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.

Monday, June 16, 2008

June 14-16, 2008

News
Corruption
Bank Staff in China Quake Zone Use Donations to Buy Runners: Govt
Agence France-Presse (available at Yahoo! News), June 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080613/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakecorruptionrelief_080613060256

Official Dismissed for Embezzling Quake Relief Funds
China Daily, June 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/14/content_6760691.htm

Disasters
70,000 Evacuate Flooding Quake Zone
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), June 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a955c2e0d1f8a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Floods Kills 55 - More Rain Expected
Reuters, June 15, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK825620080615

Chinese Parents Call off Memorial for Children Killed in Quake after Official Warning
New York Times, June 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/world/asia/13quake.html

Leave Beichuan, Volunteers Told
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e684b370e28a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Sensitive China Quake Photo Removed from Exhibit
Associated Press (available at Google), June 15, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD91AERB81

山西吕梁煤矿发生爆炸事故 43人被困 (43 Trapped after Mine Explosion in Luliang, Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meikuang-06132008155931.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Concern over Detentions in China Quake Zone: Groups
Reuters, June 15, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSPEK2985920080615

Related information:
Human Rights in China Condemns the Detention of Huang Qi by Police in Chengdu
Human Rights in China, June 14, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/56408

Human Rights Defenders
China Dissident Commits Suicide after Forcible Deportation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (available at Yahoo! News), June 16, 2008
http://au.news.yahoo.com/080615/21/17aif.html

Olympics
BBC Will Show Beijing Olympics Protests
Telegraph.co.uk, June 14, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2123211/Beijing-Olympics-BBC-will-show-protests-if-they-occur.html

确保奥运火炬传送 甘孜切断对外通讯 (All Communication to Garze, Sichuan Severed to Ensure Torch Arrival)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ao-06152008155144.html

China Clampdown for Olympic Torch in Xinjiang: Residents, Exiles
Agence France-Presse (available at Yahoo! News), June 16, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/wl_afp/chinaxinjiangunrestrightsoly2008_080615053950

Olympic Torch's Arrival in Tibet Postponed
Associated Press (available at Google), June 16, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gEtQD-yS0Xp4_sizYjZ8SE7bG_1gD91AV5BG0

Stamp out Sex with an Olympic Baton
Asia Times Online, June 14, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JF14Ad02.html

Related information:
Legal Guidelines for Foreigners—Olympic Traps for Foreigners?
Human Rights in China, June 05, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/55647
Population
深圳出台户籍制度改革重大举措 (Shenzhen's Permanent Residence System Undertakes Great Changes)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shen-06152008154339.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monks Forced to Take Patriotic Tests
Reuters, June 16, 2008
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/alainna/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK75F/1606%20DNB.doc#1,293,432,0,,_