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, September 01, 2006

September 1, 2006

News
Civil Society
中国加紧控制非政府组织 (China Tightens Control on NGOs)
Voice of America, August 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-31-voa47.cfm

Corporate Social Accountability
企业的社会责任理应受舆论监督 (Corporations Should Be Monitored by Public Opinion to Ensure Social Responsibility)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/01/conte
nt_399621.htm


Corruption
靠情妇来帮我们反腐败? (Are "Mistresses" Needed in the Fight Against Corruption?)
China Youth Daily, September 01, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/01/content_1497526.htm

Death Penalty
服刑人员在监狱里替130多个死刑犯人写遗书 (Inmates Help Those Sentenced to Death to Write Last Letters)
Xinhuanet, September 01, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/01/conten
t_5033695_3.htm


百名专家吁高院 速收死刑复核权 (100 Chinese Jurists Urge Supreme People's Court to Quickly Take Up Review of Death Penalty Cases)
Voice of America, August 31, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-31-voa55.cfm

陕西渭南系列强奸杀人案案犯被枪决 (Serial Rapist and Murderer Executed in Weinan, Shaanxi Province)
Xinhuanet, August 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-08/31/conte
nt_5032114.htm


Education
1.5万名学生转读公立校 (15,000 Children of Migrant Workers in Beijing to Study in Public Schools)
China Youth Daily, September 01, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/01/content_1497611.
htm


A Less Ideological Chinese Text Puts Mao in His Place
International Herald Tribune, September 01, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/31/news/china.php

北京市勒令关闭民工子弟学校 (Beijing Local Authorities Order Closure of Schools for Migrant Workers' Children)
Radio Free Asia, September 01, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/0
8/31/mingong/


Environment
我国将实行节能问责制 (China to Implement Accountability System Based on Energy Consumption)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/01/con
tent_399602.htm


Guangzhou Brings in New-car Emission Rules
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZVQ9N9CRE.html

China to Relocate 240,000 People to Protect Environment
AFP (via YahooNews), August 31, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060831/sc_afp/chinaenvironm
ent_060831055820


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
I Am Innocent, Says Ching Cheong
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ5YAN9CRE.html

Related Information
4個月后可申保外就医 (Ching Cheong Can Apply for Medical Parole After Serving Four More Months of Sentence)
Ming Pao, September 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060901/gca3.htm

Evidence Too Weak: Expert
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ9SDN9CRE.html

HRIC Press Release: Ching Cheong Sentence “Deeply Troubling”
Human Rights in China, August 31, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fi
d=30490&item%5fid=30487


Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
声援高智晟持续 莫少平愿任辩护律师 (Mo Shaoping Willing to Be Gao Zhisheng's Defense Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/31/gao/

Labor
Working-age Population Set to Decline
People's Daily, September 01, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/01/eng2
0060901_298711.html


Land Policy
江阴死者家属获赔待惩凶 质疑当局包庇拆迁暴行 (While Family Gets Compensated for Murdered Victim in Eviction Case, Murderers Are Still at Large)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
08/31/jiangyin/


Law
农业普查条例出台 (China Issues Regulation on Agricultural Census)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/01/cont
ent_399597.htm


王友金﹕内地查案 多「先重後轻」 (China Researcher Discusses Preponderance of Cases that “Start Heavy but End up Light”)
Ming Pao, September 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060901/gaa3.htm

3年民事法援案件九成胜诉 (Defense Arguments for 90% of Parties in Civil Lawsuits Supported by Legal Aid at Least Partially Adopted by Courts)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/01/cont
ent_399599.htm


20069月实施新法一览 (List of New Regulations That Take Effect on September 1)
Legal Daily, September 01, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-08/30/con
tent_399581.htm


Media
富士康案当力戒"舆论审判" ("Trial by Public Opinion" Should Be Avoided in Foxconn Electronics Libel Case)
China Youth Daily, September 01, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/01/content_1497496.htm

Chinese Are the Biggest Online Chatterboxes
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSEUK9CRE.html

第一财经日报称已组"豪华律师团" 应对索赔官司 (Newspaper Claims It Has Formed "Deluxe Lawyer Team" to Defend Libel Claim)
EastDay.com, September 01, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762
/node158697/u1a2290799.html


Prison
刘山青﹕规律生活助平复 (Released Political Prisoner Lau Shan Ching Says a Disciplined Life Helps in Prison)
Ming Pao, September 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060901/gga5.htm

王丹﹕写日记自己聊天 (Wang Dan Wrote Diary and Talked to Himself While Serving Prison Term)
Ming Pao, September 01, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060901/gga4.htm

Protests and Petitions - Labor (Case)
哈尔滨亚麻厂工人示威静坐 (1,000 Workers Protest Corruption in Harbin)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08/31/kang
yi/


Three Gorges
Sinohydro 'Downgraded' over Accident Record
Three Gorges Probe, August 31, 2006
http://www.threegorgesprobe.org/tgp/index.cfm?DSP=con
tent&ContentID=16173


Tibet
北京所选班禅喇嘛回西藏参观访问 (Panchen Lama Picked by Beijing Concludes Two-Day Visit to Tibet)
Voice of America, September 01, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-08-31-voa35.cfm

Hong Kong-China
A Reminder of City's Vulnerability in 'One Country, Two Systems'
SCMP, September 01, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZOKSK9CRE.html

HK Gov't Respects "One Country, Two Systems" Principle in Ching Cheong's Case
People's Daily, September 01, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/01/eng200
60901_298579.html