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, March 03, 2011

March 03, 2011

Top news
Jasmine Rallies
China Threatens Foreign Journalists, Imposes New Rules
Deutsche Presse Agentur, March 03, 2011
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1623435.php/China-threatens-foreign-journalists-imposes-new-rules
Related information:
More Crackdown Incidents; Authorities Use Force to Prevent Reporting of Jasmine Rallies
中国当局强力打压茉莉花集会活动和国际媒体报导
Human Rights in China, March 2, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/192926
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/29033
The Flowering of an Unconventional Revolution
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ab0664fd277e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Western Journalists 'Fabricate' News: China Media
Agence France-Presse, March 03, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110303/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunrestmedia
Related information:
黄百星:西方媒体,请别编两会故事 (Huang Baixing: Western Media, Please Don't Make Up Stories about the NPC/CPCC)
Global Times, March 3, 2011
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2011-03/1535682.html
300上訪者聚集高呼「打倒腐敗」 (Hundreds of Petitioners Gather, Call for an End to Corruption)
Ming Pao, March 03, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110303/caa4.htm

郑创添野渡被当局以涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪遭拘留 (Activists Zheng Chuangtian, Ye Du Detained for Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dianfu-03022011105516.html


News
Disasters
More Than 700 Evacuated from Landslide-hit County in Gansu
Xinhua News Agency, March 03, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=465303

Food Security
2 Arrested in Raid on Fake Formula Factory
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a252664fd277e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Freedom of Movement
Beijing to Track All Mobile Phone Users' Movements
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b4be9f164977e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
本市将建设市民出行动态信息平台 (Beijing to Build Information Platform to Monitor Movements of the Public)
Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology, March 1, 2011
http://zhengwu.beijing.gov.cn/gzdt/bmdt/t1156851.htm

长江日报:用手机掌握市民出行是否侵犯公民隐私? (Does Using Mobiles to Monitor Movement Infringe upon the Right to Privacy?)
Changjiang Daily, March 03, 2011
http://opinion.people.com.cn/GB/14048152.html
Hong Kong
Beijing Wants Punishment after Attack on Tsang
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=41b1664fd277e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
港澳辦嚴重關注特首被撞傷示威者稱沒意圖施襲 不覺觸碰 (State Council Office Concerned about Tseng Protestor, Activist Says He Didn't Touch the Chief)
Ming Pao, March 03, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110303/gma1h.htm
社民連中聯辦外種茉莉 (Citizens Plant Jasmine outside Central Liaison Office in Hong Kong)
Apple Daily, March 03, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110303&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11867&art_id=15034183

Labor
Chinese Evacuated from Libya Protest Wage Delay
Reuters, March 01, 2011
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFTOE72007920110301

我国2亿人遭职业病危害 调查称近4成患者未获赔 (Study: Occupational Hazards Harm 200mln, 40% Not Compensated)
Legal Daily, March 02, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-03/02/content_2492192.htm

Media
China Rights Group Slams Web Curbs
Agence France-Presse, March 03, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110303/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsinternet

China Should Be Cautious of 'Net mercenaries'
Xinhua News Agency, March 02, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011npc/2011-03/02/content_12104460.htm

重庆卫视停商业广告《天天红歌会》代替黄金档电视剧 (Chongqing Station Replaces Prime Time with Party Time)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hong-03022011134211.html
Related news:
Bo Xilai Paints Chongqing Red
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a142664fd277e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Multilateral
China, Russia Insist Libya’s Suspension from U.N. Human Rights Council ‘Not a Precedent’
Cybercast News Service, March 02, 2011
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/china-russia-insist-libya-s-suspension-u

Police
Beijing Steps Up Security ahead of Parliament
Agence France-Presse, March 03, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110302/wl_afp/chinapoliticscongressnpcsecurity

Politics
Happiness Becomes the New Party Mantra
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d3d5c200d867e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Myths of Judicial Independence
Caixin, March 02, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-03-02/100231297.html