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 29, 2008

July 29, 2008

News
Corruption
Chinese Senior Official Urges More Efforts in Curbing Official Misconduct
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/28/content_8827461.htm

Disasters
China Allocates 2.32 Bln Yuan for School Reconstruction in Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/28/content_8827480.htm

Parents Who Lost a Child in China Quake to Get £11,800 Payout
The Independent, July 28, 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/parents-who-lost-a-child-in-china-quake-to-get-16311800-payout-878703.html

Human Rights Defenders
Controversy over Retained Lawyers Report
China Daily, July 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/29/content_6884995.htm

Law
新修法律遭遗弃 律师不得见黄琦 (New Lawyer's Law Abandoned Lawyers Not Allowed to See Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-07282008133829.html

Olympics
Beijing Has Fulfilled Pledge - Greenpeace
China Daily, July 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/29/content_6884201.htm

綠色和平:京空氣僅2日達標 (Greenpeace: Beijing Air Quality Barely Reaches Goal for 2 Days)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080729/spb1.htm

China Rights 'Worsen with Games'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 29, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7529453.stm

China Dissidents Hope Olympics Not Like Berlin Games
Reuters, July 28, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUKSP27351320080728

Olympic Cleanup Puts Some Beijing Residents Behind Walls
International Herald Tribune, July 28, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/28/asia/china.php

Girls Will Be Girls at the Beijing Olympics - Sex Tests Will Prove It
Times Online, July 29, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4419301.ece

北京奥运安保严防自杀式袭击及刺杀 (Olympic Security Takes Precautions against Suicide Attacks)
Xinhuanet, July 29, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-07/29/content_8830057.htm

Sauna Users Told to Reveal Identities
China Daily, July 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/29/content_6883783.htm

北京奥运日近 藏区形势趋紧 (As Beijing Games Get Closer Tibet Security Tightens)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-07282008151330.html

昆明巴士再傳爆炸聲 (Sound of Kunming Bus Explosion Again)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080729/caa1.htm

Fury Vented at Great Firewall of China
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 28, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/reporters-vent-fury-at-great-firewall-of-china/2008/07/27/1217097058479.html

Protests and Petitions
上海三名拆迁访民被抓回 五十多人穿冤字背心抗议 (Three Shanghai Petitioners Detained Fifty People Protest Wearing 'Injustice' Shirts)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-07282008093434.html

Tibet
China Swipes at McCain Over Dalai Lama Meeting
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), July 29, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j8R7rtB4yRRAO2yLlURjw407Am9Q