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, March 29, 2011

March 29, 2011

Top news
Jasmine Rallies
China Charges Two amid "Jasmine" Crackdown
Agence France-Presse, March 29, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h5wrwoqJxpvlHcX6YIl-f6yc_w2Q

Sichuan activists Ding Mao (丁矛) and Ran Yunfei (冉云飞) have been formally arrested on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." Both men were detained a few days before China's first Jasmine Rally on February 27. Their families were formally notified of the charges on Monday, March 28. Ding, who was previously imprisoned for his involvement in the 1989 Democracy Movement, had passed on information about the Jasmine Rallies. Ran is a well-known blogger and independent intellectual and was amongst the first signers of Charter 08. Ding and Ran are the first of many activists detained in the clampdown surrounding the Jasmine Rallies to be formally charged.

Related information:
Independent Intellectual Ran Yunfei Arrested on "Inciting Subversion of State Power" Charge
着名独立知识分子冉云飞被以涉嫌"煽动罪"逮捕
Human Rights in China, March 28, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/193090
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/29685

Activists Charged and Ousted as Noose on Dissent Tightens
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1c068a795dfe210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

第七波茉莉花吁发扬四五运动精神 高校严禁学生清明组织集体活动 (Jasmine Rally to Commemorate April 5th Movement; Campuses Prohibit Qing Ming Gatherings)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/seventh-03282011121535.html

浙江维权人士邹巍被带走 贵州异议人士接"坐牢"威胁 (Zhejiang Activist Zou Wei Detained; Guizhou Dissidents May Face Prison Time)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-03282011113223.html

第六波茉莉花京沪吃紧 访民禁往集会点大学严查 (Sixth Jasmine Rally: Petitioners Barred Entry, Campus Security Tight, Detentions Continue)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/moli-03282011111340.html


News
Corruption
茂名书记落马供出百多处级以上官员 限期主动交待 (100 Incriminated by Ex-Party Secretary Detained in Graft Probe)
Outlook, March 29, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2011-03/29/content_21984750.htm

Environment
China Unveils New Energy, Water Efficiency Goals
Associated Press, March 28, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110328/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_conservation_goals

Food Security
China 'to Pull Dairy Licences in Safety Drive'
Agence France-Presse, March 29, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110328/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilk

Hong Kong
Mainlanders Threaten Maternity Care
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c034401476cfe210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
China Says Graduates Should Lower Job Expectations
Reuters, March 28, 2011
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/03/28/idINIndia-55925820110328

贵阳在建楼房垮塌已致9死13伤 (9 Dead, 13 Injured after Building Site Collapse)
Guizhou Daily, March 29, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110329/u1a5812650.html

江西修水近500村民患尘肺病 (After Reports of Pneumoconiosis in Jiangxi, Already 137 Miners Dead)
The Beijing Times, March 29, 2011
http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/201103/29/n3321211.shtml

Media
Missing Australian Writer Feared Detained in China
Associated Press, March 29, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110329/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_china_writer_disappears_4

Police
河北青年坚称李刚致其获罪入狱 ("I Was Framed by Li Gang," Imprisoned Man Claims)
Oriental Morning Post, March 28, 2011
http://www.dfdaily.com/html/33/2011/3/28/585571.shtml

Population
临沂计生持刀上门抓人 孕妇弟弟遭捅死 (One-child Policy Enforcers Enter Home, Fatally Stab Pregnant Woman's Brother)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lin-03282011150534.html

Public Health
忻州辐射之痛 (One Family's Tragedy Reveals Thousands of Scattered, Deadly Radiation Sources)
Century Weekly, March 29, 2011
http://magazine.caing.com/chargeFullNews.jsp?id=100241032&time=2011-03-25&cl=115&page=all

医师称购买抗生素便利性致其滥用现象严重 (Doctor: Easy Access to Antibiotics Leads to Serious Abuse)
China Youth Daily, March 29, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110329/u1a5811690.html