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, June 04, 2007

June 2 – 4, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

India Urges Sri Lanka Not to Shop for Arms in China, Pakistan
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070601/wl_asia_afp/india
srilankachinapakistanunrest_0
70601060123;_ylt=Av2KjsJ
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Children
Young Sex Abuse Victims Suffer in Shadow of Shame
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=974789ac77
1f2110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


Death Penalty
酒吧被捅携枪报复 注射毒品闷死仇家 (In Guangdong, Man Sentenced to Death for Shooting Death of One and Injecting Poison to Kill Another)
China Legal Publicity Web Site, June 01, 2007
http://www.legalinfo.gov.cn/misc/2007-06/01/content_6
28534.htm


四川:“杀妻骗保”案终审判决 主犯改判为死缓 (Sichuan Man Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve over Wife's Murder for Insurance Compensation)
Xinhuanet, June 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-06/04/content_
6194811.htm


Environment
Clean, Green Targets for Leaders and Companies
The Standard, June 04, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=45938&sid=139041
08&con_type=1&d_str=200
70604


Lake Water Still Unsafe to Drink Despite Action
The Standard, June 04, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_
id=45937&sid=139032
18&con_type=1&d_str=20070604

China Set to Confront Climate Change, Defend Growth
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070603/wl_nm/china_en
vironment_climate_dc_1;_ylt=A
pW7V3bSctq7q7LE.T.Boh
9PzWQA


Food Security
China Goes on Offensive After Food Safety Scares
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070601/wl_nm/china_he
alth_dc_2;_ylt=AklixaFHVTgJMz
nJh39NlChPzWQA

Government
公务员不尽孝将被惩戒 “孝文化”建设迫在眉睫 (Civil Servants to Be Punished for Unfilial Behavior as China Works to Establish a "Filial Culture")
Xinhuanet, June 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2007-06/04/content_
6193369.htm


Human Rights Defender
Release the Man Who First Raised the Alarm About Tai Lake's Pollution
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=
b759ea50d42f2110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Ch
ina&s=News


June 4th
白衣有心人六四踱步天安门 (Men in White on Silent Protest at Tiananmen Square Every June 4 Anniversary)
Ming Pao, June 04, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070604/cha2.htm

六四过去十八年 十三北京市民仍服刑 (Thirteen Citizens Still in Jail for June 4, 1989 Protests)
Radio Free Asia, June 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/06/03/xinwen/

Media
厦门截通讯瓦解遊行 (Xiamen Authorities Block Internet and SMS Communications, Break Up Environmental Protest)
Ming Pao, June 04, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070604/cca1.htm

微软想为网民“画张像”让人担忧 (Reporters Without Borders Concerned over Microsoft's Research in China into "Profiling" Internet Users)
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/01/
weiruan/


Olympics
US Warns China Human Rights Record Could Compromise Olympics
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 02, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070602/pl_afp/chinarigh
tstiananmen_070602171705;_yl
t=Ar0sImy5v0tpjiZXe0.O
rvhPzWQA


Population
China Riots Rooted in Child Policy, Financial Woes
Reuters, June 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070601/lf_nm/china_chil
d_policy_dc_1;_ylt=AtcNU7yXNr
BUcCAthFshXPhPzWQA

Chinese School Scraps Pregnancy Test
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 01, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_re_as/chin
a_pregnancy_tests_1;_ylt=Akm
xgsfT6D2lyQD5pv.sqaJPz
WQA


Protests and Petitions
宁波市江北区法院检察院为方便当事人申诉推出新办法 (New Measure Allows Local Prosecutors in Zhejiang to Receive Petitioners in Courtroom)
Legal Daily, June 04, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-06/04/content_
629519.htm


东莞鞋厂工人堵路抗议 劳动部门迫自动辞职 (Guangdong Workers Dispersed for Blocking Roads in Labor Protest, 70 Representatives Asked to Resign)
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/0
1/dongguan/