punishment for Minors)
The Beijing News, February 03, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0199/2006/0203/005@
158710.htm


Media - Internet Censorship / Corporate Social Accountability
Google and Microsoft Turn Up Heat over China
Financial Times, February 03, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/25bfd440-9382-11da-a978-0000779
e2340.html


Surrendering to China's Censors
SCMP, February 03, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZUYETJRGE.html

Media - Public Access to Information
China's Texters to Lose Anonymity
Asia Times Online, February 02, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HB03Cb04.html

China Ban for Memoirs of a Geisha
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4672840.stm

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
无锡农民联名状告江苏省非法侵占土地 (Farmers Sue Jiangsu Government over Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/wuxi/

Protests and Petitions
Violence Works Where Peace Failed for China Villages
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=572&ncid=572&e
=2&u=/nm/20060201/lf_nm/china_riots_dc_1
nm/china_riots_
dc_1


Public Health - Health Care Reform
推进平价战略 现有公立医院怎么办 (How Will Public Hospitals Cope with the Pressure of Offering Medical Care at Lower Prices?)
Nanfang Weekend, January 26, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060126/xw/tb/2006
01260005.asp


Poverty
China Puts $598 mln to Reduce Poverty in Ethnic Regions in 2005
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/02/content_4129
632.htm


Rural Issues
听众评论胡锦涛有关农村新口号 (Listeners Comment on President Hu Jintao’s New Ideas for Rural Development)
Voice of America, February 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-02-02-voa76.cfm

Social Security - Social Insurance
Govt Grants Senior Citizens Favorable Treatment
Xinhuanet, February 03, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/01/content_412
7480.htm


Xinjiang / Religion
北京严格限制维族的宗教信仰 (Beijing Tightens Control over Religion in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/02/weizu/