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.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

March 25, 2009

News

Labor
China Raises Jobless Migrant Count to 23 Million
Reuters (available at YahooNews), March 25, 2009
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/25032009/323/china-raises-jobless-migrant-count-23-million.html

Law
Pioneering Jet Crash Lawsuit Proceeds
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090325/article_395400.htm

Media
YouTube Blocked in China, Google Says
New York Times, March 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/technology/internet/25youtube.html

Police
Inmate Deaths Shine Light on China Detention Abuse
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_re_as/as_china_inmate_deaths


Related News
China Daily Assails Prisoner Abuses
New York Times, March 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/world/asia/25china.html
Politics
Calls for Chinese Pardons Grow
Asia Times Online, March 25, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KC25Ad01.html

Protests and Petitions
Call for Calm after Violent Protest in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090325/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrest


Related News
海南村民再互鬥5人傷 (More Violence in Hainan Overnight)
Ming Pao, March 25, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090325/ca31544k.htm
Public Health
真实新医改 (The Real New Medical Reforms)
Caijing Magazine, March 16, 2009
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2009-03-15/110120981.html

Society
Mocking the Censors
McClatchy Newspapers (via YahooNews.com), March 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_china/20090325/wl_mcb_china/china200903mockingthe
censorshtml

State Security
New Security Concept Evolves
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=c8de221406930210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Begins Gun Crackdown to Ensure Social Stability
Xinhuanet, March 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/24/content_11064272.htm

河北将在所有乡镇建立“社会治安志愿者协会” (Hebei to Establish "Public Security Volunteer Associations" in Towns and Villages)
Xinhuanet, March 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/24/content_11063120.htm

Tibet
South Africa Peace Forum Canceled Over Dalai Lama Controversy
Washington Post, March 25, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/24/AR2009032400585.html

Related News
China reasserts opposition to Dalai Lama's travels
Reuters, March 24, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE52N21M20090324

XUAR
An Ancient Culture, Bulldozed Away
Washington Post, March 24, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032302935.html