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, August 18, 2008

August 16-18, 2008

News
Civil Society
Olympics Leaves Positive Legacies for Some Groups
International Herald Tribune, August 16, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/16/asia/AS-OLY-China-Positive-Legacies.php

Corruption
Graft Case Exposes How Schools Spend 'Patronage Fees'
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=03dae399b91db110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=

Official Jailed
Shanghai Daily, August 17, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370653

Disasters
Post-quake Rebuilding Draft Put Online
China Daily, August 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/17/content_6943316.htm


Related information:
国家汶川地震灾后恢复重建总体规划(公开征求意见稿) (The State Overall Planning
for the Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Restoration and Reconstruction(Public Opinion
Soliciting Draft))
National Development and Reform Commission, August 12, 2008
http://en.ndrc.gov.cn/newsrelease/t20080815_231137.htm (English)
http://www.ndrc.gov.cn/yjzx/yjzx_add_jb.jsp?SiteId=34 (Chinese)

当局以奥运为由阻地震遇难家属进京上访 (Authorities Prevent Parents whose Children Died in Quake from Petitioning in Beijing due to Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/earthquake-08152008115334.html

Human Rights Defenders
北京维权人士表示离京避免被抓 (Beijing Rights Defenders Leave Beijing to Avoid Being Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-08152008214717.html

Labor
Death Toll in China Shoe Workshop Fire Rises to Six
Xinhuanet, August 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/16/content_9382142.htm

More Workers Get Legal Aid
China Daily, August 16, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/16/content_6941361.htm

Media
China Will Remain Open to Media After the Games
China Daily, August 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/17/content_6942683.htm

Olympics
China’s Iron Olympic Grip Starts to Slip
Times Online, August 17, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article4547323.ece

Beijing Olympics: Organisers Change Draconian Security Arrangements
Telegraph.co.uk, August 16, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2569591/Beijing-Olympics-Organisers-change-draconian-security-arrangements.html

Dalai Lama: China Mistreating Tibetans During Games
Reuters, August 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLG68555620080816
Tibetan-born Reporter Still in HK After Failing to Get Accreditation
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3d9f218c8c6cb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

UN Envoy Laments Ticketing Problems
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5dbf218c8c6cb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Empty seats are a mystery at Beijing Olympics
Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-seats17-2008aug17,0,374961.story


奥运网络政策内外有别 公民记者行动受限 (Chinese Authorities Relax Access to Foreign Websites as They Restrict Access to Domestic Websites)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Internet-08152008165207.html

Protests and Petitions
山东九十岁高龄老人率全家申请到京静坐示威 (Shandong Elders Apply to Demonstrate in Beijing's Protest Parks)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangdong-08152008104316.html

上海访民:开个奥运会 我们就失去自由 (We've Lost our Freedom Since the Opening of the Olympics - Shanghai Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-08152008115432.html

Religion
One-child Policy Will Cause Shortage of Priests, Warns Beijing Diocese Official
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e6de399b91db110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Confiscates Bibles from American Christians
International Herald Tribune, August 17, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/17/news/China-Bibles-Confiscated.php

Society
Chinese Officials Defend Dealings with Tibetans, Uighur Muslims
Voice of America, August 16, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-16-voa20.cfm

Ethnic Unity in China, with the Han on Top
agence France-Presse (available at Google News) , August 16, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5glvG0F-5krFX-55GFd81dFpoig2A

State Security
Official: Fighting Terrorism Won't Affect Ethnic Relations in China
Xinhuanet, August 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/16/content_9389905.htm

Taiwan
Taipei Launches Bid to Join UN Agencies
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=81837d67f47cb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Tibet
甘孜六名僧侣在拉萨失踪五个月 (Size Garze Monks Missing from Lhasa for Five Months)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gan-08172008184225.html

热点:藏族女作家唯色被拒发护照 (Renown Tibetan Writer Woeser Refused Passport)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/features/hottopic/tibetan_author-08152008125350.html

XUAR
Distant Thunder: Separatism Stirs on China’s Forgotten Frontier
Financial Times, August 17, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26082e82-6c7b-11dd-96dc-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1