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.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

May 19, 2010

News

Corruption
China Warns Officials over Property Corruption
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100518/wl_asia_afp/chinapropertycorruption

Officials Named, Shamed for Illegal Constructions
China Daily, May 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/18/content_9865075.htm


Environment
Polluting Firms Pose Big Threat to Wetlands
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865988.htm


Government
Party Offers Glimpse of its Internal Apparatus
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a2164112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Human Rights Defender - Mo Shaoping (
莫少平)
Rights Lawyer Squeezed Off Tsinghua Panel
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5642f36bc5ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Related News:

清华大学法学研讨会冷待维权律师 (Tsinghua University Revokes Invite of Beijing Rights Defense Lawyer to Attend a Law Seminar)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 19, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100519_china_lawyer.shtml


Law
Law Fine-tuned against Terror Financing
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/18/content_9865096.htm

最高检公安部86种经济案件立案追诉标准(全文) (Full Text in Chinese: Provisions on Standards for Filing and Prosecution of Criminal Cases under Public Security Organs' Jurisdiction (II))
Xinhua News Agency, May 19, 2010
http://news.china.com/zh_cn/news100/11038989/20100519/15941626.html


Trial Focuses on Organ Trafficking Ethics
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865353.htm

Police
Outcry over Police Abuse After Ental Patient Fitted Up for Killing
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d3264112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Protests and Petitions
企业开发致环境灾难 藏区民众抗议遭镇压 (Hundreds in Gansu Protest Cement Plant over Environmental Problems)
Radio Free Asia, May 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-05182010121657.html

Villages Clash over Land Dispute; Six Detained
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865359.htm


Public Health
宁夏毒奶粉企业仍在营业 通报有"毒奶"流入广州 (Dairy Firm in Ningxia Selling Tainted Powder Milk Is Still Open)
Guangzhou Daily (via Eastday), May 19, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100519/u1a5212334.html


State Security
New Rules for Net Mapping
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865442.htm


Tibet
China Targets Tibet Artists, Intellectuals: Report
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100518/wl_nm/us_china_tibet_culture

Tibetans Beaten during Angry Protests
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c9d64112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Print, Copy Shops Told Not to Deal with Any Documents in Tibetan
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c6564112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


XUAR
Major Support Package in Pipeline for Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/17/content_9859997.htm