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, July 09, 2010

July 9, 2010

Environment
Pollution? What Pollution?
New York Times, July 08, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/world/asia/09iht-letter.html
Food Security
China Finds Fresh Trade in Toxic Milk Powder: Report
Reuters, July 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100709/wl_nm/us_china_milk
Human Rights Defenders -- Gao Zhisheng , 高智晟
高智晟再度失踪近3个月 (Gao Zhisheng Missing Again for 3 Months)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Gao-07082010103744.html?encoding=simplified
Human Rights Defenders -- Li Hong , 力虹; Xu Wanping 许万平
儿手术欠费许万平长期禁闭 未脱重症力虹药费维艰 (Xu Wanping Subject to Solitary Confinement for Long Period; Li Hong Still in Serious Condition and Cannot Afford Medical Bills)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-07082010153126.html
Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Artist Who Led Protest Has Been Jailed, His Wife Says
New York Times, July 08, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/world/asia/09beijing.html?_r=2
Labor
At Least Six Dead, 34 Hurt in Mining Zone Explosion
China Daily, July 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/09/content_10085250.htm

China's Migrant Workers Want Rights, Not Handshakes
The Guardian, July 08, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/08/china-migrant-worker-strike-action
Media
Praise for Purged Leader Zhao Ziyang
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a8d291e5ad2b9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disclosure of Personal Data A Trend Getting Out of Control
China Daily, July 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/09/content_10085244.htm
Protests and Petitions
江苏工厂严重污染 村民抗议遭威吓 (Villagers Protesting Factory Pollution in Jiangsu Province Met With Threats)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-pollution-07082010102009.html?encoding=simplified
Public Health
China Tackles Mental Health Woes
Inter Press Service, July 09, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LG09Ad01.html
Religion
Catholic Priest, Nun Murdered in China
Agence France-Presse, July 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100708/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimereligion
Society
Poll: Corruption, Public Discontent Most Worrisome
China Daily, July 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/09/content_10084440.htm
Tibet
拉萨公安再展开严打 禁寺院庆祝达赖寿辰 (Police Launch Crackdown in Lhasa; Temples Forbidden from Celebrating Dalai Lama's Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-tibet-07082010103237.html?encoding=simplified