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, July 19, 2007

July 19, 2007

News
Children

Chinese Lawyer Calls for Establishment of Child Protection Agent
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/18/content_
6394573.htm


Disasters
2006年我国突发公共事件应对情况报告发布 (China Issues Report on Handling of Public Emergencies in 2006)
Legal Daily, July 19, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-07/19/content_
663199.htm


Economic Development
China Parliamentary Committee Warns Economy Overheating
Voice of America, July 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-18-voa32.cfm

Education
Lifting of 50b Yuan in Debts Gives Rural Schools Fresh Start
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=152ac
9fde2ad3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=
News


Food Security
Chinese Cardboard-Stuffed Buns a Hoax
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070719/ap_on_re_as/china
_cardboard_buns_1;_ylt=Al1gIdu5_Sopc9X1FQGT0ghPzW
QA
Idu5_Sopc9X1FQGT0ghPzWQA

Human Rights Defender
协助广州官洲岛村民维权的律师被当局指嫖娼而拘留 (Lawyer of Guangzhou Evictees Sent to Custody and Education Facility for Visiting Sex Worker)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/18/china_
rights_lawyer/


Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
北京国安勒令孙小弟离京 (Sun Xiaodi Ordered to Leave Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/
18/sunxiaodi/


Media
Chinese Official Urges Foreign Media to Stick to Truth in Reporting
Xinhuanet, July 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/19/content_
6395788.htm


中国关闭左派网站“毛泽东旗帜网” (China Blocks Leftist Web Site That Criticizes Government Policies)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/18/
maoflag/


China Has 162 Mln Internet Users by End of June
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/18/content_
6395741.htm


Chinese Internet Censors Blamed for Email Chaos
Reuters, July 18, 2007
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=
technologyNews&storyID=2007-07-18T124822Z_01_
PEK91855_RTRIDST_0_TECH-CHINA-INTERNET-COL
.XML&archived=False
-07-18T124822Z_01_PEK91855_
RTRIDST_0_TECH-CHINA-INTERNET-


Silenced in China
Washington Post, July 18, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007
/07/17/AR2007071701677.html
dyn/content/article/2007/
07/17/AR2007071701677.html


Olympics
Activists Want China Olympics Boycott over Koreans
China Digital Times, July 19, 2007
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/07/activists_want_china
_olympics_boycott_over_koreans_step.php
ns_step.php

China's Wen Urges Green Olympic Construction
The Guardian, July 18, 2007
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-
6787092,00.html


Politics
Beijing on `Evil Road,' Warns Letter
The Standard, July 19, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=49283&sid=14538164&con_type=1&d_str=
20070719
64&con_type=1&d_str=20070719

Population
广西官员指一胎化难执行 (Guangxi Official Finds One-Child Policy Difficult to Enforce)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070719/cac1.htm

Protests and Petitions
10年前输血染艾滋 6患者赴京维权 (Six AIDS Patients Protest in Beijing over Contaminated Blood Transfusion 10 Years Ago)
The Beijing News, July 19, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2007/07-19/018@
277273.htm


上海拆迁户要求周正毅案公开审理 (Shanghai Evictees Demand Open Trial for Zhou Zhengyi)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/18/
zhouzhengyi/


Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Zheng Enchong and 100 Displaced
Residents Demand Public Trial for Zhou Zhengyi
Human Rights in China, July
17, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=44286

Public Health
Dangerous Goods Not Flooding EU, Says Senior Official
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=
9fdac9fde2ad3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=
China&s=News
a0/?vgnextoid=9fdac9fde2ad3110VgnVCM
100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Religion
New Beijing Bishop Praised by Vatican
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_on_re_eu/
vatican_china_bishop_4;_ylt=Ao8ZhqHf66r0HxWz06D
8wfRPzWQA
hqHf66r0HxWz06D8wfRPzWQA