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, August 21, 2009

August 21, 2009

News
Military
China’s Secretive Military Opens Up in Cyberspace
New York Times, August 20, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/asia/21pla.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

State Security
800,000 Recruited as Informants in Run-up to 60th Anniversary
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6809db0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Corruption
Police Boss Investigated after Officers Sign Petition
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=275adb0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Orders Lower Level Officials to Stamp Out Construction Graft
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=66b9db0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Green Dam
Green Dam Gets A Youthful Spin
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c843e73bb8833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
拉萨雪顿节气氛紧张 四藏人被判刑(图) (Lhasa Tightens Security Ahead of The Shoton Festival, 4 Tibetans Sentenced)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sizangrenhuoxing-08202009111732.html

XUAR
Kadeer's Family to Be Evicted, Activists Say South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b8fadb0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Xinjiang to Intensify Security Force for Urumqi Trade Fair
Xinhua News Agency, August 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/20/content_11919450.htm

Police Log Evidence from Deadly Ethnic Riots
AP (via SCMP), August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=644ff0f997b33210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
China Issues Drugs List as Part of Health Reform
AP (via YahooNews), August 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090820/ap_on_re_as/as_china_cheaper_drugs

Anger Mounts as Number of Poisoned Children Climbs
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01dadb0deb833210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Police
李蕊蕊强奸案 目击证人被公安胁迫作伪证 (Police Force Witness in "Black Jail" Rape Case to Give False Testimony)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lireirei-08202009093847.html

Human Rights Defenders - Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
知名知识分子就公盟事件联署 谏当局勿饮鸩止渴(视频图集) (Open Letter by China's Best-known Intellectuals Calling for The Release of Xu Zhiyong)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhimingzhishifenzi-08202009154444.html

Environment
China Backs Down over PepsiCo, Coca-Cola Pollution Claims
AFP( via YahooNews), August 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090820/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentpollution