HRIC Daily Brief: 2012/08

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Hong Kong

香港观察：国民教育难脱政治任务嫌疑 (Suspicion of Political Motivation Difficult to Shed for National Education Program)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/08/120828_hkreview_education.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

China Cracks Down on Ai Wei Wei Protege Zhao Zhao
Der Spiegel, August 28, 2012
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/in-china-artists-like-zhao-zhao-face-political-oppression-a-851403.html

Freedom on Friday for Dissident Wang
The Standard, August 29, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=24094

Related:
Yahoo! Cited in Decision Sentencing Internet Dissident Wang Xiaoning to 10 Years
Human Rights in China, April 27, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/content/1208

陈光诚可能应邀访问台湾 (Chen Guangcheng May Visit Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 29, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/08/120828_chen_taiwan.shtml

Media

Five Editors Suspended for Reporting Liu Cover-up
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5feaa99d8ad69310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police

四市试点劳教制度改革 (Nanjing, Lanzhou, Zhengzhou, and Jinan to Pilot Reform of Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
The Beijing News, August 29, 2012
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/08/29/219561.html

Protests and Petitions

‘Bull’ Proves Hero and Pariah for Beijing
Financial Times, August 28, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8e1af1ce-f040-11e1-93fa-00144feabdc0.html

反对收地6村民被黑人物砍伤 (Sichuan: 6 Villagers Protesting Land Requisition Knifed by Thugs)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolition-08282012100026.html

Society

公安部谈“随手拍”：被拍者基本没有被拐儿童 (Ministry of Public Security: Child Beggars Whose Pictures Were Taken Were Generally Not Trafficked)
Shandong Business Daily, August 29, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/ba7/f57dca.html

XUAR

Striker’s Health at Risk
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/risk-08282012185841.html

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Hong Kong

Hong Kong ‘Occupy’ Protesters Refuse to Leave
China RealTime Report, August 28, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/08/28/hong-kong-occupy-protesters-refuse-to-leave/

Labor

深圳千人工潮持续五天 (Shenzhen 1K Worker Strike Continues into Day Five)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sz-08272012105053.html

Law

Senior Official Urges Deepened Judicial System Reform
Xinhua News Agency, August 27, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/27/c_131811012.htm

精神卫生法草案二审“强制住院治疗”删除 (Stipulations on Forcible Institutionalization Removed from Draft Mental Health Law)
The Beijing News, August 28, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/HTML/2012-8-28/yNNjYzXzUwNzUyNA.html

劳教废立之间 (Reform or Abolishment for Reeducation-Through-Labor?)
Caijing Magazine, August 26, 2012
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2012-08-26/112081975.html

Protests and Petitions

Chinese AIDS Patients Protesting Lack of Aid Pull Down Local Government Gate, Beaten by Police
The Associated Press, August 27, 2012
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Chinese+AIDS+patients+protesting+lack+pull+down+local+government/7149467/story.html

中共18大和访民的距离有多远？ (How Great Is the Distance between Petitioners and the 18th Party Congress?)
Radio France Internationale, August 27, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120827-中共18大和访民的距离有多远？

拆哪!张家界再酿抗强拆惨剧 (Another Tragic Anti-demolition Protest in Zhangjiajie, Hunan)
Deutsche Welle, August 27, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16195722,00.html

Tibet

Teens Set Themselves on Fire, Take Tibet Burnings over 50: Group
Reuters, August 27, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/us-china-tibet-idUSBRE87R03120120828

Monday, August 27, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Reporters Ask Merkel to Address Chinese Intimidation of Media
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, August 25, 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/08/25/163533/reporters-ask-merkel-to-address.html

Education

Collapse of New Bridge Underscores Worries about China Infrastructure
The New York Times, August 24, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/world/asia/collapse-of-new-bridge-underscores-chinas-infrastructure-concerns.html

Hong Kong

Lone Voice Sounds as Camp Awaits Clearout
The Standard, August 27, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=125780&sid=37472097&con_type=1&d_str=20120827&fc=10

Related:
Occupy Central 占领中环
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyCentral

他们眼中的占领中环 (Occupy Central as Seen by the Occupiers)
Ming Pao, August 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2754508/1.html

有占领中环行动成员计划转移阵地到新立法会大楼 (Some Occupy Central Activists Plan to Move to New Legislative Council Building)
HK Commercial Broadcasting, August 27, 2012
http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=553174&csid=261_341

Human Rights Defenders

陈光诚家乡成立治安队监控村民 (Shandong: Surveillance Team Set Up in Chen Guangcheng's Hometown)
Radio Free Asia, August 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/chen_village-08242012093713.html

Police

Policemen Sentenced for Forced Confession
China Daily, August 24, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/24/content_15703972.htm

Politics

Politics the Priority for China as Economy Slows
Reuters, August 26, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/26/us-china-economy-idUSBRE87P0DG20120826

日媒：薄熙来将被开除党籍 (Japanese Media: Bo Xilai to Be Expelled from Party)
Ming Pao, August 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2755158/1.html

Related:
薄熙来氏、党籍剥奪へ　胡主席派、保守派押し切る (Hu Faction and Conservatives Have Their Way: Bo Xilai's Party Membership to Be Revoked)
Asahi Shimbun, August 26, 2012
http://www.asahi.com/international/update/0826/TKY201208250606.html

Protests and Petitions

四川遂宁强拆引发数百警民冲突棍棒殴打拆迁户多人受伤住院 (Suining, Sichuan: Evictees Sent to Hospital from Beatings during Clash with Police over Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-08262012164251.html

Friday, August 24, 2012

Bilateral Ties

China Forces Ethnic Kachin Refugees Back to a Conflict Zone in Myanmar’s North
The New York Times, August 23, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/world/asia/china-forcing-repatriation-of-ethnic-refugees-from-myanmar.html

Hong Kong

10萬反國教科簽名掛門常開 (Banner of 10K Signatures Opposing National Education Marched to Gov't Office, to Be Placed Outside Chief Executive Office in Protest)
Ming Pao, August 24, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2752953/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

Forensic Expert Sheds Doubt on Li Suicide Claim
The Standard, August 24, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=125758&sid=37448742&con_type=1&d_str=20120824&fc=7

Related:
Report and Opinion in the Case of Li Wangyang (Deceased)
Stephen Cordner and Sameera Gunawardena, 2012
http://www.scribd.com/doc/103662058/Report-and-Opinion-in-the-Case-of-Li-Wangyang

Law

最高法拟规定法院可直接惩戒律师律师称越权 (Lawyers: SPC's Stipulation Allowing Courts to Directly Discipline of Lawyers Exceeds Their Authority)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 24, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/a/98/a981f2b708044d6f/Blog/b24/70468e.html

Related:
关于《最高人民法院关于执行〈中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法〉若干问题的解释（征求意见稿）》的简要说明 (Brief Explanation of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Certain Issues Related to Executing the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China [Draft for Soliciting Input])
Supreme People's Court, July 2012
http://wq.zfwlxt.com/newLawyersite/BlogShow.aspx?itemid=7e866c7d-886d-45d4-b7c9-a0b200b77415&user=116836

Labor

China to Check Black Lung Disease at Mines
Xinhua News Agency, August 24, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/24/content_15702634.htm

Media

《人民日报》副刊主编自杀众人深究徐怀谦死因 (Public Speculate Cause of People's Daily Editor's Suicide, Point to Official Pressure on Media)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-08232012095549.html

Migrant Workers

Are Migrant Workers Rushing Back Home Again?
The Economic Observer, August 23, 2012
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/0823/232377.shtml

Tibet

Lhasa 'Like a Vast Prison'
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/prison-08232012122203.html

Related:
The New Face of Lhasa
从拉萨的新面貌说起
China Rights Forum, 2012, no. 1
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6137
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6163

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Hong Kong

Civic, Not National, Lessons Urged
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7492c9cb65e49310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

China Democracy Activist's Partner Appeals to UN over Harassment
The Guardian, August 22, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/22/china-asia-pacific

To read Wang Xifeng's letter to the UN, see:
就中国当局不仅不依法为秦永敏和我办理结婚证而且企图把本人绑架回原籍一事致联合国人权委员会的公开信
Wang Xifeng, August 13, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6261

For a translation Wang Xifeng's letter to the UN, see:
Wife of Wuhan Activist Details Harassment and Unlawful Detention and Appeals to International Community
Human Rights in China, August 22, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6274

Dissenters Locked in Mental Wards, Group Says
Agence France-Presse, August 23, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=125696&sid=37438839&con_type=1&d_str=20120823&fc=4

Media

China Watches Burma's Censorship Reforms
Voice of America, August 22, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-watches-burma-censorship-reforms/1492742.html

Religion

安徽信徒补习文化遭驱散及打伤大学基督徒志愿者被政治审核 (Anhui: Police Raid Extracurricular Christian School Run by House Church)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-08222012090858.html

家庭教会起诉抗议“文革”式罪名 (Sichuan House Church Files Charge against Authorities Protesting "Cultural Revolution-esque" Charge)
Deutsche Welle, August 22, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16183446,00.html

XUAR

北京律师探望阿里木江遭狱方拒绝 (Prison Refuses Lawyer Visit with Alimujiang Yimiti)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-08222012090859.html

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Corruption

China Prepares New Plan to Fight Graft That Threatens Its Image
Bloomberg News, August 22, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-22/china-prepares-new-plan-to-fight-graft-that-threatens-its-image

Labor

Hepatitis B Carrier Wins Discrimination Case
China Daily, August 22, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/21/content_15694439.htm

Rural Issues

我国基尼系数逼近警戒线 (Income up for Famers in 2011, But Rural China Wealth Gap Toes the Gini Coefficient Warning Level)
The Beijing News, August 22, 2012
http://focus.news.163.com/12/0822/10/89GMLBC900011SM9.html

Population

北京等6市将为外地户籍人员办出入境证件 (Six Cities to Issue Passports to Migrant Workers and Other Non-Residents Starting September)
Economic Observer, August 22, 2012
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2012/0822/232314.shtml

Protests and Petitions

“永州上访妈妈被劳教事件”再调查 (A New Investigation into Case of Mother Sent to Reeducation for Petitioning for Justice in Daughter's Rape Case)
China Woman, August 22, 2012
http://acwf.people.com.cn/n/2012/0822/c99060-18805886.html

Public Health

Children Suffer Lead Poisoning from Power Plant
Sina, August 22, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/0822/498804.html

Tibet

四川阿坝卡西寺一僧人获刑七年阿坝红原知名歌手被拘捕 (Ngawa, Sichuan: Monk Sentenced to 7 Years, Singer Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ab-08212012112941.html

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Civil Society

NGOs Get Boost from Shenzhen Register Reforms
China Daily, August 21, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/21/content_15690995.htm

Related:
探路民间社会组织“去行政化” (Shenzhen NGOs Going Official)
Southern Daily, August 21, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/2012/nfrb_821/289657.html

Environment

Shanghai 'Most Vulnerable to Flood Risk'
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19318973

Media

Foreign Journalists 'Intimidated' in China: Press Groups
Agence France-Presse, August 21, 2012
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/308673/foreign-journalists-intimidated-in-china-press-groups

Police

湖南邵阳聘千人替城管执法罚款可提成80% (Shaoyang, Hunan: 1K People Hired to Enforce the Law in Place of Urban Management)
Xiaoxiang Morning Post, August 21, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/a20/a18c7d.html

Poverty

Province in Ambitious Project to End Poverty
Shanghai Daily, August 21, 2012
http://english.eastday.com/e/120821/u1a6799804.html

Related:
Foreign Correspondents' Clubs in China Jointly Express Extreme Concern over Abuse of Journalists
August 21, 2012
http://fcchk.org/article/foreign-correspondents-clubs-china-jointly-express-extreme-concern-over-abuse-journalists

Protests and Petitions

摩托罗拉中国被裁员工将集体维权
Motorola Employees Protest against Layoffs
Caixin, August 19, 2012
CH: http://companies.caixin.com/2012-08-19/100425744.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-08-20/100426272.html

Society

北京去年暂住人口减少60万历史现首降 (Beijing Non-permanent Residents Down by 600K in 2011)
21st Century Business Herald, August 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2750492/1.html

Taiwan

Taiwan Struggles to Save Indigenous Languages
Voice of America, August 20, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/content/taiwan_struggles_to_save_indigenious_languages/1491428.html

Monday, August 20, 2012

Hong Kong

Evening Paper Relaunch 'to Back Beijing Loyalists'
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0edba81032f39310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law

人大常委会将首次审议环境保护法修正案草案等 (NPC Standing Committee to Deliberate on Draft Environmental Protection Law and Others at Upcoming Meeting)
Legal Daily, August 20, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-08/20/content_3780645.htm

Media

北京四大報高層大風吹 (Wind of Changes Blows Down from High upon the Fourth Major Beijing Papers)
United Daily News, August 19, 2012
http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI1/7305019.shtml

Related:
Publisher Demoted over Editorial Tone
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e64b8ff73f39310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

擬播艾未未片京影展遭打壓封場斷電十八大前嚴控文藝活動 (Pressure on Cultural Activities before 18th Party Congress as Power Cut at Beijing Independent Film Fest, Stopping Screening of Ai Weiwei Documentary and Others)
Ming Pao, August 20, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2749216/1.html

Related:
Power Cut Halts
Global Times, August 20, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/727851.shtml

浙江湖州一镇政府官员阻挠采访记者被推进水塘 (Zhejiang Town Official Pushes Journalist into Reservoir while Impeding Reporting)
The Beijing News, August 19, 2012
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2012_08/19/16913566_0.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Chinese Government Quietly Supports Anti-Japanese Demonstrations
Want China Times, August 20, 2012
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120820000046

为何中国上访者对中央政府的信任程度稳定？
Radio France Internationale, August 19, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120819-为何中国上访者对中央政府的信任程度稳定？

State Security

警察也上访，变成 “维稳对象” (Even Police Become Target of Stability Maintenance Policy When They Petition)
Deutsche Welle, August 17, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16175186,00.html

Friday, August 17, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Pursuing Soft Power, China Puts Stamp on Africa's News
The New York Times, August 16, 2012
www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/africa/chinas-news-media-make-inroads-in-africa.html

Hong Kong

香港观察：以公民教育取代国民教育 (HK Review: Replace National Education with Civic Education)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 16, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/08/120814_hkreview_education.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Mainland Activist Sent to Labour Camp
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3d498b86ebf29310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Power Plant Activist Detained
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detained-08162012105241.html

胡春华高压，高玉莲被“释放”无自由 (Inner Mongolian Activist Gao Yulian "Released" Yet Remains under Watch)
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16169834,00.html

Migrant Workers

Migrant Workers 'Mail Children' Back
China Daily, August 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/16/content_15681582.htm

Protests and Petitions

云南大理13名农民工子女替父母讨薪最小仅5岁 (Yunnan: 13 Migrant Workers' Children as Young as 5yrs Protest for Parents' Back Wages)
Yunnan Online, August 16, 2012
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2012-08-16/112015169.html

西藏昌都专区芒康县1000藏民示威反对开矿与警方发生冲突造成一人死亡 (Chamdo, Tibet: One Dies as 1K Tibetans Clash with Police during Mine Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-08162012160934.html

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Coordination Needed to Succeed in Diaoyu
Global Times, August 16, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/727238.shtml

Hong Kong

梁：23条不应今届推 (CY Leung: Security Law Legislation Shouldn't Be Promoted This Session)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2745946/1.html

Law

深圳拟立法授权城管处罚不文明行为 (Shenzhen Draft Regs Authorize Urban Management Officers to Penalize Uncivilized Behavior)
China Youth Daily, August 15, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0815/11/88UO764E0001124J.html

Police

10名律师致信司法部与公安部建议调整劳教制度 (Lawyers Send Proposing Change in Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Beijing Times, August 15, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-08/15/c_112726033.htm

Related:
专家称劳教制度在部分地区成打击报复工具 (CASS Expert: Reeducation System Used in Some Places as a Tool of of Suppression and Retaliation)
The Beijing News, August 16, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0816/02/890EADFR00014AED.html

Protests and Petitions

Migrants Protest Unpaid Wages in Lhasa
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/wages-08152012150149.html

各地访民在京频频“被失踪” (Constant Reports of Petitioners across China "Going Missing" in Lead-up to 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fm-08152012102545.html

Tibet

Tibetan Shot Dead in Protest
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/mine-08162012000425.html

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Economic Development

Urban-rural Income Gap Gets Bigger: Report
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/14/c_131785215.htm

Related:
《中国城市发展报告（2012）》正式发布 (2012 Annual Report on Urban Development Released)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, August 14, 2012
http://www.ssap.com.cn/zw/220/18991.htm

Human Rights Defenders

调查人权状况访民被刑拘侨民上访公安局内遭殴打 (Hunan: Petitioner Peng Lanlan Criminally Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/rq-08142012093126.html

Internet

安徽界首公安局爆炸纯属编造造谣者已被拘留 (Anhui Man Detained for Spreading Rumors Online that 7 Police Died in Explosion)
Hefei Evening News, August 14, 2012
http://news.qq.com/a/20120814/001838.htm

Police

浙江武义：涉案者派出所内自缢相关责任民警被停职 (Zhejiang: Officers Suspended after Suspect Found Hanged in Police Station Bathroom)
Xinhua News Agency, August 14, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-08/14/c_112722784.htm

Politics

China Planning More Women, Youth at Leadership-shift Conference
Bloomberg News, August 14, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-14/china-planning-more-women-youth-at-leadership-shift-conference.html

副中組部長﹕常委多少人我也不知道 (CPC Organization Department Vice Head: Even I Don't Know How Many Members Will Be in the Politburo Standing Committee)
Ming Pao, August 15, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2745084/1.html

State Security

From China to Albania, via Guantanamo
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 14, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18631363

Tibet

Protest against Police Brutality
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/brutality-08142012152819.html

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Food Safety

Pesticide in Wine 'No Risk to Health'
SINA, August 14, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/0813/496216.html

Hong Kong

Hong Kong to Evict Last Occupy Sit-in in Asia
Al Jazeera, August 13, 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/08/201281361645531700.html

香港成内地残障儿童"收容所" (Hong Kong a "Hospice" for Handicapped Mainland Children)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16162802,00.html

香港仔巴汉申特区护照被拒 (HK-born Pakistani Refused Naturalization, Passport)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2744005/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

律师称湖南永州上访母亲不认可劳教撤销理由 (Lawyer: Mother Who Petitioned on Daughter’s Rape Case Does Not Approve of the Reason Given for Cancelling Her Order to Reeducation)
The Beijing News, August 14, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/dbb/40133c.html

Law

中国劳教制度：搬动桌子的代价 (The Cost of Changing the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Radio France Internationale, August 14, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120814-中国劳教制度：搬动桌子的代价

Media

China’s Boldest Media: Losing the Battle?
China Media Project, August 14, 2012
http://cmp.hku.hk/2012/08/14/25926/

Related:
南方事变 (Change in the South)
iSun Affairs, August 9, 2012
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=10133

Politics

王立军案成都秘密开审 (Wang Lijun Secretly Tried in Chengdu)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2744071/1.html

Population

Family Planning Policy Violators Revealed
Global Times, August 14, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/726808.shtml

Related:
Shandong “Qingdao Evening News” Disclosed Information on Individual with “Illegal Birth”
ChinaAid, August 12, 2012
http://www.chinaaid.org/2012/08/shandong-qingdao-evening-news-disclosed.html

Taiwan

Taiwan Man Says 'Forced to Show Remorse' in China
Agence France-Presse, August 14, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-man-says-forced-show-remorse-china-232635382.html

Tibet

Two Tibetans Burn in Ngaba
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/immolate-08132012134204.html

Monday, August 13, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

十八大前“黑五类律师”忧打压 (Worries of Suppression after Op-ed Published in People's Daily Naming Five Types of Activists, Including Lawyers, as US Infiltrators Meaning to Force "Change" in China)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/十八大前-黑五類律師-憂打壓-楊學林-為中國人維權-反被指代表西方-212039170.html

The op-ed:
中国真正的挑战是未来5-10年 (China's Real Challenge Is the Next 5-10 Years)
People's Daily, July 31, 2012
http://ccnews.people.com.cn/n/2012/0731/c141677-18636091.html

Media

鲍彤破禁在炎黄春秋谈胡耀邦 (Article by Former High Aide under House Arrest Bao Tong Breaks through Ban and Is Published as Letter to the Editor in New Edition of Mainland Journal Yanhuang Chungqiu)
China News Agency, August 13, 2012
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20120813/7596957.html

合肥便衣阻采访港记者遭围殴 (Anhui: Plainclothes Officer Prevent Media Coverage, HK Cameraman Beaten while Taking Photos of People Being Detained)
Ming Pao, August 11, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/合肥便衣阻採訪-港記者遭圍毆-212141861.html

Public Health

Chronic Diseases See Rapid Growth in China
Xinhua News Agency, August 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/11/content_15665839.htm

Society

中国调整保障性住房规模 (China Adjusts Scale of Public Housing Plan)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xql-08112012004658.html

Related:
Problems with Public Housing Push
The Economic Observer, August 10, 2012
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/0810/231626.shtml

Taiwan

台法轮功信徒内地被拘获释 (Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioner Released, Returned to Taiwan after 55 Days in Detention)
Ming Pao, August 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2742556/1.html

XUAR

Xinjiang Sends 51,000 Students to Inland Schools
Xinhua News Agency, August 10, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/10/content_15664176.htm

Friday, August 10, 2012

Environment

Zhejiang Reservoir Bursts, 10 Killed
Shanghai Daily, August 10, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=508885

Human Rights Defenders

Police Charge Activist Who Cast Doubt on Suicide
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ff43781df0c09310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related:
疑拍李旺阳死因重要证据朱承志被控颠覆国家 (Zhi Chengzhi Charged with Inciting Subversion of State Power for Doubting Main Proof of Li Wangyang's Suicide)
am730, August 10, 2012
http://www.am730.com.hk/article.php?article=116375&d=1817

湖南上访妈妈判劳教获释 (Hunan Mother Ordered to Reeducation after Petitioning on Daughter's Rape Case Set Free)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2741352/1.html

Related:
湖南省撤销永州对唐慧的劳教决定 (Hunan Decision to Rescind Yongzhou Reeducation-Through-Labor Order for Tang Hui)
August 10, 2012
http://jiuguishu-1972.blog.163.com/blog/static/822360332012710112119324/

Internet

How Weibo Is Changing China
YaleChina, August 9, 2012
http://www.yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/how-weibo-changing-china

Migrant Workers

北京救人农民工遭扣留捐款已悉数归还 (Donations to Help Save Lives of Beijing Migrant Workers Held by Dept Head, Released after Exposed)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 10, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/2/6f/26f7fe7e89bce7ec/Blog/f7a/1cfe99.html

Politics

Police on Trial for Gu 'Cover-up'
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 10, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19204847

中共高层已经达成政改的共识 (Upper Ranks of the CPC Already Reached Consensus on Political Reform)
Radio France Internationale, August 9, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120809-中共高层已经达成政改的共识

Population

Guangdong to Pilot Two-child Policy
China Daily, August 9, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/09/content_15656382.htm

Tibet

专家:活佛转世要尊重宗教仪轨 “需中央政府批准” (Expert: The Reincarnation of the Living Buddha Needs to Respect Religious Rituals and "Requires Approval from the Central Gov't")
China Radio International, August 10, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/919/146407.html

Thursday, August 09, 2012

Environment

Environmental Watchdog Hounded by Accusations
Shanghai Daily, August 9, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=508749

Hong Kong

香港独立媒体遇袭，言论自由再受挑战 (Another Challenge to Free Speech as Hong Kong In-Media Is Attached)
Deutsche Welle, August 8, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16151150,00.html

Related:
独媒办事处被四歹徒持铁槌破坏 (4 Thugs Attack In-Media Office with Hammers)
In-Media, August 8, 2012
http://www.inmediahk.net/獨媒辦事處被四歹徒持鐵槌破壞

A photoset of the damage:
破坏情况相片集:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inmediahk/sets/72157630966242596/show/

Human Rights Defenders

四川自贡市警方对维权人士刘正有监控升级 (Sichuan: Police Monitoring on Activist Liu Zhengyou Intensifies)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-08082012154238.html

Politics

薄谷开来、张晓军故意杀人案一审开庭 (Homicide Hearing Opens for Bogu Kailai and Zhang Xiajun)
Xinhua News Agency, August 9, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-08/09/c_112678596.htm

Related:
合肥谷开来案庭审戒备森严拥薄民众被带走 (Bo Supporters Taken Away from Anhui Court Heavily-guarded for Gu Kailai Trial)
Radio France Internationale, August 9, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/node/115644

Murder Trial of Chinese Politician's Wife Set to Start
NPR, August 8, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/08/158437284/murder-trial-of-chinese-politicians-wife-set-to-start

Protests and Petitions

又一次成功的抗争 (Another Protest Success)
Deutsche Welle, August 8, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16152137,00.html

Taiwan

Taiwanese Protest Chinese Envoy's Arrival
The Associated Press, August 8, 2012
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018870414_apastaiwanchina.html

Tibet

Protests as Monks Are Detained
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/monks-08082012153912.html

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

Chen Nephew Faces Murder Trial
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chen-08072012125632.html

Related:
Family of Chen Kegui Rejects Officially Appointed Lawyers
陈克贵家属关于拒绝接受两名指定律师的声明
July 23, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6211

秦永敏夫妇、张起再遭国保传唤 (Zhang Qi, Qin Yongmin and Wife Summoned by Domestic Security)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents-08072012113520.html

Related:
Couple Terminate Pregnancy as Authorities Continue to Refuse to Issue Marriage Certificate
当局继续拒发秦永敏结婚证致已怀孩子被引产
Qin Yongming and Wang Xifeng, August 6, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6245
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6243

Labor

专家建议退休年龄每年逐渐延长可化解很多矛盾 (Experts Propose Gradual, Annual Increase of Retirement Age)
Beijing Times, August 8, 2012
http://gov.163.com/12/0808/08/88CF2Q3L00234II1.html

Media

国际记者联合会声援《经济观察报》 (Intl Fed of Journalists Criticizes Authorities for Investigating Economic Observer, Authorities Say They Haven't Done So)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 7, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/08/120807_press_china.shtml

Related:
"The EO is operating as usual...."
"各位网友：经济观察报运转如常...."
Economic Observer, August 7, 2012
http://twitter.com/eobserver/status/232777336553095170
http://weibo.com/1641561812/yw4tQ39sa

Migrant Workers

Services for Migrants 'Help Development'
China Daily, August 8, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/08/content_15650864.htm

Related:
我国流动人口近2.3亿，占总人口17% (17% of PRC Population - ~230mil - Are Migrants)
Xinhua News Agency, August 7, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/4e8/f4c376.html

Police

Inside the Walls of a Detention Center
律师隔着“毛玻璃”会见，——佛山看守所见闻
Caixin, August 8, 2012
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-08-08/100421129.html
CH: http://zhangyansheng.blog.caixin.com/archives/43644

Tibet

Woman Strips, Self-immolates
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-08072012101822.html

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

女被强奸母上访被劳教 (Hunan: Mother Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor after Petitioning on Her Daughter's Rape Case Files Administrative Reconsideration)
Beijing Times, August 7, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/fb0/b506ae.html

贵州异见人士全遭监控访民聚集北京呼吁政改 (Number of Guizhou Dissidents Placed under Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-08062012121130.html

Internet

Internet Is a Game-changer for China, Admits Party Magazine
Want China Times, August 7, 2012
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120807000063&cid=1101

Related:
"微政治"蔓延挑战中国治理生态 (The Spread of Micropolitics Challenges China's Methods of Governance)
People's Tribune, June 20, 2012
http://theory.people.com.cn/GB/82288/112848/112851/18243465.html

Labor

临时工同工同酬：寄望修订《劳动合同法》 (Equal Work for Equal Pay for Temp Staff: Hopes for the Labor Contract Law Revision)
China Business News, August 3, 2012
http://www.yicai.com/news/2012/08/1953376.html

Migrant Workers

School for Migrants' Children to Remain Open
China Daily, August 7, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/07/content_15648504.htm

Politics

China Prepares for Trial in Sensational Case of Neil Heywood Slaying
Los Angeles Times, August 6, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-murder-trial-20120806,0,1022155.story

Tibet

人权组织：四川阿坝一藏族男子自焚 (Rights Group: Tibetan Sets Himself Alight in Ngawa, Sichuan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 6, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/08/120806_china_tibetan_protest.shtml

Monday, August 06, 2012

Hong Kong

Police Will Wear Body-cameras
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1e272e3c4d1f8310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

Industrial Accident Victim Fights for Others
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8daa732f392f8310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

For more information on Chen, his shop, and the injured workers group, see:
“左撇子”店主店员都是工伤工友 ("Left-handers'" Owner -- the Employees All Had Been Injured in Previous Jobs)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 22, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/6/58/658942da1d1f7102/Blog/bfd/7ce257.html

左撇子豆浆 (Left-handers' Soy Milk Shop)
http://zpz2010.com

維權人士留北京期間郭飛雄傳被公安帶走 (Rights Activist Guo Feixiong Detained by Police in Beijing)
Hong Kong Daily News, August 5, 2012
http://www.hkdailynews.com.hk/china.php?id=240583

Related:
Lawyer Told 'Go to America'
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-08032012105854.html

HRIC featured Guo Feixiong's Case as a part of our IR2008 Campaign. See his profile at:
http://www.ir2008.org/09/about.php

Internet

造谣城管打死小贩网友被责令悔过 (Jiangsu Netizen Ordered to Make Public Apology and Write a Letter of Repentance for Spreading Rumor of Urban Management Officers Abusing a Street Seller Online)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 6, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/f/8a/f8a7e9f5efd72a91/Blog/8a3/f61873.html

Police

武汉回应城管武装部事件称合理合法非网友所想 (Wuhan Responds to Story of Armed Division of Urban Management Officers: It’s Rational, Legal, and Its Intent Is Nothing Like What the Netizens Think)
Legal Daily, August 6, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-08/06/content_3752463.htm

Politics

China Opens Secret Leadership Conclave
Financial Times, August 5, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7d8aedd0-dee0-11e1-b615-00144feab49a.html

Protests and Petitions

Rapping to Protest Sexist Job Ad
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/sexism-08032012154617.html

Tibet

藏僧被控“分裂国家”开审家人全不知情 (Court Hears Case of Gansu Monk Charged with Inciting Separatism)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monk-08032012104140.html

Friday, August 03, 2012

Bilateral Ties

China Says No to Indian Consulate in Tibetan Capital
Hindustan Times, August 3, 2012
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/China-says-no-to-Indian-consulate-in-Tibetan-capital/Article1-907267.aspx

U.S.-backed Study Exploited China Prisoners: Rights Group
Reuters, August 2, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/02/us-usa-china-research-idUSBRE8711JD20120802

Environment

'Warn Public on Health Risks of Air Pollution'
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d61cb369e38e8310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hukou

河北:农民工工作住所稳定可落户城镇 (Hebei Govt Opinions: Migrant Workers with Stable Work and Residence Can Settle in Urban Areas)
Yanzhao Metropolis Daily, August 3, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0803/11/87VR7A770001124J.html

Land Policy

镇政府“拆违建”被区政府认定违法 (District Government Maintains That Township Government's Forced Demolition Was Illegal)
The Beijing News, August 3, 2012
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/08/03/214523.html

Related:
Demolition Case Ruling Could Set Milestone
China Daily, August 3, 2012
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-08/03/content_26112627.htm

Migrant Workers

强拆学校家长以身挡铲车 (Beijing: Parents Bodily Block Forced Demolition of School for Migrant Workers' Children)
Ming Pao, August 3, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2735159/1.html

Police

Chengguan Bureau Creates Militia Unit
Global Times, August 3, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/724930.shtml

Politics

Rough Justice Awaits Gu Kailai
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2012
http://www.cfr.org/china/rough-justice-awaits-gu-kailai/p28776

汪洋：改革有困难不改革或会走向衰落 (Guangdong Party Head Wang Yang: Reform Is Hard, But Not Reforming May Lead to Decline)
CCTV, August 2, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0803/05/87V805EK0001124J.html

Thursday, August 02, 2012

Bilateral Ties

China Activist Chen Guangcheng Seeks US Action on Case
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 1, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19088881

Related:
陈光诚指控北京未兑现承诺 (Chen Guangcheng: Beijing Has Gone Back on Its Promise)
Ming Pao, August 2, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2734402/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

Son of Jailed July 1 Activist Tells of Police Intimidation
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4849575e413e8310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police

Police Chiefs Told to Boost Law Enforcement
Xinhua News Agency, August 1, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/01/content_15639034.htm

Related:
周永康强调，维护一方平安服务一方百姓 (Zhou Yongkang Stresses Police Should Both Protect the Peace and Serve the People)
‎Legal Daily, August 2, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-08/02/content_3745366.htm

中国新疆法院重判20名维吾尔人 (20 Uyghurs Receive Strong Sentences for "Inciting Splittism" and "Organizing, Leading, or Participating in Terrorist Organizations")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 1, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/08/120801_xinjiang_sentence.shtml

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Bilateral Ties

South Korea Repeats Call to Investigate Torture Claim
The New York Times, July 31, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/world/asia/seoul-demands-that-china-respond-to-torture-allegation.html

Civil Society

红十字会或加强垂直管理 (Red Cross May Strengthen Vertical Management)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 1, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/0e/e0e9ac104fdeb345/Blog/a2d/6a31c1.html

Related:
关于促进红十字事业发展的意见 (Opinions on Promoting the Development of the Red Cross)
State Council, July 10, 2012
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2012-07/31/content_2194990.htm

Internet

Weibo: Has It Really Changed China?
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 31, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18887804

刘本琦因网络言论获罪刑拘已两周妻子被牵连亦关押五岁儿失踪 (2 Weeks into Liu Benqi's Detention for Speech Crimes, Wife Implicated and Taken into Custody, 5yo Child Missing)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-07312012104435.html

Media

日本记者启东采访被殴国际记联盼中国维护新闻自由 (Int'l Federation of Journalists Calls on China to Protect Freedom of Press as Japanese Journalist Is Assaulted by Police during Jiangsu Protest)
Voice of America, July 31, 2012
http://www.voachinese.com/content/japanese-reporter-beaten-in-qidong-20120731/1451607.html