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.

Friday, September 14, 2007

September 14, 2007

News
Corruption

New Bureau Set to Fight Corruption
The Standard, September 14, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=53432&sid=153729
86&con_type=1&d_str=
20070914


Officials' Assets to Be Made Public
Xinhuanet, September 14, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/14/content_
6720503.htm


Death Penalty
最高法:严控和慎用死刑确保死刑案审判质量 (New Decision of Supreme People's Court Orders Careful Use of Death Penalty)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/14/content_
701029.htm


Education
China Launches New Project to Support Poor Students Get Through Education
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/13/content_
6720161.htm


Environment
China Shuts 1,000 Factories near Polluted Lake
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070913/wl_asia_afp/chinae
nvironmentpollutionwater_07
0913070136;_ylt=As9y4M2Lz
_maENUrcmkWbdRPzWQA


Lost in translation: Tianjin Not as Polluted as Tianying
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=95d2ebfbe9f
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Revised Proposal for Contentious Canal
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=7253ebfbe9f
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Human Rights Defenders
东莞劳工维权者屡遭拘留 当局利用宣传将打压合法化 (Guangdong Newspaper Used as Tool in the Suppression of Labor Activists)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13/
laogong/


胡佳网上发文指当局十七大前大范围制造恐怖气氛 (Hu Jia Criticizes Increased Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13
/17da/


Human Rights Defender - Sun Buer (孙不二)
简要新闻:孙不二被以颠覆罪秘密逮捕 母亲受不断监视骚扰 (In Brief: Sun Bu'er Secretly Taken Away on Subversion Charges in May; His Mother Asked Not to Talk to Media)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/13/0913
/ - sun


Media
No Bloggers in China, Please
Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118971637019026752-
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=wsjie/
6month
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=
wsjie/6month


告博客封帖案遭驳回 律师质疑枉法裁决 (Beijing Lawyer Appeals Judgment Which Rejects His Claim of Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13/
boke/


法新社记者定州采访遭扣留盘查 (Journalists of Agence France-Presse Detained for 5 Hours in Hebei; Asked to Reveal Identity of Interviewees)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13
/afp/


Microsoft Sued by Beijing Student for Privacy Infringement
People's Daily, September 13, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6262170.html

Poverty
Income Gap Between Urban, Rural Residents Widens
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/13/content_
6718914.htm


Protests and Petitions
Outraged Monks Save Historic Building
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=1273ebfbe9ff
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


上海又有九名访民在北京被打 (Nine More Shanghai Petitioners Beaten in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/13/
fangmin/


Public Health
Whistleblowers a Rare and Endangered Species
Financial Times, September 14, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/609042c8-6250-11dc-bdf6-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-
4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html