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, April 09, 2007

April 9, 2007

News

Bilateral Ties
China delegation visits Darfur camps: report
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070408/wl_nm/china_sudan_darfur
_dc_1;_ylt=AvmyG4t
XmVr1BcR7eeq0cURPzWQA

China optimistic Sudan will accept U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur
International Herald Tribune, April 09, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/09/africa/AF-GEN-Sudan-
China.php

Japanese travel agencies offer more China tours
EastDay.com, April 09, 2007
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/features/userobject
1ai2751391.html

US sizes up WTO clash with China over copyright piracy
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_asia_afp/uschinawtotra
decopyrightpiracy_0
70409155619;_ylt=AhgYLSBw3WVQRFElrsfpSrN
PzWQA

Corruption
Former senior police officer jailed for life in east China

Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5954588.htm

Leaders call for intensified battle against corruption
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5953938.htm

Economic Development
Development of West China more important
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070409/104378.shtml

Environment
U.N. report raises pressure on China to cut pollution
Los Angeles Times, April 09, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-green
8apr08,1,1672111.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Gender
Chinese Slough Off Old Barriers to Divorce
Washington Post, April 09, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/04/06/AR2007040602220.html?hpid=topnews

Hong Kong
China officially reappoints Hong Kong leader
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_asia_afp/hongkongchina
politics_070409154
912;_ylt=Al3fKWYfEDKA2bmbz93eCflPzWQA

Human Rights
China slams U.S. human rights report as slanderous
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/english/20070409/100938.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
’I want justice’ — Celil’s wife
Journal Chretien, April 09, 2007
http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?article8579

Human Rights Defenders
Gao Zhisheng: 'I Will Fight for My Family's Living Rights'
Epoch Times, April 09, 2007
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-4-8/53882.html

Labor
Coal mine accident kills nine in northwest China
CCTV International, April 09, 2007
http://www.cctv.com/english/20070409/100704.shtml

Media
Google apologizes to China's Sohu.com
Reuters (via news.com), April 09, 2007
http://news.com.com/Google+apologizes+to+Chinas+Sohu.com/
2100-1032_3-
6174367.html

Politics
Senior official stresses China's need for developing "soft power"
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/08/content_594999
6.htm

Public Health
Blood sales crackdown extended to 21 cities
SCMP, April 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZAO1DE50F.html

Experts warn of lower fertility in China
Xinhuanet, April 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5952830.htm

Religion
'I don't tell people around me I'm Catholic. I am afraid it will get me into trouble'
SCMP, April 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZSU1DE50F.html