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, May 07, 2009

May 7, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
China Says "Concerned" by U.S. Naval Incident
Reuters (available at YahooNews), May 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090506/pl_nm/us_china_usa_navy

Corruption
阿勒泰一派出所长为外省学生办迁移证敛财150万 (Police Chief Amasses 1.5 Million Selling Documents to Students from Outside Provinces)
Net Ease, May 06, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0506/11/58KK491B000120GU.html

Education
Girl Stole Identity to Go to University
Shanghai Daily, May 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090507/article_400068.htm

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)

狱方不准郭飞雄家人探视 吁请关注郭飞雄现况 (Prison Authorities Block Family from Visiting Guo Feixiong)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guofeixiong-05062009092520.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Life is a Trial for Chinese Lawyer
Los Angeles Times, May 05, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-china-lawyer5-
2009may05,0,6914721.story

Population
2010年全国开展第六次人口普查 (China to Undertake Sixth Census in 2010)
Nanfang City News, May 07, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-05/07/content_783378.htm

Protests and Petitions
近百人冲击海口城管支队 (Close to a Hundred Charge Haikou City Management Compound)
Nanfang City News, May 07, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-05/07/content_783380.htm

Public Health
陕西神木推行全民免费医疗制度 (Shaanxi County Implements Free Medical Care for All)
Net Ease, May 07, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0507/04/58MD7EI50001124J.html

Mexicans Leave China Quarantine
Associated Press (via Google), May 06, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=940419

Tibet
达赖喇嘛纽约会见民运人士讨论西藏问题 (Dalai Lama Meets with Figures of the Democracy Movement in New York)
Radio Free Asia, May 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Dalailama-05062009125726.html

Tibet Threatened by Global Warming: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090506/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetclimateenvironmentwarming

Related News
Tibet's Warming Threatens Railway
South China Morning Post, May 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=2ee6d2b677611210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD