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.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

January 22, 2008

News
Children
曲靖拐卖儿童案开审 17 人受审 仍有3 人未得解救 (17 Suspects in Yunnan Face Trial for Child Trafficking)
Legal Daily, January 21, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-01/22/content
_785671.htm


Corruption
Chinese Officials Face Prosecution on Land Misuse Charges
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7467199.htm


Death Penalty
Top Judge Vows Caution over Death Penalty
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62
ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a
0a0/?vgnextoid=5255e229d
4c97110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=


Disasters
Heavy Snow in China Causes Deaths and Damage
Reuters, January 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUS
PEK1510020080121


Economic Development
Beijing Urban-Rural Income Gap Continues to Widen
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7466330.htm


Gender
Jiangsu Amends Law to Define Sexual Harassment
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7463316.htm


Human Rights Defenders - Liu Fenggang (刘凤钢)
刘凤钢被公安拘捕关押六日仍未获释 (House Church Leader Liu Fenggang Still Under Detention)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/21/China
_Religion/


Human Rights Defenders - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳首次获准向家人传递便条 (Hu Jia Allowed to Send Memo To Family)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/21/China
_Hu/


访曾金燕访民网友遭羁押 维权者妻吁当局放胡佳 (Petitioners and Netizens Taken Away by Police When Attempting to Visit Zeng Jinyan)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21/
hujia/


Human Rights Defenders - Li Guohong (李国宏)
维权人士李国宏狱中发绝食声明吁关注中国人权 (Rights Defender Li Guohong Stages Hunger Strike in Prison to Call for Attention to China's Human Rights Condition)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21/
li_guohong/


Labor
China Turns to Hi-Tech to Improve Mine Safety
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/content
_7469228.htm


新华视点:重庆讨薪职工遭遇34万余元高昂维权代价 (Chongqing Workers Face High Arbitration Fee for Settling Back Pay)
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/22/con
tent_7469520.htm


Urban Unemployment Declines to 4% in China
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/content
_7467328.htm


Explosion Kills 20 in Illegal China Mine
Associated Press ( via YahooNews), January 21, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080121/ap_on_re_as/chi
na_mine_deaths_2;_ylt=AqJO
XWSTwKF_judygsyYC29P
zWQA


大陆政府拟订新工资条例 (Government Plans New Regulation on Wages)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/01/21/China
_Wages/


Land Policy
广东佛山拆房者刀架房主脖子半夜强拆民宅 (Foshan Eviction Team Expel Residents by Force)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21
/qiangchai/


Law
上海富商周正毅二审维持十六年原判 (Appeal Court Upholds Original Verdict of Shanghai Tycoon Zhou Zhengyi )
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21/
zhou_zhengyi/


Olympics
Beijing Alert to Earthquakes as Olympics Approach
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/content
_7467627.htm


Police
China Vows to End Violence by Urban Inspectors
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 21, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080121/wl_asia_afp/chin
arightsinspectorsbeating_0801
21074236;_ylt=AsQ1Pyy0N
9bq2rqlEBYabWpPzWQA


Politics
Migrant Worker Elected to Chinese National Legislature
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content
_7465592.htm


Wang Zhengwei Elected Chairman of NW China Ethnic Region
Xinhuanet, January 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content_
7465563.htm


Protests and Petitions
China's Rising People Power
BBC, January 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7195434.stm

Fatal Beating by Officers Condemned
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), January 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a
0a0/?vgnextoid=c884e229d
4c97110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=


四百名工行买断员工在长安街总工会上访 (400 Former ICBC Staff Protest in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/01/21
/gonghang/


Public Health
Chinese Consumers Armed With Quality Codes in War Against Substandard Goods
Xinhuanet, January 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/content
_7467340.htm