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, August 06, 2008

August 06, 2008

Bilateral Ties
美駐京新使館8月8日8時開幕 (Beijing's New American Embassy to Open on August 8 at 8 AM)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2008 http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080806/cab1.htm

Japan to Protest to China over Reporters' Beating
Reuters (via China Post), August 06, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/08/06/168788/Japan-to.htm
Related news:
Xinjiang Border Police Apologize to Japanese Reporters after Clash
Xinhuanet, August 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/05/content_8970966.htm

Spain to Hear Tibetan Lawsuit against Chinese Leaders
Agence-France Presse (via Google), August 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBp60203lXfhA_H1mJ2DFLRG98iA

Disasters
餘震造成青川2死29傷 (Two Dead and 29 Injured in Sichuan Aftershock)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080806/ca31300k.htm

Man Jailed for Quake Aftershock Hoax
Shanghai Daily, August 06, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369520

Environment
China Sets up First Environmental Exchange
Agence-France Presse (via Google), August 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQf2zcOYjJzr5fQGSac_Q0k1FY1A

Government
村官贿选蔓延,修法难以遏制 (Amended Law May Not Constrain Widespread Village Election Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/election-08052008101043.html

Human Rights Defenders
各地异议维权人士续遭打压 (Dissidents and Rights Defenders Harassed across China)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xie_liu-08052008122048.html

中国泛蓝联盟各地成员奥运前夕遭受不同程度打压 (Pan-Blue Alliance Members across China Receive Varying Levels of Harassment on Eve of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanlan-08052008090741.html

Migrant Workers
广州出动3万多警力清理流动人口 (Guangzhou Police Kick out over 300,000 Migrant Workers during "Clean up")
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangzhou-08052008100359.html

Multilateral
UNICEF Report says China, India Hold Key to Asia Sustaining Improved Child Survival Rates
Voice of Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-05-voa44.cfm

Olympics
China Denies Visa for Critic; Activists Held
Wall Street Journal, August 07, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121798661082115673.html
Related news:
Tibet Protesters Held in Beijing
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUSSP29043320080806

China Lifts Some Internet Restrictions
CNSNews.com, August 05, 2008
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=33618

Related information:
China Olympics Update: More Free for More People, But Not Free for All
Open Net Initiative, August 01, 2008 http://opennet.net/blog/2008/08/china-olympics-update-more-free-more-people-not-free-all

China Limits Media Access to Tiananmen
Associated Press (via Wall Street Journal), August 05, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121798119427915111.html

U.S. Cyclists Are Masked, and Criticism Is Not
New York Times, August 06, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/sports/olympics/06masks.html

Worrying about Traffic, Not Who Wins the Gold
New York Times, August 06, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/sports/olympics/06beijing.html

Tibet
Tibetan Normality Hides Tension
USA Today, August 06, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-05-tibet_N.htm

XUAR
China Says 18 Suspects Trained Abroad
Financial Times, August 05, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/675788ba-6316-11dd-9fd0-0000779fd2ac.html
Related news:
Scholars Question Official Line of 'Plot' to Disrupt Olympics
International Herald Tribune, August 05, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/asia/kashgar.php

China's Uighurs Wary, Worried After Attack
The Washington Post, August 06, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080502383.html