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, May 14, 2008

May 14, 2008

News
Disasters
In Brief: Carrefour, Wal-Mart to Deliver Money, Relief Supplies to Victims
Bloomberg (via South China Morning Post), May 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=10253db7bf2e9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

More Troops Rushed to Help China Quake Rescue
Reuters, May 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USSP23973420080513

China Welcomes Offers of Quake Aid
Reuters, May 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USPEK20595

'This Is Not a Natural Disaster - This Is Done by Humans'
The Guardian, May 13, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/13/china.naturaldisasters3

Economic Development
China Quake Fans Inflation Worry in Hard-hit Areas
Reuters, May 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USPEK241250

Government

民调显示中国公众希望政府公布公布官员财产情况 (Poll: Citizens Want Government to Publish Assets of Government Officials)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/asset-05132008115325.html

Human Rights Defenders
四名浙江护地维权农民被判刑 (Four Zhejiang Land Rights Representatives Sentenced)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_land-05132008141757.html

Media
A Rescue in China, Uncensored
New York Times, May 14, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/world/asia/14response.html

四川政府网页曾在5月9日“辟谣”(Sichuan Government Webpage Denied Earthquake Prediction on May 9)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/forecast-05132008125642.html

Migrant Workers
官方报告指女农民工受歧视严重 (Government Report: Female Migrant Workers Face Serious Discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/woman_workers-05132008111501.html

Olympics
A Sombre Torch Relay in Wake of Killer Quake
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc743db7bf2e9110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

奥运圣火来到瑞金 “祥云”飘进“红色摇篮” (Olympic Torch Goes to Cradle of Chinese Communism in Jiangxi)
Xinhuanet, May 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/sports/2008-05/14/content_8167178.htm

Religion
全国各地家庭教会成员陆续被抓 (Arrests of House Church Members Continue Nationwide)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-05132008160222.html

Tibet
甘孜县藏人连续三日游行近30藏人被捕 (Thirty Tibetans Detained; Protests Continue in Ganzi County, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-05132008105211.html

XUAR
新疆:坚决挫败"三股势力"阴谋破坏活动 (XUAR Authorities: Defeat Plots Before Olympics)
Legal Daily, May 14, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/2007zfzz/2008-05/14/content_851104.htm