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, January 31, 2006

January 31, 2006


News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
Lawmakers Prepare to Tackle Internet Filtering in China
Warren's Washington Internet Daily, January 31, 2006

US Internet companies snub Congressional hearing
AFP, January 31, 2006
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060
131-045341-2574r


Corporate Social Accountability - Internet Censorship
US Internet Giant Google Criticized for Agreeing to Internet Search Restrictions in China
Voice of America, January 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-30-voa39.cfm

GOOGLE CHINA CENSORSHIP FUELS CALLS FOR US BOYCOTT
Boston Globe, January 31, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/01/28/
google_china_censorship_fuels_calls_for_us_boycott/
hip_fuels_
calls_for_us_boycott/


Google Won't Talk to Congress about China
San Francisco Chronicle, January 31, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/31/
BUGK4GVTQD1.DTL


How to Outwit the World's Internet Censors
New York Times, January 31, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/weekinreview/
29basic.html


Is Google's self-censorship a price worth paying for entry into China's giant market?
The Independent, January 31, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/comment/article
341579.ece


Sellout.com
Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2006
http://www.wsj.com/

Some googlers more equal than others
The Globe and Mail, January 31, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20060128/RTHEWEEK28/TPBusiness/General
WEEK28/
TPBusiness/General


Google and My Red Flag
Washington Post, January 30, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2006/
01/29/AR2006012900708.html
dyn/content/article/2006/01/
29/AR2006012900708.html


Google censors itself to keep China happy
The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory
/LAC/20060130/EGOOGLE30/TPComment/Editorials

GLE30/TPComment/Editorials

DANCING WITH THE DRAGON
Sunday Herald, January 29, 2006
http://www.sundayherald.com/53800

Human Rights Defenders - Gao Zhisheng
CHINA: Lawyer: Chinese govt tried to kill me
The Lawyer, January 31, 2006
http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=118603&d
=122&h=24&f=46


Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
UNFPA Governing Body Approves New Country Programme for China
UNFPA, January 30, 2006
http://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=747

Taiwan
Taiwan's Chen mulls axing reunification body
Reuters, January 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/30/content
_516460.htm