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, June 15, 2006

June 14, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Fu Xiancai (付先财）
Chinese Activist Said Paralyzed by Assault
AP (via YahooNews), June 14, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060613/ap_on_re_as/china_
activist_paralyzed_1;_ylt=AvT1G86QL5W1Gd.CNeKKTedPzWQA
;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl1G86QL5W1
Gd.CNeKKTedPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJ
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Three Gorges resettlement activist Fu Xiancai (付先财) was struck by an unknown assailant and left paralyzed after being questioned by police on June 8th about an interview he had provided to a German public television station. Fu has been petitioned to various authorities over the resettlement terms and compensation for the affected villagers of the Three Gorges Project.


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
China to Begin Trial of Times Researcher
New York Times, June 13, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/13/world/asia/13cnd-zhao.
html?_r=1&oref=slogin
According to the lawyer of detained journalist Zhao Yan(赵岩) , the government has notified the family that Zhao's trial has been scheduled for June 16, at the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court. Zhao, a researcher for the New York Times, has been in custody for 22 months since he was taken away by police in September 2004. He was formally indicted on charges of fraud and revealing state secrets in December 2005.


News

Bilateral Ties
In Africa, China Trade Brings Growth, Unease
Washington Post, June 13, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2006/06/12/AR2006061201506.html

Death Penalty
云南文山：大专生持枪抢劫出租车一审被判死刑 (College Student Sentenced to Death for Robbing and Murdering Taxi Driver in Yunnan Province)
Xinhuanet, June 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/13/content_
4689410.htm

北京一名绑架杀人的保安员被执行死刑 (Beijing Security Officer Sentenced to Death for Kidnapping and Murdering Colleague)
Xinhuanet, June 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-06/13/
content_4690125.htm

抢劫杀人肢解尸体 持枪杀人犯双双判死刑 (Two Sentenced to Death for Robbery and Murder)
Xinhuanet, June 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/08/content_
4663814.htm

Environment
Chinese Premier Urges Greater Efforts to Prevent Sandstorms
People's Daily, June 13, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/13/eng20060613_
273651.html

Pollution from Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow
New York Times, June 11, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/business/worldbusiness/
11chinacoal.html?pagewanted=printnted=print

Gender
甘肃永登3初中生强暴并摧残两幼女被无罪释放 (Public Anger Over the Release of Three Juvenile Offenders Who Sexually Abused Two Young Girls)
Xinhuanet, June 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/14/content_
4695105_1.htm

Government
晋城副部长丧母 30小学生迫抬花圈 (30 Primary Students Forced to Attend Funeral of Senior Official's Mother in Shanxi Province)
Wen Wei Po, June 14, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH060614
0028&cat=002CH

Labor
企业强令冒险作业 工人有权拒绝 (Workers Have the Right to Refuse to Work in Dangerous Environments)
China Youth Daily, June 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/14/content_1416436.htm

Land Policy
中国评论﹕徵地政策后遗症严重 (Commentary: The Repercussions of China's Land Acquisition Policy)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060614/cae1.htm

广州下月起实施相关办法保障被征地农民养老，此举开全国先河 (Guangzhou to Implement Measures to Provide Old-age Pension to Elderly Victims of Land Acquisition)
Nanfang City News, June 14, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200606
140442.asp

Migrant Workers
两成外来工被迫公园过性生活 外来工孕产妇死亡率居高不下 (20 Percent of Guangzhou’s Migrant Workers Must Use Parks to Have Sex)
Nanfang Daily, June 14, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200606
140439.asp

Military
How to Curb China's Arms Trade
Asia Times Online, June 14, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HF14Ad01.html

Multilateral
Chinese Delegation to Attend First Meeting of UN Human Rights Council
People's Daily, June 13, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/13/eng20060613_
273705.html

Politics
欧阳五﹕胡温治贪软硬兼施修官德 (Commentary: President Hu and Premier Wen Use Both Hard and Soft Strategies to Promote Ethics of Officials)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060614/fab1.htm

How China Looks to the Future to Forget the Past
Financial Times, June 14, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1a01f9a6-fb03-11da-b4d0-0000779
e2340.html

Protests and Petitions
佛山上万村民斗黑　死伤不明警察旁观 (10,000 Guangdong Villagers Clash with 200 Triad Members over Land Dispute, Police Turn a Blind Eye to the Injured)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/13/
foshan/

宁夏灵武市百人暴力抗法案件11名嫌疑人被批捕 (11 Suspects Arrested for Illegal Protest in Ningxia)
EastDay.com, June 14, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node
140952/userobject1ai2104338.html4338.html

Public Health
艾滋孤儿控报章侵私隐 (AIDS Orphan Sues Newspaper Over Privacy Infringement)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060614/ccd1.htm

卫生部:未制定公共卫生应急预案单位达41.8% (Ministry of Health Notes Inadequate Hygiene and Emergency Preparedness in Public Areas)
EastDay.com, June 14, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node140952/userobject1ai2104332.html4332.html

China-made Tamiflu Approved for Production
People's Daily, June 13, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/13/eng20060613
_273661.html

Rural Issues
No Boom for the Rural Population
SCMP, June 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKAHR67OE.html

Tibet
Dreaming Lhasa: New Film Shines Light on Tibetan Refugee Life in India
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/arts/2006/06/13/tibet_
dreaminglhasa/

Hong Kong
HK Ready for Political Reform, Survey Finds
SCMP, June 14, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZWAHR67OE.html