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, May 03, 2007

May 3, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
China Asked to Freeze Investment in Iran
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 02, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070502/pl_afp/usiran
chinanuclear_070502193401;_ylt=
AtkS7.WWuqS9pDexv9i_WC9PzWQA

Letter from Ethiopia: China's Risky Venture into Resource-Rich Africa
International Herald Tribune, May 02, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/02/news/letter.php

Hukou
Harmonising 'Hukou'
Xinhuanet, May 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/03/content
_6055183.htm


Labor
China's Labor Law Raises US Concerns
Financial Times, May 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/09d35e16-f8c4-11db-a940-000
b5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
2340.html


山西一私矿瓦斯爆炸14人亡 (14 Killed in Shanxi Gas Blast)
The Beijing News, May 02, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/05-02/021@
259766.htm


Driven by Poverty, China's Coal Miners Risk All
Asia Times Online, May 03, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IE03
Cb01.html


Media
何清涟:中国向国外无偿转让网控技术 (He Qinglian: China Transfers Internet Surveillance Technology to Authoritarian Regimes for Free)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/
02/he/


Military
Official Expounds China's Stance on Nuclear Proliferation
Xinhuanet, May 02, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/02/content
_6053809.htm


Multilateral
U.N. Climate Talks Progress, EU and China Spar
Reuters (via YahooNews), May 3, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070503/ts_nm/globalwarming
_dc_1;_ylt=AgdBW9I3p5.QC0IP5Vkdi5RPzWQA


Police
周永康实地检查天安门广场安全保卫工作 (Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang Lauds Security Efforts at Tiananmen Square to Ensure Social Stability During the Week-long Labor Holiday)
Sina.com, May 02, 2007
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2007-05-02/09421175424
0s.shtml


Public Health
New Regulations Banning Trade of Human Organs Go into Effect
Xinhuanet, May 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/01/content
_6052752.htm


Religion
美国国际宗教自由委员会再次将中国列为“特别关注国” (US International Religious Freedom Report Ranks China as Country of “Special Concern” for its Systemic Violations of Religious Rights)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/
02/religion/