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, February 04, 2010

February 04, 2010

Environment
Consumers Urged to Help Rein in 'Unruly' Polluters
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=db38bcd295496210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
New League Chairman Charged with Assaulting Officer during Protest
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0cbebcd295496210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (
高智晟)
1 Year on, China Stays Silent on Missing Lawyer
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

Human Rights Defenders
China Charges Tainted Milk Scandal Activist
The Daily Telegraph, February 03, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7149749/China-charges-tainted-milk-scandal-activist.html

作家廖亦武第十三次被限制出境(图) (Writer Liao Yiwu Barred from Leaving China for The 13th Time)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liao-02032010142913.html


Media
Mobile Phone Users Will Have to Provide ID Information
China Daily, February 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/04/content_9425113.htm

Public Health
China Arrests Four amid New Milk Scare
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchild

陝西毒奶供應商仍做生意 (Tainted Milk Suppliers Still Doing Business in Shaanxi Despite Recent Gov’t Crackdown)
Guangzhou Daily (via Ming Pao), February 04, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100204/ca40841a.htm

Protests and Petitions
张家港访民天安门伸冤被判处有期徒刑 (Petitioners from Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Sentenced to Prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhang-02032010150752.html

Shanghai World Expo
China Strives for First 'Green' Expo
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/sc_afp/chinaexpo2010environmentenergy

Tibet
China's Panchen Lama Voted VP of State Buddhism Body: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/wl_sthasia_afp/chinatibetbuddhismreligion


XUAR
Xinjiang Set to Beef up Police Forces
China Daily, February 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/04/content_9424343.htm