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, December 10, 2010

December 09, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Analysts: Dissident's Nobel Prize A 'Running Sore' for China
Voice of America, December 08, 2010
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Analysts-Dissidents-Nobel-Prize-Running-Sore-for-China-111553699.html

China Steps Up Anti-Nobel Campaign by Blocking BBC Website
The Daily Telegraph, December 09, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8190506/China-steps-up-anti-Nobel-campaign-by-blocking-BBC-website.html

傳中國發動挪威僑民反諾貝爾獎 (China Allegedly Mobilizes Norway-based Oversea Chinese in Anti-Nobel Campaign)
China News Agency, December 08, 2010
http://www.cna.com.tw/SearchNews/doDetail.aspx?id=201012090022

Why I'm Going to Oslo
Foreign Policy, December 09, 2010
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/12/08/interview_wan_yanhai


News
Environment
Growth Threatens Water Supply
China Daily, December 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/09/content_11673998.htm

Food Security
Crops Suffer from Industrial Pollution
Global Times, December 09, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-12/600383.html

Human Rights
China: How Much Freedom Do Its People Have?
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 09, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11949981

Human Rights Defender -- Du Daobin , 杜导斌
Chinese Human Rights Activist Stripped of Rights
Spero News, December 08, 2010
http://www.speroforum.com/a/44715/Chinese-human-rights-activist-stripped-of-rights
Related information:
Writer Imprisoned for Essays; Still Silenced after Release 杜导斌因言获罪 出狱后仍被禁声
Human Rights in China, December 08, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/191271
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/24037
Human Rights Defenders -- Gao Yu, 高瑜, Tang Jitian, 唐吉田, Zhang Xianling, 张先玲
Beijing Crackdown Widens
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/crackdown-12082010111324.html

Law
无罪释放后 省体彩中心主任索赔1100万 (After Innocent Acquital, Lottery Director Claims 1.1mil Compensation)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 09, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-12/09/content_1247848.htm

Police
市民投诉挨打遭民警斥“刁民” (Citizen Complaining about Being Beaten Scorned by Police as "Trouble-maker")
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 09, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-12/09/content_1247703.htm

6旬在押人员猝死深圳看守所 警方:正常死亡 (Police Claim Natural Causes after Elderly Man Dies in Custody)
Southern Daily, December 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/1209/09/6NEURF9J00014AEE.html

看守所设过渡监室防“躲猫猫” (Guangdong Detention Center Uses Musical Therapy)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 09, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/B/html/2010-12/09/content_1247678.htm

Public Health
Rural-Urban Healthcare Gap To Be Stitched Up
China Daily, December 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/09/content_11674633.htm

Society
Public Irate about Villa Subsidies For Rich
China Daily, December 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/09/content_11674590.htm