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, October 27, 2010

October 27, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Chinese Twitter User Seized after Supporting Liu Xiaobo
The Guardian, October 26, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/26/china-nobel-liu-xiaobo-tweet-arrest

Liu Xiaobo's Brothers Offer to Accept Nobel Prize
Agence France-Presse, October 26, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gn5nEt-zUeTWxTSfo1OdzBglGf_w?docId=CNG.f4038d0b7ff98741bcfa1c628ce3111c.701

Peace Nobel Website under Cyber Attack
Agence France-Presse, October 26, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iI9oCWSdpUV9ffoyb973e3L634Ow?docId=CNG.faeec24ca121247e519f47662eae09bf.211


News
Corruption
河南通报6起职务犯罪案件 3官员获无期1人死缓 (Henan Corruption: Officials Sentenced)
Dahe Daily, October 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101027/u1a5514811.html

Government
市民可上QQ提交申诉状 (Guangdong: Public Can Submit Complaints Through QQ)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 27, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/B/html/2010-10/27/content_1209074.htm

Hukou
昆明农村居民明年起可就近就地转城镇户口 (Kunming Villagers May Transfer Registration Beginning 2011)
Kunming Daily News, October 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101027/u1a5514714.html

Human Rights Defenders
"福建三网友关注团"获杰出民主人士奖 (Support Group for Three Fujianese Netizens in Yan Xiaoling Case Receives Democratic Award)
Deutsche Welle, October 26, 2010
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6150988,00.html

Human Rights Defender -- Chen Guangcheng, 陈光诚
US Lawmakers Ask Envoy to Check on Chinese Activist Lawyer
Agence France-Presse, October 26, 2010
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20101026-244294.html

Labor
广东工亡补助金调至人均年收入20倍 (Increase in Death Benefits for Guangdong Mine Workers)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 27, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-10/27/content_1209136.htm

Migrant Workers
广东85%流动人口已领居住证 (85% of Guangdong Migrants Receive Residence Permit)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 27, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-10/27/content_1209137.htm

Politics
Xi's Rise Shows Democracy off the Menu
Asia Times Online, October 27, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LJ27Ad01.html

人民日报署名文章谈推进政治体制改革 (People's Daily Publishes Signed Article on Political Reform)
Southern Metropolis Daily, October 27, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-10/27/content_1209245.htm

Public Health
我国每年8万人因滥用抗生素死亡 (80,000 Die Each Year From Antibiotic Abuse)
Chongqing Evening News, October 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101027/u1a5514009.html

Social Security
人力资源咨询公司称中国养老金指数倒数第一 (Human Resource Firm Ranks Last in China's Pension Index)
Xi'an Evening News, October 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101027/u1a5514180.html

Tibet
Hundreds Sign Petition for Tibet Language: Activists
Agence France-Presse, October 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101027/wl_asia_afp/chinarightstibeteducationprotest