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, October 03, 2007

October 3, 2007

News
Death Penalty

女老总为贪巨款 雇兇杀情夫 (Nanjing Businesswoman Sentenced to Death for Murdering Lover)
Wen Wei Po, October 03, 2007
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/10/03/CH0710030016.
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Chinese Man Gets Death Penalty with Two-Year Reprieve for Torturing Ex-Girlfriend
Xinhuanet, October 02, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6275975.html

Environment
Mainland to Phase Out Traditional Light Bulbs
South China Morning Post, October 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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China to Relocate Tibetan Nomads
BBC, October 02, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7023908.stm

Human Rights Defender - Wang Dan (王丹)
I Am a Free Man Now, Let Me Return, Says Exiled Wang Dan
South China Morning Post, October 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Human Rights Defenders
十七大之前北京的白色恐怖 (Terror for Beijing's Rights Defenders and Petitioners Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/02/17/

海外民运人士电子信箱密码被窃取 (US-Based Chinese Dissident Accuses Chinese Police of Stealing Email Passwords)
Radio Free Asia, October 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/02/email/

Media
China's Handouts to Journalists Skew Media Coverage
Financial Times Deutschland, October 02, 2007
http://www.ftd.de/karriere_management/business_english/:
Business%20English%20China/260183.html
hina/260183.html

Olympics
China Bloggers Stew About Olympic Pigs
Wall Street Journal, October 03, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119126782037645353.html?
mod=googlenews_wsj


Hu Opens Special Olympics, Pledges to Help Handicapped
South China Morning Post, October 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Beijing Cabs Declared Smoke-Free Zone
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 02, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071002/wl_nm/olympics
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China Rejects Attempt to Link Developments in Burma to Beijing Olympics
Washington Post, October 02, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007
/10/01/AR2007100101712.html
dyn/content/article/2007/10/
01/AR2007100101712.html


中国智库建议邀异议人士奥运回国 (Chinese Think Tank Advises Authorities to Invite Exiled Dissidents to Attend Beijing Olympics)
Voice of America, October 02, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-10-02-voa30.cfm

Population
湖南省:赴香港超生者返回后照罚 (Hunan Residents Fined Even If They Bear Second Child in Hong Kong)
BBC, October 01, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7020000/
newsid_7021400/7021440.stm


Society - Ethnic Minorities
Africans in Beijing Say Discrimination on the Rise
South China Morning Post, October 03, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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