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.

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


Friday, September 07, 2012

Hong Kong

Academics and Celebrities Join Tamar Protest against National Education

South China Morning Post, September 7, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1031094/academics-and-celebrities-join-tamar-protest-against-national


Hong Kong Goes to Polls with Many Fuming over China Influence

Reuters, September 6, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/us-hongkong-china-idUSBRE88519B20120906


Human Rights Defenders


京杭异见人士纷遭监控 (Dissidents under Watch in Run-up to 18th Party Congress)

Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-09062012103506.html


Labor


Apple Urged to Defy China's One Child Policy

The Register, September 6, 2012

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/06/chen_guangchen_apple_one_child_policy/


Migrant Workers


随迁子女高考须满足3条件 (Children of Migrant Workers Must Meet Three Conditions to Sit University Entrance Exams Where They Reside)

The Beijing News, September 7, 2012

http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/09/07/221391.html


Protests and Petitions



重庆一女子寻求房屋拆迁补偿时被推入搅拌机 (Chongqing Woman Thrown into Cement Mixer whilst Seeking Compensation for Home Demolition)

Free More News, September 6, 2012

http://cn.fmnnow.com/2012/09/06/10001/



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


Human Rights Defender


网上发言教师被指“颠覆”开审 (Gansu Teacher Chen Pingfu Tried for Inciting Subversion after Writing Critical Political Article Online)

Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident-09052012110858.html


周德才因维权被判5年 (Henan Activist Zhou Decai Sentenced to 5yrs for Gathering a Crowd to Disturb Social Order)

Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/sentence-09042012093147.html


Media


《东方早报》揭露毒奶粉记者离职 (Oriental Morning Daily Reporter Who Broke Tainted Milk Story Quits, Laments Dead Ideals)

British Broadcasting Corporation, September 4, 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/chinese_news/2012/09/120904_china_reporter.shtml


Police


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


Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Environment


能源走廊:危险的负荷

The Energy Corridor's Risky Loads

The Economic Observer, September 5, 2012

CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2012/0901/232927.shtml

EN: http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/0905/233071.shtml


Hong Kong


Four Refugees, Torture Claimant Seek Ruling on Right to Work in Hong Kong

South China Morning Post, September 5, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1029583/four-refugees-torture-claimant-seek-ruling-right-work-hong-kong


Internet


Netizens Deserved Praise as Online Watchdog

Xinhua News Agency, September 4, 2012

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/04/content_15733791.htm


网上公民社会的崛起能不能改变中国? (Can the Emergence of Civil Society Online Change China?)

Radio France International, September 5, 2012

http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120905-网上公民社会的崛起能不能改变中国?


Multilateral


Security Group Stokes Abuses

Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/expo-09042012103739.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



Protests and Petitions


南通维权者申请游行被网控传讯 网民探秦永敏被逼退出Q群 (Jiangsu Rights Defender Summoned for Applying to Demonstrate)

Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nt-09042012114540.html


Protests and Petitions


南通维权者申请游行被网控传讯 网民探秦永敏被逼退出Q群 (Jiangsu Rights Defender Summoned for Applying to Demonstrate)

Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nt-09042012114540.html


Religion


深圳岗头家庭教会遭当局逼迁 (Shenzhen Authorities Demand House Church's Relocation)

Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sz-09042012145455.html


Taiwan


For Taiwanese, the Mainland Remains a Dangerous Place

South China Morning Post, September 5, 2012

http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=7274


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



Protests and Petitions


五千人逼爆信访局 众人北京外围暂避 (~5K Petitioners Gather at State Bureau of Letters and Calls)

Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-09032012100253.html


Public Health


China Probes 'Gutter Oil' Claims

British Broadcasting Corporation, September 3, 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19462349


State Security


China's Airports Increase Security

The Economic Observer, September 4, 2012

http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/0904/233023.shtml


Tibet


中国藏区再有多名藏人被捕 西藏昌都寺院管控加紧 (Sichuan: Several Tibetans Detained and Monitoring Intensifies over Chamdo Monastery)

Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-09032012151631.html


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

Labor

深圳拟重罚不文明行为 多数外来工并不知情 (Majority of Migrant Workers Unaware of Draft Shenzhen Regs Imposing Severe Punishment on Uncivilized Behavior)
Workers' Daily, September 3, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/18f/036030.html

Population

Husband Fired over 'Excess' Birth
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fired-08302012160129.html

Protests and Petitions

Villager Sets Off Explosives in Govt Compound
Xinhua News Agency, September 3, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/03/content_15728922.htm

天津警方将一暴力拆迁受害者从医院急诊观察室带走 (Tianjin: Police Detain and Remove Injured Victim of Violent Anti-demolition Protest from Hospital Emergency Monitoring Room)
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-09022012145742.html

Society

Low Political Participation among Chinese
Xinhua News Agency, September 1, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/01/content_15726714.htm