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 09, 2009

March 9, 2009

News

Corruption
北川县违规购买超标车的相关责任人已被处理 (Sichuan Officials Disciplined for Using Relief Funds to Buy Brand Name Cars)
Xinhuanet, March 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/misc/2009-03/08/content_10969574.htm

Disasters
Chinese Official Defends Construction of Schools Felled in Quake
New York Times, March 09, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/world/asia/09sichuan.html

Gender
Domestic Violence Increases in China
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 07, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/07/content_7551147.htm

Government
Deadly Violence Taints China's Village Elections
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090309/wl_asia_afp/chinacongressnpcdemocracycorrup
tion

Police
云南省30%的看守所没有监控设备 (30% of Detainment Centers in Yunnan Lack Surveillance Equipment)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yun-03072009125850.html

Politics
Party Uncompromising on Reform in Sensitive Year
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=2d2694a8769ef110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News
China Can Not Copy Western Political System
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 09, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009npc/2009-03/09/content_7554538.htm
Protests and Petitions
Seeking Justice, Chinese Land in Secret Jails
New York Times, March 09, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/world/asia/09jails.html

人权组织呼吁立即停止对维权人士和访民的打压 (Human Rights Groups Call for End to Crackdown of Rights Defenders and Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-03062009142300.html

Related News
Chinese Authorities Tighten Grip on Rights Defenders during NPC and CPPCC Sessions
Human Rights in China, March 5, 2009
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/138378

Activists 'Under House Arrest' during Congress
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=14b7eb01d4cdf110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

女访民趁妇女节在天安门散发传单遭拘押 (Women Detained for Distributing Flyers at Tiananmen on Women's Day)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lu-03082009150657.html
Public Health
Gansu Reports 50% Rise in HIV Cases
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/08/content_7552299.htm

中國一億人患心理精神疾病 (One Hundred Million Chinese Suffer Mental Illness)
Ming Pao, March 08, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090308/ca71240i.htm

Taiwan
Taiwanese Official Indicted on Spying for China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090306/ap_on_re_as/as_taiwan_china_espionage

Tibet
China Strengthens Tibet Frontier to Deter Unrest
Reuters, March 09, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5280F220090309

Protest in Tibetan Area of China, Police Targeted: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090309/wl_asia_afp/chinatibet50yearsunrestprotest

Tibet Always Open to Objective Foreign Reporters
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 09, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009npc/2009-03/06/content_7548302.htm

China Warns World against Hosting Dalai Lama
Reuters, March 07, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5260LR20090307

Related News
Dalai by No Means a Religious Figure, But a Political One: Chinese FM
Xinhuanet, March 7, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/07/content_10961657.htm
Tibetan Women Held for Protesting in Western China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 07, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet