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, November 27, 2008

December 11, 2008

News

Corruption
透明国际：俄罗斯、中国等国公司最倾向贿赂 (Russia and China Businesses among Most Prone to Bribery)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huilu-12102008111304.html

Economic Development
社会学家：4万亿投资可能催生新一轮城市化浪潮 (Economic Relief Plan May Spark New Wave of Urbanization, Experts Say)
Xinhuanet, December 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-12/11/content_10486201.htm

China Nov. Exports down 2.2% in First Fall since June 2001
Xinhuanet, December 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/10/content_10484786.htm

Environment
山西年末发生大面积干旱 虫害遭遇十年之最 (Shanxi Hit by Year-end Draught and Worst Pest Attack in Ten Years)
Xinhuanet, December 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-12/11/content_10486489.htm

China "Cancer Village" Pays Ultimate Price for Growth
Reuters (available at YahooNews), December 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081211/wl_nm/us_china_reforms_cancer

Toxic Arsenic Levels Found in East China Rivers
Xinhuanet, December 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/10/content_10485729.htm

Food Security
China Considering Compensation for Milk Victims
Reuters (available at YahooNews), December 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081211/wl_nm/us_china_milk_compensation

Government
升迁掌握在上级手上，官员有动力对百姓负责吗? (Can Officials Be Responsible to the People When Promotions Are Decided by Superiors?)
Xinhuanet, December 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/11/content_10488144.htm

Human Rights
China Hails 'Progress' but Quells Protest on Human Rights Anniversary
International Herald Tribune, December 10, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/10/asia/china.php

Related News
Chinese Law Scholars Discuss Human Rights Education on World Human Rights Day
Xinhuanet, December 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/10/content_10486030.htm

贵州第四届国际人权研讨会受严密监控　参与人士被要求离开 (Human Rights Seminar in
Guizhou Tightly Controlled, Participants Forced to Leave)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-12102008093834.html

Labor
Labor Arbitration Cases Soaring in Guangzhou
China Daily, December 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/11/content_7292345.htm

Media
New Cards for Journalists
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=4f70155c2912e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=teaser&ss=chi

中国电脑安全技术新规定引起美国担心 (New Chinese Tech Regulations Worry American Observers)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/diannao-12102008110730.html

Migrant Workers
124名东北农民工险被“蛇头”诱骗出境 (124 Migrant Workers Tricked into Leaving Country by Human Trafficker)
Xinhuanet, December 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/11/content_10488319.htm

Protests and Petitions
Report on 'Mentally Ill' Farmers Out Soon
China Daily, December 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/11/content_7292319.htm

Workers Picket Factory for 3rd Day over Bonuses
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=b601155c2912e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Social Security
China Grapples with New Social Safety Net
Reuters, December 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4B94DF20081210?feedType=RSS&fee
dName=worldNews

Society
Girl Fight at College Ends with 6 Stabbed in NW China
China Daily, December 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/10/content_7292027.htm

Tibet
Torture Widespread, Routine in Tibet, Report Says
Reuters (available at YahooNews), December 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081210/wl_nm/us_china_tibet_torture
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December 4, 2008

News

Corruption
重庆一医生首获"非国家工作人员受贿罪" (Chongqing Doctor First "Non-State Worker" Convicted of Bribery)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081204/u1a4022727.html

Disasters
Company Dorm Fire Kills 11, Injures 10 in Shandong
Shanghai Daily, December 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383209

Food Security
China Milk Scandal: Families of Sick Children Fight to Find out True Scale of the Problem)
Telegraph.co.uk, December 03, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3545733/China-milk-scandal-
Families-of-sick-children-fight-to-find-out-true-scale-of-the-problem.html

Government
Pros and Cons for New Civil Servant Regulations
Shanghai Daily, December 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383187

Human Rights
China Internet Cafes Switching to Chinese OS
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_internet_cafes

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
因会见欧议员郑恩宠被警传讯威胁 (Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Threatened by Police for Meeting with European Parliament Member)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-12032008141221.html

Labor
广州12名出租车司机代表与交警座谈 (Taxi Driver Representatives Meet with Traffic Police)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081204/u1a4023878.html

Land Policy
國土資源部說監察違法佔地 (Land and Resources Official Speaks Out Against Illegal Land Seizures)
Ming Pao, December 04, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081203/ca31915c.htm

Media
北京制定嚴打傳媒黑名單 (Beijing Institutes Crackdown on "Blacklisted” Media)
Sina.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/961555/1.html

China Denies Alleged Attack on Foreign Journalists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_re_as/as_china_journalists_attacked

作家王力雄和唯色推出博客《民间藏事》 (Writers Woeser and Wang Lixiong Start Blog on Tibetan Issues)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-12032008100821.html

Multilateral
欧盟议员发起中国人权研讨会 韩籍嘉宾北京机场被“遣返” (Korean Citizens En Route to China Rights Meeting Intercepted in Beijing and Forced Back to Seoul)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-12032008133109.html

Protests and Petitions
100 Police Staff Protest over Pay in China: Rights Group
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081203/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestprotestpolice

Over 300 Cabbies on Strike in S China's Guangdong
Xinhuanet, December 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/03/content_10451687.htm

Rural Issues
Preservation of Farmland Put on Back Burner
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=8d17f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Taiwan
Ma Chat Broadcast Direct to Mainland
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f987f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
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December 4, 2008

News

Corruption
重庆一医生首获"非国家工作人员受贿罪" (Chongqing Doctor First "Non-State Worker" Convicted of Bribery)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081204/u1a4022727.html

Disasters
Company Dorm Fire Kills 11, Injures 10 in Shandong
Shanghai Daily, December 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383209

Food Security
China Milk Scandal: Families of Sick Children Fight to Find out True Scale of the Problem)
Telegraph.co.uk, December 03, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3545733/China-milk-scandal-Families-of-sick-children-fight-to-find-out-true-scale-of-the-problem.html
Families-of-sick-children-fight-to-find-out-true-scale-of-the-problem.html

Government
Pros and Cons for New Civil Servant Regulations
Shanghai Daily, December 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383187

Human Rights
China Internet Cafes Switching to Chinese OS
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_internet_cafes

Human Rights Defenders – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
因会见欧议员郑恩宠被警传讯威胁 (Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Threatened by Police for Meeting with European Parliament Member)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-12032008141221.html

Labor
广州12名出租车司机代表与交警座谈 (Taxi Driver Representatives Meet with Traffic Police)
EastDay.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081204/u1a4023878.html

Land Policy
國土資源部說監察違法佔地 (Land and Resources Official Speaks Out Against Illegal Land Seizures)
Ming Pao, December 04, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20081203/ca31915c.htm

Media
北京制定嚴打傳媒黑名單 (Beijing Institutes Crackdown on "Blacklisted” Media)
Sina.com, December 04, 2008
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/961555/1.html

China Denies Alleged Attack on Foreign Journalists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_re_as/as_china_journalists_attacked

作家王力雄和唯色推出博客《民间藏事》 (Writers Woeser and Wang Lixiong Start Blog on Tibetan Issues)
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-12032008100821.html

Multilateral
欧盟议员发起中国人权研讨会 韩籍嘉宾北京机场被“遣返” (Korean Citizens En Route to China Rights Meeting Intercepted in Beijing and Forced Back to Seoul)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-12032008133109.html

Protests and Petitions
100 Police Staff Protest over Pay in China: Rights Group
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), December 03, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081203/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestprotestpolice

Over 300 Cabbies on Strike in S China's Guangdong
Xinhuanet, December 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/03/content_10451687.htm

Rural Issues
Preservation of Farmland Put on Back Burner
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8d17f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
?vgnextoid=8d17f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Taiwan
Ma Chat Broadcast Direct to Mainland
South China Morning Post, December 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f987f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news?vgnextoid=f987f32568dfd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news
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November 27, 2008

Bilateral Ties
China Calls Off EU summit over Dalai Lama Visit
Reuters (available at YahooNews), November 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081126/wl_nm/us_eu_china

Corruption
Seven Officials Charged in Nightclub Fire Case
China Daily, December 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/27/content_7244239.htm

Death Penalty
China Postpones Putting to Death Businessman Convicted of Spying
Washington Post, December 27, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/26/AR2008112602898.html?nav=rss_world/asia

Environment
Study Shows Climate Concern High in HK
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=1a84eafc059dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

A Third of China's Yellow River Is Unsafe, Study Says
International Herald Tribune, November 25, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/25/news/river.php

Human Rights Defenders
江浙三位民主人士皆在铁窗内 (Three Democracy Activists Kept behind Bars)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangzhe-11262008120354.html

Labor
Shenzen Factories Shed 50,000
Financial Times, November 26, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f98f7c46-bc09-11dd-80e9-0000779fd18c.html

Law
王胜俊提出法院工作服务科学发展五个结合点 (Courts Will Serve Scientific Development, Supreme Court President Says)
EastDay.com, December 27, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081127/u1a4008507.html

Media
山西煤矿“封口费”事件60名涉案人员受处理 (60 Punished for Involvement in Shanxi "Hush Money" Scandal)
Xinhuanet, December 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-11/27/content_10418150.htm

Former Editor Charged with Corruption
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=92da1bc9fb9dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Police
被告当庭翻供 黑龙江4刑警涉嫌伤害致死案延期审理 (Trial Delayed after 4 Police Accused of Beating Student to Death Retract Confessions)
Xinhuanet, November 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-11/26/content_10418551.htm

Protests and Petitions
Workers Riot at Chinese Toy Factory
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), November 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_factory_riot

Society
China Brings Back Gambling
Telegraph.co.uk, December 27, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3529851/China-brings-back-
gambling.html

Tibet
Official: China Sets Free More than 1,000 Rioters over Lhasa Violence
Xinhuanet, November 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/26/content_10417101.htm
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