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.

Friday, October 29, 2010

October 29, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Dissidents under Lockdown as Nobel Tensions Linger
Reuters, October 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69S0LP20101029
Related news:
China Crackdown on Dissidents Continues despite Citizen's Nobel Peace Prize
The Washington Post, October 28, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/28/AR2010102803774.html

Related information:
Dozens Put Under House Arrest as Chinese Authorities Intensify Crackdown Following Nobel Peace Prize Announcement
刘晓波获诺奖后中国当局加大打压力度 数十人被软禁
Human Rights in China, October 28, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/190772
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/22429

News
Bilateral Ties
Singapore Grooms China's Rising Star Cadres
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fa8d5513f93fb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
河南省人大常委会原副主任借卖字敛财上千万 (Former Deputy Director of Henan Standing Committee Made Millions by Selling Words)
Qilu Evening News, October 29, 2010
http://v.news.163.com/video/2010/10/I/J/V6J7INEIJ.html

Labor
Officials Penalized After Deadly Mine Flood
China Daily, October 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/29/content_11475022.htm

Law
Top Legislature Adopts Social Insurance Law
China Daily, October 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/28/content_11473448.htm
Related information:
中华人民共和国社会保险法 (Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China)
National People's Congress, October 28, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2010-10/28/content_1732870.htm
Media
Media Recall Reporters after Ban on Coverage of Hit-and-run Case
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=71305513f93fb210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
大時代小人物系列﹕最牛舉報人 死也要告官 山東農民唐雲濤抗爭5年揪貪官 (Shandong Farmers Still Fighting despite 5 Years of Petitioning to No Response)
Ming Pao, October 29, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20101029/cca1h.htm

Public Health
昆明供血危机目前仍未得到缓解 (Blood Supply Shortage Has Yet to Wane)
Xinhua News Agency, October 29, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20101029/u1a5518735.html

Society
Outcry as China Billionaire Gets Housing Subsidy
Agence France-Presse, October 29, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJXLSLO-Oi_7W7IzKp9KfuWMCbEA

梁思成林徽因子梁從誡病逝 (Environmental Activist Liang Congjie Passes)
Ming Pao, October 29, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20101029/ca51240p.htm
Related news:
Pioneer of China Environmental NGOs Dies
Reuters, October 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69S0ED20101029