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, February 24, 2012

Bilateral Ties

China Returns Nine Refugees to North Korea
Agence France-Presse, February 24, 2012
http://news.ph.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5922878

Is China Pushing Nepal to Crack Down on Tibetans?
Cable News Network, February 22, 2012
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/21/world/asia/china-tibet-nepal/

Hong Kong

Sitting on a Powder Keg
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2012
http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/Sitting-on-a-powder-keg

Hukou

中国规定义务教育就业与户口脱钩 (State Council Notice Calls for Residency to Not Be Linked with Compulsory Education and Employment)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 24, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/02/120224_china_employment_education.shtml

Internet

中国网络敏感词出现变化 (Blacklist of Sensitive Words Appears to Be Changing in Run-up to 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ew-02232012093535.html

Politics

Liberals on Rise, in Words If Not Deeds
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=db24a8f63eaa5310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions

抗議司法不公 警察檢院內剖腹 (Police Officer Cuts Stomach Open in Procuratorate Yard in Protest of Judicial Injustice)
Ming Pao, February 24, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2586828/1.html

Public Security

Real ID Now Required for Express Deliveries
China Daily, February 24, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/24/content_14688160.htm