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, July 07, 2008

July 05-07, 2008

News
Disasters

China Issues Guidelines on Post-Quake Reconstruction
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/04/content_8491515.htm

Relief Efforts Fall Short of Remote Towns
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=edd72ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国当局警告律师不得代理四川地震受害者索偿 (Authorities Warn Lawyers to Not Represent Sichuan Earthquake Victims in Reimbursement Cases)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-07042008111816.html

Environment
Warming May Cause Rapid Plant Species Loss on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Xinhuanet, July 06, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/06/content_8498318.htm

Hong Kong
China Bars Radical HK Democrat from Sichuan Visit
Reuters, July 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSHKG34224920080704

Hong Kong Democrats Call on Chinese VP to Speed Polls
Reuters, July 6, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSHKG36851420080706

Journalists' Association Warns on Nationalism
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc852ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

No Red Tape for Sichuan Rebuilding, Delegates Told
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b5262ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender
“肝胆相照论坛”负责人陆军回国在海关被扣查 ("In the Hepatitis B Camp" Webmaster Lu Jun Detained by Customs for Several Hours upon Returning to China)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-07042008110310.html

Human Rights Defenders
China's New Freedom Fighters
The Guardian, July 06, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/06/china.humanrights

Labor
Accident at Chinese Mine Kills 21
BBC, July 06, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7492146.stm

Law
Lawyers Use Bogus Big-Cat Case to Push Government to Improve the Rule of Law
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cdb72ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Chinese Bloggers Score a Victory against the Government: Firings Indicate Growing Power; Exploits of 'Zola'
Wall Street Journal, July 07, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121533126228630499.html

Olympics
‘Anti-China’ Groups Threaten Olympics
Financial Times, July 04, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22eb9a82-49f7-11dd-891a-000077b07658.html

China Shuts Down Factories
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 07, 2008
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2296195.htm

Olympic Sailors Find Added Adversary in Qingdao: Pollution
Agence France-Presse (via Google), July 07, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_N9vizI8lf8MdBXCEldiPR4JNVA

Unmanned Drones to Serve Security Forces during Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/03/content_8485840.htm

Protests and Petitions
Corruption Cited in Guizhou Girl's Death; 4 Officials Sacked
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=500d00d4efeea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
'We Didn't Do It', Male Friends of Dead Girl Say
China Daily, July 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/05/content_6821836.htm
男子拆迁房前被殴身亡 (Beijing Man Guarding Remains of Demolished Home Beaten to Death)
The Beijing News, July 04, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/07-04/011@074936.htm

Veil Lifted on Gangsters' Power in Riot Town
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=10572ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

烟台数百名军转干部周五上访被拦截 (Hundreds of Shandong Soldier-Turned-Cadres Intercepted while Petitioning Municipal People's Congress)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petition_veteran-07042008105921.html

Religion
山东家庭教会牧师张忠心被判劳教两年 (Shandong House Church Pastor Zhang Zhongxin Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_family_church-07042008110933.html

Rural Issues
Auditors Find Counties Stole School Funds
South China Morning Post, April 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5b3e00d4efeea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Presses Dalai Lama ahead of Games
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK33239020080707

Tibet Talks Conclude with Little Progress
Washington Post, July 04, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/03/AR2008070301663.html

Tibetan Monasteries Empty as China Jails Monks to Silence Olympic Protests
Times Online, July 07, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4281932.ece

XUAR
Radical Islam Stirs in China's Remote West
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK13637820080707