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.

Friday, June 05, 2009

June 5, 2009

Daily News Brief for June 05, 2009

News

Government
Residents Loan Money but Government Skips Repayments
China Youth Daily (via Shanghai Daily), June 04, 2009 http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200906/20090604/article_403067.htm

June 4th
Thousands Gather in Hong Kong for Tiananmen Vigil
New York Times, June 05, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/world/asia/05hong.html

Exiled Tiananmen Dissident back in Taiwan
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews (China)), June 05, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090604/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsrightstiananmentaiwanmacau

Clinton's Call to Look into the Past Draws Flak from Beijing
Agence France Presse (via South China Morning Post), June 05, 2009 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d7c90381c2ca1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

日本举行纪念六四天安门事件二十周年集会 (June 4 Anniversary Gathering Held in Japan) Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/JAPAN-06042009191252.html

洛杉矶台侨社团联合追悼六四 (Taiwanese Groups Commemorate June 4th in Los Angeles) Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06042009085255.html

大纽约地区多个团体纪念六四烛光晚会 (Candlelight Vigil in Greater New York)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06042009121127.html

巴黎纪念"六四"20周年大型晚会暨流亡诗人马德升纪念"六四"新诗朗诵 (Paris Commemorates June 4 Anniversary, Stages Poetry Reading)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14119.asp

德国朝野呼吁中国重新评价六四 (Germany Calls for Reevaluation of June 4th in China)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), June 05, 2009 http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14125.asp

伦敦举行一系列“六四”纪念活动 (London Organises Series of June 4th Commemorations)
BBC.com (Chinese) (via BBC.com (Chinese)), June 04, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8080000/newsid_8083600/8083693.stm

六四死難者家屬不准拜祭 (June 4 Victims' Families Forbidden from Visiting Graves)
Ming Pao (via Ming Pao), June 05, 2009 http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090604/ca41510a.htm

贵州、长春等地民运人士祭奠六四 多人被带走 (People Taken Away for Commemorating June 4th in Guizhou and Changchun)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minyun-06042009130129.html


Law
浙江:对公民罚款超五千元等执法行为要上报备案 (In Zhejiang, License Revocations, RTL, Large Fines, Confiscations Must Be Reported to Upper Levels Each Month )
Xinhua, June 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/04/content_11487038.htm

大学生任村官成为“重大战略举措” (University Graduates as Village Officials Has Become A "Major Strategic Measure")
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cunguan-06042009100538.html


Bilateral Ties
Human Rights Group Condemns how China Gives Aid
AP (via Boston Globe), June 04, 2009 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/06/04/human_rights_group_condemns_how_china_gives_aid/

Canada Calls for Public Accounting of Tiananmen Victims
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews (China)), June 04, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090604/wl_canada_afp/chinapoliticsrightstiananmencanada

Police
700+ Prison Officers under Training
China Daily, June 05, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/05/content_8251631.htm

Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Fastens Self to Bridge in Protest
China Daily, June 05, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/04/content_8248528.htm

Displaced Residents Vow to Sue Organiser of Expo in Shanghai
South China Morning Post, June 05, 2009 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9d8d0381c2ca1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Dalai Lama Honours Tiananmen Dead
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews (China)), June 04, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090604/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsrightstiananmentibetdalai

Media
English-Language Chinese Newspaper Breaks Silence on Tiananmen Crackdown
New York Times, June 05, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/world/asia/05globaltimes.html

Chinese websites mark Tiananmen Square anniversary with veiled protest
Guardian, June 04, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/04/chinese-websites-tiananmen-square-anniversary

全国扫黄打非办公布3起制售非法出版物大案要案 (Anti-Pornography Office Reports 3 Major Cases of Illegal Publishing)
Xinhua, June 05, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/04/content_11487810.htm