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, July 21, 2006

July 21, 2006

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing Becomes Major Food Donor
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZP81D2TPE.html

No Consensus in Secret Beijing-Vatican Talks
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDWCD2TPE.html

Kazakh Environmentalists Say China Misuses Border Rivers
Radio Free Europe, July 20, 2006
http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2006/07/5-not/not-200706.
asp


Death Penalty
China's Mobile Death Fleet
Asia Times Online, July 21, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HG21Ad01.html

解密注射死刑执行车 (Explaining China's Execution Vans)
Nanfang Weekend (via Xinhuanet), July 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/20/content_4860918
.htm


Education
当校规中使用最多的词汇是严禁” (Too Many "Prohibitions" in School Rules Hinder Creativity)
China Youth Daily, July 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/21/content_
1454321.htm


Food Security
广东拟订食品安全条例 强制召回不安全食品 (Guangdong Considers Legislating on Food Safety)
Xinhuanet, July 21, 2006
http://www.gd.xinhuanet.com/gdnews/2006-07/21
/content_7574431.htm


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Wife of Journalist Awaiting Sentencing in China Seeks Public Support
YahooNews (Asia), July 21, 2006
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060720/kyodo/d8ivm0ao1.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Advocate for China’s Weak Crosses the Powerful
New York Times, July 20, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/world/asia/
20blind.html?_r=1
&oref=slogin


陈光诚声援者临沂遇袭 家属被严控 (Chen Guangcheng's Supporters Attacked, Family Monitored)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/20/chenguangcheng/


Law
安徽启动未成年人维权律师办案资助项目 (Anhui Launches Legal Assistance Scheme for Minors)
China Youth Daily, July 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/21/content_
1454291.htm


美专家探讨中国法治现状和前景 (US Experts Discuss Present Situation and Prospects of China's Legal System)
Voice of America, July 21, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-21-voa9.cfm

Media
China's Karaoke Police Have a Request: Do It Mao's Way
Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
karaoke20jul20,0,3288662.story?coll=la-home-headlines


专家:中国整顿电信业为维持控制 (Experts Believe China Maintains Control Over Telecommunication Companies Through Licensing Requirements)
Voice of America, July 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-20-voa4.cfm

Inside the Great Firewall of China
BBC, July 20, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5191294.stm

Politics
胡锦涛是代表逆流吗﹖與龙应台女士商榷 (Commentary: President Hu Jintao Does Not Represent a Countercurrent)
Ming Pao, July 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060721/msa.htm

Poverty
中国贫富差距持续扩大需改革分配 (Widening Wealth Gap Should Be Corrected Through Reform of Income Allocations)
Voice of America, July 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-20-voa41.cfm

Protests and Petitions
教会探上访村送日用品 (Church Distributes Daily Commodities at "Petition Village")
Ming Pao, July 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060721/cch1.htm

北京天安门又有人自焚 (Another Self-immolation in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/20/zifen/

河南输血感染艾滋病妇女上访卫生部 (Seven Henan Women Having Contracted HIV Through Blood Donations Petition to Ministry of Health)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/20/AIDS/

云南数百名教师上访要求落实政策加薪 (Hundreds of Teachers Petition for Wage Increases In Front of Yunnan Government Building)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
19/yunnan/


Public Health
Plan Aims to Upgrade Health in Countryside
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQX0D2TPE.html

Tibet
Experts Fear for Tibet in Rush for Minerals
SCMP, July 21, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPHMD2TPE.html