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.

Monday, March 02, 2009

February 28 - March 2, 2009

News
Children
Police Crack Child Trafficking Ring
China Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-02/27/content_7517650.htm

Death Penalty
Death Sentence for Corrupt Official
Shanghai Daily, February 27, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200902/20090227/article_392457.htm

Disaster
防災減災日定為5月12日 (Disaster Relief and Precaution Day Set for May 12)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090302/ca11733a.htm

Economic Development
4萬億方案成效遭質疑 (Effectiveness of the State Council's 4 Trillion Yuan Economic Plan Questioned during Two Sessions)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1052966/1.html

Food Security
全国人大常委会高票通过食品安全法 ("Food Safety Law" Passes in NPC by Wide Margin)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-02/28/content_10916865_1.htm
Related news:
China Food Safety Remains "Grim"
Reuters, March 2, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE5210WK20090302
Media
Exposure of Corrupt Guangdong Boss in Media Sends out Warning
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=03708e9dee2cf110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中宣部統一口徑 避煽民族情緒 (Propaganda Tightens Media Message on Eve of Two Sessions)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1052964/1.html

Politics
Highlights of Premier Wen's Reply to Netizens
Xinhuanet, March 2, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/02/content_10926958.htm

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Police Take Away Petitioners
The China Post, February 28, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/02/28/198041/Chinese-police.htm

两会前夕外地访民躲避监控到京上访 (Petitioners Evade Security to Travel to Beijing during Two Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/2-03012009152807.html

Public Health
Chronic Diseases Increasing
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), March 1, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090301/article_392680.htm

State Security
京60萬人參與兩會安保 (600K Work Security in Beijing during Two Sessions)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1052965/1.html
Related news:
Taskforces Set Up to Keep Lid on Protests
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd25fee0158bf110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Tibet
Chinese Forces Surround Tibetan Monastery after Protest: Activists
Agence France-Presse, March 2, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090302/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetrights

Tibetan Monk 'Shot' while on Fire
BBC, February 28, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7916544.stm

国务院新闻办发表《西藏民主改革五十年》白皮书 (State Council Information Office Issues White Paper, "50 Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet" )
China News Service, March 2, 2009
http://gb.news.sina.com/ch/chinanews/102-101-101-101/2009-03-02/00173678696.html

Related information:
White Paper: Tibetan People Suffered from Feudal Serfdom, Darker than Medieval Europe
Xinhuanet, March 2, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/02/content_10929067.htm