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, March 12, 2009

March 12, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese FM, U.S. State Secretary Meet on Bilateral Ties, Other Issues
Xinhuanet, March 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/12/content_10994814.htm

U.S. Tries to Play Down Naval Confrontation with China
Reuters, March 12, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52958S20090312

Disasters
Safety Watchdog to Probe Fatal Blast in E China
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/12/content_7572093.htm

Environment
Further Study on Beijing's Waste Plant Ordered After Public Protest
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=230f5538f56ff110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

环保审批拦下千亿元投资 (Environmental Examinations Block Tens of Billions in Investments)
The Beijing News, March 12, 2009
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/1143/2009/03-12/008@024315.htm

京城運河黑如墨汁 (Beijing Canal Black as Ink with Pollution)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1065482/1.html

Government
公务员全国统考将设试点 (Trial National Civil Service Exam to Take Place This Year)
The Beijing News, March 12, 2009
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/1136/2009/03-12/008@024310.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟的夫人耿和女士及子女已离开中国 (Gao Zhisheng's Wife and Children Leave China)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-03112009164653.html

Human Rights Defenders
Leading Dissident 'Exiled' to Chinese Northwest
Telegraph.co.uk, March 11, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4974333/Leading-dissident-exiled-to-Chinese-northwest.html

Law
China's SARS Hero Demands Apology for Detention
Reuters (available at YahooNews), March 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090312/hl_nm/us_china_tiananmen


高法副院長案 尚無定論 (Still No Conclusion in Civil Case against Huang Songyou, Former Vice-President of the Supreme People's Court)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1065484/1.html

Media
两会期间多个网站频遭攻击 (Several Websites Attacked during "Two Meetings")
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-03112009085409.html

Politics
少與內地委員互動 港區政協錯失交流機會 (HK Representatives Had Little Interaction with Mainland Representatives during CPPCC)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1065480/1.html

Protests and Petitions
After Complaints Fail, Chinese Try Protests
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090312/ap_on_re_as/as_china_chasing_justice

China Wins Gold as Protesters Come to Their Censors
Washington Post (via Sydney Morning Herald), March 12, 2009
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/china-wins-gold-as-protesters-come-to-their-censors/2009/03/11/1236447311303.html

两会期间上访遭打压 被关押访民绝食抗议 (Petitioners Traveling to Beijing Continue to Be Detained; Detained Petitioner Goes on Hunger Strike in Protest of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-03112009085144.html

Tibet
China Pillories US over Tibet, Extends Travel Ban
Associated Press (via Google), March 11, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAMqM2_Dwudz52KLQeY2ZKFQq9-gD96RR4PO0

Related news:
Tibet Our Internal Affair, US Told
China Daily, March 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/12/content_7570631.htm
Dalai Lama Hopes Beijing Will Use More Commonsense
Reuters (via Boston.com), March 11, 2009
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/03/11/dalai_lama_hopes_beijing_will_use_more_commonsense/