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, May 30, 2011

May 30, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Envoy-to-be Gary Locke Aims to Rebalance U.S.-China Trade
Reuters, May 28, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/27/us-usa-china-locke-idUSTRE74P7O020110527

Food Security
China Orders Death Penalty for Food Safety Crimes
Agence France-Presse, May 30, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110528/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodhealthsafetycrime

Government
上訪女工劉萍參選遭打壓 (Petitioner Kept from Election Race for People's Congress)
Ming Pao, May 28, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2341272/1.html
Related news:
Grass-roots Candidates Rally Online
Global Times, May 30, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/chinanews/2011-05/660023.html

独立参选人应从微博回归现实
New Faces Should Go Back to Reality
Global Times, May 30, 2011
CH: http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2011-05/1723694.html
EN: http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/editorial/2011-05/660012.html
Hong Kong
香港纪念六四游行关注内地打压维权 (Hong Kong June 4 Memorial March also Calls for Attention to
Mainland Rights Defenders)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 29, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/05/110529_hongkong_june_fourth.shtml
Related news:
Marchers Hit Streets as June 4 Vigil Nears
The Standard, May 30, 2011
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=111540&sid=32550536&con_type=1&d_str=20110530
IMAR
Chinese Regional Chief Attempts to Mitigate Anger
Reuters, May 30, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/05/30/2003504541

More Demos Planned in China's Inner Mongolia
Agence France-Presse, May 29, 2011
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110529-281311.html

Population
专家称北京人口承载仍有空间 不应限制流动人口 (Experts: No Need to Put Limits on Migrant Worker Population,
Beijing Can Hold More People)
The Beijing Times, May 30, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0530/01/75903P8D00014AED.html

Protests and Petitions
China Bomber Seen as Champion of Disenfranchised
Associated Press, May 27, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110527/ap_on_re_as/as_china_anti_hero

抗議焚化爐投產 無錫警民混戰 (Protest against Wuxi Incinerator Leads to Scuffle with Police)
Ming Pao, May 29, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2341954/1.html

网曝甘肃徽县妇女进京反映5.12灾后重建问题被殴 (Gansu Women Petitioning in Beijing against Official
Corruption following 2008 Quake Beaten)
People's Daily, May 29, 2011
http://gs.people.com.cn/GB/183283/14766049.html

Public Health
“慢性疾病是中国头号杀手” (Ministry of Health: Chronic Disease No. 1 Killer)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 30, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/science/2011/05/110530_china_chronic_diseases.shtml

Society
Legislators Inspect Rights Protection of Elderly
Xinhua News Agency, May 27, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/27/content_12594884.htm

Three Gorges
China 'Prioritizes Aid for Relocated People'
Xinhua News Agency, May 30, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/29/content_12599945.htm

XUAR
China Vows to Improve People's Lives in Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency, May 29, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/29/content_12600002.htm