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.

Monday, March 08, 2010

March 06-08, 2010

News
Education
刘基代表:警惕东西部教育差距扩大 (NPC Delegate and University Party Committee Member Warns of Expanding Education Gap between Eastern and Western China)
Xinhua News Agency, March 08, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-03/07/content_13117542.htm

Gender
China's Women Struggle for a Foothold in Power
Reuters, March 08, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6270FZ20100308

Hong Kong
Deputies Told to Tutor Public on Electoral Reform
South China Morning Post, March 08, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fd31b823f5937210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京在两会期间打压香港补选行动升级 (Beijing Increases Opposition to HK General Elections during Two Conferences)
Radio France Internationale, March 07, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19873.asp

Human Rights Defenders
北京基督教家庭教会负责人范亚峰被公安传唤八个小时 (Beijing House Church Activist Fan Yafeng Subpoenaed for 8 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-03072010152502.html

Media
给手机电脑装“识别软件”? 网民“内牛满面”无一支持 (Proposal to Put Monitoring Software on PCs and Phones Receives No Support from Netizens)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 05, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-03/05/content_1022519.htm

湖北省长李鸿忠怒斥《人民日报》女记者 (Hubei Provincial Governor Angrily Rebukes Female People's Daily Reporter after Questions on Deng Yujiao Case)
Radio France Internationale, March 07, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19875.asp

Migrant Workers
Tables Turn for Migrant Workers
South China Morning Post, March 08, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8aa0b823f5937210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
上海钓鱼执法事件受害人未获赔俞正声:问责执法者不妥 (Victims of Shanghai Police Entrapment Yet to Be Compensated; Municipal Party Committee Secretary: Law Enforcement Should Not Be Held Responsible)
The Beijing Times, March 08, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-03/08/content_13120217.htm

Public Health
Chinese Experts Stress Need for Basic Health Care
Associated Press, March 07, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iZ2J6GxXq5H15q6GophdmYSPrCPQD9E9KNO00

Religion
Falun Gong Stages Anti-CCP March
Taipei Times, March 08, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/03/08/2003467503

Tibet
China Indicates Hard Line on Dalai Lama Succession
Agence France-Presse, March 07, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gf_1wHbCYwWplEQ4aqA_essCkYpg

Nepal Police Arrest Dalai Lama’s Representative
The Times of India, March 07, 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Nepal-police-arrest-Dalai-Lamas-representative/articleshow/5655215.cms

Tibetan Singer Gets Prison
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/court-03052010115917.html

XUAR
198 Convicted for Unrest in China's Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, March 07, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100307/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiang