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.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

September 6, 2006

News
Children
AIDS Orphans Learn to Stand on Their Own Feet
Xinhuanet, September 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/04/content_504
7155.htm


Death Penalty
郴州市原副市长雷渊利被判死刑 (Senior Cadre in Hunan Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve on Corruption Charges)
Legal Daily, September 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/06/cont
ent_403352.htm


留美杀夫女硕士死缓 (Woman Who Studied in US Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Murdering Husband)
Wen Wei Po, September 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06090
60008&cat=002CH


Disasters
中国红十字会: 今年已投入15亿元款物救助国内灾区 (China's Red Cross Spent 150 Million Yuan on Disaster Relief Work in China in First 8 Months of 2006)
China Youth Daily, September 06, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/06/conte
nt_1501901.htm


Environment
Thousands Poisoned by Lead from Smelting Plant, Gansu Villagers Claim
SCMP, September 06, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZGURN9CRE.html

Food Security
环保组织促欧盟禁中国转基因大米 (Green Groups Urge European Union to Ban China's GM Rice)
Voice of America, September 05, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-05-voa26.cfm

Human Rights
中国维权运动和公民社会的发展 () (China's Rights Defense Movement and the Development of Civil Society (Part 4))
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/09/05/wei-quan4/


Human Rights Defender - Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
'Leak' Raises New Queries on Ching Trial
SCMP, September 06, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ8W5L9CRE.html

When State Secrets Are the Rule
SCMP, September 06, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZOSRN9CRE.html

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
国内有影响力的大学教授声援高智晟 (Influential Academics in China Plead Support for Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/05/gzs/

警方禁止高智晟的兄弟到北京 (Police Ban Gao Zhisheng's Brothers from Entering Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/09/05/gaozhisheng/


Land Policy
土地管理:中国政府再出手 (China Issues New Notice on Land Management)
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/05/land/

Law
没钱照样挑律师 (Poor Can Still Choose Own Lawyers Under Guangzhou's Legal Aid System)
Legal Daily, September 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-09/06/co
ntent_403495.htm


Media
人民一发笑,政府就思考 (Commentary: Authorities Should Be Happy with “Internet Disturbances”)
Ming Pao, September 06, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060906/msa1.htm

Chinese Log On for Retribution
Los Angeles Times, September 05, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-webjust
ice5sep05,1,2161938.story?coll=la-headlines-world
webjustice5sep0
5,1,2161938.story?coll=la-headlines-world


Wikipedia Will Not Filter Content in China
China Knowledge, September 05, 2006
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-detail.aspx?id=4216

Migrant Workers
父母离乡打工去留守儿童多哀歌 (Tragic Results for Many Children Left Behind by Migrant Parents)
Apple Daily, September 06, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20060906&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=628676
3
335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=6286763

Olympics
北京奥运更文明更绿色 (Beijing Olympics Will Be “Civilized” and “Green”)
Wen Wei Po, September 06, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0609
060048&cat=002CH


Beijing to Back Media Freedom to Travel in China: Jowell
Reuters (via YahooNews), September 05, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060905/sp_nm/olympics_bei
jing_britain_dc_1


Bustling Beijing Gives London an Olympic Lesson
The Guardian, September 05, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,18
64816,00.html


Police
China Fights Against Illegally Prolonged Detention
China Daily, September 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09/04/cont
ent_680627.htm


Politics
You Can't Rush Democracy, Says Chinese PM
The Times, September 06, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2343437,00.html

Scandals Emerging in Shanghai as Political Season Nears
New York Times, September 05, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/world/asia/05chi
na.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Public Health
Suicide Haunting Chinese
China News, September 05, 2006
http://www.chinanews.cn//news/2005/2006-09-05/27327.html

State Security
陆建华案泄密界定现分歧至今未决 (Chinese Authorities Undecided About Definition of Leaking State Secrets in Lu Jianhua Case)
Voice of America, September 06, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-05-voa25.cfm