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.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Environment

北方人因空气污染折寿5.5年? 环保部称结论不可信 (China’s environmental ministry: the conclusion that northerners' lives are shortened by pollution is untrustworthy)
Nanfang Weekly, July 10, 2013
http://www.infzm.com/content/92289

See full report at PNAS.org
Evidence on the impact of sustained exposure to air pollution on life expectancy from China’s Huai River policy
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/07/03/1300018110.full.pdf+html?sid=c042dff3-3341-49b8-8c25-a09862e0840c

快讯:广西贺江水污染事件相关责任人被停职 (Local officials suspended for role in contamination of He river in Guangxi)
China News Service, July 10, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/07-10/5024643.shtml

China's environment ministry “one of four worst departments in world”
The Telegraph, July 9, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10168806/Chinas-environment-ministry-one-of-four-worst-departments-in-world.html

In China, air pollution report brings despair, humor
USA Today, July 9, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/09/china-air-pollution-study-fujian/2503319/