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, January 16, 2008

January 16, 2008

News
Death Penalty

Top Chinese Officials Sentenced to Death for Graft: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080115/wl_asia_afp/china
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Environment
Green Goals at Risk from Flaws and Corruption
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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South China Province Reports Worsening Air Quality
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_
7430191.htm


Human Rights Defender - Li Zhiyou (李志友)
广西异见人士李志友被捕 (Guangxi Dissident Li Zhiyou Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/15/china_
dissident_detain/


Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
美国和欧盟关注胡佳被捕事件 (The US and the E.U. Express Concern about the “Disturbing” Detention of Rights Activist Hu Jia)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/15/us_china_
humanrights/


Human Rights Defenders - Yang Chunlin (杨春林), Yu Changwu (于长武), and Wang Guilin (王桂林)
黑龙江富锦两名失地农民代表将被判劳教 (Two Heilongjiang Land Rights Activists to Be Sentenced to RTL; Yang Chunlin to Stand Trial Before Lunar New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/fujin/

Labor
New Labour Law 'Setback for HK'
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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East China Chemical Explosion Kills Four
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_74
28251.htm


Toxic Factories Take Toll on China's Labor Force
Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119972343587572351.html?
mod=hpp_asia_pageone


Land Policy
Farmers to Get Help in Transferring Land-Use Rights for Farmland
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Law
环境维权案诉讼难 我国将建首家环境公益律所 (First National Environmental Public Interest Law Center Established)
Legal Daily, January 16, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/16/content_
782177.htm


Migrant Workers
China Arrests Employers for Failing to Pay Wages
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7425784.htm


Olympics
Shanghai Consumers' Rights Watchdogs Get Ready for More Complaints
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/16/content_
7430459.htm


China Oceanic Authority: Water Quality in Qingdao Up to Standard for Olympic Sailing
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7428197.htm


Protests and Petitions
天安门广场一百多名访民被押走 (One Hundred People Taken Away While Petitioning in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/
fangmin/


嵊州万人抗议强拆事件被捕人士被判刑 (Seven Zhejiang Protesters Against Forced Evictions Receive Sentences)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/
zhejiang/


Religion
新疆维族基督徒被刑拘 信仰与国安不相容? (Xinjiang Province Place Uyghur Christian Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/15/xj/

Tibet
Antique Statues Missing from Tibetan Monastery
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/01/15/tibetan_statues/

China Earmarks Special Funds to Protect Tibet Cultural Relics
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/15/content_
7426259.htm