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, July 15, 2008

July 15, 2008

News
Education

Schools Short of 400,000 Teachers
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50d6e7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China on the Way to Going Green
Xinhuanet, July 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8546386.htm

Government
Media Hail Election Contest Played Out before the Public
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e95e7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights
Bush Criticizes China, Saudi, Iran on Rights
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1440477620080714

Labor
As China's Small Mines Stay Shut, Crisis Grows
Reuters (available at International Herald Tribune), July 13, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/13/business/coal.php

Olympics
京无意阻《苹果》採访奥运 (Beijing Has No Intention to Bar Apple Daily from Covering Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 15, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080715/gsk1.htm

Beijing Shopkeeper Stands Her Ground as Eviction Looms for Games Clearance
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ec26e7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Australian Athletes Offered Olympics "Rights" Pack
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSYD12616020080714

Beijing Has Water for Olympics -- If Tourists Come
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK11363620080714

北京启动“三道治安防线” (Beijing Launches "Three-Tiered Security System" for Olympics)
Xinhuanet, July 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-07/14/content_8544824.htm

China Olympics Security Undermines Media Freedoms: Experts
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK2006220080714

China Steps Up Coal Shipments to Power Games: Xinhua
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK18007520080714

China Urges "Civilized" Security Checks at Games
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/olympicsNews/idUSPEK18343420080714

Leave Banners at Home, Olympic Spectators Told
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK33946620080714

Police
Beijing Orders Pollution to Vanish
Time (available at Yahoonews.com), July 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080714/wl_time/beijingorderspollutiontovanish

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Calls in Provincial Police to Help Fend off Petitioners
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=522ee7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

湖南邵阳公安殴打和拘捕阻扰政府工程的村民 (Hunan Police Beat and Arrest Villagers over Obstruction of Road Project)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_rights_rural-07142008105331.html

黑龙江双鸭山市对访民采取高压政策 (Local Authorities in Heilongjiang Adopt Repressive Policies against Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07142008103834.html

Migrant Workers Protest, Riot for 3 Days in E. China
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK162637

Police arrest 100 over Southwest China Riot
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/wl_afp/chinarightsunrestoly2008_080714085455