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.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Ai Weiwei Offered CPPCC Role Before Arrest, Staff Say
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2011
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Ai-Weiwei-offered-CPPCC-role-before-arrest-staff-say
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岳路平指新華社濫用其名 (Xi'an Artist Yue Luping: I Sympathize with Ai Weiwei, Xinhua Has Slandered My Name)
Ming Pao, April 13, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110413/cab1.htm
China Silent on Ai Location, Condemns Foreign Support
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110412/wl_asia_afp/chinaartpoliticsrights

A Provocateur Finds Out Just How Far He Can Go
Newsweek, April 10, 2011
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/04/10/a-provocateur-finds-out-just-how-far-he-can-go.html


News
Bilateral Ties
EU Official Urges China to Halt Arbitrary Arrests
Associated Press, April 12, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110412/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights

Children
公安部要求非亲生子女须经DNA检验才可入户 (Public Security Ministry Requires DNA Tests to Register Unrelated Children as Part of Household to Fight Child Trafficking)
Legal Daily, April 12, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110412/u1a5835747.html

Disasters
A Year after Quake, Cultural Relics Remain Shattered
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6ddbec2eb9a4f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
Office to Respond to Disasters
China Daily, April 13, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/13/content_12315147.htm
Education
性教育缺失或成青少年性犯罪高发重要原因 (Lack of Sex Ed May Be the Cause of High Sex Crime Rate among Youth)
Legal Daily, April 13, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-04/13/content_2595174.htm

Food Security
Rival Dairy Farm Intentionally Added Nitrate to Milk That Killed 3 Chinese Infants, Police Say
The Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-china-milk-web-20110412,0,7134177.story

Human Rights Defenders
安徽作家被当局传唤禁发表政论文章 (Anhui Writer Xuan Changwei Summoned, Told Not to Publish Political Commentary)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/an-04122011100751.html

中国当局持续打压维权律师 金光鸿疑遭国保拘押 (Amid Rights Lawyer Crackdown, Former Falun Gong Defender Feared Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dj-04122011151321.html

Jasmine Rallies
'Jasmine' Activists in China Labour Camps: Group
Agence France-Presse, April 13, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110413/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsrights

China Arrests Fourth Dissident in "Jasmine" Crackdown
Reuters, April 13, 2011
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/uk-china-dissident-crackdown-idUKTRE73C0PQ20110413

Exclusive: China Crackdown Driven by Fears of a Broad Conspiracy
Reuters, April 12, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/12/us-china-politics-crackdown-idUSTRE73B3DF20110412

Police Crackdown 'Unprecedented'
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/crackdown-04122011110159.html

Labor
河南鞭炮厂爆炸续:伤者不准探望死者家属受威胁 (13-year-old Killed in Fireworks Factory Blast, Families Kept from Seeing Victims, Told Not to Talk to the Press)
Dahe Daily, April 13, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110413/u1a5837005.html

Land Policy
Skirmish over Farmland
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/skirmish-04122011183631.html

湖北拆迁暴力一日两宗 女拆迁户坠楼老党员骨折 (Violent Eviction in Hubei Leaves 1 Unconscious, 1 Hospitalized)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bal-04122011142323.html

Politics
NPC Chairman Full of Praise on Chongqing Visit
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=321cec2eb9a4f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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为了法治,为了我们心中的那一份理想 (For the Rule of Law, For Our Ideals)
Caing, April 12, 2011
http://blog.caing.com/article/17383/
Religion
陕豫两教会领袖被警棍重伤及砖块堵门 (Religious Leaders Harassed by Authorities: One Physically Assaulted, Another's Home Door Bricked Over)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy-04122011101733.html

Tibet
Tibetans Boycott Chinese Shops
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/boycott-04122011105133.html

April 12, 2011

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Absolute Power
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9bc5aa5a3744f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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Ai Weiwei: Captive Poster Boy for China's Criminal Justice System
US-Asia Law Institute, April 11, 2011
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=5361
未未被拘九天仍无音讯 官媒左网连番抹黑抨击 (Still No News of Ai Weiwei; His Cousin, Driver Also Disappear)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-04112011111949.html

未未妻子到稅務局助查 (Ai Weiwei's Wife Called to Tax Bureau for Questioning)
Agencies, April 12, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110412/ca21122p.htm


News
Government
Election Text Messages Cost City Mayor His Job
Shanghai Daily, April 12, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=468638

Hukou
多城市以居住证取代暂住证打破户籍束缚 (Breaking Hukou Bondage, Several Cities Replace Temporary Residence Permits)
Xinhua News Agency, April 12, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110412/u1a5835235.html

Labor
14 Hospitalized after Industrial Gas Leak in Shaoxing
Xinhua News Agency, April 11, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=468574

Land Policy
嘉峪关市推行房屋拆迁诉求制 (Gansu City Consults Residents Prior to Demolition Projects to Decrease Petitioning)
Gansu Daily, April 11, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/estate/2011/04-11/2963051.shtml

Protests and Petitions
浙江网友郭卫东获释 朱虞夫逾期拘押 (1 Jasmine Activist Released, Others Still Missing)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guo-04112011094740.html

Religion
China Ordains New Vatican-approved Catholic Bishop
Associated Press, April 11, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110411/ap_on_re_as/as_china_vatican

Pastor Still Held after Crackdown
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f23c06e19f44f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
Beijing Church Standoff Unresolved, Pastor Held
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, April 11, 2011
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1632129.php/Beijing-church-standoff-unresolved-pastor-held
Tibet
川格德寺外逾千武警切断供给 两千僧侣缺少食物情况危急 (Over 1,000 Armed Police Block Food Supply to Sichuan Temple)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-04112011094808.html

XUAR
Petitioners Return to Beijing
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/return-04112011174717.html