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 30, 2007

August 30, 2007

News
Environment
In Brief: Guidelines for Enterprises Involved in Logging Overseas
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), August 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=03de5ad507
2b4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Government
中国官员吃喝玩乐耗掉国家三成收入 (Chinese Officials Waste 30 Percent of State Revenue on Food and Entertainment)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/29/
waste/


Hukou
Gansu to bring in reforms that put farmers on an equal footing
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=317f5ad507
2b4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Human Rights Defenders
中国维权人士澳洲获奖 (Australian NGO Issues Awards to Chinese Human Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/29/China_
Award/


Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄案挂近一年再送法院 律师指相关法律值得修改 (Guangzhou Court Starts Examining Prosecutor’s New Submissions in Guo Feixiong’s Case)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/29
/guo/


June 4th
China Due to Release Tiananmen Activist After 18 Years
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_asia_afp/chin
atiananmenpoliticsrightsdissident_070830041444;_ylt=
Al7tgBuylxy5hIHSeHaEmndPzWQA


Land Policy
Shanghai Rent Rules to Hit Poor
Reuters (via the Standard), August 30, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=52377&sid=15148134&con_type=1&d_str=20070830


Media
A Tighter Grip
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fb109095e
3da4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Olympics
China to Check Police Behavior for Olympics
Xinhua (via China Daily), August 29, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08/29/content_
6066336.htm


北京秘密饲养“奥运猪”受民众质疑 (Public Criticizes Secret Rearing of “Olympic Pigs”)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/29/
olympics_pigs/


Police
连续一百日严查出租房 (Beijing Authorities Inspect Rental Apartments Until Late November)
The Beijing News, August 30, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/08-30/011@
287198.htm


Population
Chinese Parents Fight Forced Abortions
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_re_as/china
_forced_abortion_1;_ylt=Avv3pfOAo_L0Z4xUxUfmLIVPzWQA


Protests and Petitions
北京群体告官非法拘留劳教 曝光诬陷酷刑案例 (Beijing Protestors and Petitioners Tortured While Illegally Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/29/bj/

Public Health
China, Home of 350 Million Smokers, to Ban all Tobacco Promotions by 2011
Associated Press (via the International Herald Tribune), August 29, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/29/asia/AS-GEN-
China-Tobacco.php


China Defends Quality of Food Exports
Associated Press (via the Wall Street Journal), August 30, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118837670875412053.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news


Rural Issues
To China’s Migrants: Stay West, Young Man
The Christian Science Monitor, August 30, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0830/p04s01-woap.html