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, January 11, 2007

January 11, 2007

News

Corruption
Anti-Graft Meeting Ends with Strong Warning to Party Officials
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB6PNYRWE.html

China's Investigation Highlights Corruption in Health System
Voice of America, January 11, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-10-voa16.cfm

Education
GDP快速增长教育投入却短缺 教育支出过高影响居民正常生活 (Insufficient Funds for Education Despite Substantial GDP Growth)
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007
01110094.asp


Environment
Beijing Gets Tough with Penalties for Polluters
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9A69VRWE.html

China to Reclaim More Land
China Daily, January 11, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/11/content
_780568.htm


New Datang Projects Face Ban over Pollution
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://biz.scmp.com/bizchina/ZZZTQ69VRWE.html

China Misses Environmental Goals in 2006
Voice of America, January 10, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-10-voa14.cfm

Rapid City Growth Means China Faces Rubbish Crisis by 2020
The Guardian, January 10, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1986
554,00.html


Government
林达:官员升迁程序要逐渐民主化 (Commentary: Promotion of Officials Should Be Progressively Democratized)
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200701100
522.asp


建设部指引违旨1日即废 (Directive on Housing Scrapped One Day After It Was Issued)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070111/caa1h.htm

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
海外声援高智晟委员会要求公布高智晟的下落 (Foreign Group in Support of Gao Zhisheng Asks China to Announce His Whereabouts)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/10/gao/

Law
双规等反腐实践应纳入《反腐败法》轨道 (Commentary: Anti-Corruption Law Should Be Passed to Regulate "Double Regulations")
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200701100
527.asp


Olympics
欧阳五﹕北京奧运反恐对策出台 (Commentary: On Beijing's New Anti-Terrorism Policy)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070111/fab1.htm

Several Olympic Projects over Budget
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZE779VRWE.html

只需征得被采访单位和个人的同意 外国记者在华采访限制放宽 (New Media Regulation Loosens Restrictions on Interviews by Foreign Journalists)
Nanfang City News, January 11, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20070111
0486.asp


Politics
Hand Presidency to Deputy, Hu Is Urged
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQE59VRWE.html

Protests and Petitions
湖北武汉水库移民代表上访 (Representative of over 800 Wuhan Evictees Petitions Government for Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/10/
shuikuyimin/


因悼念被警察打死的访民 上访者被防暴警察追赶抓捕 (Petitioners Beaten and Taken Away for Trying to Pay Tribute to Slain Petitioner)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/10/
shangfang/


Public Health
No Pointers on Funding of Universal Health Care
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ36PNYRWE.html

Xinjiang
Questions Linger over China's Terrorist Threat After Deadly Raid
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070110/wl_afp/chinaattacks
xinjiangthreat_070110063753