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, July 13, 2006

July 13, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders – Lawyer Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠被入屋搜查　妻蒋美丽遭传唤 (Zheng Enchong's House Searched and Wife Jiang Meili Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/12
/zheng/
Activist Lawyer Zheng Enchong’s wife Jiang Meili was taken from their home on the evening of July 12 and held for questioning for five hours, after which she was released. Shortly after she was summoned, a dozen public security police officers carried out a search of Zheng's home and Seized a computer and a number of documents.
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Economic Development
China Trying Again to Tame Booming Economy
AP( via YahooNews), July 12, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060712/ap_on_re_as/china
_runaway_economy_1;_ylt=Aljtizc8IBfx.XAbtiC2cepPzWQA;
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Environment
China Learns of Pollutant Perils
Financial Times, July 12, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2c7349a8-11d0-11db-b1ff
-0000779e2340.html

Human Rights
Surveillance Regulations Spark Fears over Privacy
SCMP, July 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0XULUAPE.html

Labor
广州月最低工资标准780元 (Minimum Wage Set at 780 Yuan Per Month in Guangzhou)
Guangzhou Daily, July 13, 2006
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2006-07/13/content
_10121517.htm

Media - Internet Censorship
Cyberspace Tattlers Get Their Own Website
SCMP, July 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZUIB3SAPE.html

Censorship, Human Rights, and Capitalism
Washington Post, July 12, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2006/07/12/AR2006071200260.htmldyn/content/article
/2006/07/12/AR2006071200260.html

Cyberpatriot's Takeover Conflict a New-age Chinese Puzzle
The Globe and Mail, July 12, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.
20060712.gtxibasia12/TPStory/International/
columnistsernational/columnists

Migrant Workers - Children
Schools for Migrant Children Closed
SCMP, July 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYI8AP7PE.html

Olympics
Olympics Imperil Historic Beijing Neighborhood
New York Times, July 13, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/world/asia/12beijing.
html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Politics - CPC
外界预测中共政治局常委人事变动 (Outsider Observers Predict Personnel Change in CPC Politburo)
Voice of America, July 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-12-voa55.cfm

Population - One-Child Policy
Beijing Split over Abortion Policy
Financial Times, July 12, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f11c2aa8-1109-11db-9a72-0000
779e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.
html0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html

人大未通过禁止鉴定胎儿性别法案 (NPC Has Not Yet Passed Legislation Prohibiting Gender Testing of Unborn Babies)
Voice of America, July 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-12-voa42.cfm

性别失衡将追问官员责任 (Officials to Be Held Accountable for Gender Imbalance)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/12
/xingbie/

Poverty
中国的三无农民问题 (The Three Problems of China's Farmers: No Land, No Work, No Government Aid)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/12
/nongmin/

Protests and Petitions
贵阳市发生群众和警察冲突事件 (Crowds Clash with Police in Guiyang)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/12/guiyang/

Public Health
'Death Map' to Chart Jiangsu's Top Killers
People's Daily, July 12, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/12/eng20060712
_282246.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
Reducing HIV Risks Along China's Northeast Border
Chinacsr.com, July 13, 2006
http://www.chinacsr.com/2006/07/12/reducing-hiv-risks-along
-chinas-northeast-border/

Rural Issues
State Agency to Direct Growth of Interior
SCMP, July 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2JB3SAPE.html

Tibet
林业援藏计划明确五年目标 (Five-year Target Set for Assisting Tibet with Forestry Industry)
The Beijing News, July 13, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/07-13/
014@042827.htm