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 28, 2006

June 28, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
Brief Talks 'Won't Seal' Vatican Ties
SCMP, June 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZGU6KB7OE.html

Canadian Activist Handed Over to China
The Globe and Mail, June 27, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/
LAC.20060627.CELIL27/TPStory/TPInternational/
Asia/


Children
Children of Convicts, Shunned in China, Find Friendly Refuge
The Christian Science Monitor, June 28, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0627/p01s02-woap.htm

Death Penalty
4人死亡 广东龙川网吧纵火案2名主犯被枪决 (Two Executed for Deadly Arson Attack in Guangdong Internet Café)
Xinhua (via China Economic Net), June 28, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/28/
content_4759204.htm


Education
教育部:公办高校必须开辟绿色通道” (Ministry of Education Asks Colleges to Make Sure Poor Students Are Able to Study)
China Youth Daily, June 28, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/28/content
_1430536.htm


Environment
中国电脑用户更懂环保价值?(Greenpeace Study Finds China’s Consumers Willing to Pay More for Environmentally-Friendly Computers)
BBC, June 28, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5110000/
newsid_5116900/5116948.stm


专家评黄土高原生态破坏发人深省 (Experts Comment on Extent of Environmental Damage to Loess Plateau in Shaanxi)
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-28-voa6.cfm

Government
中央48部门55亿元违规 (48 Government Departments Involved in Misuse of Public Funds in 2005)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060628/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Labor Activist - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
香港人士示威要求中国释放王柄章 (Hong Kong Protestors Urge China to Release Wang Bingzhang)
Voice of America, June 28, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-27-voa19.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Lawyers - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚的律师临沂被打后失踪 (Chen Guangcheng’s Lawyer Beaten in Shandong, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/27
/linyi/


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Lenient Term Tipped for Journalist
SCMP, June 28, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/
ZZZOU6KB7OE.html


Labor
Dynamite Blast Kills 10 in China Village
AP( via YahooNews), June 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060627/ap_on_re_as/
china_deadly_explosion_1


Land Policy
徵地建公路 欠农民16亿 (Local Governments Owe Farmers 1.6 Billion Yuan for Land Acquisition)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060628/cab2.htm

Police
青海黑枪三角区地窖造枪为害十省 (Illegal Guns Becoming a Serious Problem in Qinghai)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/0627/013@
190469.htm


Politics
Hu Jintao and the New China
Asia Times Online, June 28, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HF28Ad01.html

Poverty
中国拟推动第三次分配 缩小贫富悬殊 (China Proposes Encouraging Donations from the Rich to Narrow the Wealth Gap)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/27
/distribution/


Protests and Petitions
佛山官方澄清徵地纠纷 (Foshan Authorities Clarify Points on Land Dispute)
Wen Wei Po, June 28, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0606280022&cat=002CH


Religion
四川阆中9名家庭教会成员被抓 (Nine Protestant House Church Members Arrested in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
27/jiaohui/


Tibet
Activists Angry at TV Horse 'Abuse'
SCMP, June 28, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVGOIB7OE.html

欧阳五﹕青藏铁路盘活中共治藏棋局 (Qinghai-Tibet Railway a Strategy for Strengthening CPC Rule in Tibet)
Ming Pao, June 28, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060628/fab1.htm