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, August 02, 2007

August 2, 2007

News
Food Security

China Defends Food Safety at Asian Security Summit
Reuters (via Scotsman), August 02, 2007
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1199662007

Human Rights Defender - Xu Yonghai (徐永海)
北京家庭教会成员徐永海遭警方骚扰 (Beijing Protestant House Church Member Xu Yonghai Placed Under House Arrest for a Week)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/
xu/


Human Rights Defender – Li Jianqiang (李建强)
国际和香港组织关注维权律师李建强律师执照被拒延 (RSF and Hong Kong NGO Concerned About Rejection of Li Jianqiang's Lawyer License Renewal)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/
lijianqiang/


Law
Aggrieved Chinese Citizens Discovering the Lawsuit
Christian Science Monitor, August 02, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0802/p06s02-woap.htm

广西:政府近四成败诉率 (Guangxi Authorities Lose 40 Percent of First Trials of Administrative Review Cases)
China Youth Daily, August 02, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-08/02/content_
1846791.htm


Viewpoint: Implementation to Reveal Impact of Property Law
Financial Times, August 01, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b16895c6-3fe9-11dc-ad26-0000
779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340
.html
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html


Media
China's Local Censors Muffle an Explosion
Washington Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101733.html
dyn
/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101733.html


Websites Asked to Crack Down on 'Fake News'
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=8c12fd29132
24110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


Multilateral Relations
China Welcomes UN Force in Sudan
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070801/wl_asia_afp/sudan
darfurunchinaasean_070801
030337;_ylt=An6iQX.a_24_
TJTvDUvZbwVPzWQA


Olympics
Foreign Media in China Say Freedoms Still Lack
Wall Street Journal, August 02, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118594615849884530.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news


China Unsure Whether Spielberg Will Pull Out as Olympics Artistic Director
Voice of America, August 01, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/Entertainment/2007-08-
01-voa29.cfm


Poverty
Support for Poorest of the Poor by Year-End
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=ad52fd2913
224110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Protests and Petitions
浙江访民姜美英多次上访无果反被判劳教 (Zhejiang Petitioner Jiang Meiying Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/

大批访民在“八一”建军节被抓捕 (Scores of Petitioners Taken Away on August 1 Army Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/01/bayi
_fangmin/


Hundreds Protest in China over Jailed Tibetan Monk
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/07/31/tibetan_monk/