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.

Monday, February 01, 2010

January 30-February 1, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
Clinton Warns China on Iran Sanctions
New York Times, January 30, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/world/asia/30diplo.html
Related information:
Secretary Clinton: Remarks on the Future of European Security
U.S. Department of State, January 29, 2010
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/01/136273.htm
EU Divided on Lifting China Arms Embargo
Financial Times, January 31, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da31e8fc-0e8d-11df-bd79-00144feabdc0.html

U.S.-China Relations Cool on Arms Deal
The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703762504575036760896290820.html

Education
学者呼吁人大立法平等对待非户籍儿童 (Scholar to NPC: Grant Equal Treatment for Children without Local Household Registration)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ertong-01292010101629.html

Environment
China Insists That Its Steps on Climate Be Voluntary
New York Times, January 29, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/world/asia/30china.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Hope for Marooned Chinese Activist
The Age, January 31, 2010
http://www.watoday.com.au/world/hope-for-marooned-chinese-activist-20100201-n79w.html
Related news:
馮正虎料春節前回國 結束機場寄居 周三入境日本 (Feng Expects to Return to China before Chinese New Year)
Ming Pao, February 01, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100201/caa1h.htm
Law
学者称房屋征用条例"第40条"违宪 建议删除 (Scholar: Article of Draft Housing Requisition Regulations Violates Constitution)
China News Service, February 01, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100201/u1a4992028.html

Media
Press Group Slams Chinese Censorship
CNN, February 01, 2010
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/china.censorship/

中国网民发起抵制CNNIC根证书行动 (Chinese Netizens Initiate Boycott Against Root Certification of CNNIC )
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/CNNIC-01292010114844.html

Protests and Petitions
公安联合截访民 (Petitioners Intercepted by Public Security)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-01282010162957.html

Tibet
Top-level Meeting in Beijing Sets Strategy on Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet, January 29, 2010
http://www.tibetcustom.com/article.php?story=20100129215051935

XUAR
Uygur's Death Highlights Wider Tensions
South China Morning Post, February 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3263bdd884586210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD