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, October 04, 2007

October 4, 2007

News
Corruption

China Punishes 200,000 Rural Officials over Four Years
People's Daily, October 03, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6276466.html

Environment
China Offers Surprise Hope in Climate Change Fight
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), October 03, 2007
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071003/tsc-environment
-china-energy-warming-
f55c36c_1.html

Food Security
China Drafts Counterplan for Food Safety Emergency
Xinhuanet, October 03, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/03/content_
6829068.htm


Freedom of Speech
Tibetan Students Held for Freedom Slogans
Associated Press (via The Standard), October 04, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=54443&sid=156607
39&con_type=1&d_str=20071004

Government
中国4年审计逾13万官员 (China Audits over 130,000 Officials in Four Years)
Nanfang City News, October 03, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200710030
207.asp


公费赴美考察红火节目:看<色,戒>完整版 (Chinese Officials Use Public Money to Watch Uncensored Version of Movie "Lust, Caution" in US)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
sejie/


Human Rights Defenders
中共十七大前加紧监控自由派人士 (Authorities Step Up Monitoring of Liberals Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Voice of America, October 03, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-10-03-voa26.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Li Heping (李和平)
Chinese Lawyer Recounts Abduction
New York Times, October 03, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/world/asia/03china.
html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc
=rss&oref=slogin

Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
公安再次威胁华惠棋交出访民和教友名单 (Police Offer to Free Hua Huiqi's Mother in Exchange for List of Petitioners and Protestants)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/03/china_
rights_petition/


Human Rights Defenders
十七大之前北京的白色恐怖(二) (Terror for Beijing's Rights Defenders and Petitioners Ahead of CPC Meeting (Part II))
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
17da/


Media
安徽职工请愿反遭殴 官方屏蔽网上消息 (Anhui Authorities Censor Online Discussion on Beatings of Protesting Workers)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
anhui/


四川麻辣论坛删除 “群众呼声” 栏目 (Sichuan Website Cancels Popular Forum Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
forum/


Migrant Workers
农民工日 堂皇的"正向歧视" (Migrant Workers' Day Does Not Relieve Their Sufferings)
BBC, October 03, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7020000/
newsid_7026300/7026330.stm


Politics
《炎黄春秋》刊登李锐致胡锦涛的公开信 (Beijing's Quasi-Official Magazine Publishes Former Senior Cadre's Open Letter to Hu Jintao Calling for Political Reforms)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/03/china_
media_freedom/


Protests and Petitions
鹤山两千多农民围堵旅游区要求兑现徵地赔偿 (2,000 Guangdong Villagers Block Tourist Spot to Demand Land Grab Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/03/china_
land_clash/


湖南株洲女职工上访未果被强行送进精神病院 (Hunan Petitioner Forcefully Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
shangfang/


四川访民曹晓丽绝食抗议 (Sichuan Petitioner on Hunger Strike for the Sixth Day)
Radio Free Asia, October 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/03/
fangmin/


Tibet
An Illusion Called 'Greater Tibet Area'
People's Daily, October 03, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6276481.
html