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 26, 2007

July 26, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

中国官方教会首次表达希望教宗访华的意愿 (China's Official Church Invites the Pope to Visit China)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/25/china_
religion/


Corruption
Trial Looms on Pension Fund Scandal
The Standard, July 26, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_
cat=3&art_id=49824&sid=146435
64&con_type=1&d_
str=20070726


Environment
China Says Coal Use Surging Despite Environmental Worries
International Herald Tribune, July 25, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/25/business/AS
-FIN-China-Coal-
Consumption.php

Freedom of Speech
北京一间文化交流公司老板因出版《决策.管理》一书被判刑三年 (Beijing Publisher Sentenced to 3 Years' Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/25/
laoban/


Human Rights Defender
北京基督教家庭教会的活动人士华惠棋刑满出狱 (Beijing Protestant House Church Activist Hua Huiqi Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/25/
huahuiqi/


Human Rights Defender - Hada (哈达)
Torture Claims Denied
The Standard, July 26, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=49846&sid=146435
62&con_type=1&d_str=20070726

Media
Baidu Takes On `Don't Be Evil' Google in China
Bloomberg, July 25, 2007
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid
=aMIkQib69ph8&refer=asia


China's Journalists Told to Stick to Truth
People's Daily, July 25, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6224200.html

蒙古家园助学论坛被关 何处共建心灵家园? (Inner Mongolian Charity Internet Forum Shut Down Leaving 70 Poor Students Without Assistance)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/25/
mengguwang/


Olympics
Beijing Residents Told to Clean Up Their Act
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), July 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=b8a1079bc3
ef3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


纽约议会促公司停止支持北京奥运 (New York City Council Urges US Companies to Stop Supporting Beijing Olympics)
Voice of America, July 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-26-voa11.cfm

Beijing to Mark Camera Monitored Zones
Xinhuanet, July 25, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/25/content_
6427912.htm


Population
China Province Sets Huge Fines for One-Child Rule
YahooNews (China), July 25, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/wl_nm/china_child
_fines_dc_1;_ylt=AootXQJuPh
RvBKfQjYtqawhPzWQA

Public Health
受害人死亡就能随便摘取器官吗 (Commentary: Is Organ Harvesting Justified as Long as Victim Is Dead?)
China Youth Daily, July 26, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-07/26/content_1838816.htm

上海医院被指控为外国做人体试验 (Parents of Deceased Man Sue Shanghai Hospital over Unregistered Doctor and Artificial Heart)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/25/china_
hospital/