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, June 08, 2010

June 08, 2010

News
Corruption

Mining Watchdog Jailed
Shanghai Daily, June 08, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201006/20100608/article_439490.htm

Economic Development
发改委:配套改革集中攻坚 统筹城乡需破五大难题 (Reform Committee: Institutional Reform Needed to Resolve the Country-City Dualism)
People's Daily, June 08, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/08/c_12193760_3.htm

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
Court Set to Rule on Appeal of Jailed Earthquake Activist
South China Morning Post, June 08, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9eee47c2f4319210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
采访中国公益律师黄雪涛 (Interview with Public Interest Lawyer Huang Xuetao)
Radio France Internationale, June 07, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100607-采访中国公益律师黄雪涛

June Fourth
Li's 'Diary' Sheds New Light on Tiananmen
Agence France-Presse, June 08, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/06/08/259835/Lis-diary.htm

Labor
New Strike at Honda Parts Plant in China
New York Times, June 07, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/business/global/09honda.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

中國工運要求成立獨立工會改變國運軌跡 (Demand from the Labor Movement for Independent Trade Unions Changes China's Future)
Yazhou Zhoukan, June 02, 2010
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?Channel=ac&Path=241323811/23ae1a.cfm

Media
China Hails Internet, Praises Twitter
The Wall Street Journal, June 08, 2010
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/06/08/china-hails-internet-development-praises-twitter-possibly-by-accident/

China Says Will Keep Blocking Online Content
Associated Press, June 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_re_as/as_china_internet

国务院新闻办发表《中国互联网状况》白皮书 (State Council Information Office Publishes White Paper on the State of the Internet in China)
Xinhua News Agency, June 08, 2010
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2010/06/08/110s2878647.htm

Multilateral
争议不会成为亚信峰会主题 因胡锦涛将出席上合峰会,戴秉国作为胡锦涛特别代表出席亚信峰会 (Hu Jintao: Disputes Cannot Become the Main Theme of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA))
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 08, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-06/08/content_1099311.htm

Protests and Petitions
农民造土炮轰退强拆队 为保卫25亩地,武汉一农民建起“炮楼”与拆迁队对峙 (Wuhan: Farmer Builds Blockhouse to Protest Forceful Eviction)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 08, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-06/08/content_1099270.htm

Society
北大教授孙东东再发“雷”人语 (New Provocative Comments from Peking U Professor Sun Dongdong on Hospitals)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sdd-06072010170429.html

XUAR
新疆喀什维吾尔族妇女学习古兰经遭查封 (Kashgar: 30+ Uyghur Females Detained for Organizing Qur'an Classes)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xj-06072010162422.html