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 18, 2007

January 18, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Pope Backs Ordination of Priest Selected by Mainland
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZPN36F0XE.html

Canada Looks to Mend Fences with China
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_re_as/china_canad
a_trade_1


China and EU Launch Partnership Talks
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070117/wl_asia_afp/chinaeu_0701
17155835


Death Penalty
少女掏肠案凶手改判死缓 (Gansu Man Given Death Sentence with Two-Year Reprieve for Brutal Murder and Assault)
The Beijing News, January 18, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/01-18/011@236700.htm

谎称交通肇事实为故意杀人 (Man Executed for Vehicular Manslaughter in Guangxi)
Legal Daily, January 18, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-01/18/content_517896.htm

Disasters
死亡三人以上矿井将提请关闭 (District Bureau in Beijing Proposes Regulation to Shut Down Coal Mines Where More than 3 Deaths Occur)
The Beijing News, January 18, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/01-18/015@236745.htm

Environment
China ‘Exploiting Kyoto Loophole’
Financial Times, January 18, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9bdda3d4-a676-11db-937f-0000779e2340
.html


China's 'Cancer Villages' Pay Price
BBC, January 18, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6271103.stm

Freedom of Speech
Beijing Plans to Regulate Content of Art
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2EKMD0XE.html

《神鬼无间》获多项金球奖却在中国遭禁 (China Bans Golden Globe Award Winner "The Departed")
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/movie/

Government
国务院原则通过政府信息公开条例(草案) (State Council Passes Draft Government Information Disclosure Regulation)
Legal Daily, January 18, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/18/content_518041.htm

Human Rights
中国被列为不自由国家 (Freedom House Rates China as a "Not Free" State)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/freedom
_house/


Human Rights Defenders
律师首见池建伟:逮捕没有事实根据 (Chi Jianwei's Lawyer Says No Basis for Chi’s Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/chi/

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄申请取保候审被驳回 (Guo Feixiong's Application to Be Released on Bail Rejected)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/17/china_rights_g
uofeixiong/


Human Rights Defenders - Petitioners
数百名上海民众悼念段惠民被公安带走 (Hundreds of People Taken Away by Shanghai Authorities for Trying to Commemorate Death of Petitioner Duan Huimin)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/17/china_petition
_shanghai/


Inner Mongolia
Ethnic Tensions Simmer on Inner Mongolian Plains
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/lf_nm/china_innermongol
ia_dc_1


Labor
Foxconn Forced to Unionise Its Plant
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZVL46F0XE.html

Land Policy
浙江平湖市高尔夫球场计划不顾省政府反对继续征地 (City Government Collaborates with Developer on Land Acquisition in Defiance of Provincial Government Order)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/17/china_land_ru
ral/


南海四村民被告阻施工 土地被占反要赔钱? (Land Grab Protestors in Guangdong Sued for Obstructing Developer's Work)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/nanhai/

Law
加拿大联邦法庭审理赖昌星遣返案 (Lai Changxing's Repatriation Case Goes to Trial in Canadian Federal Court)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/17/canada_lai/

基层公安领导被要求每年至少旁听一次庭审 (Ministry of Public Security Requires Local Police Chiefs to Sit in on Trials at Least Once a Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/17/police/

Media
网文指控官药勾结 转帖者被捕受审 (Internet User Detained for Forwarding Allegations of Collusion Between Officials and Drug Manufacturer)
Nanfang City News, January 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701180047.
asp


China Outcry Grows over Beating Death of Reporter
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/wl_nm/china_media_rep
orter_dc_2


Migrant Workers
北京上调农民工工资30%以上 确保奥运场馆建设 (Beijing to Raise Migrant Workers' Wages by More than 30% Starting February)
EastDay.com, January 18, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070118/u1a2574261.html

Politics
Ousted China Leader Remembered
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/wl_nm/china_politics_z
hao_dc_1


Society
Hu Jintao Gambles on the West
Asia Sentinel, January 16, 2007
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=c
om_content&task=view&id=341&Itemid=31
=31