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, January 21, 2011

January 21, 2011

Top news
Bilateral Ties
Top US Lawmakers Press Hu on Rights, Trade
Agence France-Presse, January 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110120/pl_afp/uschinadiplomacycongresshouse
Related media:
China, Human Rights and the Role of Washington: A Debate: Featuring HRIC ED Sharon Hom and Oberlin College Prof Marc Blecher
Democracy Now, January 20, 2011
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/20/china_human_rights_and_the_role
Common Interests Shared
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011huvisistsus/2011-01/21/content_11892164.htm
Related information:
Highlights of Sino-US Joint Statement
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011huvisistsus/2011-01/21/content_11892190.htm
Chinese Public Kept in the Dark on Hu Jintao's Human Rights Admission
The Washington Post, January 20, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012001386.html
Related news:
華記者官方味濃 美記者問題辛辣 (Chinese Reporters: Toe Party Lie, American Reporters: Ask Biting Questions)
Apple Daily, January 21, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110121&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=2756&art_id=14892277

News
Corruption
Officials to Be Required to Report Assets
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/21/content_11892528.htm
Related news:
广东纪委书记:腐败从资金集中部门向清水衙门渗透 (Interview with Guangdong Deputy Party Committee Secretary Zhu Mingguo on Anti-Corruption Efforts)
Southern Daily, January 20, 2011
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201101/20/t20110120_22156012.shtml
药监局4高官落马 郑筱萸死刑副局长张敬礼被捕 (Drug Administration Officials Sacked, Deputy Director Arrested in Corruption Scandal)
Southern Daily, January 21, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfrb/content/2011-01/21/content_19466896.htm

湖南省安监局原局长谢光祥受贿199.9万被判刑14年 (Hunan Work Safety Chief Gets 14-Year Prison Sentence for Bribery )
Xinhua News Agency, January 21, 2011
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2011_01/21/4389059_0.shtml

Disasters
Quake Victims Still Waiting for Rebuilding Funds
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/21/content_11892520.htm

Man Sought as Factory Blast Kills 9
Xinhua News Agency, January 21, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=462046&type=National

Residential Building Collapse Kills 3 in C China
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/20/content_11891787.htm

Gender
济南规定女性遭性骚扰可向对方单位投诉 (Jinan Regulations Allow Harassed Women to Make a Complaint to Harasser's Workplace)
Chongqing Evening News, January 21, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110121/u1a5682572.html

Law
Regulation Introduced to Manage Compensation Funds
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/20/content_11892010.htm
Related information:
国家赔偿费用管理条例 (Regulations on the Use and Administration of State Compensation Funds)
State Council, January 17, 2011
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2011-01/20/content_1789325.htm

国务院法制办、财政部负责人就《国家赔偿费用管理条例》有关问题答记者问 (Government Rep Responds to Questions on State Compensation Regulations)
Xinhua News Agency, January 20, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-01/20/content_2452541.htm
Labor
Chinese Accused of Zambian Labour Abuses
Financial Times, January 20, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eaed6742-24b8-11e0-a919-00144feab49a.html

北京市住建委发言人:鼓励单位自建公租房 (Beijing Housing Commission Encourages Orgs, Companies to Build Worker Housing)
Beijing Evening News, January 21, 2011
http://jingji.cyol.com/content/2011-01/21/content_4111076.htm

Land Policy
Hectares of Arable Land Used Illegally
China Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/21/content_11892571.htm

Migrant Workers
新生代农民工犯罪调查 (Investigation into Criminal Behavior amongst New Generation of Migrant Workers)
International Herald Leader, January 18, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2011-01/18/c_13695610.htm

Multilateral
Beijing and Troubled Nations: Signals of a Shift
Financial Times, January 20, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/426c3912-24c8-11e0-a919-00144feab49a.html

Police
Daughter Outraged as Police Officer Cleared
Shanghai Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=462045&type=National

Population
Hu Denies Forced Abortions: US Lawmaker
Agence France-Presse, January 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110121/pl_afp/uschinadiplomacyrightsabortion

Protests and Petitions
Family Compensated after Accident
Shanghai Daily, January 21, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=462048&type=National

Social Security
China in 10.4b Yuan Holiday Giveaway to Needy
China Daily, January 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/20/content_11891129.htm