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.

Monday, December 03, 2007

December 1 - 3, 2007

News
Children

China Faces Challenge in Supporting HIV-Affected Children
Xinhuanet, December 01, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/01/content_7179229.htm

Death Penalty
焚烧怀女婴女友 男子判死 (Jilin Man Sentenced to Death for Burning Girlfriend Expecting Baby Girl)
Ming Pao, December 03, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071203/cac1.htm

Food Security
First Food Safety Law Will Punish Lax Officials
South China Morning Post, December 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b4114c4d2c96110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
分析人士称北京换市长突显中国政治体制不透明 (Analysts Criticize Lack of Transparency in Beijing Mayor Replacement)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/01/beijing/

Human Rights Defender
简要新闻:流亡异议人士魏泉宝申请回国奔丧被拒 (In Brief: China Bars Dissident-in-Exile from Returning for Mother's Funeral)
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/12/02/xinwen/#8

Human Rights Defender - Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
杭州异见人士吕耿松案移交检察院 (Case of Hangzhou Dissident Lü Gengsong’s Transferred to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/30/lu/

Related Information
HRIC Case Update: Lü Gengsong’s Case Transferred to Procuratorate
Human Rights in China, November 29, 2007
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/45741

Labor
Union Issues Warning on New Labour Law
South China Morning Post, December 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01a0da82c2b96110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
周正毅判刑十六年 上海拆迁户抗议量刑过轻 (Shanghai Evictees Protest Zhou Zhengyi's Light Sentence; Zheng Enchong Taken Away for 8 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/30/zhou/

Media
当局封锁合肥炮兵学院骚乱事件 (Anhui Authorities Block News About Military School Riot)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/30/hefei/

China Raids Blogger's Home, as Political Arrests Double
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/11/30/china_internet/

Migrant Workers
云南拖欠农民工工资一亿元 (Back Pay for Yunnan Migrant Workers Reaches 100 Million Yuan)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/01/yunnan/

Olympics
IOC Expects Free Press at Beijing Games
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_re_eu/olympics_media_1

Police
China to Regulate 3 Mln Security Guards
Xinhuanet, December 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/01/content_7182539.htm

Public Health
“我希望在这里找个乙肝战友” (Almost 60 Percent of Interviewees Avoid Eating with Hepatitis B Carriers)
China Youth Daily, December 03, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-12/03/content_1978731.htm

Condoms No Longer Evidence of Prostitution in China
Xinhuanet, November 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/30/content_7177783.htm

Tibet
High-Speed Train to Tibet Carries Troops
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071201/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet_2