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.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

March 9, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defenders - Public Intellectual Tong Shidong (佟适冬)
湖南异议人士服刑多年后即将获释 (72-Year-Old Dissident to Be Released This Week)
Voice of America, March 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-08-voa25.cfm
Chinese dissident Tong Shidong (佟适冬), 72, a former professor at Hunan University, is to be freed this week after more than six years behind bars for helping to organize a would-be opposition party, according to a US rights group. Tong was given a 10-year jail term after being convicted of subversion in 1999.


News

China Promises Crackdown on Land Seizures
AP( via YahooNews), March 08, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_re_as/china_
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Corporate Social Accountability
美国企业在中国应发挥什么作用?(What Role Can US Enterprises Play in China?)
Voice of America, March 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-08-voa7.cfm

Human Rights
美国国务院年度人权报告:中国人权状况进一步恶化 (US State Department Annual Report on Human Rights: Human Rights Abuses Worsening in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/08/
humanrights/


June 4th - Tiananmen Mother's Campaign
香港天安门母亲运动发起玫瑰呼唤行动 (Tiananmen Mother's Campaign in Hong Kong Urges Beijing to Allow Families of June 4th Victims to Commemorate Victims in Public)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/08/rose/

Labor
一半小保姆每天工作超过10小时 (Half of Domestic Helpers Work Over 10 Hours Per Day)
China Youth Daily, March 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/09/content_1330977.htm

《劳动法》保护不了小保姆(Labor Law Fails to Protect the Rights of Domestic Helpers)
China Youth Daily, March 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/09/content_1330992.htm

Rural Women More Assured and Aware of Legal Avenues
SCMP, March 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZX7NVH8JE.html

Labor - Industrial Accidents
China Sentences 16 for Coal-Mine Flood
AP( via YahooNews), March 08, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_re_as/china_
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Land Policy
Beijing to Pay Market Price for Farmland Seizures
Financial Times, March 09, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/08bddea4-aed6-11da-b04a-0000
779e2340.html


Farmland Loss Threatens Grain Security
Xinhuanet, March 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/08/content_
4276142.htm


保障失地农民权益亟待新法(Legislation to Protect Landless Peasants Urgently Needed)
The Beijing News, March 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0586/2006/03-09/015@030
321.htm


Media - Internet Censorship
China Blogs Reappear a Day After Closure
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 09, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060309/wl_nm/china_blogs_
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Politics – Fourth Session of the Tenth NPC and CPPCC Conferences
Eastern Provinces Attack Plan to Close Wealth Gap
SCMP, March 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHIQUH8JE.html

十届全国人大及其常委会一年来立法工作简述 (NPC Summarizes Legislative Work Completed in 2005)
People's Daily, March 09, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4179926.html

Roads and Factories Are Fine, but What About Education Funding?
SCMP, March 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ33HUH8JE.html

Population - One-Child Policy
中国一胎化政策带来什么影响?(How Has China’s One-Child Policy Affected the Country?)
Voice of America, March 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-08-voa63.cfm

访民试图闯人大会场被公安抓走 (Petitioners Taken Away by Police After Attempting to Break in NPC Venue)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/08/
fangmin/


Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
爱滋妇叁八维权遭打压 输血感染向医院索偿 警监视阻上访 (AIDS Activists Prevented from Petitioning on International Women's Day)
Ming Pao, March 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060309/cca1.htm

河南爱滋疫区书记﹕传媒收买病人做新闻 (Henan Party Secretary Accuses Media of Bribing AIDS Patients to Discredit Local Government Efforts to Combat AIDS)
Ming Pao, March 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060309/cca2.htm

Rural Issues - Rural Development
林毅夫自述新农村来源 (Economist Explains the Origin of "New Rural Villages")
People's Daily, March 09, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4179947.html

Three Gorges
Chongqing Seeks More Cash to Help Three Gorges Victims
SCMP, March 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ98NVH8JE.html

Tibet
藏人活动人士天安门展示抗议横幅 (Tibetan Activist Stages Protest at Tiananmen Square Then Quickly Returns to Hong Kong)
Voice of America, March 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-09-voa16.cfm