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, March 04, 2010

March 04, 2010

News

Corruption
Online Diaries Expose China Official to Graft Probe
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100303/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticscorruptioninternet


Education
Not Enough Schools for Handicapped Children
China Daily, March 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/04/content_9534173.htm


Food Security
Three Jailed for Toxic Dairy Food in Shanghai
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), March 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/03/content_9533736.htm

China Official Wanted Toxic Bean Case Hushed up
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100302/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_beans


Freedom of Speech
Censor Shows His Soft Side, with Taste for Banned Books
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d8618c8d3b427210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Government
政府信息公开司解征求意见:对不予公开范围争议大 (More Controversy over Scope of What to Be Withheld from Disclosure: Opinions on Draft Regulations on Several Issues Regarding the Hearing of Open Gov't Information Cases)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), March 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/03/content_13086817.htm


Hukou
籲戶籍改革13媒體遭封殺 (13 Newspapers under Gov't Pressure After Calling for Household Registration Reform)
Ming Pao, March 04, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100304/cak1.htm


Human Rights Defender - Ai Weiwei (
艾未未)
China Activist Demands Quake Recovery Budget Info
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 03, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100303/ap_on_re_as/as_china_quake

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (
冯正虎)
冯正虎被撞成妨碍公务 周三传唤八小时 (Feng Summoned to 8 Hours for "Obstructing Official Duties" on Wednesday)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feng-03032010153704.html


Internet Censorship
Delegate Suggests Closing Internet Cafes - Then Has Website Hacked
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6bc18c8d3b427210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:
提议关闭社会网吧政协委员公司网站被黑() (Website of CPPCC Delegate's Company Hacked After His Proposal to Nationalize Cyber Cafe)
Dahe Daily, March 03, 2010
http://shehui.daqi.com/article/2830218.html


Microblogging Services Halted
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/microblogging-03022010172017.html

Labor
开胸验肺催促职业病防治法修订 修订程序启动 (Authorities Plan to Revise Occupational Disease Prevention Law After Outcry over Cases of Factory Workers Forced to Undergo Unnecessary Surgical Chest Incision)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), March 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/03/content_13086952.htm


Military
China's Defence Budget to Rise 7.5 Percent in 2010
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100304/bs_afp/chinacongressnpcmilitary


Police
上海将出台执法行为规范 剑指利诱欺诈等收集证据 (Shanghai to Introduce Code of Conduct on Law Enforcement to Prohibit Using Violence, Fraud, Coercion, etc. to Collect Evidence)
Legal Daily (via Xinhua News Agency), March 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/03/content_13086915.htm


Protests and Petitions
杨秋雨投诉央视被公安拘押 (Rights Defender Yang Qiuyu, Petitioners Taken away by Police After Attempting to File Complaint with Propaganda Department about CCTV Report)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioners_detain-03032010112838.html


Society
Nearly Half of CPPCC Proposals Focus on Housing
China Daily, March 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-03/03/content_9532849.htm

青年賣腎4萬酬金遭騙剩3000 (Youth Cheated Most of Money Earned from Selling His Kidney)
Ming Pao, March 04, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100304/ccb1.htm

Urban-rural Income Gap Widest Since Opening-up
China Daily, March 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-03/02/content_9524530.htm