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.

Friday, December 05, 2008

December 5, 2008

News
Death Penalty
4 Sentenced to Death over Murder Spree
Shanghai Daily, December 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383371

Disasters
绵竹当局威胁遇难学生家长撤销诉讼 (Authorities Pressure Parents who Lost Children in Quake to Drop Suits)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mianzhu-12042008102608.html

Food Security
China to Draw Up Blacklist of Dangerous Ingredients
Reuters, December 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4B40DS20081205

Long Wait for Victims of Tainted Milk
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f1441d79ca20e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
Illegal Land Grabs, Farmland Misuse Falling
Xinhua (via China Daily), December 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/05/content_7275218.htm

韶关村民维权上访被暴徒殴打致残 (Guangdong Villagers Beaten, Threatened for Petitioning for Proper Land Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_rural-12042008104211.html

Media
Chinese State Media Pushes for Press Freedom
The Telegraph, December 05, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3564250/Chinese-state-media-pushes-for-press-freedom.html


Concern at Removal of Veteran Journalist
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e5851d79ca20e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Cut-price Homes for Migrants in Guangzhou
China Daily, December 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/05/content_7273232.htm


Police
Sichuan to Release 2,000 Elderly, Ill Inmates
Shanghai Daily, December 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=383379

Protests and Petitions
China: Factory Owners Protest for Payment of Debts
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 05, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_factory_protest

Hundreds Protest outside CCTV
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1fd41d79ca20e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

自贡法院禁止维权人士为访民代理诉讼 (Sichuan Court Refuses to Allow Rights Defender to Represent Petitioner in Court)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_court-12042008105845.html

Religion
杭州和北京两个家庭教会遭当局严厉打压 (Beijing and Hangzhou House Church Activists Pressured by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_family_church-12042008102344.html

Tibet
China Decries Dalai Lama's Demands for Autonomy
Reuters, December 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4B31A320081204

XUAR
Disabled Uyghur Jailed as Security Threat
Radio Free Asia, December 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/Disabled%20Uyghur-12032008163546.html

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