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, July 11, 2011

Bilateral Ties

Congress Urging Dalai Lama-Obama Meeting
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=66f9cbf29aa01310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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中国重申“西藏事务纯属内政” (China Reiterates: The Tibet Issue Is Purely a Domestic One)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 09, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110709_china_dalai_tibet.shtml

Population

广东已申报“单独可生二胎”试点 (Guangdong Pushing for Two-Child Policy)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 11, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/4/56/456ac9b0d15a8b7f/Blog/60b/0599af.html

Food Security

Beijing in New Crackdown on Use of Illegal Cooking Oil
China Daily, July 11, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/11/content_12872084.htm

Hukou

Money, Fraud and Hukou
China Daily, July 11, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2011-07/11/content_12871956.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liao Yiwu (廖亦武)

廖亦武,又一位中国流亡作家 (Liao Yiwu: Yet Another Chinese Author in Exile)
Deutsche Welle, July 09, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15223419,00.html

IMAR

Social Harmony, Stability Stressed in Inner Mongolia
China Daily, July 10, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/10/content_12871607.htm

Internet

微博改变社会生态 专家称让滥用权力者难以藏身 (Experts: Abuses of Power Harder to Conceal as Microblogs Change Societal Attitudes)
Xinhua News Agency, July 11, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110711/u1a5989851.html

Media

法制日报社:新闻记者采访权不容侵犯 (Legal Daily: Reporters' Interviewing Rights Should Not Be Infringed)
Legal Daily, July 10, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-07/10/content_2788377.htm

Public Health

Gay Men Hit Hard by HIV/AIDS
China Daily, July 11, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/11/content_12871970.htm

Tibet

Dalai Lama Eyes Return
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/hhdl-07102011170942.html