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.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

Wen's African Aid Vow Fails to Allay International Fears
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZHVQC0I1F.html

德国议院通过议案谴责中国劳改制度 (German Parliament Passes Motion Condemning China's Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/16/china_
humanrights_eu/


Corporate Social Accountability
Darfur Activists Claim Fidelity Success
Financial Times, May 16, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/380757ca-0368-11dc-a023-00
0b5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-00007
79e2340.html


Corruption
Trial Highlights China’s Drugs Safety Crisis
Financial Times, May 16, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bf79f676-03a5-11dc-a931-000b5
df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-
4c86-11da-89df-0000779e23
40.html


Economic Development
奥运助推经济年增长12.1% (Olympic Games Push Beijing’s Annual Economic Growth Rate to 12.1 Percent)
The Beijing News, May 17, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/05-17/015@
262776.htm


Food Security
Food Security Fears as China's Farmland Shrinks
Asia Times Online, May 17, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IE17Cb02
.html


Hukou
渝身份证将取代属地户籍 (Chongqing to Unify Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Household Registration System by 2012)
The Beijing News, May 17, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/05-17/018@0
14645.htm


Land Policy
Demolitions Spark Outrage in Historic Beijing
Channel News Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/27
6562/1/.html


广东村民告省国土资源厅 (Villagers Sue Land and Resources Department of Guangdong Province)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/16/
guotu/


Law
举报人被法庭公布姓名被殴打 (Whistle-Blower Beaten After Ningxia Court Publicizes His Identity)
The Beijing News, May 17, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/05-17/018
@262780.htm


Olympics
北京查奥运选手官员背景 (Beijing to Investigate Background of Athletes and Officials During Olympics)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070517/cac2.htm

奥运场馆允港澳报刊销售 (Selected Publications from Hong Kong and Macau to Be Available for Foreign Journalists in Olympic Venues During Olympic Games)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070517/cac1.htm

Politics
党外专家将掌卫生部 (Expert from Outside of CPC to Lead Ministry of Health)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070517/caa1h.htm

Poverty
中国地区间收入差距超过10倍以上 (Average Income in Richest Areas of China More Than 10 Times That of Poorest Areas)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/16/s
houru/


Protests and Petitions
泛蓝成员蔡爱民因筹划农民集体进京上访被公安监控 (Pan-Blue Alliance Member Cai Aimin Monitored for Planning to Lead 1,000 Farmers to Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/16/china
_petition/


Public Health
国际器官移植大会关注中国摘取死刑犯器官的做法 (International Organ Transplant Conference Voices Concern over Organ Harvesting of Death-Row Convicts in China)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/16/
organ/


Tibet
China, Dalai Lama's Envoy to Hold Dialogue: Source
Washington Post, May 16, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar
ticle/2007/05/16/AR2007051600020.html