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.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

August 28, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties

BOC Denies Terror Funding Link
Shanghai Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371753

Corruption
Chinese Auditors Find 117 Cases of Official Embezzlement
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/27/content_9724557.htm
Related news:
88 Arrested for Misuse of Public Funds
Shanghai Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371769
Disasters
Government Approves Three-Year Rebuilding Plan for Quake Zone
China Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/28/content_6976642.htm

No Answers for Parents of China Quake Dead
The Guardian (via Khaleej Times), August 28, 2008
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1649.xml

Sichuan Earthquake Orphans Fail to Find Home
The Telegraph, August 27, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2631163/Sichuan-earthquake-orphans-fail-to-find-home.html

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Dissidents Push for New Political Climate
USA Today, August 27, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-27-china_N.htm

Labor
20 Confirmed Dead in S China Chemical Plant Blast
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/27/content_9724017.htm

China Coal Deaths Prompt New Rules
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/china-coal-08272008152803.html

Foreman Arrested on Slavery Charge
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371731

Land Policy
江苏失地农民维权三代表已被拘留多天 (Three Representatives of Jiangsu Villagers in Land Dispute Locked up by Police for Several Days)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-08272008114901.html

Olympics
China Conservation Efforts Aid Aquifer Levels
Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121986665108677159.html

Related news:
Millions Forfeit Water to Olympic Games
The Sunday Times, August 24, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4597006.ece
Population
4 Population Zones Planned
China Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/28/content_6977347.htm

Social Security
Chinese Defend Accused Police Killer
Associated Press (via Google), August 27, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hvhjshg0LQ4BB9Z9rPYtkBNjuIpgD92QORS80

Tibet
Dalai Lama, Citing Exhaustion, Cancels Trips
New York Times, August 28, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28tibet.html

Past Presents Problems for Tibet
Asia Times Online, August 28, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JH28Ad01.html

Tibetans to Resume Protests in Nepal
Financial Times, August 27, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3830f4aa-7454-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.html

XUAR
Security Stepped up in Xinjiang for National Day
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f4bf122ea40c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD