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, December 13, 2007

December 13, 2007

News
Disasters

Beijing's Edicts Lost in Scramble for Coal
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6fa50ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
US, China Cooperate to Stop Illegal Logging
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), December 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071212/pl_afp/uschinatimberenvironmentwarming_071212231416

Gender - Trafficking of Women
China Claims Progress Fighting Human Trafficking
Reuters, December 12, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK11308820071212

Government
Local Officials Use Regulations, Policies to Exploit Poor Villagers
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=60a50ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Li Xige (李喜阁)
李喜阁进京参加艾滋病培训受阻 艾滋病人家属王小巧被批捕 (AIDS Activist Barred from Training Session in Beijing; Woman Arrested After Petitioning for Husband's Infection Through Blood Transfusion)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/12/AZT/

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
张青见郭飞雄指酷刑致伤残 律师说刑讯下审判肯定不公正 (Jailed Guo Feixiong Tells Wife He Is Maimed by Torture)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/12/guofeixiong/

Human Rights Defender - Rebiya Kadeer
热比娅被监禁的儿子急需医疗救助 (Rebiya Kadeer Urges China to Provide Adequate Medical Assistance to Jailed Son)
Voice of America, December 12, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-12-12-voa64.cfm

Labor
Law to Protect Slack Workers
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=27f60ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Christmas Ornaments Made in China Sweatshop - Report
Reuters, December 12, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN1264959020071212

Media
China Film Corp.: No Ban on U.S. Movies
China Daily (via Xinhua), December 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/13/content_7239994.htm

Guangdong 'Poor' on Pollution Information
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=45970ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
中国流动人口调查•现状篇:改变命运的流动 (Survey on China's Floating Population: Migration Changes Their Fate)
Legal Daily, December 13, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/13/content_761058.htm

Olympics
加拿大人权组织要求加奥委会敦促中国兑现人权承诺 (Canadian Groups Urge Canadian Olympic Committee to Pressure China on Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/12/renquan/

Protests and Petitions
Ant-Aphrodisiac Boss Charged over Protests
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=617ff53c55fc6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

防暴警进驻东洲3村民被捕 汕尾当局拟以镇压促工 (Police Formally Arrest 3 Villagers in Dongzhou, Guangdong; Suppression Tactics Used to Expedite Construction)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/12/dongzhou/

温州访民被截访人员遗弃荒野 (Zhejiang "Retrievers" Leave 70-Year-Old Petitioners in Wilderness)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/12/china_petition/

Public Health
Onus Shifted to Companies to Recall Drugs
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), December 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c5270ebce4ec6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD