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, August 29, 2007

August 29, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

British Minister Urges China to Help on Darfur
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 28, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070828/wl_nm/britain_
china_darfur_dc_1;_ylt=AhJv_WC
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9etXhPw48UxPzWQA


Death Penalty
药监局司长死缓上诉失败 (State Food and Drug Administration Cadre's Appeal of Death Reprieve Sentence Rejected by Beijing Court)
Ming Pao, August 29, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070829/caf1.htm

Human Rights
Merkel Pushes Rights Issue After Meeting Mainland Journalists
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 29, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=10949095
e3da4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


Human Rights Defender – Journalist
山东记者齐崇淮与律师第一次相见 (Outspoken Shandong Journalist Meets Lawyer for First Time After Being Detained on Blackmailing Charges)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/28/
qichonghuai/


Land Policy
Relocation Has Ruined Our Lives, Say Villagers
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=fa349095e3
da4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Media
沙叶新从人民作家变成受监控对象 ("People's Writer" Becomes Monitored)
Voice of America, August 28, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-28-voa20.
cfm


Beijing Police Launch Virtual Web Patrol
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 28, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_re_as/china
_web_police_2;_ylt=AixOKJ3z
3F.T9CzJmpQ8OehPzWQA

杭州当局突然大举搜查杭州信息网 (Hangzhou Authorities Search Office of Web Site Company Which Reported on Scandal Involving Local Cadres)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/28/china_
internet_freedom/


Yahoo Plea over China Rights Case
BBC, August 28, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6966116.stm

Olympics
漫骂奥运的流行歌曲被查禁 (China Bans Song That Combines Foul Language with the Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/28/china_
olympic/


失地农民维权代表杨春林被捕 (Rights Defender Arrested on Inciting Subversion Charges After Using "I Want Human Rights, Not Olympics" Slogan)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/28/china_
rights_detain/


Politics
中共中央政治局会议建议 党的十七大10月15日在北京召开 (Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Suggests Beginning 17th CPC National Congress on October 15)
Legal Daily, August 29, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/29/content_
689310.htm


Protests and Petitions
Police Quell Protest by Workers Seeking Pay
Associated Press (via The Standard), August 29, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=52274&sid=151318
09&con_type=1&d_str=20070829

中国逾千人上书十七大要求人权自由 (Over 1,000 People Sign Open Letter to Hu Jintao Demanding Human Rights and Freedom)
BBC, August 28, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6960000
/newsid_6967400/6967492.stm


State Security
呼吁支持达赖的藏民被控煽动颠覆罪 (Tibetan Indicted on Inciting Subversion Charges for Publicly Urging Support for Dalai Lama)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/28/china_
tibetan/


Tibet
The Mist Lifts over China's Sky-High Railway
Asia Times Online, August 29, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IH29Ad01.html