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.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

July 22, 2010

News
Corruption

Bribery Being Bred in Grassroots Elections
China Daily, July 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/22/content_11033296.htm

Food Security
Food Poisoning Kills 56 in China in Jan-May
Xinhua News Agency, July 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/21/content_11032946.htm

China Vows Crackdown on 'Gutter Oil' - Reused Cooking Oil That's Skimmed from Kitchen Waste
The Canadian Press, July 21, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jUFn_-mPxjf_vu3XNzR9PflWN0yQ
Related information:
关于加强地沟油整治和餐厨废弃物管理的意见 (Opinions on Increasing Administration over the Reuse of Cooking Oil and Disposal of Kitchen Waste)
General Office of the State Council, July 13, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2010-07/19/content_1658092.htm

深圳銷毀約11噸坑渠油 (11 Tonnes Reused Cooking Oil Destroyed in Shenzhen)
Sing Tao Daily, July 21, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1794230/1.html
Labor
Union Urges Collective Bargaining Set-up
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dd4bc7007e5f9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
Bulldozers Meet Historic Chinese Neighborhood
New York Times, July 20, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/world/asia/21beijing.html

蘇州千人不滿拆遷鎮長免職 (Village Chief and Party Cadre Removed from Office after Villagers Petition without Rest for Demolition Compensation)
Ming Pao, July 22, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100722/ca41425i.htm

Law
South China Province Reviews Law on Wage Negotiation
Xinhua News Agency, July 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/21/content_11032676.htm

Pre-trial Detention to be Limited
China Daily, July 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/22/content_11033281.htm

刑法酝酿第八次大修:死刑少了,坐牢久了 (Impending 8th Criminal Law Revision: Decrease in Death Penalties, Increase in Jail Time)
Southern Weekend, July 21, 2010
http://www.infzm.com/content/47991

网友呼吁在《刑法》中增设“性贿赂罪” (Netizens Call for "Sexual Bribery" to Be Added to Criminal Law)
China Youth Daily, July 22, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-07/22/content_3337846.htm

Media
官媒机构妖魔化网络 网民驳斥 (Netizens Protest Official Media’s Demonization of Internet)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wl-07212010112508.html

山东增设 “虚拟警察”监管网络舆论 (Shandong Creates Virtual Police to Oversee Public Opinion Online)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-07212010160855.html

Population
计生委:6个省核查出生人口比报表多10% (Family Planning Commission Survey: Six Provinces Have 10%+ Higher Births than Reported)
The Beijing News, July 22, 2010
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2010-07/22/content_14032030.htm

Tibet
China Forces Committed Abuses in Tibet: Rights Group
Agence France-Presse, July 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100722/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrightssecurity
Related information:
“I Saw It with My Own Eyes”: Abuses by Chinese Security Forces in Tibet, 2008-2010
Human Rights Watch, July 21, 2010
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2010/07/22/i-saw-it-my-own-eyes-0
四川甘孜理塘藏人要求重审丹增德勒案 (Citizens Demand for Retrial of Tibetan Monk)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zand-07212010151830.html