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, November 26, 2009

November 26, 2009

Bilateral Ties
China's Top Political Advisor Starts Visit to Brazil
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/26/content_9054592.htm

DPRK top leader meets visiting Chinese defense minister
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 25, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/25/content_9051723.htm

Tunisia and China Look to Boost Cooperation Ties
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/25/content_12539163.htm

Environment
垃圾分类被指作秀 北京正面临垃圾围城危机 (Beijing's Waste Recycling Policy Fails; The City Faces "Trash" Crisis)
Xinhua News Agency, November 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-11/26/content_12540422_2.htm

Gender
Crackdown Fails to Scare Dongguan's Sex-trade Veterans
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2570d0039b25210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo(刘晓波)
Detention of China Dissident Liu Xiaobo Extended
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_dissident

Labor
Death Toll Rises to 15 in Central China Colliery Blast
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/25/content_12539469.htm

Death toll in mine blast rises to 107
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d77730d519925210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Media
广东东莞将发放“专用采访证”引争议 (Authorities in Dongguan, Guangdong Draft A Document on "Special Press Cards" for Reporters Causing Widespread Criticism)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jizhe-11252009092803.html

报道高干巨富 数家报刊遭警告 (Several Newspapers Warned After Reporting Figures about Senior Cadres' Wealth)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17686.asp

Military
Mainland May Pull Some Missiles: Expert
China Daily, November 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/26/content_9052055.htm

Police
State-run Magazine Reports on Black Jails in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_black_jails

Chinese officials reveal jails
The Age, November 26, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/world/chinese-officials-reveal-jails-20091125-jrq5.html

Protests and Petitions
帮助上访者 福州网民被控"诬告陷害" (Netizens in Fuzhou Charged with "Making False Charges" After Helping A Petitioner)
Radio France Internationale, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17685.asp

Public Health
联合国在中国发布艾滋病情况报告 (UN Releases Report on HIV in China)
Radio France Internationale, November 25, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/119/article_17692.asp

China Confronts "Severe Task" of AIDS Prevention, Treatment: Vice Premier
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/25/content_12539359.htm

Rural Issues
广州大学城下暴力強拆 二百人流离失所 (200 Left Homeless in Guangzhou After Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqian-11252009095746.html