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.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

March 23, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
Hu-Bush Meeting Set for April 20
SCMP, March 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7JA8AVKE.html

Education
平教育是扶贫根本 (Equitable Access to Education: The Key to Alleviating Poverty)
Nanfang City News, March 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20060323
0568.asp


Environment - Water
Yellow River's Thirst for Water Brings China's Shortages into Light
Xinhuanet, March 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/content_4334
897.htm


Human Rights
人权组织批中国加强镇压维权人士 (Rights Group Criticizes China for Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-23-voa3.cfm

Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defenders
北京抓捕绝食统筹工作人员 (Beijing Arrests Hunger Strike Organizers)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/22/jueshi/

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Wu Hao (吴皓)
中国独立纪录片制片人吴皓被拘留 (Independent Documentary Film Maker Wu Hao Detained)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_3_22_14_37_50_171.html
7_50_171.html

Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Kin to Press China to Release NY Times Researcher
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/wl_nm/china_journalist
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Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Shi Tao ()
师涛母亲拟控雅虎洩私隐 (Shi Tao's Mother Plans to Sue Yahoo! for Revealing Shi Tao's Personal Information to the Chinese Government)
Apple Daily, March 23, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20060323&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=5760
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Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Hu Jia (胡佳)
China AIDS Chief Knows Nothing of Missing Activist
China National News, March 22, 2006
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/6a2d7a93164
529db/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/
b/

Labor
农民工健康状况调查:40%左右带病上岗 (Study on Health Conditions of Migrant Workers Reveals Over 40% Work in Spite Of Sickness)
People's Daily, March 23, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4229919.html

劳动合同法草案解读:定额限制遏止变相加班 (Interpretation of the Draft Law on Labor Contracts: Fixed Quota on Migrant Workers May Lead to More Overtime Work)
China Youth Daily, March 21, 2006
http://www.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=8127388

Law
China to Revise Law Interpretation on Differentiated Personal Injury Compensation
People's Daily, March 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/23/eng20060323_
252682.html


独立审判与审委会存废 (Analysis on Whether to Keep or Abolish Judicial Committees)
Legal Daily, March 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/23/content_
286751.htm


审委会改革路在何方 (In Which Direction Will the Reform of Judicial Committees Go?)
Legal Daily, March 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/23/content_
286752.htm


Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
新京报记者编辑扣薪 报道御用教授涉剽窃 (Editors and Reporters of The Beijing News Criticized and Penalized for Publishing Story Discrediting Well-Connected Scholar)
Ming Pao, March 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060323/cab1.htm

Politics
Eight-Step Program for What Ails China
Washington Post, March 23, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
006/03/22/AR2006032202042.html?nav=rss_
world
dyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR20060322
02042.html?nav=rss_world


Protests and Petitions
Villagers Injured in Land Clash
SCMP, March 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCP5I6VKE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
艾滋高发区应强制婚检 (Pre-Marital Check-ups Required in Regions With High Risk of AIDS)
The Beijing News, March 23, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0323/012
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