HRIC Daily Brief: 2012/09

Friday, September 28, 2012

Environment

环保组织呼吁增加“按日记罚”等重要环境制度 (Environmental Group Calls for Adding Significant Institutions such as Public Interest Litigation in Environmental Protection Law)
Legal Daily, September 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/green/news/roll/2012-09-28/150525275552.shtml

Hong Kong

Press Intimidation Alleged in HK as Apple Daily Photographer Faces Court
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1048857/press-intimidation-alleged-hk-apple-daily-photographer-faces-court

Human Rights Defenders

維權人士被勸離京泄十八大開會日子 (Rights Activists Told to Leave Beijing, Hinting Days of 18th Party Congress)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2783432/1.html

Police

Officers Trying Evil Eye to Get Rid of Vendors
Shanghai Daily, September 28, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/09/28/Officers+trying+evil+eye+to+get+rid+of+vendors

Prisons

北京：家属、律师可预约会见在押的服刑罪犯 (Beijing: Family and Lawyers Can Arrange Meetings with Criminal Suspects in Detention)
Xinhua News Agency, September 28, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-09/28/content_3878285.htm

Protests and Petitions

拆迁户抗议无安置遭警驱散 (Anhui: Police Disperse Protest by Evictees Who Had Not Been Relocated)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/protest-09272012093835.html

湖北村民與警衝突一死一傷 (1 Dead, 1 Injured in Clash between Hubei Villagers and Police)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2782962/1.html

Society

Vanishing Languages Saved for Posterity
China Daily, September 28, 2012
http://english.sina.com/life/2012/0928/511395.html

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Hong Kong

胡紅玉：國民教育課程指引失效 (Committee on Nat'l Education Chair Anna Hu: Official National Education Guidelines No Longer Effective)
NOW TV, September 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2783187/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

China's Ai Weiwei Loses Tax Evasion Appeal
Al Jazeera, September 27, 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/09/20129276220823628.html

Related:
浦志强：相信审理艾未未案件的法官会后悔 (Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang: I Believe the Judges Will Regret Trying the Case)
Radio France Internationale, September 27, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120927-浦志强：相信审理艾未未案件的法官会后悔

Internet

Chinese Internet Users to Overtake English Language Users by 2015
The Telegraph, September 26, 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/broadband/9567934/Chinese-internet-users-to-overtake-English-language-users-by-2015.html

Law

Chinese Court Sentences Li Ang to Life in Prison for 2002 Murder of B.C. Student Amanda Zhao
The Province, September 26, 2012
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Chinese+court+sentences+life+prison+2002+murder+student+Amanda+Zhao/7305143/story.html

Related:
Family of Accused in Amanda Zhao Killing Says Canadian Trial Would Have Been More Just
The Globe and Mail, September 23, 2012
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/family-of-accused-in-amanda-zhao-killing-says-canadian-trial-would-be-more-just/article4562747/

Media

Director Reveals Mystery of China’s Film Censorship System on Weibo
Tea Leaf Nation, September 27, 2012
http://tealeafnation.com/2012/09/director-reveals-mystery-of-chinas-film-censorship-system-on-weibo/

Population

广州拟为部分家庭生二胎鬆绑失独扶助标准提出 (Draft Guangzhou Measures Ease Restrictions on Second Child for Some Families)
Yangcheng Evening News, September 27, 2012
http://www.chinesetoday.com/zh/article/667450

Protests and Petitions

大规模游行示威是非常好的政治学习 (HK Papers: Large-scale Protests Are Excellent Study in Politics)
Radio France Internationale, September 27, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120927-大规模游行示威是非常好的政治学习

Public Health

150名“三无病人”长住精神病院 (Guangdong: 150 People with No Identification Papers, Residence, and Family to Contact Have Long Been Patients in Zhongshan's Psychiatric Institutions)
Southern Metropolis Daily, September 27, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/1/4d/14d9e8007c9b41f5/Blog/e29/512130.html

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Civil Society

劳工NGO:成长的烦恼
Southern Daily, September 3, 2012
http://help.3g.163.com/12/0903/14/8AG1A9IF00964JEU.html

For an English translation, see:
Labor NGOs: Growing Pains
China Development Brief, September 25, 2012
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.cn/?p=1167

Hong Kong

《讀者》雜誌登陸香港不談政治 (Mainland's Best-selling General Interest Mag Hits HK, Doesn't Cover Politics)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2781498/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Dissident Artist Says the Authorities Still Have His Passport
The New York Times, September 25, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/world/asia/ai-weiwei-says-chinese-authorities-still-have-his-passport.html

焦国标转监视居住对外隔绝网民见胡佳只许院内交谈 (Former Professor Detained for Subversion, Jiao Guobiao, Put Under House Arrest at Non-Residential Location)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy2-09252012095639.html

Labor

广东珠海日企罢工漫延工人要求资方加薪 (Zhuhai, Guangdong: Workers Continue Strike at Japanese Factory, Calling for Higher Wages)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-09252012150421.html

For more information on strikes in China, see:
CLB Collective Labour Incidents Map
China Labour Bulletin
http://numble.com/clbmape.html

Society

China May Increase Fine for 'Inaccurate' Maps
ABC News, September 26, 2012
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-26/anchina-japan-map-dispute/4281134

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Hong Kong

Anger as Education Bureau Postpones Release of National Education Report
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1046433/anger-education-bureau-postpones-release-national-education-report

Human Rights Defenders

湖南当局以坐牢逼人认同李旺阳自杀结论 (Hunan Authorities Lock Up Rights Defender Zhou Zhirong to Compel Acceptance of "Suicide" Story)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-09242012101914.html

十八大来了，胡佳再成“自由城囚徒” (Activist Hu Jia Back under House Arrest as the 18th Party Congress Draws Near)
Deutsche Welle, September 24, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16257163,00.html

Related:
House-arrested Hu Jia Gets a Few Surprise Visitors
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/article/1046844/house-arrested-hu-jia-gets-few-surprise-visitors

Labor

Working Conditions: The Persistence of Problems in China’s Factories
The Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/25/working-conditions-the-persistence-of-problems-in-chinas-factories/

Land Policy

拆迁补偿款"瘦身"记 (The "Downsizing" of Demolition Compensation)
Southern Metropolis Daily, September 25, 2012
http://nd.oeeee.com/sszt/depth/cqbck/default.shtml

Media

New Media Boosts Social Good in China
Xinhua News Agency, September 25, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/25/content_15779543.htm

Politics

料十八大後審薄 (Bo Xilai Expected to Be Tried after 18th Party Congress)
Ming Pao, September 25, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2780491/1.html

Protests and Petitions

海南数千村民示威反贪警催泪弹镇压十多人被抓 (Dozen Detained after Police Tear-gas Thousands of Hainan Villagers Protesting Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-09242012101913.html

Tibet

'Special Talks' on Tibetan Crisis
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/talks-09242012151029.html

Monday, September 24, 2012

Hong Kong

遊行至北角警署八人罪成 (Eight Sentenced for March to North Point Police Office following June 4, 2011 Gathering without Obtaining Written Permit)
Sing Tao Daily, September 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/5/1/1/2778306/1.html

Media

HK Journalists Call on Beijing to Curb Mistreatment of City's Reporters
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1045118/hk-journalists-call-beijing-curb-mistreatment-citys-reporters

《墓碑》法文版问世作者杨继绳或遭监控 (As French Edition of Book on Great Leap Forward Famine Is Published, Author Yang Jisheng May Be under Surveillance)
Radio France Internationale, September 20, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120920-《墓碑》法文版问世-作者杨继绳或受监控

For a review of Tombstone, see:
毛时代罪孽的历史存照
Historical Documents of the Sins of the Mao Era
China Rights Forum, 2009, no. 2
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/4017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3796

Politics

China Closes in on Bo Xilai after Jailing Ex-police Chief
Reuters, September 24, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/24/us-china-trial-idUSBRE88M0DA20120924

Related:
王立军徇私枉法、叛逃、滥用职权、受贿案一审宣判 (Wang Lijun Sentenced)
Xinhua News Agency, September 24, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-09/24/c_113183202.htm

Protests and Petitions

2,000-worker Riot at Foxconn Factory in China Reportedly Leads to 10 Deaths
The Next Web, September 24, 2012
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/09/24/workers-riot-foxconn-factory-china/

乌坎一周年民众再抗议 (Another Protest at the One-year Anniversary of Wukan)
Deutsche Welle, September 22, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16254531,00.html

遼寧非法強徵土地警員射殺村民 (Liaoning: Police Shoot Villager Dead during Protest over Illegal Land Requisition)
Ming Pao, September 24, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2779596/1.html

Related:
盘锦警察枪杀村民质疑:违法强拆还是暴力抗法? (Doubts in the Liaoning Shooting: An Illegal Demolition or a Violent
Resistance of Law Enforcement?)
People's Daily, September 24, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0924/15/8C66PV3Q0001124J.html

XUAR

Reform-minded Zhang Chunxian Takes Tough Line on Xinjiang Violence
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1045135/reform-minded-zhang-chunxian-takes-tough-line-xinjiang-violence

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Hong Kong

HK Suffers Most Deaths in Region from Ship Pollution
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/1040949/hk-suffers-most-deaths-region-ship-pollution

香港市民对中国前途信心走低 (Hong Kongers' Confidence in China's Prospects on Decline)
Deutsche Welle, September 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16251034,00.html

Labor

Railway Worker Badly Injured Preventing a Major Accident Has to Fight for Compensation
China Labour Bulletin, September 20, 2012
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/110134

Related:
湖南工伤-裴永红 (Interview Series with Injured Hunanese Worker Pei Yonghong)
China Labour Bulletin, November 2011
http://www.clb.org.hk/schi/transcript/1001371

Migrant Workers

在陕流动人口下月起享市民待遇暂住证将成历史 (Migrant Workers in Shaanxi to Enjoy Urban Residential Treatment Beginning Oct)
Sanqin Daily, September 20, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/4c5/9e91dd.html

Politics

Total Denial and the Will to Forget
China Media Project, September 19, 2012
http://cmp.hku.hk/2012/09/19/27284/

Protests and Petitions

村民堵路反对收地数老人被打伤 (Villagers Block Traffic Protesting Injuries of Several Eldery during Land Requisition)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land-09192012094515.html

Society

Ageing China: Changes and Challenges
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19630110

Beggars Kept Like Cattle for Their Own Protection
Global Times, September 19, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/734174.shtml

Taiwan

台湾民主改造中国学生？ (Is Taiwanese Democracy Changing Mainland Chinese Students?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/09/120919_feature_taiwan_mainland_students.shtml

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Bilateral Ties

第十屆中德人權研討會閉幕 (Sino-German Human Rights Forum Held in Hebei)
Xinhua News Agency, September 18, 2012
http://www.chinesetoday.com/big/article/664051

Law

Beijing Expands Juvenile Probation Program
China Daily, September 17, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/17/content_15763941.htm

Migrant Workers

School of Hard Knocks
Global Times, September 18, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/733898.shtml

Multilateral

China Pushes for Internet Co-op among Emerging Countries
Xinhua News Agency, September 19, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/19/content_15766717.htm

Protests and Petitions

青海玉树百余工人罢工孤儿院等重建工程全面停工 (Workers in Qinghai Quake District Strike over Unpaid Wages, Stopping Re-erection of Orphanages and Other Projects)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qh-09172012142303.html

Tibet

Tibet Crisis Raised at UN Rights Session in Geneva

Phayul, September 19, 2012

http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=32155

青海天峻县数名僧俗藏人被判刑兴海县藏族少年绑架者遭拘捕 (Monks and Tibetans Sentenced in Qinghai)

Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-09182012112031.html

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Government

'Iron Rice Bowl' Ban Served Up in Another City

China Daily, September 17, 2012

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/17/content_15763171.htm

Human Rights Defender

Lawmaker to Press UN over Death of Li Wangyang

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1039786/lawmaker-press-un-over-death-li-wangyang

June Fourth

Hu Jiwei Dies at 96, Asks for Vindication of Tian'anmen

Want China Times, September 18, 2012

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120918000029&cid=1101

Media

Police Violence Sparks Call to Reform Mainland Media System

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1039418/police-violence-sparks-call-reform-mainland-media-system

Politics

Mainland Propaganda Chief Liu Yunshan Eyes Top Party Post

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1039379/mainland-propaganda-chief-liu-yunshan-eyes-top-party-post

Related:

原北大教师焦国标因言论被刑拘 (Former Peking University Professor Jiao Guobiao Detained for Words)

CHRD, September 17, 2012

http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2012/09/blog-post_4849.html

Protests and Petitions

9月16日北京游行见闻

Closer Look: How a Protest in Beijing Stuck to the Script

Caixin, September 17, 2012

http://wangheyan.blog.caixin.com/archives/46076

http://english.caixin.com/2012-09-17/100438867.html

Monday, September 17, 2012

Macau

Beijing-friendly Macau Sees No Need for National Education

South China Morning Post, September 16, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1037943/beijing-friendly-macau-sees-no-need-national-education

Politics

Guangdong's Liberal Party Boss Wang Yang May Still Be ahead of His Time

South China Morning Post, September 17, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1038564/guangdongs-liberal-party-boss-wang-yang-may-still-be-ahead-his-time

Protests and Petitions

港媒分析中港两地反日示威 (HK Media Examine Anti-Japanese Protests in HK and PRC)

British Broadcasting Corporation, September 17, 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/09/120917_hk_media_diaoyu_demo.shtml

Related:

广州警方刑拘10名游行中打砸分子 (Guangzhou: 10 Criminally Detained for Violence during Protests)

Southern Metropolis Daily, September 17, 2012

http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/c92/625907.html

南早記者被公安亂棍扑爆鼻 (Shenzhen: SCMP Photographer Beaten by Police)

Ming Pao, September 17, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2773205/1.html

Related:

警武力清場記者遭棍打 (Ming Pao Journalist Hit during Protest Clean-up)

Ming Pao, September 17, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2773208/1.html

深圳民主人士多人打横幅上街被抓捕 (Shenzhen: Democracy Advocates Detained after Joining Island Protest March with Diaoyu Banner also Advocating Freedom, Democracy, Rights)

Canyu, September 16, 2012

http://www.canyu.org/n59513c6.aspx

广州港资厂工人周五大罢工争取工资与福利待遇 (Guangzhou Factory Workers Strike for Wages and Welfare)

Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-09142012112750.html

Public Health

Landlord Forces Volunteers to Close Free AIDS Shelter

Shanghai Daily, September 17, 2012

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/09/17/Landlord+forces+volunteers+to+close+free+AIDS+shelter

Friday, September 14, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Nepal Rejects U.S. Plea for Tibetans

Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/rejects-09132012163640.html

燒日本車打日本人內地反日趨激 (Mainland Anti-Japan Protests Escalate in Violence with Burnings of Japanese Cars and Beatings of Japanese People)

Ming Pao, September 14, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2770998/1.html

Children

Ministry of Civil Affairs: No More Child Beggar on Streets

Sina, September 14, 2012

http://english.sina.com/china/2012/0914/506588.html

Hong Kong

Advocates Say Hong Kong Not Doing Enough for Rights of the Disabled

South China Morning Post, September 14, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1036107/advocates-say-hong-kong-not-doing-enough-rights-disabled

Human Rights Defenders

Teacher, Violinist, Enemy of the State? Web Posts Spur Free-Speech Debate in China

Time World, September 11, 2012

http://world.time.com/2012/09/11/teacher-violinist-enemy-of-the-state-web-posts-spur-free-speech-debate-in-china/

Related:

Online Protest Grows as Former Teacher Awaits Verdict on “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

Human Rights in China, September 13, 2012

http://www.hrichina.org/content/6291

Labor

贵州天义电器厂工人集体大罢工要求加薪 (Guizhou Factory Workers Organize a Major Strike for Increased Wages)

Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-09132012145319.html

Media

Detention of Ming Pao Journalists on Mainland Condemned

South China Morning Post, September 14, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1036114/detention-ming-pao-journalists-mainland-condemned

Related:

官方禁錮記者逼「採訪」 (Official Detains Ming Pao Journalist, Then Forces Them to "Report" under Watch)

Ming Pao, September 12, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2769105/1.html

Politics

汪洋：不改革如溫水煮蛙 (Guangdong Party Head: Without Reform, We'll Be Like Frogs in Boiling Water)

Ming Pao, September 14, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2771027/1.html

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Chinese Company to Mine 2600-Year-Old Buddhist Site

China Digital Times, September 12, 2012

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/09/chinese-company-to-mine-200-year-old-buddhist-site/

Hong Kong

香港教育局：國民教育部分爭議性內容已刪除 (HK Education Bureau: Certain Controversial Parts of National Education Removed)

People's Daily, September 13, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2770572/1.html

IMAR

China: Hulunbuir Grassland Destroyed by Coal Mining Activities

Global Voices, September 13, 2012

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/09/13/china-hulunbuir-grassland-destroyed-by-coal-mining-activities/

Internet

苗圩：将加快实施宽带中国战略加强互联网管理 (Minister of Industry and Information Technology: China to Strengthen Management of Internet)

China News Service, September 11, 2012

http://it.southcn.com/9/2012-09/11/content_54619842.htm

Media

北京将查处出入境游客夹带违禁出版物 (Beijing to Check Travellers for Banned Publications from Now till End of October)

People's Daily, September 10, 2012

http://news.163.com/12/0910/14/8B22DVDN00014JB6.html

Labor

深圳22岁富士康员工割腕后跳楼身亡原因尚不明 (Another Worker Suicide at Shenzhen Foxconn; Reason Unknown)

Legal Daily, September 13, 2012

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-09/13/content_3839462.htm

Law

彭洪不再起诉，正申请国家赔偿 (Chongqing Man Released from Reeducation Camp after 2 Years for Posting Comic to Seek State Compensation)

Xiaoxiang Morning Post, September 13, 2012

http://news.hexun.com/2012-09-13/145788645.html

Politics

Personnel Changes in China’s Politics and Law Committees

East Asia Forum, September 12, 2012

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/09/12/personnel-changes-in-chinas-politics-and-law-committees/

Society

Social Equity, a Pressing Task for China

Xinhua News Agency, September 12, 2012

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/12/content_15753765.htm

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Environment

Ningxia's Coal and Farm Projects Pose Critical Threat to Water Supplies

South China Morning Post, September 12, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1034472/ningxias-coal-and-farm-projects-pose-critical-threat-water-supplies

Hong Kong

China’s “One Country, Two Systems” under Threat

The Diplomat, September 11, 2012

http://thediplomat.com/2012/09/11/chinas-one-country-two-systems-under-threat/

Human Rights Defenders

旺陽家人﹕從未同意自殺論 (Family of Activist Li Wangyang: We Never Agreed to Suicide Claim, Never Signed Autopsy Report)

Ming Pao, September 12, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2769108/1.html

Related:

官方禁錮記者逼「採訪」 (Official Detains Ming Pao Journalist, Then Forces Them to "Report" under Watch)

Ming Pao, September 12, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2769105/1.html

唐荆陵为李旺阳再访邵阳被扣杨天水狱中疾病缠身绝食抗争 (Tang Jingling Detained during Investigation into Li Wangyang's Death; Yang Tianshui on Hunger Strike in Prison)

Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-09112012094952.html

Related:

Lawyer Retained by Li Wangyang Family Unlawfully Held for Six Days

Human Rights in China, September 11, 2012

http://www.hrichina.org/content/6288

Police

Labor Camp Decision Withdrawn for Man Forwarding Comics

SINA, September 12, 2012

http://english.sina.com/china/p/2012/0911/505745.html

Related:

Re-Examining Re-Education Through Labor

China RealTime Report, September 11, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/11/examining-chinas-re-education-on-labor-camps/

Tibet

Former Prisoner in Poor Health

Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/health-09112012141151.html

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Hong Kong

佔領中環遭清場場面激烈 (HSBC Plaza Intense as Occupy Central Protest Forcibly Cleared)

Central News Agency, September 11, 2012

http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=376984

Related:

Photos: Hong Kong Occupy Protesters Removed

China Realtime Report, September 11, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/11/photos-hong-kong-occupy-protesters-removed/

Human Rights Defenders

陈平福被“以言入罪”多人抱不平 (Many Outraged at Chen Pingfu Being Tried for Speech Crimes)

Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/teacher-09102012113422.html

Related:

反对文字狱 (Signature Campaign to Support Chen Pingfu and Oppose Criminalization of Speech)

Wang Shuyao, Zhi Yi, and 28 Others, September 8, 2012

http://www.hrichina.org/content/6287

Labor

Samsung Accused of Sex Discrimination in China Plant

The Register, September 11, 2012

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/11/samsung_discrimination_china_labour_plant/

Prisons

A Jail for China's Elite: Better Food, Beds, Cells

The Associated Press, September 11, 2012

http://news.yahoo.com/jail-chinas-elite-better-food-beds-cells-061925983.html

Protests and Petitions

Courts Uphold Labor Camp Sentence Handed to Protestors

Caixin, September 7, 2012

http://english.caixin.com/2012-09-07/100434661.html

Public Health

上海社区调查行为异常人员追踪不出门不上班者 (Shanghai to Investigate People with "Abnormal Behavior” Such as Not Leaving Home or Going to Work or School, as Signs of Mentally Illness)

Shanghai Evening Post, September 10, 2012

http://news.qq.com/a/20120910/001232.htm

Monday, September 10, 2012

Civil Society

Bad Blood: In Central China AIDS Activists Step Up Pressure on the Government

The Economist, September 8, 2012

http://www.economist.com/node/21562241

Crackdown on China Workers' Rights Groups

Agence France-Presse, September 10, 2012

http://www.mysinchew.com/node/77452

Disasters

雲南震央如戰後廢墟巨石爛車斷路記者徒步進入遇險 (Yunnan Looks Like a Warzone Following Devastating Quakes)

Ming Pao, September 10, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2767251/1.html

Hong Kong

Amid Protest, Hong Kong Retreats on ‘Moral Education’ Plan

The New York Times, September 8, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/world/asia/amid-protest-hong-kong-backs-down-on-moral-education-plan.html

Related:

Civil Alliance against National Education’s Statement on Ending Hunger Strike and Occupation of Central Government Office

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4193882/0909%20Statement/0909_Alliance_Statement.htm

Leung Stands Firm despite Climb-down

Global Times, September 10, 2012

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/732108.shtml

反洗腦香港大專生明如期罷課 (Students Boycott Class in Protest of National Education as Planned)

The Liberty Times, September 10, 2012

http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2012/new/sep/10/today-fo1.htm

Internet

国家互联网信息办开会推动社交网络健康发展 (State Internet Information Office Promotes Healthy Development of Online Social Networks at Shenzhen Meeting)

Xinhua News Agency, September 9, 2012

http://news.qq.com/a/20120909/000667.htm

Law

中国劳教制度的历程和演变 (Evolution and History of the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)

Southern People Weekly, September 10, 2012

http://www.infzm.com/content/80648

Politics

China President-in-waiting Signals Quicker Reform - Sources

Reuters, September 7, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-china-politics-xi-idUSBRE8860BI20120907

Politics

China President-in-waiting Signals Quicker Reform - Sources

Reuters, September 7, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-china-politics-xi-idUSBRE8860BI20120907

Protests and Petitions

八旬老妇反抗徵地被碾死 (Octogenarian Woman Crushed to Death during Land Protest)

Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/death-09072012095108.html

Related:

Chongqing Mother Shoved into Cement Mixer over Land Grab Row

South China Morning Post, September 7, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1031219/chongqing-mother-shoved-cement-mixer-over-land-grab-row

深圳維權NGO上訪抗逼遷 (Shenzhen NGOs Petition against Forced Relocation)

Ming Pao, September 7, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2764872/1.html

浙江慈溪农民工被杀三百亲友市府请愿 (Zhejiang: 300 Petition following Death of Migrant Worker)

Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-09062012110117.html

Tibet

今年起西藏全面实现15年免费教育 (15 Years of Free Education in Tibet Starting This Year)

Southern Metropolis Daily, September 7, 2012

http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/dbe/f1ced6.html

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Education

iPhone 5趕工高校逼學生富士康「實習」 (Jiangsu: College Students Forced to "Intern" with Foxconn to Work on iPhone5)

Ming Pao, September 6, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2763888/1.html

Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Record on Disabled Rights Attacked at UN

South China Morning Post, September 6, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1030206/hong-kongs-record-disabled-rights-attacked-un

For NGO submissions on Hong Kong and the China's Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 8th session

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/Session8.aspx

學聯發動9．11大專罷課 (Student Alliance Plans Class Boycott for Sept 11)

Ming Pao, September 6, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2763840/1.html

公安部有关负责人解读14项便民利民措施网上预约减少律师会见在押人员等候时间 (Ministry of Public Security: New Measures Allow Lawyers and Families to Arrange Meetings with Suspects Online)

Legal Daily, September 6, 2012

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-09/06/content_3821663.htm

Rural Issues

Rural Schools Suffer Poor Resource Distribution

Xinhua News Agency, September 5, 2012

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/05/content_15736894.htm

Tibet

'A Thorn in Their Eyes'

Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/thorn-09052012162959.html

For more information on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, see:

Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights: The Impact of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

http://www.hrichina.org/research-and-publications/reports/sco

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Delhi Police Bar Tibetan Movement for Touring Chinese VIP

Rediff News, September 3, 2012

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/delhi-police-bar-tibetan-movement-for-touring-chinese-vip/20120903.htm

Hong Kong

抗爭升級聯盟籌罷課 (Anti-National Education Protest Escalates as Students Plan Strike)

Ming Pao, September 4, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2761906/1.html

Related:

Photos: Hong Kong's 'Brainwashing' Protests

China Realtime Report, September 4, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/04/photos-hong-kongs-brainwashing-protests/

Media

Editor at Communist Party Mouthpiece Blasts Leaders

South China Morning Post, September 4, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1028980/editor-communist-party-mouthpiece-blasts-leaders

Related:

邓聿文：胡温的政治遗产 (The Political Legacy of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao)

Deng Yuwen

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1MSTlsrb0oumbMv4xfwaNwPQkcOsPpcGoZxGXajKvjBI

Monday, September 03, 2012

Civil Society

深圳封杀劳工维权NGO 与粤社改新政唱反调 (Shenzhen Labor NGO Kept Blocked from Registering, under Heavy Pressure)
Ming Pao, September 3, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2761107/1.html

Related:
反对暴力﹗要求法治﹗ 社会要发展，劳工公益机构要生存﹗ (Oppose Violence! Demand Rule of Law! Labor Civic Groups Must Exist for Society to Grow!)
Little Grass Workers' Home, August 31, 2012
http://xxc200308.blog.163.com/blog/static/201929065201273142935793/

Government Crackdown on Labor Groups Worsens in South China
Global Post, September 2, 2012
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/120831/south-china-labor-crackdown

Hong Kong

快乐反洗脑 (A Merry Protest against Brainwashing National Education)
Ming Pao, September 2, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2760498/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

China Frees Yahoo! Dissident after 10 Years
Agence France-Presse, August 31, 2012
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/14720779/china-frees-yahoo-dissident-after-10-years/

Related:
网络异议人士王小宁刑满获释
Internet Dissident Wang Xiaoning Released from Jail; He Depu Portrays Prison Life with Wang
Human Rights in China, August 31, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6278
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6277

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