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.

Friday, January 13, 2006

January 13, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties
Beijing Shrugs Off Claim of Helping 'Rogue States'
SCMP, January 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ94OX6SGE.html

Bilateral Ties / Media - Internet Censorship
Lawmaker Aims to Stop China's Net Censorship
The Boston Globe, January 13, 2006
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/01/
12/lawmaker_aims_to_stop_chinas_net_censorship/?rss_id=
Boston+Globe+--+Business+News
p_chinas_net_censorship/?rss
_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News


Corruption
法律「灰色地帶」漏洞大 (Gray Areas in Law Hinders Efforts to Curb Corruption)
Wen Wei Po, January 13, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0601130007
&cat=002CH


Economic Development
面对外资我们能否不亢不卑?(Finding a Balanced View of Foreign Investment)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/xw/zy/20060
1130016.asp


Education - Basic Education/ Rural Issues
义务教育,并不免费 (Compulsory Education is Not Free At All)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/xw/sd/20060
1130018.asp


Environment
UN Criticizes Response to Toxic Spill
SCMP, January 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1IZRJRGE.html

中国成为污染输出国 (China is the World's Major Exporter of Pollution)
Voice of America, January 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-01-12-voa82.cfm

「怒江水電」 完成環評審查 (Green Assessment of a Controversial Hydropower Project on the Nu River Completed)
Wen Wei Po, January 11, 2006
http://slave.wwpnews.net/news.phtml?news_id=CH0601110030
&cat=002CH&PHPSESSID=7222b3ef8ae28e479120dc3c766be59d

SID=7222b3ef8ae28e479120dc3c766be59d

Gender - Sexuality
校园同性恋不再被视为另类 (Homosexuals No Longer Seen as 'Aliens' on Campus)
China Youth Daily, January 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2006-01/13/content_119817.htm

中国同性恋走向公开大事记 (Society's Increased Acceptance of Homosexuality: A Chronology)
China Youth Daily, January 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2006-01/13/content_119797.htm

Labor - Law
深圳刑拘8名恶意欠薪者 系全国首例以涉嫌经济犯罪严惩企业欠薪行为 (Eight Employers Detained for Holding Workers' Back Pay; First Case of This Kind of Economic Crime in China)
Nanfang Daily, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nfrb/a01/2006
01130122.asp


Land Policy - Resettlement
征地纠纷裁决制度有望年内建立 (Mechanism for Making Rulings on Land Disputes to Be Set Up This Year)
Xinhuanet, January 12, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mrdx/2006-01/12/content_4042
497.htm


Law
国家突发公共事件总体应急预案(全文) (China's National Emergency Response Plan (Full Text))
People's Daily, January 13, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/8198/57347/57350/4021
527.html


立法应该重视成本效益分析 (Cost-Benefit Analysis Should be Emphasized in Legislation)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/jj/gd/20060113
0034.asp


Police / Protests and Petitions
Combat Efficiency of Police to Be Boosted
SCMP, January 13, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTURRJRGE.html

Police - Prisons
北京将把犯人分为三类五等分别关押改造 (Beijing Prisoners Categorized into Different Groups for Better Prison Management)
People's Daily, January 11, 2006
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42735/4016979.html

Population - Aging Population
中国如何应对老龄化?(How Will China Cope with its Aging Problem?)
Nanfang Weekend, January 12, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/jj/jjxw/2006
01130022.asp


Protests and Petitions
广东又发生徵地补偿纠纷警民起冲突民众受伤 (10 Protesters Reportedly Injured in Land Dispute Protest in Guangdong)
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 13, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2006_01_12_22_00_27_541.html
22_00_27
_541.html


汕尾局势有变 省委书记向中央作检查 (Beijing Demands Report on Shanwei Incident from Guangdong Party Chief)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/12/
shanwei/


Public Health
专访中国第一例SARS患者庞佐尧 (An Interview with China's First SARS Patient)
Nanfang Weekend, January 13, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060112/xw/dcgc/2006
01130006.asp


Public Health
吉林艾滋病感染者被警方殴打 (Jilin AIDS Patients Beaten Up by Police After Clashes with Doctors)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/12/jilin/

中国在各地推行建立平价医院 (China to Build Hospitals that Provide Low-Cost Medical Care)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/01/12/
pingjiayiyuan/