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, March 27, 2008

March 27, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Bush Calls Hu to Urge Tibet Talks
BBC March 27, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7315691.stm

Corruption
2,100 Local Officials Punished for Misconduct
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
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Human Rights
China, Others Rebuked in Britain's Human Rights Report
Voice of America, March 26, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-26-voa57.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Du Daobin (杜导斌)
网络作家杜导斌受当局更严密监控 (Internet Writer Du Daobin Closely Monitored by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/du/


Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
杨春林儿子抗议法警电击父亲 (Yang Chunlin's Son Protests Against Police Abuse of His Father)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/yang_chunlin/


Olympics
Australian Opposition Leader Says no to Olympic Boycott
Xinhuanet, March 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/27/
content_7867614.htm


是否抵制北京奥运会在德国和欧洲各界引起广泛讨论 (Public Discussion Stimulated in Europe on Whether to Boycott Olympic Games)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/aoyun2/


Sarkozy Raises Prospect of Olympic Boycott
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
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Population
更多专家建议中国调整计划生育政策 (Experts Suggest Adjustments of China Family Planning Policy)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/familyplanning/


Protests and Petitions
军转干部网上抱怨住房安置被行政拘留10日 (Retired Soldier Detained for 10 Days for Complaining Online over Housing Resettlement)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/26/
china_internet_freedom/


广州劳动仲裁案件猛增,海珠区增幅达十五倍 (Guangdong Labor Arbitration Cases Increased after Implementation of New Labor Contract Law)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
26/labor/


湖北省28个县市民办教师到省政府上访 (Private Teachers from 28 Hubei Counties Petition the Government)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
26/jiaoshi/


Tibet
660 Held in Tibetan Uprising, China Says
New York Times, March 27, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/world/asia/
27tibet.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin


Tibet Monks Disrupt Tour by Journalists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=Ak1.
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Bao Tong: Talk To The Dalai Lama
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/26/
china_baotong/


Foreign Journalists Arrive in Lhasa on State-Controlled Trip
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
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Mass Arrests in Tibet; Bush Urges China to Talk
Reuters, March 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK24297420080326


甘孜藏僧对本台说:"杀了一个喇嘛" "我们要自由" (More than 30 Lamas Arrested and 1 Shot Dead in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/lama/