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.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

March 8, 2006

News

Children - Orphans and Adoption
Baby Adoption Case Draws Scrutiny in China
Washington Post, March 06, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/
03/06/AR2006030601011.html
dyn/content/article/2006/03/
06/AR2006030601011.html


Education / Poverty - Rural Poverty
City Teachers will Work in Rural Schools
China Daily, March 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/08/
content_528140.htm


教育是农村的未来 (Education Underlies the Prospects of China's Rural Areas)
Legal Daily, March 08, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/08/content_
278255.htm


Gender
'Inequality in Jobs Still a Serious Issue'
China Daily, March 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/08/
content_527978.htm


中国妇女发展报告曝内幕 婚内强奸立法两度被弃 (Insider Story of the Report on Women's Development in China: Legislation Against Rape within Marriage Dropped Twice)
EastDay.com, March 08, 2006
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node122621/userobject1ai1898520.html
8520.html

Labor
Back-pay Claims Pile Up
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6AJVH8JE.html

Land Policy
中国耕地短缺将超过六百万公顷 (Official Warns Land Shortage Reaching an Alarming Stage)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/07/land/

Media - Public Access to Information
郎咸平上海脱口秀节目被突然停播 (Shanghai Authority Orders to Suspend Economist's Talk Show)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/07/lang/

The Wild Web of China: Sex and Drugs, Not Reform
New York Times, March 08, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/business/worldbusiness/
08chinanet.html


Media - Internet Censorship / Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Li Yuanlung (李元龙)
微软公司否认和李元龙案有关 (Microsoft Denies Involvement in Journalist Case)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/07/
weiruan/


Politics – Fourth Session of the Tenth NPC and CPPCC Conferences
5-year Plan Addresses Pressing Problems
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/07/content_
4267295.htm


教育投入占GDP4%应成硬指标 (Government Urged to Set Target for Education Investment)
The Beijing News, March 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0586/2006/03-08/015
@031307.htm


中共党内人士呼吁放宽新闻控制 (Party Members Urge the Government to Relax Control over Press)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/04/
zhonggong/


代表三度提议制定《新闻监督法》(NPC Deputies Submit Proposal to Draft Laws Supervising the Press)
The Beijing News, March 08, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0586/2006/03-08/015@
031136.htm


访民发出致人大政协建议书 (Petitioners Submit Open Letter to CPPCC)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/06/fangmin/

中国人大代表促立法反家庭暴力 (NPC Deputies Call for Legislation Against Domestic Violence)
Voice of America, March 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-06-voa68.cfm

Protests and Petitions
'Criminals' Blamed for Riot in Shanwei
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9NMUH8JE.html

Public Health - Health Care Reform
Hospital Found Overcharging 200,000 Yuan
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/08/content_
4273342.htm


听众对中国医疗腐败问题的看法 (Public Opinions over China's Corrupted Health Care System)
Voice of America, March 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-08-voa1.cfm

Rural Issues
Landless Farmers "Must Be Helped"
Xinhuanet, March 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/08/content_
4272594.htm


Rural Development to Underpin Economy, Says Statistician
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZ9DUH8JE.html

Society
Until Social Reform Do Us Part
SCMP, March 08, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ7LMUH8JE.html