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.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010

News
Death Penalty
Chinese Court Backs Death Sentence for Gang Boss
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9888998.htm

Environment
Clean Energy a Major Area of Co-op With US
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010sinousdialogue/2010-05/25/content_9889374.htm

Food Security
毒奶粉案周四香港开庭 四受害者家庭均往作证 (Four Victims' Families Testify Thursday in HK Tainted Milk Trial)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/naifen-05242010100758.html

Hong Kong
Beijing Breaks Ice With Hong Kong Opposition
Reuters, May 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64N1ZQ20100524

Minister Pledges Racial Sensitivity in Hiring
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6db4e825faac8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

支联会放飞民主风筝 六四廿一纪念活动陆续出台 (HK Alliance Flies "Democracy" Kites to Begin Commemoration of June Fourth's 21st Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-05242010101901.html

Human Rights Defenders
‘Butcher’ Takes Web Fight to Beijing
Financial Times, May 25, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c21b50e-6290-11df-991f-00144feab49a.html

歐美高官會維權律師 (European and American Officials Meet with Rights Defense Lawyers)
Ming Pao, May 25, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100525/cac1.htm

Land Policy
近两年中国“未报即用”60万亩土地 44%为耕地 (Gov't Notice: Use of 600K Mu of Land in Last 2 Years Undisclosed, 44% of which Was Arable)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/di-05242010144846.html

Law
中国高院禁止地方拒绝民告官案件 (Supreme People's Court Prohibits Rejection of Citizen Charges against the Government)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-05242010164829.html

Media
中央媒体安排百名青年记者到西柏坡接受传统教育 (Official Media Arranges for 100 Young Journalists to Go to CPC's Xibaipo Memorial in Hubei for Traditional Education)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-05242010162149.html

Politics
'Soft Power' Receives Funding Injection
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ca7e825faac8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
上访潮再现北京 访民被打事件不断 (Petitioners in Beijing Continue to Be Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-05242010095613.html

肇庆怀集村民被催泪弹致残 六村民面临判刑 (Teargas Leaves Guangdong Villagers Seriously Injured, Six Villagers Awaiting Sentencing)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhaoqing-05242010095236.html

Public Health
After a Spate of Brutal Murders, Mental Health Gets a Closer Look
China Daily, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9887411.htm

State Security
China Cracks Down on Online Maps
Financial Times, May 25, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9569b59e-64f3-11df-aa4d-00144feab49a.html