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.

Monday, March 07, 2011

March 07, 2011

Top news
Jasmine Rallies
Beijing Says "Jasmine Protest" Calls Doomed to Fail
Reuters, March 06, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/06/us-china-unrest-idUSTRE7222RA20110306
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China State Paper Warns 'Jasmine Rallies'
Agence France-Presse, March 05, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110305/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunrestinternetmideastmedia

自觉维护社会和谐稳定 (Conscientiously Protect Social Harmony and Stability)
Ren Siwen, Beijing Daily, March 05, 2011
http://www.bjd.com.cn/10jbgd/201103/t20110305_664250.html
当局阻止茉莉花集会多人被抓 指境内外散步虚假信息 (Authorities Obstruct Third "Jasmine" Rally, Many Detained, Call to “Stroll” Labeled Fake)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/me-03062011163432.html
Related news:
浙江民主党成员聚会被阻 四川枉成明因茉莉花再被拘 (Zhejiang Democratic Party Meeting Crashed, Sichuan Activist Wang Chengming Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mo-03042011095417.html
天安门示威者被逮捕德国记者被扣留 (Tiananmen Demonstrators, German Reporter Detained)
Deutsche Welle, March 05, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6460118,00.html
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China's Foreign Minister Says Police Did Not Beat Foreign Reporters at Protest Areas
Associated Press, March 07, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hTxyo4QYsWk5THcE_o6jbqomxyLw

China Tracks Foreign Journalists, Unnerved by Mideast Turmult
New York Times, March 06, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/world/asia/07china.html

News
Civil Society
Beijing 'Keeps Firm Hand on NGO Finances'
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d01344638db8e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Graft: A Major Problem for China's Leaders
Agence France-Presse, March 05, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110306/wl_asia_afp/chinacongressnpccorruption

景德镇国土局被盗案嫌犯偷配妻子钥匙转走钱 (Husband's Theft Led to Land Ministry's Missing Money)
Shandong Business Daily, March 07, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0307/03/6UGTUQ8P00014AED.html

Food Security
Refreshing Honesty as Top Leader 'Embarrassed' by Food Safety
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=185344638db8e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
王岐山谈食品安全连称责任大 (Wang Qishan Talks about the "Big" Responsibility of Food Safety)
Beijing Times, March 6, 2011
http://beijing.jinghua.cn/c/201103/06/n3314249.shtml
Hong Kong
'Two Systems' Doesn't Trump 'One Country', Vice-president Says
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=28c2fa5c5718e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

萬人上街反財案 (~10K Take to the Street to Protest Budget)
Ming Pao, March 07, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2036323/1.html
Related news:
113 Arrested after Anti-budget Protesters Clash with Police
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1f044638db8e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Labor
4 Officials Sacked as 6 Dead in China Coal Mine Blast
Xinhua News Agency, March 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-03/04/content_12118649.htm

Law
李其宏代表提出 对未成年人应有专门的刑法和刑诉法 (NPC Rep: Criminal Law for Juvenile Transgressors Needed)
Legal Daily, March 06, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/zt/content/2011-03/06/content_2500285.htm

Media
红歌和莎翁作品一样都是人类优秀文化 (Party Songs and Shakespeare Both Cultural Marvels)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 07, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/b/59/b59a51a3c0bf9c52/Blog/e5b/142f73.html
Related news:
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
Migrant Workers
秦希燕代表为解决拖欠农民工工资问题支招 (Representative Suggests Adding New Cadre Scorecard Criteria to Help Migrant Workers Get Paid)
Legal Daily, March 06, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/zt/content/2011-03/06/content_2500266.htm

Poverty
China to Basically Eradicate Poverty by 2020
Xinhua News Agency, March 07, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011npc/2011-03/07/content_12124979.htm

Public Health
Plans to Pay Organ Donors
Shanghai Daily, March 07, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=465583

Two Sessions
'Social Governance' Debuts in 5-year Plan
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=251c7c0e8078e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Internal Security Spending Jumps Past Army Budget
Reuters, March 05, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/05/us-china-unrest-idUSTRE7222RA20110305
Related news:
“国家账本”的变与不变 (This Year's Budget Is Bigger, But Is It Better?)
The Beijing Times, March 07, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-03/07/content_2500658.htm

Full text of the budget, government work report, and NDRC national economic and social development draft plan at:
China NPC 2011: The Reports
China Real Time Report, March 5, 2011
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/03/05/china-npc-2011-reports-full-text/
Clampdown on Hangzhou Activists
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-03042011123151.html

Tibet
As Bloody Anniversary Nears, China Touts 'Stability,' Growth in Tibet
CNN, March 07, 2011
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/china.tibet/index.html
Related news:
Tibet Leader Says Separatism Still a Threat
Associated Press, March 06, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110306/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet
XUAR
Uyghur Historian Given 7 Years
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/tursunjanhezim-03062011164000.html