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, October 21, 2008

October 21, 2008

News

Corruption

最高人民法院副院长黄松有涉嫌贪污 (Vice President of Supreme People's Court Suspected of Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/corruption_official-10202008115713.html

Shaanxi Reports Misuse of $2 Billion
China Daily, October 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/21/content_7123565.htm

Death Penalty
被判死缓的北京高官可能提出上诉 (Liu Zhihua Likely to Appeal Suspended Death Sentence)
Voice of America, October 19, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-10-19-voa23.cfm?rss=topstories

Food Security
美律师启动肾结石患儿索赔程序 (U.S. Lawyer to Pursue Damages Claim on Behalf of Chinese Victims of Tainted Milk)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lawyer-10202008102514.html

1,500 Chinese Raccoon Dogs Die from Tainted Feed
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), October 20, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk

Government

遼寧省政府規定:不得用公款相互宴請 (Official Regulations in Liaoning : Officials Not to Use Public Funds for "Mutual Banquets")
Xinhuanet, October 18, 2008
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/www.ln.xinhuanet.com/xwzx/2008-10/18/content_14672713.htm

Human Rights Defenders
China Dissidents Eye Uncertain Post-Olympics Landscape
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), October 21, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081021/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsoly2008

Labor
Guangdong to Build Fund to Help Lay-offs
Xinhuanet, October 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/20/content_10225043.htm

2,500 Mines to Close Before 2010
China Daily, October 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-10/18/content_7117609.htm

Media

China Asked to Extend Rights to its Own Media
International Herald Tribune, October 21, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/19/news/media.php


Related information:
人权组织要求对中外记者一视同仁 (Rights Organisations
Request Equal Freedoms for Chinese Journalists)
Voice of America, October 18, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-10-18-voa23.cfm

HRIC Calls for Press Freedom for All Journalists in China
Human Rights in China, October 17, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/69055
Police
'Big hats' Accused of Fatal Truck Driver Attack
Shanghai Daily, October 21, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200810/20081021/article_377572.htm

中国维权人士在北京再度遭到殴打 (Beijing Rights Defender Xu Zhiyong Beaten Again)
Voice of America, October 19, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-10-19-voa19.cfm

Population

中国计划生育奖励扶助标准将提至每人每月60元 (Family Planning Support Payments Increase to 60 Yuan Per Person Per Month)
Xinhuanet, October 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-10/21/content_10228074.htm

Protests and Petitions
广宁征地纠纷官方版本出台 村民斥造假垄断话语权 (Guangning Villagers Reject Official Version of Forced March)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangning-10202008131641.html

国家信访局接待站爆发群体上访事件 (Organised Mass Petitioning at State Bureau of Letters and Calls)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinfang-10202008162935.html

Public Health
Health Worse for Those on Poor Side of Wealth Gap, Studies Show
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=13e4cd9a31b1d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
a0/?vgnextoid=13e4cd9a31b1d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Plans Health Care For Everyone
Wall Street Journal, October 20, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122445443885248287.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Chinese Herbal Injection Recalled in Infant Death Probe
Xinhuanet, October 20, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/20/content_10224809.htm

Taiwan

China’s ARATS Vice Chairman Attacked by Protesters in Taiwan
Taiwan News, October 21, 2008
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=768396&lang=eng_news&cat
e_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN

Related information:
大陆两岸关系协会副会长张铭清赴台研讨,遇民进党基层激烈抗议 (ARATS Vice Chairman Zhang Mingqing Encounters Fierce Opposition of DPP Supporters; President Ma Ying-jeou Hopes to Conclude Peace Agreement with Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/taiwan-10202008162657.html

XUAR
China Issues Wanted List for Olympics Terror Plotters
Reuters, October 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49K0IW20081021?feedType=RSS&f
eedName=worldNews

Court Refuses to Immediately Free Turkic Muslims
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), October 20, 2008 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_go_ot/guantanamo_chinese_detainees