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.

Friday, July 27, 2007

July 27, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

China Denies Reports That its Missiles Have Ended Up in Iraq
International Herald Tribune, July 26, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/26/asia/AS-GEN
-China-Iraq-Missiles.php


Children
教师逼18学童卖淫 (Guizhou Teacher Couple Forces 18 Girls into Prostitution)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070727/ccb1.htm

Corruption
Beijing Official Sacked for Graft
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=4b5fd15
705304110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Ex-Shanghai Party Boss to Be Prosecuted
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=3a39d1570
5304110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News


Amended Law to Target Corruption
Xinhuanet, July 26, 2007
http://www.chinanews.cn/news/2007-07-26/37941.html

Environment
京津防沙林遭铁矿蚕食 (Sandbreak Forests in Beijing and Tianjin Eaten Away by Iron Ore)
The Beijing News, July 24, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2007/0724/021@
278455.htm


Gender
E China Province Passes Amendment to Sexual Harassment Law to Include Dirty Jokes, Text Messages
People's Daily, July 26, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6225094.html

Human Rights
Consumer Rage Rises in China
The Standard, July 27, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=
20&art_id=49891&sid=146632
76&con_type=1

Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
简要新闻∶广州维权人士郭飞雄"非法经营"一案延后宣判 (In Brief: Indictment for Guo Feixiong's Case Delayed)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/26/xinwen
/ - guofeixiong

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Further Investigation Delays Guo
Feixiong Verdict
Human Rights in China, July 26, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=44417

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (師濤)
无国界记者:"师涛案"雅虎公司说谎 (Reporters Without Border Says Yahoo! Lied in Shi Tao's Case)
BBC, July 27, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6910000/
newsid_6918100/6918198.stm


Human Rights Defender
六四《大屠杀》长诗作者廖亦武申请护照九次被拒 (Ninth Passport Application Rejected for Writer of June 4 Poem "Massacre")
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/26/
liaoyiwu/


Inner Mongolia
In Brief: Inner Mongolia's Anniversary 'Nothing to Celebrate'
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=1b2fd15705
304110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Media
劳工网站短暂被关 中国网络寒风瑟瑟 (Labor Rights Web Site Shut Down Temporarily)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/26/
website/


当局以打击色情对BBS挥刀 专审批料清大批个人论坛 (Many Internet Forums May Be Shut Down as China Tightens Censorship on Bulletin Board System)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/26/bbs/

North Korea
U.S. Envoy Says China, South Korea Could Do More on North Korean Rights
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/07/26/nkorea
_lefkowitz/


Olympics
奥运期间政府可进行特殊管理 (Beijing Municipal Government to Be Given Power to Pass Temporary Regulations During Olympics)
The Beijing News, July 27, 2007
http://olympic.thebeijingnews.com/0957/2007/07-27/021@
015712.htm


Petitions on Darfur Submitted to China's Embassy in Washington
Voice of America, July 26, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-26-voa61.cfm

Politics
China's Central Authorities Consult Non-CPC Personalities on Economic Development
Xinhuanet, July 27, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/26/content_
6435737.htm


女书记十年倾力推民主 (CPC Cadre Has Advocated Grassroots Democracy for 10 Years)
Nanfang Weekend, July 24, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20070
7240079.asp


Public Health
美称偷渡中国人减少中国假药暴增 (US Says Number of Illegal Immigrants from China Falling But Fake Drugs Surge)
Voice of America, July 27, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-07-26-voa29.cfm