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, September 14, 2006

September 14, 2006

News
Children
儿童村代养重刑犯子女的民间努力 (Dalian NGO Brings Up Inmates' Children)
The Beijing News, September 14, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/
0914/014@208954.htm


Corruption
山西:一年内7名安监局长落马 (Seven Work Safety Bureau Chiefs in Shanxi Province Dismissed for Corruption)
China Youth Daily, September 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/14/
content_1509741.htm


Shanghai ‘Scandal’ Exposes Darker Side of Economy
Financial Times, September 14, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9c3616e4-4380-11db-
9574-0000779e2340.html


Death Penalty
驾车杀人案改判让人疑窦丛生 (Commentary: Reduction of Death Sentence in Vehicular Manslaughter Case Questionable)
China Youth Daily, September 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-09/14/content_
1509786.htm


Drug Dealers Face Death Penalty
China Daily, September 13, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-09
/13/content_687627.htm


Environment
Sino-British Group to Tackle Climate Change
SCMP, September 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ8BWL9CRE.html

Gender
No Man Has Any Right to Abuse and Beat His Wife
Shanghai Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www1.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/09/14/291861/No
_man_has_any_right_to_abuse_and_beat_his_wife.
htm
se_and_beat_his_wife.htm

Human Rights
China, Australia Exchange Views on Human Rights Issue
People's Daily, September 14, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/14/eng
20060914_302549.html


Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔家人委托律师申请二审要开庭 (Ching Cheong's Lawyer Requests Open Appeal Trial)
Voice of America, September 13, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-13-voa28.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Sun Buer (孙不二)
选人代期间遇袭 孙不二无奈退出 (Dissident Sun Buer Decides to Withdraw from Local Election After Beating Attack)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/09/13/sunbuer/


Human Rights Defender - Internet Activist - Luo Changfu (罗长福)
不堪秘密警察骚扰 异见者涉嫌偷渡被抓 (Harassed by Police, Dissident Tries to Leave China but Is Captured in Xiamen; Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09
/13/yijianrenshi/


Human Rights Defenders
各地异见人士接连被警方骚扰 (Scores of Dissidents Across China Harassed by Police)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/09/13/yijian/


Land Policy
庐山牯岭百年老镇的万人迁移 (12,000 Residents Emigrate from Polluted Lushan)
The Beijing News, September 14, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2006/091
2/014@208460.htm


Media - Censorship
Financial News Won't Be Hurt, Wen Pledges
SCMP, September 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZZITL9CRE.html

Wen: No Obstacles to Free Flow of Information
People's Daily, September 14, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/14/eng20
060914_302504.html


北京限制外国媒体或影响在华外企 (Beijing's Control on Foreign Media May Affect Foreign Enterprises)
Voice of America, September 12, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-09-12-voa48.cfm

全国高院60多位新闻发言人接受培训 (60 Court Spokespersons Receive Training in Releasing News)
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-09/14/c
ontent_5089849.htm


社论:公众知情权是司法媒体良性互动的价值基础 (Editorial: Public's Right to Information Is the Foundation for Interactions Between Media and Courts)
Nanfang Daily, September 14, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spq
y/200609140532.asp


Press Quiet on Changes to Reporting Court Cases
SCMP, September 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNRAO9CRE.html

China's Storm Response: Too Good to Be True
International Herald Tribune, September 13, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/13/news/china.php

Media - Internet Censorship / Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual – Zou Tao (邹涛)
不买房运动发起人的公益网站被关 (Website for "Don't Buy Apartments" Campaign Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/09/13/zoutao/


Politics
北京人大拟订草案 11种重大事项须报人大决议 (Local People's Congress in Beijing Drafts Regulation Requiring Approval for 11 Kinds of Issues)
EastDay.com, September 14, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/n
ode81762/node161082/u1a2320059.html


Public Health
Top Firms Close Ranks Against AIDS, TB
China.org.cn, September 14, 2006
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2006/Sep/180842.htm

Religion
基督教聚会组织者谈被警方非法扣留经过 (Organizer of Protestant House Church Gathering Talks About His Illegal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin
/shenrubaodao/2006/09/13/church/