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, November 25, 2008

November 25, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties

Economy, Not Rights, Rules the New China-US World
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081124/ap_on_re_as/as_obama_the_china_challenge

Corruption
Huang Guangyu, China's Richest Man, Disappears amid Corruption Investigation
The Times, November 25, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5221230.ece

Torch-bearer Arrested over Corruption
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=799c9fbfc6fcd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
Two Taiwan Drug Dealers Sentenced to Death in East China
China Daily, November 24, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/24/content_7235425.htm

Environment
Bulletin: Pollution Worsens on Yellow River System
Xinhuanet, November 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/24/content_10401878.htm

Human Rights Defenders
北京司法局:律协直选暂不成熟 (Beijing Bureau of Justice: BLA Not Yet Mature for Direct Elections)
The Beijing News, November 25, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/11-25/008@021141.htm
Related information:
Lawyers Are Dismissed by Firms for Supporting Beijing Lawyers Association Direct Election, Law Firms Are Threatened
Human Rights in China, October 31, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/72449
Macau
Less than 100 Demonstrate against Article 23 Regulation
Macau Daily Times, November 24, 2008
http://www.macaudailytimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19435&Itemid=28

Multilateral
China's Economic Growth 'to Slow'
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 25, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7747333.stm

Police
Four Policemen Stand Trial for Beating Suspect to Death in Interrogation
Xinhuanet, November 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/24/content_10407146.htm

吉林退休人士实名举报被劳教 (Retired Worker Beaten and Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor after Reporting Local Corruption to Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of CPC)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiliin-11242008110111.html

Protests and Petitions
Village Head Jailed for Yunnan Ore-rights Riot
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b8ac9fbfc6fcd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

浙江发生大规模强征土地事件 (1000+ Villagers Clash with Police over Land Expropriation in Zhejiang Town)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengdi-11242008093028.html

Religion
China Sentences Falungong Follower to Three Years in Jail: Lawyer
Agence France-Presse (via Google), November 25, 2008
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hVz9l5v3-NroyDGALZT2Nv6Paw2Q

Rural Issues
China to Make New Investment in Rural Schools
Xinhuanet, November 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/24/content_10406684.htm

Tibet
Tibetans Reaffirm a Conciliatory Path
International Herald Tribune, November 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/22/asia/23tibet.php

XUAR
Court Hears Appeal on Uighurs Held at US Guantanamo
Voice of America, November 25, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-11-25-voa4.cfm

NW China's Xinjiang Provides 12-year Free Education
Xinhua (via China Daily), November 24, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/24/content_7234776.htm