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, December 04, 2006

December 2 - 4, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
希涌村民依法维权 人质获释代表遭刑拘 (18 Villagers Arrested over Land Dispute in Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/sanz
hou/
Last Thursday, more than 1,000 residents of Xichong Village in Shunde City, Guangdong Province held the wife of a former village party secretary and the son of a local official hostage to demand the release of some 20 villagers who had been arrested over a land dispute. The hostages were later released and police released some of the villagers the following day, but are still holding 18 rights defenders, who have been placed under criminal detention on charges of disturbing public order.
News
Bilateral Ties
Row over Bishop's Ordination Grows
SCMP, December 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOL8755VE.html

Children
Juvenile Offenders Swamp Courts in Guangdong
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWMUW75VE.html

Corruption
New Pension Fund Scandal Revealed
SCMP, December 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ7DJ855VE.html

Food Security
Tainted Food a Symptom of Moral Decay Eating at Heart of the Country
SCMP, December 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG16755VE.html

Government
Hu Seeks More Village Democracy to Improve Social Harmony
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3QF855VE.html

Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
In Brief: Activist's Wife in Extreme Shock After Police Abuses
SCMP, December 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ15I855VE.html

Human Rights Defender – Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
孙小弟获国际无核未来奖 (Sun Xiaodi Receives International Nuclear Activism Award)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/03/sunxi
aodi/
Labor
06年矿难之怪与恨:领会精神就行 官煤勾结依旧 (Collusion Between Cadres and Coal Mine Owners Continues in 2006)
Legal Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/04/content_47617
7.htm

Law
黑龙江一医院输血致19人染艾滋 以赔偿千万和解 (19 Recipients of HIV-Infected Blood Win Lawsuit, Receive 10 Million Yuan in Compensation)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node17
4999/u1a2485253.html

七成行政诉讼案诉前未经行政复议 (70 Percent of Judicial Review Cases Have Not Gone Through Prior Administrative Review Process)
Legal Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/04/content_475926.htm

法援经费入同级财政预算 (Xinjiang’s Budget to Include Funds for Legal Aid)
Legal Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/04/content_475931.htm

Olympics
外媒赴地方采访无需申请 (Newly Passed Regulation on Foreign Media Does Not Apply to Journalists from Hong Kong and Macao)
The Beijing News, December 04, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/1202/021@226100.htm

Foreign Press Allowed into Tibet as China Relaxes Media Rules for Olympics
AFP (via YahooNews), December 01, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061201/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chn
mediachina_061201170213213

Politics
Scars that Time Cannot Heal
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ5Y2755VE.html

Population
Beijing Set to Loosen One-child Policy as Crises Loom
SCMP, December 03, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJ35755VE.html

Poverty
中国农民平均收入增加11.4% (Income of Farmers Increases by 11.4 Percent in First 3 Quarters of 2006)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/nongm
in/

Protests and Petitions
不满待遇教师鼓动千生罢课 (1,000 Students in Sichuan on Strike over Poor Working Conditions for Teachers)
Wen Wei Po, December 04, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH061204002
2&cat=002CH

成都回龙村民抗议政府暴力拆迁、克扣拆迁补偿 (Villagers in Sichuan Protest Forced Evictions and Poor Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/03/chengdu/

Public Health
China's Worst Hit AIDS Province Plans HIV Tests Before Marriage
AFP (via YahooNews), December 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061203/wl_asia_afp/healthchinaai
ds_061203080353

Desperate Singaporeans Seek Kidney Transplants in China: Report
AFP (via YahooNews), December 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061203/wl_asia_afp/singaporehea
lthchinamedicinekidney_061203070704ey_061203070704

Alarm at Soaring Disabled Population
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9W3755VE.html

Beijing Agrees to Share Bird Flu Samples Sooner
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZXV3755VE.html

中国现行等级制度和等级观念受到抨击 (Ill Migrant Worker Untreated and Dead at Hospital Due to Insufficient Funds: Magazine)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/denji/

Religion
浙江家庭教会教堂将被拆除 (Protestant House Church in Zhejiang to Be Demolished)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/zongjiao/

Social Security
中国社保基金境外投资境外管理 (China Entrusts 10 Foreign Companies with the Management of Its Social Security Funds)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/01/shebao/

State Security
拒绝公开信息市民可打行政官司 (New Measure to Allow Public to Sue Government over Non-disclosure of Information in Guangzhou)
Legal Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/04/content_476157.htm

Xinjiang
In Brief: Fears that Kazakhstan Expelled Asylum Seeker
SCMP, December 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWMUW75VE.html