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, February 23, 2010

February 23, 2010

News

Civil Society
Mainland Students 'Told to Shun Oxfam'
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=82f249df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related Information:
关于防止香港"乐施会"中国分部通过互联网在我高校招聘"大学生志愿者"的紧急通知 (Urgent Notice about Preventing Oxfam Hong Kong from Recruiting University Volunteers through Internet)
Minzu University of China, February 11, 2010
http://www.career.muc.edu.cn/jyw/detail.jsp?seq=2382

Corruption
Government Funds to Get Tighter Audits
China Daily, February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/23/content_9486145.htm

Internet Censorship
Citing National Security, Officials Urge More Controls on Internet
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=003649df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
China Releases New Rules for Detention Centers
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/22/content_9485982.htm

Related News:
我國拘留所將實行管理教育新模式 (China's Detention Centers to Implement New Management Rules)
Xinhua News Agency, February 22, 2010
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/22/content_13026649.htm


Media
Crackdown Fears as Censor Slams Citizen Journalists
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a9d549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Pinpoints Code Writer behind Google Attack: Report
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100222/ts_nm/us_china_internet

China's President Hu Signs up for Microblogging
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100222/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsitinternethu

Related News:
Hu's Microblog Disappears Before It Gets Going
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=837549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
China's Pearl River Manufacturing Hub 'Lacks Workers'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 22, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8527621.stm

Protests and Petitions
Ai Weiwei Protests Beijing Art Zone Demolition, Xinhua Reports
Bloomberg, February 22, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aHJBH7w_uZOo

Public Health
毒奶粉维权家长悄然判五年 敲诈勒索原是钓鱼执法? (Tainted Milk Parent Sentenced to Five Years; Believed to Be in Retaliation for His Whistle Blowing)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dunai-02222010162003.html