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, August 17, 2006

August 17, 2006

Disasters
Millions Raised but We Haven't Seen a Penny, Say Storm Victims
SCMP, August 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQQ9PWXQE.html

Chinese Complain of No Typhoon Warning
AFP (via YahooNews), August 16, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/asia_typhoon

Education
Project Hope Helps 2.9 Mln Children Return to School
People's Daily, August 17, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/16
/eng20060816_293752.html


Environment
粤颳环保风暴 港企恐留污名 (Scores of Hong Kong Enterprises Caught in Guangdong's "Environmental Protection Storm")
Wen Wei Po, August 17, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=001YO
&news_id=YO0608170001&PHPSESSID=f936183eebbe8d777
550b9ccacba5f8a&PHPSESSID=a1e72927ead6871562d15fc16
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SID=f936183eebbe8d777550b9ccacba5f8a&PHPSESSI
D=a1e72927ead6871562d15fc


Western China Endures Worst Drought in 50 Years
AFP (via YahooNews), August 17, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060817/wl_asia_afp
/chinaweatherdroughtwater


Gender
我人口性别严重失调 一成"90"男性或打光棍 (Gender Imbalance Serious in China; 10 Percent of Men Born after 1990 May Be Bachelors)
Xinhuanet, August 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/17/
content_4972211.htm


Government
国务院召开常务会处理新丰电厂违规建设和事故 (State Council Criticizes Unlawful Electricity Production Project in Inner Mongolia)
EastDay.com, August 17, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/nod
e155201/u1a2257291.html


维权者竞选人大遭打压 (Rights Defender Marginalized for Running for Local People's Congress in Guangdong Province)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060817/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching Cheong Verdict Due Within Days
SCMP, August 17, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZIU8IWXQE.html

为程翔说项 只能做不能说 (Commentary: Why Is Rescue Effort for Ching Cheong Going on Behind the Scenes?)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060817/mta1.htm

律师﹕程翔身体很好 李剛称日內有裁决 (Lawyer: Ching Cheong Is Healthy; Mainland Official: Verdict Within Days)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060817/gab1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Lu Jianhua (陆建华)
Wife Waits in Vain to See Ching's Co-accused
SCMP, August 17, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ2R9PWXQE.html

Labor
Jintao Order Led to China Wal-Mart Union
AP( via YahooNews), August 16, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060816/ap_on_re_as/china
_wal_mart_union_3


Law
谈检察监督与检察官的客观义务 (Commentary: People's Procuratorate Should Have Dual Power of Judicial Supervision and Public Prosecution)
Legal Daily, August 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/17/
content_385916.htm


司法行政化:法官与律师两者畸形关系产生的重要原因 (Judicial Branch Taking on Administrative Duties Is Main Cause of Collusion Between Judges and Lawyers)
Legal Daily, August 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/17
/content_385905.htm


司法调解联动服务新农村建设 (Mediation Service Available in Construction of New Village)
Legal Daily, August 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/17/
content_385893.htm


Migrant Workers
河南女人贩子贩卖上千名农民包身工 (Henan Woman Found to Have Trafficked in More Than 1,000 Migrant Workers Each Year)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/16/henan/


Olympics
Olympic Boycott Urged over Alleged Organ Harvesting in China
Monster and Critics, August 16, 2006
http://sport.monstersandcritics.com/othersport/article_11908
76.php/Olympic_boycott_urged_over_alleged_organ_harvesting
_in_China
ged_over_alleged_organ_harvesting_in_China

Police
给城管刑事执法权并非妥善之道 (Giving City Authorities Power to Enforce Criminal Law Is Not Desirable)
China Youth Daily, August 17, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/17/content_1481721.htm

Protests and Petitions
天津农民上京揭村官贿选 (Tianjin Farmers Travel to Beijing to Petition Corrupt Election)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060817/cac1.htm

Public Health
Bill Gates to China: Will $200M Help?
Toronto Star, August 17, 2006
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?
pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1155
678611671&call_pageid=1155031315217&col=1155031315200
e
1&c=Article&cid=1155678611671&call_pageid=1155031315217
&col=1155031315200


防治艾滋,中国必须走自己的路 (Chinese Expert: China Must Find Own Way to Deal with AIDS)
China Youth Daily, August 17, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/17/content_1481731
.htm


Tibet
Beijing Pledges 'a Fight to the Death' with Dalai Lama
The Times, August 14, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2312796
,00.html


Hong Kong
Duty Left Undone
SCMP, August 17, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZT1KBSXQE.html