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.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

September 19, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

China Says Criticism of Its Relations with Sudan 'Incorrect'
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/wl_asia_afp/china
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Environment
China Warns Foreign Polluters
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/sc_afp/chinaenviro
nment_070918170827


Food Security
China to Raise Food Safety Standards
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 18, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_re_as/china
_tainted_products_10;_ylt=Ar
4iGZRkmo.J38i05_eoFGFPzWQA

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟评维权文章发表后威胁加强禁接触外界 (Authorities Intensify Harassment After Gao Zhisheng Publishes Article on Rights Defense)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/gao/

Land Policy
Crude Slum Houses to Be Gone 'in Three Years'
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Landless Farmers Urged to Migrate to Africa
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=74f8ac8567
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Law
江苏行政机关负责人出庭应诉4年累计1213人次 (Attendance of Administrative Review Trials Counts Towards Jiangsu Officials' Performance)
Legal Daily, September 19, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-09/19/content_
704171.htm


揭丑闻电脑被收罚万元 杭州信息网网主告政府 (Website Sues Hangzhou Authorities over Computer Confiscation and Fines)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
hangzhou/


Media
本台报导被网民转贴 高点击率后被网管删除 (Radio Free Asia's Report Removed from Sichuan-Based Bulletin Board System)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
internet/


网上模拟投票也被封杀 (Web Site Shut Down for the 18th Time After Launch of Virtual Election for CPC Leadership)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
fengpiao/


Olympics
搜狐“垄断”互联网奥运广告内幕 (The Insider's Story of Sohu's "Monopoly" over Online Olympics Ads)
21st Century Business Herald, September 18, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/sjjj/
200709180585.asp


Politics
新疆:人大代表中官员不得超过25% (New XUAR Notice Stipulates That Government Officials Cannot Take Up More Than 25 Percent of the People's Congress)
China Youth Daily, September 19, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-09/19/content_
1900606.htm


Protests and Petitions
简要新闻:河北访民王国英被劳教,残疾孩子被强迫在福利院劳动 (In Brief: After Hebei Petitioner Is Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor Facility, Disabled Son Is Forced to Work in Welfare Institution)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/18/fuqi/#7

简要新闻:北京对上访群体正采取又一轮疯狂打压 (In Brief: Apartments near Beijing South Railway Station Expel Petitioning Tenants for Fear of Fines)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/18/fuqi/#8

Religion
Vatican 'Tranquil' on New Bishop
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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因接两吨圣经被捕 周恒在看守所首次会见律师 (Xinjiang Christian Allowed to Meet Lawyers for the First Time After Being Arrested for Receiving Bibles)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/18/
zhou/


Rural Issues
China's Rural Engel Coefficient Decreases to 43%
People's Daily, September 17, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6264530
.html


Tibet
西藏强调环保作家称“山河破碎” (Tibetan Writer Questions Authorities' Promise on Environmental Protection)
Voice of America, September 18, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-09-18-voa29.cfm