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, September 27, 2011

Bilateral Ties

Stop Meddling in HK Affairs, China Tells U.S.
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=203db94c966a2310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

民族运动会召开被强制旅游 贵州民主人士抗议打压 (Guizhou Democracy Activists Forced to Go on Trips during Nationalities Games)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/min-09262011114039.html

维权人士肖春失踪3年近日获释 (Labor Rights Activist Xiao Chun Released from Prison 3 Years after Being Secretly Sentenced)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_release-09262011103338.html

Media

World Media Leaders Meet in Beijing to Discuss IPR, New Media, Cooperation
Xinhua News Agency, September 27, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-09/27/c_131161888.htm

Politics

中宣部等四部门负责人谈深化文化体制改革 (Central Propaganda Dept and Other Bureaux Discuss Deepening Reform of Cultural System)
People's Daily, September 27, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-09/26/content_3003037.htm

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

China and Russia Tussle over SCO's Future
AsiaTimes, September 27, 2011
http://www.atimes.com//atimes/China/MI27Ad01.html

Tibet

'Illegal' for Dalai Lama to Find Successor
Agence France-Presse, September 27, 2011
http://www.sinodaily.com/reports/Successor_chosen_by_Dalai_Lama_illegal_China_999.html

2 Tibetan Monks Set Themselves on Fire to Protest Chinese Policy
New York Times, September 26, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/world/asia/two-tibetan-monks-set-themselves-on-fire-in-protest.html