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, November 16, 2009

November 14-16, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Obama Arrives in China for Maiden Visit
Agence France-Presse, November 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_asia_afp/chinausdiplomacy
Related news:
Taiwan Issue, Spying Hold Back Ties With US Military
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d52e2f6a148f4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

奥巴马在上海与青年学生对话 (Obama Holds Open Forum with University Students in Shanghai)
Radio France Internationale, November 16, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17483.asp
中美关系:人权重,重几何? (Sino-American Relations: Human Rights Is Important, But How Much?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 13, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2009/11/091112_ana_uschina_humanright.shtml

Related information:
丁子霖致奥巴马总统的信 (Letter to President Barack Obama from Ding Zilin)
November 13, 2009
English: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172409
Chinese: http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/17967
Human Rights Defenders
China Dissidents 'Detained Ahead of Obama Visit'
Agence France-Presse, November 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091114/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsusdiplomacy

Related news:
Organizer of Families of Tainted Milk Powder Victims Detained
Human Rights in China, November 13, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172422
維權人士被強行帶離北京 (Rights Activists Forced to Leave Beijing prior to Obama Visit)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1328958/1.html

Labor
民工討薪遭百人圍毆 (Hunan Migrant Workers Demanding Back Wages Surrounded, Beaten by 100+ People )
Ming Pao, November 14, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1327308/1.html

Multilateral
UN Slated for Stifling Net Debate
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 16, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8361849.stm
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Police
教師寫網誌被拘 狀告公安 (Liaoning Elementary School Teacher Criminally Detained after Writing Online Magazine Criticizing Local PSB)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1328957/1.html

Protests and Petitions
Shenzhen Hardens Rules on Detaining Citizens
Financial Times, November 13, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba2f01ee-d039-11de-a8db-00144feabdc0.html

上海访民吁请美国总统奥巴马关注中国人权问题 (200 Shanghainese Petitioners Send Joint Letter to Obama Calling for Attention on Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shang-11152009161451.html

Religion
China Blocks Unregistered Church Service Again
Associated Press, November 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_on_re_as/as_china_closed_churches

Tibet
Dalai Lama Was a Slave Master, China Tells Obama
Associated Press, November 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_on_re_as/as_china_obama_tibet