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.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

September 28, 2010

News
Corruption
媒体称村官腐败不逊高官 利用土地转让敛财 (Media: Village Officials No Less Corrupt than High Officials, Amassing Wealth through Land Transfers)
China Radio International, September 28, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0928/01/6HKMSQQ30001124J.html

Death Penalty
Two Executed for Organized Crimes and Brothel Business
Shanghai Daily, September 28, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=450396

Education
重庆拟立法禁止择校费及有偿家教 (Chongqing: Proposed Legislation to Ban Supplemental School Fees and Paid Tutorship)
Chongqing Economic Times, September 28, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100928/u1a5468308.html

Environment
Fire Started in '61 Still Burning
Shanghai Daily, September 28, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=450468

广东调查紫金矿业溃坝事故 下游9万公斤鱼死亡 (Guangdong: Zijing Dam Collapse Investigated, 90,000 Kilos of Fish Dead)
People's Daily, September 28, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-09-28/045521183272.shtml

Human Rights Defender -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波
China Warns Norway against Peace Nobel for Dissident
Reuters, September 27, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE68Q28720100927

Labor
深圳集体协商条例部分争议条款被删 (Shenzhen: Controversial Provisions in Draft Collective Bargaining Regulations Removed)
Southern Daily, September 28, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100928/u1a5469169.html

Multilateral
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Attend ASEM Meet
China Daily, September 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-09/28/content_11356666.htm

Protests and Petitions
国庆维稳北京围捕近百访民 数十访民联合国驻京办上访 (Petitioners Rounded Up in Preparation for National Holiday)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fm-09272010104118.html

Public Health
1,600 Get Fake Rabies Vaccine
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b4c98df3c935b210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

HIV/AIDS Patients Denied Best Drugs Due to Bureaucracy: Expert
Global Times, September 28, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-09/577850.html

Society
救助管理办法施行7年为何仍遇尴尬 (Seven Years Later Why Does Assistance Administration Still Cause Embarassment )
Legal Daily, September 28, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-09/28/content_2303054.htm?node=5955

State Security
China Exec Gets 20 Years for Leaking Secrets
Reuters, September 28, 2010
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFTOE68R01M20100928