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.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

November 27, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties
Sarkozy Steps Up Pressure over Yuan, Human Rights
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=320ac3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
In Brief: Deputy Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Drug Smuggling
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=568cc3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Man Sentenced to Death for Raping Girls as Young as 8
Xinhua (via People's Daily), November 26, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6309770.html

Reform Leads to Fewer Executions
China Daily (via People's Daily), November 24, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6308809.html

Environment
State Council Vows to Make Polluters Pay
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=225ac3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
Two Sides Trade Jibes on Food Safety
Financial Times, November 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a7e4980e-9bd5-11dc-8aad-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Human Rights Defender - Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗新浪网个人博客被封 (Zan Aizong's Blog on Sina.com Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/zan_aizong/

Human Rights Defenders
陷狱维权者郭飞雄陈光诚家通讯受阻 律师强调宪法赋予公民通讯自由 (Zhang Qing and Yuan Weijings' Access to Landline Telephone and Internet Cut)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/Guo_feixiong/

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠再被暴力传唤 当局阻挠外媒采访周正毅案 (Zheng Enchong Beaten and Taken to Police Station Again for 7 hours)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/zheng/

Media
反腐揭黑自由网再度无法浏览 网主拟告公安封网 (Owner of Anti-Corruption Website Considers Suing Police over Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/ziyouwang/

Olympics
Beijing's Spitters Care Little for Games Civility
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d03ac3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

20余万保安中“黑保安”近两成 (Twenty Percent of Security Guards in Beijing Are Illegal)
The Beijing News, November 27, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2007/11-27/011@090034.htm

尽管有奥运承诺,外国记者仍在中国受骚扰 (Harassment Against Foreign Journalists Continues Despite Olympic Promise)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/26/waiji/

Olympic Sponsors Faulted for Inactivity on Darfur
Reuters (via YahooNews), November 26, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071126/wl_nm/darfur_china_olympics_dc_1

Politics
Economist Urges Political Revamp
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b66cc3a7c5c76110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Society - Ethnic Minorities
China's Rural Poverty Elimination Drive Stalls in Minority Habitats
Xinhua (via People's Daily), December 03, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6307788.html