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, November 21, 2007

November 22, 2007

News
Death Penalty

北京两名死刑犯被行刑 刑前见到儿子照片落泪 (Duo Executed on Drug Trafficking and Murder Charges in Beijing)
Xinhuanet, November 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-11/21/content_7117368.htm

Court Upholds Suspended Death Sentence for Family Slayer in S China
Xinhuanet, November 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/21/content_7123136.htm

Disasters
Deadly Landslide near China Dam
BBC, November 22, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7104946.stm

Environment
Mainland Exchange to Trade Pollution Credits
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1350d0a86266110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚狱中受歧视 妻子继续被剥权 (Chen Guangcheng Discriminated Against in Jail; Wife Barred from Leaving Home)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/21/chenguangcheng/

Human Rights Defenders
广东劳工维权人士遭不明身份人员殴打 (Unidentified Thugs Attack Guangdong Labor Activists)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/21/labor/

Land Policy
Plan to Move 200,000 from Central Beijing
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=88440d0a86266110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
CBC Denies It Bowed to China Because of the Olympics over Documentary
Canadian Press (via Google), November 21, 2007
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gyHY6Lcri2YRYPALj23BeFsmYHPA

Olympics
北京奥运礼仪小姐身高年龄三围要达标 (Medal Presenters for Beijing Olympics Have to Fulfill Requirements on Height, Age and Measurements)
Nanfang City News, November 22, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dgtt/200711220619.asp

Dry Qingdao Tapping Yellow River Water for Games
Reuters (via YahooNews), November 20, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071121/wl_nm/olympics_beijing_qingdao_dc_1

Politics
Adviser Breaks Ranks in Call for Political Reforms
Reuters (via The Standard), November 22, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=57304&sid=16410803&con_type=1&d_str=20071122&fc=7

Protests and Petitions
Victims Stung by Ant Aphrodisiac Cry Out
Reuters (via The Standard), November 22, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=57326&sid=16416006&con_type=1&d_str=20071122&fc=7

China Farmers with HIV/AIDS Hold Sit-in
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 21, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_re_as/china_aids_1

济南拆迁户上访被抓,消息被封锁 (Jinan Evictees Taken Away for Petitioning; Online Discussion Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/21/jinan/

湖南民办教师代表周光宏被判劳教一年半 (Representative of Hunan Private School Teachers Sentenced to 1.5 Years in RTL)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/21/minshi/

Public Health
Migrants Blamed for Beijing HIV/Aids Surge
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b140d0a86266110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Cracks Down on Toy Exporters
Financial Times, November 21, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21ea42c0-985c-11dc-8ca7-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Three Gorges
China to Address Issues Around Dam
New York Times, November 22, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/22/world/asia/22gorges.html