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.

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Bilateral Ties

Deportation Based on Bogus Claim
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/claim-09072011163035.html

Food Security

Farm Overseas to Help Nation, Companies Told
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3d0257bc64f32310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government

獨立參選人全軍覆沒 (Independent Candidates in Local Elections Annihilated)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2430148/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

访民马丽君有病仍被劳教年半 上海朱金娣拍照上网被软禁 (Hebei Petitioner Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor Despite Ill Health, Shanghai Activist Placed under House Arrest for Uploading Photos of Fellow Activists)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fm-09072011092909.html

Internet

Authorities Pull Teachers' Website
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/website-09062011181808.html

中宣部长刘云山承认管不了五亿网民 (Propaganda Bureau Chief Liu Yunshan Acknowledges that the 500mil Online Cannot Be Monitored)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 08, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/09/110908_china_netizens_control.shtml

Land Policy

溫總斥地方強拆古村落 (Premier Wen Denounces Demolition of Ancient Villages)
Ming Pao, September 08, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2430163/1.html

Migrant Workers

China’s Migrant Workers Expect More
Financial Times, September 07, 2011
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/78d7af1e-d93a-11e0-884e-00144feabdc0.html

XUAR

Jihadists Group Claims Xinjiang Attacks
The Hindu, September 08, 2011
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2435003.ece