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, February 16, 2007

February 16, 2007

News

Environment
Pollution-Reduction Efforts Inflated Due to Outdated Rules, Study Says
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZF4KW15YE.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Pledge by Aids Activist Fails to Lift House Arrest
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZB4KW15YE.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚新年不获探视 维权网呼吁当局放人 (Family Not Allowed to Visit Chen Guangcheng at Chinese New Year Due to "Incomplete Procedures")
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/chen/

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (師濤)
探访师涛仍受严格限制 (Family Still Restricted When Visiting Shi Tao, Warned Not to Criticize the Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/shitao/

Human Rights Defender – Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗控告公安局违法拘留案被驳回 (Zan Aizong Loses Lawsuit with Hangzhou Police over Detention Order)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/15/china_journali
st/


Land Policy
Low-Rent Housing System to Cover All Chinese Cities, Towns This Year
Xinhuanet, February 15, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/15/content_5743361
.htm


Media
简要新闻:无国界记者组织指出中国允许外媒自由采访规定大有改进之处 (Reporters Without Borders Sees Room for Improvement When China Implements New Regulation on Foreign Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/15/xinwen/#rsf

Military
Beijing Dismisses Fears of an Arms Race
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTWQX45YE.html

Politics
胡锦涛全球最大独裁者榜上名列第四 (President Hu Jintao Ranked as World’s 4th Worst Dictator in 2007)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/hu/

Population
中国推关爱女孩试点促改传统观念 (China Launches Pilot "Care for Girls" Campaign)
Voice of America, February 16, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-02-15-voa27.cfm

江苏省连云港再有农民因计划生育政策遭迫害 (Food and Electrical Appliances Taken Away from Violators of One Child Policy in Jiangsu)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/15/china_rights
_birth/


Protests and Petitions
信访人可要求举行听证会 (New Measures in Qinghai Allow Petitioners to Demand Hearing)
China Youth Daily, February 16, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-02/16/content_1679331.htm

北京针对群众抗议事件的政策面临重大调整 (Magazine Says China Will Treat Protests with Leniency, Not Suppression)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/kangyi/

中国的征地拆迁浪潮中充斥着血腥和暴力 (Man and Wife Sentenced to Life and 10 Years' Imprisonment for Self-Immolation Protest)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/zhengd
i/


上海肃贪风暴同时访民检举贪腐被抄家 (Homes of Shanghai Petitioners Searched Due to Corruption Complaints)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/15/fangmin/

Religion
简要新闻:池建伟案法官闻过即改延后开庭日期 (Brief News: Trial of Chi Jianwei Postponed to Feb. 27 at Lawyer's Request)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/02/15/xinwen/#chi

Olympian Challenge to Clear Church Disputes
The Standard, February 16, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_i
d=38402&sid=122463
67&con_type=1&d_str=20070216