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, May 04, 2007

May 4, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

US Senators Petition Chinese President over Darfur
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070503/pl_afp/ussudanunr
estchina_070503152807;_ylt
=ApFhZXqCEcDn8N7FK8AgL
CdPzWQA


Civil Society
绿色和平北京摇滚 (Greenpeace Among the Organizers of Rock and Roll Concert in Beijing)
Ming Pao, May 04, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070504/cca1h.htm

Corruption
中共试点设立监督党委和纪委的机制 (CPC Establishes Mechanism to Monitor Party Committees and Discipline Committees in Selected Places)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03/ji
andu/


Environment
China Seen as a Roadblock to U.N. Climate Report
Los Angeles Times, May 03, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-sci-
warming3may03,1,423520.story


Inner Mongolia
Chinese Mongols at Pains to Pass on Culture in Modern Life
Xinhuanet, April 30, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/30/content_6
048229.htm


Land Policy
天津强制拆迁须听证后执行 (New Regulation in Tianjian Requires Authorities to Hold Public Hearing Before Forcible Evictions Are Carried Out)
Legal Daily, May 04, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-05/01/content_6
10921.htm


Media
Hackers Hijack TV Signal for Anti-Party Messages
South China Morning Post, May 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ1K0YV51F.html

分析担心中国独立新闻报导难长久 (Analysts Worry That Tighter Internet Controls Means Fewer Independent News Reports in China)
Voice of America, May 03, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-05-03-voa39.cfm

博讯网记者孑木的八台电脑相继瘫痪 (Boxun Journalist’s 8 Computers Disabled, Similar Attacks Reported by Internet Activist Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/03/china_
media_freedom/


Bush Scolds China, Russia, Others on Press Freedoms
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070503/pl_afp/uspressfree
dombush_070503194724;_yl
t=AhKElRB2mPuEVDiN0xQj2
rdPzWQA


RFA独家报道:《百姓》杂志被令改版成非时政类文摘刊物 (RFA's Exclusive Coverage: Baixing Magazine Ordered to Change to Non-Political Publication)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03/ba
ixing/


章诒和纪念罗隆基的文章遭封杀 (Zhang Yihe's Memorial Essay on "Rightist" Luo Longji Barred from Internet)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/02/z
hang/


Police
贵州六盘水煤炭局官员被调查期间离奇死亡 (Guizhou Official Dead 7 Days After Being Taken Away for Corruption Probe, Bruises Found all over Body)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/03/china_g
overnment_official/


Poverty
Can't Read, Can't Write, No Job: Rural Poor Struggle in Big Cities)
South China Morning Post, May 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZTJ0YV51F.html

Protests and Petitions
京防外力渗透 愿花钱摆平上访 (Beijing Willing to Pay Petitioners Off to Prevent Foreign Intervention)
Ming Pao, May 04, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070504/cac1.htm

Village's Chief Unbowed in Fight for Land Compensation
South China Morning Post, May 04, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ6RD5W51F.html

北京农民工索工资与保安发生冲突 (28 Migrant Workers Clash with Security Guards over Wage Delay in Beijing)
Voice of America, May 03, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-05-03-voa50.cfm

广东东莞爆发征地冲突 (Hundreds of Guangdong Villagers Clash with Security Officers over Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03
/dongguan/


湖北7名上访职工在北京绝食 (Seven Hubei Workers Launch Hunger Strike in Beijing over Illegal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03/jues
hi/


家信访局成最繁忙办公室 每年受理信访千万次 (State Bureau for Letters and Calls Is China's Busiest Office, Processes 10 Million Cases Each Year)
Xinhuanet, May 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-05/03/content_6
054679.htm


广州近千名业主维权与城管冲突 (1,000 Guangzhou Apartment Owners Clash with City Management Authorities over Amendment to Land Use Plan)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/02/china_r
ights_residents/


码头工人劳动节停工要加薪 (200 Pier Workers in Shenzhen Go on Strike to Demand Better Treatment and Higher Wages)
Nanfang City News, May 02, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/shyp/200705
020258.asp


Religion
中国各地基督教会被打压 (Members of Protestant House Churches Across China Harassed)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/03/ch
urch/