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.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

July 24, 2007

Top News of the Day
Olympics
China Sees Activists as Olympic Threat
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_on_re_as/china
_olympic_intelligence_1;_ylt=
AkS0oLWsXWt7KmlJPngB
TAZPzWQA

An anonymous security consultant told AP that China is compiling lists of potentially troublesome foreign NGOs and their members. These include evangelical Christians, and activists concerned with Darfur and global warming. China reportedly tightened foreigners' access to Tibet after four Americans displayed a banner calling for Tibetan independence on Mount Everest. China's Ministry of Public Security and the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee declined to comment.

News
Bilateral Ties

Greater Effort Urged to Boost Product Safety
The Standard, July 24, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=49619&sid=146061
10&con_type=1&d_str=20070724

Environment
China Issues Clean Production Standards
CCTV, July 23, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070723/110645
.shtml


Government
43万救灾款修出“豆腐桥” (Eight Guangdong Cadres Punished for the Construction of Substandard Bridge)
The Beijing News, July 24, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/07-24/021@
278444.htm


Human Rights Defenders
Whistleblower Compensated
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=40176d8669
3f3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟介入维权案受威胁 妻女护照申请遇阻 (Gao Zhisheng Clashes with Police for Involvement in Human Rights Lawsuit)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/23/gao
_zhisheng/


Human Rights Defenders
有人假借维权人士名义发放病毒电邮 (Infected Emails Sent out from "Human Rights Defenders'" Accounts)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/23/China_
HumanRights/


Land Policy
温州渔民被拘期间遭羞辱殴打 总理受外媒采访为何村民不行? (Zhejiang Evictees Beaten and Detained, Threatened with Imprisonment If Foreign Media Interviews Continue)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/23/
wenzhou/


Law
Inferior Food Exporters Punished
China Daily, July 21, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/21/content_
5440815.htm


Media
出事的怎么都是些“临时人员” (Commentary: Why Are All Wrongdoers "Temporary Employees?")
China Youth Daily, July 24, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-07/24/content_1835961
.htm


Green Data Withheld `to Protect Economy'
The Standard, July 24, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=49629&sid=146040
20&con_type=1&d_str=20070724

Olympics
周安(John Vause)﹕北京與奥运 (Commentary: Beijing "Losing Soul" Due to Over-Eviction for Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070724/faa1.htm

北京奥运拆迁访民市政府门外请愿 (Beijing Resident Petitions Eviction Due to Olympic Venue Construction)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/23/China_
Olympic/


Protests and Petitions
China Jails Two Men for Birth-Control Riots
YahooNews (China), July 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/lf_nm/china_sentence
_population_dc_1;_ylt=Aii
2kL_4OfjQfGwXTdL5S71PzWQA

中国万花筒:中国高校骚乱 (Student Unions' Lack of Independence Contributes to Campus Unrest)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/zhuanti/zhongguowanhuatong/
2007/07/23/China_School/


河南省委书记徐光春:用责任倒查促科学决策 (Henan to Conduct Assessment of Likelihood of Petitioning Before Policy Implementation)
Xinhuanet, July 02, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2007-07/23/content_6414798
.htm


Public Health
Watchdog Probes Firm for Antifreeze in Cough Syrup
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=7c476d866
93f3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


State Security
四部门联合制定《信息安全等级保护管理办法》 (China Issues Measures on the Protection of Information Safety)
Xinhuanet, July 24, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/24/content_
6421444.htm