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.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

January 06, 2010

News
Corruption
Corruption Hurting Nation's Image: Poll
China Daily, January 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/06/content_9269894.htm

Education
Chinese Academia Ghost-writing 'Widespread'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 05, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8442147.stm

Green Dam
Web Filtering Company Sues China, PC Makers over Green Dam
InformationWeek, January 05, 2010
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222200365

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Air Pollution at Threatening Levels: Report
Agence France-Presse, January 05, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2010/01/05/239376/Hong-Kong.htm

Human Rights Defender – Guo Quan (郭泉)
郭泉将囚于“模范监狱” 仍坚持申诉 (Activist-Academic Guo Quan to Be Imprisoned in "Model Prison", Insists on Appealing Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoquan-01052010154526.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
尚宝军律师谈刘晓波上诉 (Lawyer Shang Baojun Speaks on Liu Xiaobo's Appeal)
Radio France Internationale, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/121/article_18582.asp

Labor
Toll in China Coal Mine Fire Rises to 25
Agence France-Presse, January 06, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHJdr75CGqZDTuWRVTSifkaLm8iQ

湖南湘潭煤矿火灾25名矿工遇难 (25 Dead in Hunan Coalmine Fire)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 06, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/01/100106_china_mine_fire.shtml

Media
Scribe Gets 16 Years in Mine Accident Coverup
China Daily, January 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/06/content_9270859.htm
Related news:
Reporters Count Cost of Shady Practices
South China Morning Post, January 06, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0984eef85eef5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
深圳記者採訪 遭惡保安圍毆 (Shenzhen Journalist Surrounded and Beaten and Robbed by Security Guards whilst Reporting)
Apple Daily, January 06, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?iss_id=20100106&sec_id=10793096&art_id=13598625

Military
東莞 500武警「閱兵」震懾罪犯 (Dongguan Holds Military and Police Parade of 500+ Officers to Scare Off Criminals)
Apple Daily, January 06, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100106&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13597183

Public Health
51 Children Suffer Lead Poisoning
China Daily, January 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/06/content_9270162.htm
Related information:
大丰市政府新闻发言人通报市经济开发区河口村部分儿童血铅超标调查处理情况 (Statement from the Dafeng Government Spokesperson on the Survey into the Excessive Levels of Lead in Children's Blood)
Dafeng Municipal People's Government, January 5, 2010
http://www.dafeng.js.cn/Html/rdhf/094816419.htm
China Fights Growing Problem of Tuberculosis
Reuters, January 06, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60501Z20100106

Rough Justice: Akmal Shaikh's Trial Shows China Must Improve Its Handling of Criminal Suspects with Mental Issues
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=02156d1d059f5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

“地贫”基因携带者考取公务员遭拒 中国基因歧视第一案立案 (China's First Genetics Discrimination Suit Filed after Carriers of Genetic Blood Disease Refused Government Position)
China Youth Daily, January 05, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-01/06/content_3016506.htm

Shanghai World Expo
Evictees Call for Talks
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/evict-01052010164938.html

XUAR
Beijing's 'Ethnic Unity' Education
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ethnicunity-01052010141548.html
Related news:
北外元旦前夕对新疆学生进行政治教育 (In Late 2009, Beijing Foreign Studies University Held Political Education Classes for Students from Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/Uyghur_students-01052010105359.html