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, November 06, 2008

November 6, 2008

News

Corruption
反腐网站被黑客攻击 (Anti-Corruption Website Attacked by Hackers)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanfu-11052008084620.html

Disasters
China to Spend $146 bln on Quake Reconstruction
Reuters (available at YahooNews), November 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081106/wl_nm/us_china_quake

Landslides, Worst Floods in a Century Kill 51 in China
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 04, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081105/wl_asia_afp/chinaweatherfloods

Food Security
China Says Japanese Soy Sauce, Coffee Imports Tainted
Voice of America, November 04, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-11-04-voa40.cfm

Government
Xinjiang Party Official Jailed for Accidental Shooting Death
Shanghai Daily, November 06, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=379670

Migrants 'Must Have More Say'
China Daily, November 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-11/05/content_7174377.htm

Labor
广州出现大批农民工返乡潮 火车站流量递增 (Guangzhou Train Station Swamped by Migrant Workers Returning Home)
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/06/content_10314489.htm

北京劳保局:合同到期者遭解聘应获补偿 (Workers Should Get Subsidies after Contract Expires, Gov Says)
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/06/content_10314721.htm

报告显示中国有超半数农民工工作环境恶劣 (Over Half of Migrant Laborers Work in Poor Conditions, Report Shows)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-11052008095728.html

Law
安监总局公布第一批重特大生产安全事故责任企业名单 (Government Releases List of Businesses Guilty of Safety Accidents)
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/06/content_10315545.htm

Media
四川自由撰稿人陈道军被审 (Freelance Writer Chen Daojun under Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, November 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chen-11052008084504.html

After Newspaper in China is Shut Down, Reporter Sues Regulator
Associated Press (available at the International Herald, November 04, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/04/asia/beijing.php

Protests and Petitions
广东采取措施应对近期企业倒闭引发欠薪事件 (Guangdong Province Adopts Measures to Address Back Pay for Laid-off Factory Workers)
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/06/content_10313978_1.htm

Public Health
完达山刺五加注射液事件续:多名销售人员被刑拘 (Sellers of Deadly Injection Arrested)
EastDay.com, November 06, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081106/u1a3965928.html

Society
Five Dead as Truck Targets Crowd outside China School: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), November 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081106/wl_asia_afp/chinaaccidentschool

Student Arrested for Killing Teacher in Zhejiang
Shanghai Daily, November 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=379543

Taiwan
Lawyers Slam Ma for Wrecking Taiwan Human Rights
Taiwan News, November 06, 2008
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=781748&lang=eng_news&cate_i
mg=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN

Angry Taiwanese Swarm Hotel as Chinese Envoy Dines
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), November 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_re_as/as_taiwan_china_envoy

Tibet
China Sentences 55 Tibet Protesters over Riots
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), November 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet