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.

Friday, December 21, 2007

December 21, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

EU Needs to Change Its Mindset about Africa
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/21/content_
7289147.htm


Cameron Plea to China on Mugabe
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 21, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7155414.stm

MEPs 'Serious Concern' over China Human Rights Record
Theparliament.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200712/fa8744d0-7bd9
-45cb-b793-
c4dbb8f53dd8.htm

Children
Dozens More Punished for China Child Prostitution
Reuters (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK20355520071221


Corruption
Ex-Prosecutor Given Death Sentence
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a
0a0/?vgnextoid=f24e4c2bae7f
6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N


Retired Ministry of Agriculture Official Sentenced for Bribery, Abuse of Power
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325271.html

Death Penalty
Corrupt Prosecutor Gets Death Sentence
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2kB2VGA3dhSVOh7Z
ZR04XZgL-8AD8TLD3O80


Former Power Company Chairman Sentenced to Death
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6324903
.html


Education
China to Draw 300 Mln Yuan of Lottery Funds to Support Poor Students
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325294.html

Environment
China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing Factories
Blueridgenow.com, December 21, 2007
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071221/ZNYT03/
712210373/1170/NEWS/ZNYT
03/China_Grabs_West_x
2019_s_Smoke_Spewing_Factories


China Suffers ‘Worst Drought in a Decade’
SCMP, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a
0a0/?vgnextoid=9f7ac3343
4bf6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N


Yunnan Scraps Tiger Leaping Gorge Dam
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a
0a0/?vgnextoid=3ebe4c2bae7
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=


Food Security
Common Sense Ensures Food Safety: Beijing
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a
0a0/?vgnextoid=305d582d0fb
f6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=N


Labor
China's Top Legislature Defends New Labor Contract Law
Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/22/content_
7290979.htm


11 Officials under Investigation over N. China Mine Blast That Killed 105
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325269.html

Media
Group Says Yahoo China Loses Piracy Suit
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-China-
Yahoo-Music-Piracy.html


Pulling the Strings of China’s Internet
Far Eastern Economic Review, December 21, 2007
http://www.feer.com/articles1/2007/0712/free/p018.html?
Pulling_the_Strings_of_China
%E2%80%99s_Internet

Military
Backgrounder: Major PLA-Related Joint Anti-Terror Military Exercises and Trainings
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6325264.html

China to Invest 50 Million USD in Transforming Military Technologies for Civilian Use in 2008
People's Daily, December 18, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90881/6322939
.html


Multilateral Relations
A Revisionist Tale: Why a Poor China Seems Richer
New York Times, December 21, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/business/21yuan.html?
_r=1&oref=slogin


Protests and Petitions
China Denies Fresh Stand-off in Troubled Village
Reuters, December 21, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK205673

Public Health
China to Keep Ethics Records on Medical Staff to Curb Malpractice
People's Daily, December 21, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6324624.html