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.

Friday, April 16, 2010

April 16, 2010

News

Death Penalty
Suspended Death for Ex-CDB exec
China Daily, April 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/16/content_9737176.htm


Disasters

玉树七成学校在地震中倒塌 (图片报道) (70 Percent of Schools in Yushu County Collapsed in Quake)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-school-04152010111232.html

Tibetans Mourn Dead as China Quake toll Hits 760
Yahoo! News, April 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100416/wl_nm/us_quake_china

Related news:
'People Are Immersed in the Pain of Losing Their Relatives'
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=338fb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hopes Raised of Accommodating Attitude towards Reporters
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4d2fb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Offer to Help Rejected, But Taiwan Stands by
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d16fb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment

U.N. Puts Price on China Emissions Effort
The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304628704575185872266409444.html

Related information:
China Human Development Report 2009/10 (
中国人类发展报告2009/10)
United Nations Development Programme, April 2010
EN: http://www.undp.org.cn/pubs/nhdr/nhdr2010e.pdf
CH: http://www.undp.org.cn/pubs/nhdr/nhdr2010cn.pdf


Multilateral
China's President and Indian Premier Hold Talks: Report
Yahoo! News, April 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100415/wl_asia_afp/chinaindiadiplomacybricbrazil


Protests and Petitions
上海近千农民连续两天抗议倒卖农田 (Thousand Shanghai Farmers Protest outside Gov’t Office for Two Consecutive Days over Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-04152010121940.html

Politics
Eyebrows Raised at Premier Wen's Eulogy for Hu Yaobang
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9fdcb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Shanghai World Expo
上海討論區宵禁 (Shanghai Discusses A Local Curfew)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100416/ccd1.htm


Taiwan
Businessman Indicted on Charges He Spied for China
China Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/04/16/252722/Businessman-indicted.htm


XUAR
世界维吾尔代表大会主席热比娅将访问日本 (Exiled Uyghur Leader Rebiya Kadeer to Visit Japan)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/japan-04152010134441.html