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, September 17, 2008

September 17, 2008

News
Corruption
重庆食药监局原处长受贿95万获刑9年 (Official in Chongqing to Serve 9 Years for Accepting Bribes)
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-09/17/content_10048581.htm

安徽淮南原市委书记陈世礼涉嫌受贿640余万被起诉 (Anhui Official Charged with Bribery)
Xinhuanet, September 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-09/17/content_10050331.htm

Disasters
“溃坝”伤残者补偿标准出台 (Compensation Packages for Landslide Victims Announced)
The Beijing News, September 17, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/09-17/008@025647.htm

Premier: China to Compile Quake Victim Name List
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10045986.htm

Food Security
China Finds Additive in Formula at 22 Dairies
International Herald Tribune, September 17, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/17/asia/17milk.php

Related News
Behind Bad Baby Milk, an Ethical Gap in China's Business
Christian Science Monitor, September 17, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0917/p01s03-woap.html

Officials 'Knew of Tainted Milk for a Month'
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=de4545b0c1c6c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Pledges to Treat All Tainted Milk-affected Babies
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10030692.htm

Parents Queue for Refund in China Milk Scandal
International Herald Tribune, September 16, 2008
http://iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/16/asia/OUKWD-UK-CHINA-MILK.php

Government
Government Bus Official Sacked After Fatal Crash
Shanghai Daily, September 17, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=374011

Media
三鹿誘百度刪毒奶新聞出資300萬 (Baidu Spent 3 Million RMB to Delete Tainted Milk Powder News)
Ming Pao, September 17, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080917/caa2.htm

Journalist Ponders Suing Portal over Blog Entry Deletion
South China Morning Post, September 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ff9a7ceaa4c6c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Once Banned International Internet Sites Now Allowed In Post Olympics China
Voice of America, September 17, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-16-voa21.cfm?rss=asia

山西溃坝事故追踪:51人起初未入“死亡名单” (51 Deaths Originally Not Listed in Shanxi Landslide Reports)
Nanfang City News, September 16, 2008
http://www2.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200809160040.asp

国内首家党报集团中外合作项目:新安传媒挂牌成立 (China to Launch First Joint Venture Party Newspaper)
Legal Daily, September 16, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-09/16/content_946459.htm

U.N. Agency Eyes Curbs on Internet Anonymity
CNET Networks, September 12, 2008
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10040152-38.html

Multilateral
Chinese Premier to Attend UN High-level Meeting on MDGs
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10034036.htm

Protests and Petitions
购买农机产品被骗 黑龙江300农民集体到省会上访 (300 Heilongjiang Farmers Petition after Falling Prey to Equipment Purchasing Scam )
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nong-09162008083130.html

50名上海访民残奥会期间北京上访被截访 (50 Shanghai Petitioners Blocked During Paralympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09162008083416.html

南京访民中秋节遭省委有关人员毒打 (Government Official Beats Petitioner from Nanjing )
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nanjing-09162008102122.html

Public Health
China Renews Call to Tackle Young People's Health Problems
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/17/content_10047224.htm

Society
Chinese Muslims Join Global Islamic Market
Christian Science Monitor, September 16, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0916/p06s04-woap.html

State-owned Enterprises
China Orders Strategic SOEs to Report Production Accidents
Xinhuanet, September 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/16/content_10040320.htm

XUAR
新疆维族人坚持封斋被拘 汉人退休官批政府贪腐 (Uighur Muslims Beaten for Persisting in Observing Ramadan)
Radio Free Asia, September 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weizu-09162008084113.html