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, January 19, 2010

January 19, 2010

News

Disasters
Earthquake Kills 7 in SW China; One Missing
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), January 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2010-01/19/content_9342842.htm


Education
Children Sickened by School Pressure, Says Survey
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), January 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e009228dda446210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
(RFA
独家)吾尔开希19日将抵东京看望冯正虎(组图) (Tiananmen Student Leader Wu'er Kaixi Flies to Tokyo Airport to Visit Feng Zhenghu)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wu-01182010142723.html

Human Rights Defenders
当局阻止多名维权人士祭奠赵紫阳 (Authorities Prevent Rights Defenders from Mourning Zhao Ziyang)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/zhaoziyang-01182010101216.html


Internet Censorship
Individuals May Get '.cn' Names Again
China Daily, January 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/19/content_9340267.htm

谷歌中國搜尋六四事件大增 (Surge in China's Google Search for June 4th Incident)
China News Agency (via Ming Pao), January 18, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100118/ca11655c.htm

Foreign Reporters' Google E-mail Hacked in China
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a37d228dda446210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media

Confusion Rules over Curbs on 'Obscene' Texts
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b8304917e146210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:

Phone Owner Unware What He Said 'Wrong'
China Daily, January 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/19/content_9340255.htm

Text Message Service Cut off for 'Bad' Words
China Daily, January 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/19/content_9340208.htm

Google Probing Possible inside Help on Attack
Reuters, January 18, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60H1J620100118

報道指谷歌在華業務如常 (Google Says 'Business as Usual' in China)
United Daily News (via Ming Pao), January 18, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100118/ca12357c.htm

Protests and Petitions
Party Chief Held After Employing Thugs in Fatal Land Grab
South China Morning Post, January 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3c4304917e146210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Four Focuses of 2010 Shanghai World Expo
China Daily, January 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/19/content_9342132.htm


XUAR
新疆手机短信涨价5倍敏感字被禁 (Text Message Prices in Xinjiang Quintuple; Sensitive Words Censored)
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-01182010095100.html