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.

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

August 7, 2007

News
Human Rights Defender
Tibetan Activist Sees Security Agents on Her Trail in Beijing
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=15d8af4770
c34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
陈良宇虽倒台 揭发他的郑恩宠仍受迫害 (Chen Liangyu Ousted But Whistleblower Zheng Enchong Remains Persecuted)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
zhengenchong/


Human Rights Defender - Hu Shigen (胡石根)
简要新闻:中国异议人士胡石根获减刑17个月 (In Brief: Chinese Dissident Hu Shigen Receives 17-Month Sentence Reduction)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/06/
xinwen/ - hu


Human Rights Defender - Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
家人受辱骂并被要求立刻搬走,孙小弟心脏病发作 (Sun Xiaodi Suffers Heart Attack as Wife Is Constantly Harassed; Authorities Deny Allegation)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
sunxiaodi/


Law
China to Introduce Law on Personal Data Protection
Associated Press (via Inquirer.net), August 06, 2007
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=80846

Media
China Trembles at the Power of the Blog
The Independent, August 06, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2836677.ece

Citizen Journalists Break, Make the News
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/06/content_
6484959.htm


Olympics
中国学者就奥运致中共领导人公开信 (40 Chinese Academics Send Open Letter to CPC Leadership on Human Rights Protection Ahead of Olympics)
BBC, August 07, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6934100/6934198.stm


Don't Mix Sport and Politics, Says Bocog
South China Morning Post, August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=5768af477
0c34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


中国评论:食品安全事关奥运成败 (Commentary: Food Security of Paramount Importance to Olympics' Success)
Ming Pao, August 07, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070807/caz1.htm

Beijing Says It Is Winning War on Pollution
Agence France-Presse (via France 24), August 06, 2007
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/science
/20070806-china-2008-
beijing-olympics-games-summer-
pollution-smog-air.html


China Pulls Out Stops for '08 Olympics
McClatchy Newspapers (via YahooNews.com), August 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20070806/wl_mcclatchy
/20070806bcchinaolympics_
attn_national_foreign_editors_
ytop_1


香港民间团体呼吁关注奥运产品背后的劳工问题 (Hong Kong NGOs Call for Attention to Labor Problems Behind Olympic Products)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/HK/

Olympics All Work and No Pay for Migrant Workers
The Globe and Mail, August 06, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.2007
0806.OLYMPICWORKERS06/TP
Story/TPInternational/
Asia/


北京奥运一年倒计时,外国记者被警方短期扣留 (Over 10 Foreign Journalists Detained Briefly for Covering Olympics Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/06/
jizhe/


北京基督徒徐永海为何被软禁 (Why Was Beijing-Based Protestant Xu Yonghai Placed Under House Arrest?)
Voice of America, August 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-06-voa42.cfm

北京百年老店正阳居成了钉子户 (160-Year-Old Beijing Food Shop to Be Demolished for Olympics Construction)
BBC, August 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6930000/
newsid_6932200/6932280.stm


Protests and Petitions
Police Jostle Reporters at Protest on Press Freedom
Associate Press (via South China Morning Post), August 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=d698af4770c
34110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


Public Health
Keen Demand Fuels Global Trade in Body Parts
CNN, August 06, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/06/organs.
transplant.reut/index.html?iref=newsse


Religion
新疆家庭教会成员持续受压 (Xinjiang Protestant Detained for Distributing Unregistered Bibles; Son Dismissed from Army Due to Father's Religious Beliefs)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/06/china_
religion_church/