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.

Monday, October 08, 2007

October 6 - 8, 2007

News
Corruption
China Edges Up Corruption Ranking
Xinhuanet, October 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/08/content_
6843254.htm


Death Penalty
盗油作案手段升级海底输油管线打孔 (Trio Sentenced to Death for Stealing Oil from Submarine Pipeline)
Legal Daily, October 08, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-10/08/content_712
403.htm


Environment
In China, a Green Awakening
Washington Post, October 08, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/10/05/AR2007100502472_pf.html
dyn/content/
article/2007/10/05/AR2007100502472_pf.html


Environmental Evaluations to Imposed on Coastal Projects
Xinhuanet, October 05, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/05/content_
6832388.htm


UK 'Exporting Emissions' to China
BBC, October 05, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7028573.stm

Gender
广东公安可处罚“包二奶”行为引争议 (Dispute Grows as Guangdong Police Are Allowed to Punish Man with Mistress)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/06/
ernai/


Human Rights Defenders
<维权诗集>编委陶君电脑遭窃 警方压力下被迫搬家 (Human Rights Poet's Computer Stolen and Forced to Move Home Under Police Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/05/
Taojun/


Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
警方追查与杨春林案有关人士 (Police Continue to Investigate Parties Relevant to Yang Chunlin's Case)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/05/
yangchunlin/


Human Rights Defenders
池建伟、力虹和吕耿松状况堪忧 (Situations of Chi Jianwei, Li Hong and Lu Gengsong Worrying)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/05/chi_
li_geng/


Land Policy
长春拆迁禁止逼人搬家 (Changchun Eviction Authorities Prohibit "Uncivilized" Evictions)
The Beijing News, October 08, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/10-08/014
@092818.htm


Media
Internet Spreading in China's Rural Areas
Xinhuanet, October 06, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/06/content_
6835603.htm


Lust Lost in (Beijing's) Translation
Asia Times Online, October 06, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IJ06Ad01.html

China Calls for Less Smoking on TV Shows
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_re_as/china
_television_smoking_1;_ylt=
A
vwyNdMP1pC9SLXtYS5W83ZPzWQA

Olympics
Cutting Through China's Smoke
Los Angeles Times, October 07, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-
garrett7oct07,0,5846910.story?coll=la-news-comment

Old Beijingers Get Lost in Transition
South China Morning Post, October 07, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=ae6a1991345
75110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


Politics
The Jockeying for Power That Could Boost Democracy Within the Party
South China Morning Post, October 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=a22a5191bf
a75110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Protests and Petitions
湖南罢工矿工被抓,矿长辞职逃避 (Hunan Mine Workers Arrested over Strike; Mine Leader Quits Job After Ordering Arrests)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/05/
kuanggong/


武警助阵电厂输电工程 潮州失地农阻工维权似东洲 (Villagers in Chaozhou, Guangdong Protest Pollution and Undercompensated Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, October 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/05/
chaozhou/


Public Health
China Agrees Not to Take Inmates' Organs
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 05, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_re_as/china
_organ_transplants_1;_ylt=Ag
nmzI3sC9yfJv01RA_.j5NPzWQA