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, September 19, 2006

September 19, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders – Li Hong (力虹) / Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
浙江异议人士力虹陈树庆被刑拘 (Dissident Chen Shuqing Placed Under Criminal Detention in Zhejiang Province)
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09
/15/zhejiang/
Chinese Democratic Party member Chen Shuqing (陈树庆) was placed under criminal detention on September 14 on suspicion of inciting subversion. Dissident writer Li Hong (力虹), the pen name of Zhang Jianhong (张建虹), was detained under the same charge on September 7. According to Zhang's wife, the police said the detention was related to articles Zhang posted on the Internet.

Protests and Petitions
Police Attacked in Foshan Migrant Riot
SCMP, September 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7POO9CRE.html
A dispute between migrants and security inspectors checking residence permits escalated into a riot in Foshan (佛山), Guangdong Province, on September 15, with at least 10 migrants attacking police booths and setting fire to official vehicles. Nobody was injured but one man was arrested after riot police were sent in. A local newspaper reported that the police had defined the riot as "an incident led by some individual lawbreakers inciting disorder by the masses who do not know the facts".

News
Corruption
分析：中国违规贪腐是制度性现象 (Corruption in China Is a Systemic Phenomenon)
Voice of America, September 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-19-voa24.cfm

Death Penalty
北京一批重犯被执行死刑 刑前嘱咐骨灰莫进祖坟 (Two Men Executed in Beijing for Murder)
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/14/con
tent_5091769.htm

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
Italy Leans Towards Ending EU Arms Embargo
SCMP, September 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ217M9CRE.html

June 4th - Prisoners
两名因六四入狱的北京市民董盛坤、张茂胜出狱 (June 4th Participants Dong Shengkun and Zhang Maosheng Released After Serving 17 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/17/liusi/

Land Policy
China to Adopt New Housing Rules
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/18/con
tent_5102839.htm

Media
No End in Sight for Wikipedia Block in China
The Age (Australia), September 19, 2006
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/searching-times/2006
/09/18/1158431648159.html

爱滋小说作家控出版社违约 (Writer of AIDS Novel Sues Publisher over Termination of Contract)
Ming Pao, September 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060919/can1.htm

News Flows Like Water - Even in China
The Christian Science Monitor, September 18, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0918/p08s01-comv.html

Multilateral
China Signals Peaceful Ambitions
BBC, September 18, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5356448.stm

Police
改变110万名保安“无法可依”状态保安服务业管理条例即将“破茧” (New Regulation Set to Regulate Security Guard Profession and Curb Abuses)
Legal Daily, September 19, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/19/conte
nt_412827.htm

Protests and Petitions
信访必须也只能在法治框架内进行 (Petitions Must Be Conducted Within the Confine of the Rule of Law)
Legal Daily, September 19, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/19/con
tent_412819.htm

大陆泛蓝成员纪念“9.18”被抓 ("Pan-blue" Members Arrested for Commemorating "September 18th" Japanese Invasion of China)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/18/918/

逾一千四百名右派联署要求赔偿损失 (Over 1,400 "Rightists" Sign Petition Letter Demanding Compensation for 1950s "Anti- Rightist Campaign")
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/18/youpai/

Public Health
过期米酿黄酒 4800万瓶含致癌物 (Consumer Group Gathers Evidence for Lawsuit Over Carcinogenic Wine)
Ming Pao, September 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060919/cca1h.htm

专家官员直面现实勾勒医改新方向 (Health Care Experts and Officials Reveal Direction of Controversial Health Care Reforms)
People's Daily, September 19, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/4830335.html

医改新方案有望今冬或明春出台 (State Council May Release Draft Plan for Health Care Reforms by Spring 2007)
People's Daily, September 19, 2006
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/4830334.html

中国医疗保健制度生了大病 (China's Health Care System Is Seriously Ill)
Voice of America, September 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-18-voa28.cfm

National Standard Issued for Supermarket Hygiene, Safety
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/18/content_5
106289.htm

Patient Dead Due to Insufficient Medical Fees
China Daily, September 18, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/18/conte
nt_691568.htm

Religion
China's Muslim Leader Joins Attack on Pope
SCMP, September 19, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZAXSO9CRE.html

China Blasts U.S. Accusation on Religious Freedom
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/18/conte
nt_5107082.htm

河南家庭教会成员李会民胜诉 (Protestant House Church Member Li Huimin Acquitted of Illegal Assembly Charges)
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
9/15/lihuimin/

State Security
Lest We Forget Other 'Spies'
SCMP, September 19, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZZ3BM9CRE.html