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, November 12, 2008

November 12, 2008

News

Corruption
Police Chief Suspended over Sponsorship Scandal
Xinhua (via China Daily), November 12, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/12/content_7195345.htm

Food Security
China Wants to Make Bricks from Toxic Milk: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081111/sc_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkoffbeat

Law
中国最高法院: 将限制不履行债务责任的被执行人出境 (New Judicial Interpretation: Debtors Failing Financial Obligations Restricted from Leaving Country)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/falv-11112008105655.html

Media
Publisher Vows to Fight on amid Official Pressure
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e71c119de7c8d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Olympics
Olympic Protest Activist Formally Arrested
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21fb119de7c8d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China National Games Stadium Catches Fire Again
Reuters (available at YahooNews), November 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081111/wl_nm/us_china_fire

Protests and Petitions
Protestors Block Garbage Plant over Pollution Concerns
Shanghai Daily, November 12, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=380360

Sanya Cabbies Vow to Continue Strike over Fees
South China Morning Post, November 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=150b119de7c8d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Related Information:
China Investigates Violence in Latest Taxi Strike
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), November 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_taxi_strike

Authorities Try to Defuse Latest Factory Protest
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3c3063250c98d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Clashes Over China Port Protest
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protest-11112008144555.html

浙江洞头县徵地冲突逾百警员入村抓捕村民 (Police Clear Out Protesters in Zhejiang After Three-week Sit-in)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_village-11112008100339.html?encoding=simplified

Tibet
北京因奥运结束 改变对达赖态度 (China Changes Its Attitude Toward Dalai Lama After Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, November 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dalai-11112008090436.html

Related Information:
Dalai Lama Still Wants Talks with China: Aides
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081111/wl_sthasia_afp/chinatibetdalaidiplomacytalks