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.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

August 25, 2009

News
Environment
Climate Change on the Agenda of NPC
China Daily, August 25, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/25/content_8611110.htm

Hong Kong
Use Free Speech to Help Tibet, HK Urged
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6629188e15d43210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
Top Chinese Lawyer Bailed amid Debate over Civil Society Role
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 25, 2009
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200908/s2666077.htm

Government
中国公布60周年国庆活动具体安排 (Chinese Government Announces Plans of 60th Anniversary Celebration)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 24, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8210000/newsid_8219200/8219295.stm

Labor
11 Dead, Three Missing in China Mine Blast: Govt
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090825/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccident

Land Policy
福州市三坊七巷居民声诉野蛮拆迁遭遇 (Fuzhou Residents Demonstrate against Brutal Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fujian-08242009163717.html

Law
China's Top Legislature Reviews Draft Law on Government Powers
Xinhua News Agency, August 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/25/content_11938060.htm

Draft Law: Armed Police Authorized to Handle Riots
China Daily, August 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/24/content_8610017.htm

Judicial System 'on Trial' as Courts Disagree over Villagers' Libel Case
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d471188e15d43210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
Project to Tame Chengguan 'Costly and Ineffective'
China Daily, August 25, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/25/content_8612293.htm

Public Health
Beijing Sends Officials to Track down Culprits behind Poisoning
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0231188e15d43210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Settles 50,000 Tibetan Nomads in Towns: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090824/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetenvironmentnomads

XUAR
Uighur Exile Airs Prison Killing Allegation
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090825/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangkadeerus

August 22-24, 2009

Bilateral Ties
Obama to Visit China in Mid-November
LA Times, August 23, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-obama-china23-2009aug23,0,210413.story

Out of Africa and into China, Emigres Struggle
Reuters, August 20, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57K00K20090821

Civil Society
粵三成NGO入不敷出 (Survey: 30%+ of Guangdong NGOs Unable to Make Ends Meet; 40%+ Operate without Designated Offices)
Ming Pao, August 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1241581/1.html

Corruption
Ex-China Supreme Court Vice Head 'on Graft Charges'
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 22, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jRNgd-vDaPNlIrYwEx7Fg-LpN4RA

Related news:
Supreme Court Judge Sacked for Corruption
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), August 21, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/21/content_8601976.htm
Death Penalty
Ex-mayor Gets Death Penalty for Corruption
China Daily, August 21, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/21/content_8602031.htm

Environment
China Drought Leaves 5m Short of Water
China Daily, August 23, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/23/content_8605057.htm

Two Environment Officials Probed in Poisoning: China
The China Post, August 23, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/08/23/221700/Two-environment.htm

Related news:
Parents of China Lead Victims Fear for Future
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 23, 2009
http://green.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090823/wl_asia_afp/healthchinaenvironmentpollutionunrest.html
Government
'Integrated Delta' Is Not Welcomed by All
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=becaa2a02ed33210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
HK Protesters Demand Release of Dissident
The China Post, August 24, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2009/08/24/221814/HK-protesters.htm

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
專訪:辯護律師浦志強、夏霖 譚作人案庭審成兒戲 (Interview with Defense Counsel Pu Zhiqiang, Xia Lin: Tan Zuoren's Trial Like a Child's Game)
Yazhou Zhoukan, August 30, 2009
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?Channel=ae&Path=227886981/34ae2a.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
Without Explanation, China Releases 3 Activists
New York Times, August 24, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/world/asia/24china.html

Related news:
Volunteer Lawyer Xu Zhiyong Bailed
Global Times, August 24, 2009
http://china.globaltimes.cn/chinanews/2009-08/460377.html
Human Rights Defenders
艾未未們維權拒絕悲情 (Ai Weiwei et al: We Refuse Pathos in Rights Defense)
Yazhou Zhoukan, August 30, 2009
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?Channel=ae&Path=227886981/34ae1a.cfm

Related news:
專訪:公民藝術家艾未未 這社會最終會被光打開 (Interview with Citizens' Artist Ai
Weiwei: Our Society Will Ultimately Be Brought out into the Light)
Yazhou Zhoukan, August 30, 2009
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?Channel=ae&Path=227886981/34ae1c.cfm
Labor
Widespread Discrimination Makes Job Market even Tougher for Many
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8a473626af743210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
不滿意拆遷賠償 (Wuhan Residents Protest Insufficient Relocation Compensation)
Ming Pao, August 23, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1240771/1.html

Law
Law for the Times
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b4ea42e4e0333210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
第十一届全国人大常委会第十次会议召开 (10th Session of Standing Committee of National People's Congress Starts Today in Beijing)
CCTV, August 24, 2009
http://news.cctv.com/china/20090824/106040.shtml

Protests and Petitions
举报干部腐败受打击报复并因上访被劳教 (Jilin Petitioner Wang Zhanhe Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor after Petitioning against Official Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ju-08212009222314.html

公立医院输血染艾滋 上访者被当局拘押 (Two Henan Petitioners Detained after Petitioning against HIV-tainted Blood Transfusion from a Public Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aids-08212009092803.html

State Security
Beijing Beefs Up Anti-terror Measures
China Daily, August 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/24/content_8607292.htm

Related news:
Beijing to Reactivate Olympic Security Plan for Anniversary
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1653626af743210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
XUAR
China Tries 200 for Xinjiang Riot
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 24, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8217427.stm

司法局通知京律師 (Bureau of Justice Notified Beijing Lawyers to Not Accept XUAR Riot Cases)
Ming Pao, August 23, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1240768/1.html