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.

Monday, September 11, 2006

September 9-11, 2006

Top News of the Day
Media Censorship
China Unveils Curbs on Foreign News Distribution
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/wl_nm/media_china_
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Released on September 10 by the Xinhua News Agency and taking immediate effect, the “Measures for Administering the Release of News and Information in China by Foreign News Agencies" stipulate that Xinhua shall exercise “unified administration over the release of news and information in China by foreign news agencies.” The new measures require all foreign news agencies to meet specific requirements and seek approval in writing from Xinhua before distributing news domestically, and list 10 areas off-limits to foreign news reports. Observers view these new measures as a worrying trend of media censorship ahead of the Olympic Games.


News
Bilateral Ties
China-EU Summit Embraces All Aspects of Relations
SCMP, September 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNJ4O9CRE.html

Children
Spaniards Lead the Field in Adopting Chinese Children
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZCT0O9CRE.html

Corruption
驻京周记﹕管好贪官就不用管包装 (Commentary: No Need for Bribes if Corrupt Officials Are Brought under Control)
Ming Pao, September 11, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060911/cac1.htm

Death Penalty
兰州“杀人练胆案”主犯被判死刑 (Two Murderers Sentenced to Death in Lanzhou, Gansu Province)
Xinhuanet, September 11, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/11/conten
t_5074488.htm

Disasters
Delta Faces Huge Flooding Threat from a Melting Ice Cap
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZKR0O9CRE.html

Environment
Chemical Spill Poisons Water Supply for 80,000
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5N6O9CRE.html

中国首次公布绿色GDP核算报告 (China Issues First "Green GDP" Audit Report)
The Beijing News, September 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/090
8/015@207672.htm

China Lead Poisoning Caused by Substandard Waste System
AFP (via YahooNews), September 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060910/wl_asia_afp/healthchi
naaccidentindustryenvironment_060910080122;_ylt=AgbSD6v
gztZBlQ9lACl2_ptPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlY
wMlJVRPUCUlment_060910080122;_ylt=AgbSD6vgztZBlQ9lA
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Demolition Team Goes to Work on Polluting Gansu Smelter
SCMP, September 10, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZZELL9CRE.html

Fitting Venue for World Water Congress
Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), September 08, 2006
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34629

Government
'First Ladies' Get Taste of Prison Life
China Daily, September 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/11/co
ntent_685791.htm

港区人代选举取消预选 (Pre-election System Cancelled in Hong Kong’s NPC Delegate Election)
Wen Wei Po, September 11, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&new
s_id=CH0609110001

告官操控选举遭骚扰 选民挺泛蓝选人大 (Voters Complain of Harassment for Supporting "Pan-blue Alliance" Candidates in Local People's Congress Elections)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/09/09/fanlan/

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Journalist Appeals Against Conviction for Spying
SCMP, September 09, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZUC2O9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual – Zou Tao (邹涛)
Tough Test for Activists Seeking Office
SCMP, September 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFAGL9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳又被警方传唤 (Rights Defender Hu Jia Summoned Again)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
09/08/hujia/

Media
毛泽东逝世30周年纪念活动拒绝境外记者采访 (Foreign Media Barred from Reporting on 30th Anniversary of Mao Zedong's Death)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/08/mao/

Military
PLA Abuzz over Public Shaming of Senior Officers
SCMP, September 11, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZRTNL9CRE.html

Police
倒枣事件背后的城市小贩“堵疏”难题 (The Difficult Hawker Management Issue Behind the "Jujube Dumping Story")
The Beijing News, September 11, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/0
907/013@207261.htm

Restaurant Dinners, Nights at Home - Prison Agrees with Official
SCMP, September 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZI6JL9CRE.html

Poverty
媒体和评论人士谈中国贫富悬殊 (Media and Commentators Discuss Wealth Gap in China)
Voice of America, September 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006
-09-08-voa55.cfm

Protests and Petitions
Attacks on Guangdong Hospitals, Staff Top 200
SCMP, September 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZYMIL9CRE.html

Public Health
Trying Before Eating New Dining Policy in SW.China
China Daily, September 11, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/11/co
ntent_685870.htm

Social Security
Home Heating Reform Means Tenants Will Have to Pay
People's Daily, September 09, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/09/eng20060
909_301050.html

Society
China Is Not Just Rising, but Also Changing
New York Times, September 09, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/09/opinion/09terrill.html?
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Xinjiang
Beijing’s Suffocating Control over Xinjiang’s Muslim Uighurs
AsiaNews.it, September 11, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7159