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, August 23, 2007

August 23, 2007

News

Children
Ministry Vows to Protect 'Left-Behind Children'
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), August 23, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=18b5ecd725
e84110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Corruption
民权人士指中国地方官员趁灾打劫 (Rights Defender Says Local Officials Trump Up Disaster News)
Voice of America, August 22, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-22-voa27.cfm

Environment
China Plans to Fulfill the UN Goal in Water in 2009
People's Daily, August 22, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6245665.html

Food Security
SKorea Asks China About Diplomat's Death
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_as/
sandwich_death_1;_ylt=
AnE5O7jC
TMPW7Y5BI6uPS45PzWQA

Human Rights
Guangzhou Widens Surveillance
China Daily, August 22, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6245344.html

Human Rights Defender - Yang Jianli (杨建利)
杨建利称狱中被虐 (Yang Jianli Says He Was Tortured in Prison)
Ming Pao, August 23, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070823/cad1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
陈树庆的刑事上诉状 (Chen Shuqing's Appeal Posted Online)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/22/
chenshuqing/


Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄案投中纪委举报网 考验当局改良监督渠道实效 (Guo Feixiong's Wife Sends His Case to Online Complaint System of CPC's Central Committee for Discipline Inspection)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/22/
guofeixiong/


Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
被称嫌犯护照申请遭拒 郑恩宠表示将提起诉讼 (Zheng Enchong's Passport Application Refused for Being "Criminal Suspect", Will Sue Shanghai Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/22
/zhengenchong/

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Persecution of Zheng Enchong Must
Stop: HRIC
Human Rights in China, August 22, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=44607

Labor
美团体指港资厂剝削 香港工业总会要求提出证据 (Federation of Hong Kong Industries Asks US Labor NGO to Give Evidence of Exploitation)
Ming Pao, August 23, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070823/caa1.htm

Fury as Officials Dismiss Mine Tragedy as a `Natural Disaster'
The Standard, August 23, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_
cat=3&art_id=51856&sid=150547
17&con_type=1&d_
str=20070823


Cause of China Mine Flood Still Under Investigation, Rescue Work Comes First
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/22/content_
6581818.htm


Land Policy
Ningxia Plans Huge Move to Escape Drought's Grip
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=7045ecd725
e84110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Media
Policy on Blogging Toned Down
Associated Press (via The Standard), August 23, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=51851&sid=150525
93&con_type=1&d_str=
20070823


China Will Consider Applications to Post Resident Foreign Journalists in More Cities, Says Official
People's Daily, August 22, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6245774.html

Police
China's Rural Areas See Crimes Drop, but New Problems Harass Social Order
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/22/content_
6586531.htm


Population
Gender Imbalance Linked to Social Ills
Xinhuanet, August 23, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/23/content_
6587274.htm


Protests and Petitions
访民日访民上访被殴 (Disabled Petitioner Beaten in Beijing on Petitioning Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/22/
shangfang/


六名农民因广西计生骚乱被判入狱一年半至三年 (Six Farmers Sentenced to 1.5 to 3 Years in Prison over One-Child Policy Protest in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/22/china_
rights_clash/


Social Security
China Extends Cost of Living Benefits to All Homeless, Beggars
China Daily, August 22, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6245629.html