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, January 12, 2007

January 12, 2007

News
Corruption
魯能转制700亿国资疑流失 (70 Billion Yuan Suspected Lost over Privatization of State-Owned Energy Enterprise)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070112/caa1h.htm

Death Penalty
乌市校门口惨案凶手被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Pupils of Urumqi Primary School)
Legal Daily, January 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-01/12/content_513138.ht
m


Disasters
Emergency Shake-up to the Rescue
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZJHYD9TWE.html

Environment
Cautious Welcome to Pollution Drive
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ41N6ETWE.html

China to Draw First National Plan to Curb Reckless Sea Reclamation
People's Daily, January 11, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/11/eng20070111_34029
5.html


Major Pollution Spill 'Every Other Day' in China
The Guardian, January 11, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1987936,00.html

Human Rights
专家:冷战思维导致一些人权组织对中国的偏见 (Experts: Some Human Rights NGOs Have Bias Against China Due to Their Cold War Mentality)
People's Daily, January 12, 2007
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/5274681.html

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer on Hunger Strike
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/01/11/china_guofeixiong/

June 4th - EU Arms Ban
德日支持欧盟维持对中国军售禁令 (Germany and Japan Support EU Arms Ban Against China)
Voice of America, January 11, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-01-11-voa64.cfm

Labor
2006民工之死:自愿加班 PK 过劳死 (Female Migrant Worker Dies of Exhaustion After Working for 4 Days Straight)
Nanfang City News, January 12, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701120334.
asp


Land Policy
杭州村民提出行政复议 成都百年老宅被强拆 (Hangzhou Villagers Launch Administrative Review Request over Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/11/hangzh
ou/


Law
江苏民政部门为流浪汉维权遭法院驳回 (Jiangsu Authorities Lose Rights Defense Lawsuit for Dead Vagrant in First Trial)
China Youth Daily, January 12, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/12/content_1640291.htm

The Long March to the Rule of Law
Asia Times Online, January 12, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IA12Ad03.html

Media
Cyber-Rebels to Launch Safe Website for Activists
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7HYD9TWE.html

消息震撼 网站禁报 (Websites Pressured to Not Report on Corruption Allegations)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070112/caa2.htm

Should Watchdog Journalism Be Protected as a "Right" or Mandated as a "Duty"?
China Media Project, January 10, 2007
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication
=1&NrIssue=1&NrSection=100&NrArticle=758
=100&NrArticle=758

Olympics
京奥运期间不遣返民工 (Beijing Migrant Workers Won't Be Sent Home During Olympics)
Wen Wei Po, January 12, 2007
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0701120006&
cat=002CH


北京官员:奥运农民工工资被拖欠 (Pay for Olympic Migrant Workers Delayed Due to Program Overbudgetting)
BBC, January 10, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_6240000/newsid_6
249400/6249481.stm


Police
建立矛盾纠纷调处机制 全力维护社会和谐稳定 (Guangzhou to Set Up Dispute Mediation Mechanism)
Legal Daily, January 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-01/12/content_513120.htm

Population
300 Million Chinese Farmers to Move into Cities in Next 20 Years: Report
People's Daily, January 12, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/12/eng20070112_340461.
html


China Says Skewed Sex-Ratio Could Mean Instability
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070111/wl_nm/china_population_
dc_1


Protests and Petitions
北京访民潮中出现大学毕业生 (University Graduates Among Petitioners in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/11/fangmin/

Public Health
呼和浩特首例输血感染艾滋病 死者家属获赔47(Hohhot Court Sets Precedent in First Negligence Claim for HIV/AIDS Victim)
People's Daily, January 12, 2007
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42733/5276093.html

Religion
近十教区已上报候选主教 (Nearly 10 Regions in China Have Nominated Candidates for Bishop Positions)
Wen Wei Po, January 12, 2007
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0701120001&c
at=002CH


Society
In Brief: Gangs of Beggars to Be Removed, Homeless Helped
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRDZD9TWE.html