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.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

July 4, 2007

News
Disasters

Dam Denial as Yangtze Wreaks Havoc in Hubei
The Standard, July 04, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=48216&sid=143320
09&con_type=1&d_str=20070704

Environment
江苏沭阳饮用水源受污染 城区20万人口断水 (Water Supply for 200,000 People in Jiangsu Cut Due to Pollution)
EastDay.com, July 03, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070703/u1a2948103.html

Food Security
China's Food Quality Up to Standard
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/04/content_
6325971.htm


Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
获两项国际人权奖 高智晟:中国必须和平改变 (Gao Zhisheng Discusses China's Development with Hu Jia over Phone After Receiving 2 International Human Rights Awards)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/03/ga
ozhisheng/


Land Policy
Farmers Take Stake in Land-Use Reform
South China Morning Post, July 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=cc3d5afd7ec83
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


浙江嵊州公安超期拘押拒迁户 (Zhejiang Police Refuse to Release Protestor Unless His Family Agrees to Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/03/china_
demolition_detain/


Law
北京:劳教人员每天劳动时间降至3小时 (In Beijing, Working Hours for Reeducation-Through-Labor Inmates Reduced to 3 Hours Per Day)
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/04/content_
6325996.htm


人权律师吁修改律师法 (Human Rights Lawyers Call for Amendments to Lawyers' Law)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/03/china_
rights_lawyer/


Media
China Says Media Is Hyping Food Problems
Associated Press (via YahooNews), July 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_re_as/china
_tainted_products_9;_ylt=AmI
rdTR5IXFCu.8QsusQtV1PzWQA

Chinese Leaders Intensify Propaganda Orders and Jargon of Control in Run-up to 17th Congress
China Media Project, July 03, 2007
http://cmp.hku.hk/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication
=1&NrIssue=1&NrSection
=100&NrArticle=853

Olympics
Authorities to Probe Misuse of CCTV Cameras
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/04/content_
6325614.htm


Beijing Weighs Car Ban to Cut Smog
Wall Street Journal, July 04, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118349256405756943.html?
mod=home_whats_news_a
sia

Politics
China Banks Oppose Party Interference
The Times of India, July 03, 2007
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/Intl_Business
/China_banks_oppose_party
_interference/rssarticleshow/
2168182.cms


Protests and Petitions
Unpaid Workers Reject Police Version of Job-Site Clash
South China Morning Post, July 04, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=7b4d5afd7ec
83110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


访民组织奥运反腐清洁队受到打压 (Petitioner Harassed for Organizing Anti-Corruption Campaign Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/07/03/china_
petition_beijing/


Public Health
China Limits Transplants for Foreigners
Associated Press (via Examiner.com), July 03, 2007
http://www.examiner.com/a-811185~China_Limits_Transplants
_for_Foreigners.html?cid=rss-World


The Face of Chinese Cost Cutting
The Globe and Mail, July 02, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.200
70702.wchinafood0702/BNSto
ry/International/home

Hong Kong
刘柏年批陈日君不应上街游行 (Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association Official Criticizes Hong Kong-Based Bishop over Rally)
BBC, July 04, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6260000/ne
wsid_6264500/6264582.stm