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, May 24, 2010

May 24, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
胡錦濤促中美4新領域合作 (Hu Urges Sino-American Cooperation in Four New Fields)
Ming Pao, May 24, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100524/ca11131a.htm

Corruption
'Severe Graft' Hits Building Industry
China Daily, May 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/21/content_9875043.htm

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist's Plan to Visit Expo Park Blocked
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8d1b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Stifling Voices of Those Who Question Authority
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2f4b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
Nation Rapt by Detained Petitioner's Story
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c06b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

维权人士杨剑昌高票连任深圳人大代表 (Rights Activists Yang Jianchang Reelected as Delegate to Shenzhen People's Congress by a High Margin of Votes)
Radio France Internationale, May 23, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100523-维权人士杨剑昌高票连任深圳人大代表

Labor
China to Improve Coal Mine Safety Facilities
Xinhua News Agency, May 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/20/content_9874478.htm

Law
'Get Rid of Interference in Local Courts'
China Daily, May 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/24/content_9883086.htm

Beijing Plans Curbs on Number of Foreigners Working in China
The Daily Telegraph, May 23, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7756638/Beijing-plans-curbs-on-number-of-foreigners-working-in-China.html

Law Chokes Chinese NGOs' Foreign Funding
Christian Science Monitor, May 20, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0520/Law-chokes-Chinese-NGOs-foreign-funding

中央要求严格征地拆迁管理工作 修法进程正提速 (Central Authorities Demand Strict Management of Evictions; Revision of the Law Proposed)
Outlook, May 24, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100524/u1a5221530.html

Media
中央人民广播电台大幅增加维语广播 (Report: China National Radio to Increase Broadcasts in Non-Sinitic Language)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-05212010220954.html

Protests and Petitions
Tibetan Victims in Yushu Quake Protest for Funds
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d26c74034e0c8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
富士康聘两千专家阻员工自杀 (FOXCONN Recruits 2000 Specialists to Curb Suicides among Staff)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 24, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100524_foxconn_help.shtml

Society
Lack of Rain Results in Poverty for Many
China Daily, May 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/22/content_9880833.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Tweets to Chinese Citizens about Tibet
Associated Press, May 21, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dalai_lama_twitter
Related information:
直播:达赖喇嘛与中文推特网友首次对话
Free More News
http://docs.google.com/View?id=df2gh45v_15cjqqdcgb

汉藏推特对话显功效 官媒记者叫封杀 (Journalists and Officials Say They Were Kept Out of Sino-Tibetan Dialogue on Twitter)
Radio Free Asia, May 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/han-05232010162352.html
XUAR
China Hopes Development Solves Region's Tensions
Associated Press, May 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100520/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang

新疆全面通网后25人因传播"有害信息"被查 (XUAR: 25 Investigated and Prosecuted for Disseminating Harmful Information)
Tianshannet, May 23, 2010
http://www.tianshannet.com/news/content/2010-05/23/content_4991576.htm

新华社副总编谈新疆事件报道引风波 (Xinhua Deputy Editor Cases Stir with Lecture on the Sensitive Topics, Particularly 2008 XUAR Unrest)
Radio France Internationale, May 23, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100523-新华社副总编谈新疆事件报道引风波