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, November 15, 2006

November 15, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Riot over Land Dispute in Shandong
SCMP, November 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ0JAM47UE.html
About 1,400 police officers and 1,000 villagers have clashed over a land dispute in Jinan, Shandong Province. Twenty villagers were injured on November 5 when police sent them away from a construction site where they had detained a district official in protest against the local government's corrupt handling of a land compensation fund. A Jinan Public Security Bureau spokesman said he had never heard of the incident, but a doctor at a local hospital said four patients were admitted after the clash.



News

Bilateral Ties
China Snubs Canada for Bilateral Meeting at APEC Conference
YahooNews, November 15, 2006
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/061114/national/canada
_china_apec_1


Corruption
Here Comes the Sun
SCMP, November 15, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZDP9M47UE.html

Death Penalty
中国“生死判官”北京轮训 肖扬作重要讲话 (Judges Given Training to Ensure Standards and Consistency in Reviewing Death Penalty Cases)
People's Daily, November 14, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/5042847.html

Gender
卖淫嫖娼不满18岁不予收容教育 (New Regulation in Liaoning Stipulates That "Custody and Education" Not Be Applied to Sex Workers or Customers Under 18)
Nanfang City News, November 15, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200611
150310.asp


Government
Government Budgets Should Be Transparent, Says Chinese Auditor
People's Daily, November 14, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/14/eng20061114
_321364.html


Human Rights Defenders - Ching Cheong (程翔)
刘敏仪:闻年底释程翔 (Ching Cheong's Wife Hears He May Be Released at End of Year)
Ming Pao, November 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061115/gdb1.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京法院将就赵岩案做出终审判决 (Beijing Higher People's Court to Release Final Verdict on Zhao Yan Soon)
Voice of America, November 14, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-11-14-voa16.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – He Depu (何德普)
妻子要求狱方为何德普作全面体检 (Wife Urges Prison Authorities to Provide Thorough Medical Check for Political Prisoner He Depu)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/he/

Law
China: Suing for the Environment
Newsweek, November 15, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15672081/site/newsweek/
from/ET/


Developers Face Tougher Green Rules
SCMP, November 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXNPP47UE.html

Media
Skype 在中国的服务受限制 (Use of "Skype" Software Restricted in China)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/skype/

Military

中国公布军队处置突发事件预案 (China Announces Emergency Budget for Military to Handle Public Emergencies)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/army/

Police
Rise in Number of Murders Resulting from Civil Disputes
SCMP, November 15, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJNPP47UE.html

Politics
Hu's Purge for Both Power and Purity
Asia Times Online, November 15, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HK15Ad01.html

Protests and Petitions
河南邓州:信访直通车开到农民家门口 ("Petitioning Vehicles" Reach Rural Areas in Zhengzhou, Henan)
China Youth Daily, November 15, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/15/content_1573961.htm

群众诉求渠道不畅警方要报告 (Police Should Give Timely Reports to Government on Social Unrest Cases: Public Security Bureau Cadre)
The Beijing News, November 15, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2006/1115/015@221934.htm

四川男童死亡 当局否认抢救不力 (Sichuan Authorities Dispel Criticisms Over Hospital's Maltreatment of Child Who Died)
BBC, November 14, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6140000/newsid_
6146700/6146746.stm


福建莆田农民反抗征地被打伤 (Farmers in Fujian Beaten for Protesting Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/
fujian/


浙江教师法院门口静坐抗议房屋被强拆 (Teachers in Zhejiang Protest at Court over Forced Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/14/
zhejiang/


Public Health
器官移植港澳台民众优先 (Citizens from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Have Preferential Access to Transplanted Organs from Mainland China)
Ming Pao, November 15, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061115/cab1.htm

Religion
China's Top Advisor Turns to Religion to Boost Social Harmony
Xinhuanet, November 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/14/content_
5330296.htm


Tibet
Dalai Lama's Brother Slams Tougher Chinese Stance on Tibet
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/11/14/tibet_shift/

Taiwan
China Arrests Two Taiwan Businessmen "Spies"
Reuters (via YahooNews), November 15, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/wl_nm/china_
taiwan_spies_dc_1