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, March 22, 2010

March 20-22, 2010

News
Corruption
China's Corrupt Communists in the Frame for Graft
The Daily Telegraph, March 22, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7494033/Chinas-corrupt-Communists-in-the-frame-for-graft.html

Disasters
Drought Lingers in China, 51 Million Affected
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/20/content_9616476.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Zhengyou (刘正有)
检察院退回刘正有夫妇案补充调查 (Sichuan Procuratorate Transfers Case of Liu Zhengyou and Hu Yulan Back to Police for Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Liu%20(dissident2)-03192010113849.html

Human Rights Defenders
毒疫苗維權者收恐嚇SMS (Relatives of Victims of Faulty Vaccines and Person Who Reported the Vaccine to Authorities Harassed via SMS)
Ming Pao, March 22, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1465758/1.html

泛蓝谢福林“偷电”案下周重新开庭 (Pan Blue Alliance Member Xie Fulin's Trial for "Stealing Electricity" to Be Reopened on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Xie%20(dissident1)-03192010113121.html

Labor
Three Bodies Found after Six Miners Trapped by Flooding
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/21/content_9619119.htm

Law
Article Reminds Beijing on Need for Rule of Law
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e7eac6c91a187210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Rio Tinto Four Face Court
Shanghai Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201003/20100322/article_431902.htm
Related news:
China Upholds Ban on Australia's Access to Rio Trial
Reuters, March 22, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62I18V20100319

Rio Tinto Executive Stern Hu 'Will Plead Guilty' to Accepting Bribe in China
Dow Jones Newswires, March 22, 2010
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/rio-tinto-executive-stern-hu-will-plead-guilty-to-accepting-bribe-in-china/story-e6frg906-1225843935410
福州200人圍法院撐網友 (200 Surround Fuzhou Court to Support Netizens on Trial)
Ming Pao, March 20, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1464075/1.html

Media
Chinese Media Slam Google as 'Politicized'
CNET Networks, March 21, 2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20000847-93.html
Related media:
A Peek into Google's Global Farce
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/19/content_9616278.htm

Google in Wrong Game
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/20/content_9617204.htm
Chinese Official’s Threat Sets Off a Media Furor
New York Times, March 22, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/world/asia/22press.html

谷歌或于本周决定在华业务最终命运 (Google May Decide Fate of China Operations This Week)
The Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2010
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20100322/tec084331.asp
Related news:
Google Set to Pull out of China over Censorship
Independent Online, March 22, 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/google-set-to-pull-out-of-china-over-censorship-1925052.html
Police
Family of Dead Inmate Seek Compensation
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/20/content_9618067.htm

Public Health
Nineteen Hospitalized in Lead Poisoning Case
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/22/content_9619546.htm

呼吸道患者劇增 (Increase in Number Suffering from Respiratory Problems)
Ming Pao, March 21, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1464881/1.html

Protests and Petitions
保钢200多名上访工人在北京遭警方拦堵 (200+ Laid Off Hubei Steelworkers Surrounded by Police upon Arrival at Zhongnanhai to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/200-03212010180830.html

Religion
Religious Groups Told to Report Finances
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=19b97e9745777210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

罗马教廷开会讨论中国天主教 (Vatican to Hold Plenary Meeting to Discuss China's Catholic Church)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/7-03212010182522.html
Related media:
Chinese Church Officials to Attend Third Straight Plenary Meeting in Vatican
Catholic News Agency, March 20, 2010
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/chinese_church_officials_to_attend_third_straight_plenary_meeting_in_vatican/
XUAR
China's Xinjiang Restores Access to Email, Websites
Agence France-Presse, March 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100321/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestinternettelecommunicationsxinjiang