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.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

June 21, 2006

News
Children
我国13的儿童食品毫无营养 (One-third of Children in China Eat Food Lacking in Nutritional Value)
China Youth Daily, June 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/21/content_1423346.htm

Environment
Droughts Root of Poverty
People's Daily, June 20, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/20/eng20060620
_275516.html


Gender
三亚:女性求职遭遇歧视 白衣天使被限身高 (Hainan Girl's Job Application for Nurse Refused Due to Height)
China Youth Daily, June 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/21/content_
1423611.htm


Human Rights
保护举报人权益就是保护社会良知 (Protecting the Rights of Whistleblowers)
Nanfang City News, June 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200606210399.asp


Human Rights Defender – Petitioners – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
維权者家人被强送回鄉 (Family of Chen Guangcheng Sent Home Before They Can Protest Chen's Detention)
Ming Pao, June 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060621/ccf1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Petitioners - Fu Xiancai (付先财)
China Criticizes Germany for Helping Activist
Expatica.com, June 20, 2006
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel
_id=26&story_id=30969&name=China+
criticizes+Germany+for+helping+activist


Human Rights Defenders
为王文怡案辩护的两位维权律师护照遭拒 (Two Chinese Rights Lawyers Not Allowed Passports to Fly to US to Defend Falun Gong Protestor)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/06/20/wangwenyi/


Media
成都:网络虚拟警察上岗 网民可网络报警 (Chengdu Cyberpolice Ask Citizens to Report on Internet Crimes)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/
content_4727010.htm


被迫推迟出刊删稿件 《百姓》主编记者叹奈何 (Baixing Magazine Forced to Pull Article and Postpone Publication)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/06/20/baixing/


Migrant Workers
北京地铁5号线258名民工为薪资告赢市政集团 (258 Migrant Workers Win Lawsuit to Recover Wages)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/content
_4726771.htm


Migrant Workers
广东700万农民工年内享医保 (Seven Million Migrant Workers to Enjoy Medical Insurance in Guangdong)
People's Daily, June 21, 2006
http://gd.people.com.cn/GB/channel14/200606/21/
18920.html


Multilateral
中国政府提出开创国际人权事业新局面主张 (China Proposes New Focus for International Human Rights Work)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node142721/userobject1ai2120119.html
0119.html

Police
公安部:2005年全国共38万名贩毒分子被判刑 (38,000 Drug Traffickers Punished in 2005)
Xinhuanet, June 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/21/content_
4725384.htm


Politics
Beijing Spells out Rules on Promotion
SCMP, June 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic
+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&
aid=ZZZXI3IB7OE
bin
/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=
SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZXI3IB7OE


中共出台五法规文件 干部人事法规体系初步构成 (CPC Issues Five Laws on Managing Government Personnel and Party Cadres)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node142470/userobject1ai2118715.html
8715.html

Population
人人生而平等,但有些人比其他人更加平等 (Everyone Is Born Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Others)
Nanfang Daily, June 21, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy
/200606210405.asp


中国承认解决人口问题有体制障碍 (China Admits Population Problem Is Structural)
Voice of America, June 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-20-voa34.cfm

Protests and Petitions
China Students Face down Police on Campus
AFP (via YahooNews), June 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060620/wl_asia_afp/
chinaunreststudent_060620135410;_ylt=AggIZB8Wjw
K6Qqk6IIvvSVVPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBH
NlYwMlJVRPUCUl
;_ylt=AggIZB8WjwK6Qqk6IIvvSVVP
zWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPU


Protests and Petitions
四川大学午夜断电 学生球迷骚乱泄愤 (Thousands of Sichuan University Students Riot over Electricity Outage During World Cup)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/20/xuesheng/


Religion
美议员呼吁中国政府放宽宗教自由 (US Lawmakers Call on China to Respect Religious Freedom)
Voice of America, June 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-21
-voa16.cfm


Three Gorges
9.53万三峡移民被安置至上海浙江等11个省市 (95,300 Former Residents of Three Gorges Region Resettled Across China)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81763/
node142722/userobject1ai2120398.html
0398.html

重庆就三峡库区就业等问题出台一揽子解决方案 (Chongqing Government Proposes Solutions for Various Problems in Three Gorges Area)
EastDay.com, June 21, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node142721/userobject1ai2120169.html
0169.html