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.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Government

Candidates Pressured ahead of Poll
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/candidates-10212011160752.html

Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)

China Cuts Access to Lawyer Who Fought One-child Policy
McClatchy Newspapers, October 24, 2011
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/24/2470019_p3/china-cuts-access-to-lawyer-who.html

Labor

Watch Workers Strike over Time
Xinhua News Agency, October 25, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/10/25/Watch%2Bworkers%2Bstrike%2Bover%2Btime/

Land Policy

Chinese See Communist Land Sales Hurting Mao’s Poor to Pay Rich
Bloomberg News, October 24, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-23/chinese-see-communist-land-sales-hurting-mao-s-poor-to-pay-rich.html

Law

China Mulls New Tax for Environmental Protection
Xinhua News Agency, October 24, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/24/content_13965443.htm

“被精神病”责任人或被追究刑责 (Mental Health Law Draft: Those Deliberately Committing People for Psychiatric Treatment May Be Investigated for Accountability)
Southern Weekend, October 24, 2011
http://www.infzm.com/content/64221

中国修法增加警察查验身份证范围 (Draft Amendment Increases Scope of Police Inspection of IDs)
Deutsche Welle, October 24, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15483573,00.html

Tibet

西藏喇嘛印度抗議 (India: Tibetans Protest before Chinese Embassy in Support of Self-immolating Monks)
Ming Pao, October 25, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2472315/1.html

Monday, October 24, 2011

Government

China Officials Jailed for Leaking Data
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 24, 2011
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20111024/news_20111024_56_793128.htm

Human Rights Defenders

民主人士曹海波被昆明警方逮捕 (Kunming: Democracy Activist Cao Haibo Arrested on Charges of Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-10212011164311.html

新华社记者因看望陈光诚离职 (Xinhua Reporter Leaves Job after Trying to Vist Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m1021-xql-10212011155915.html
Related information:
临沂,一个还未解放的地方-----我的沂南之旅 (My Trip to Yinan)
Shi Yu, October 08, 2011
http://club.china.com/data/thread/1011/2732/31/71/3_1.html

IMAR

Truck Kills Herder in China Inner Mongolia Protest-Group
Reuters, October 24, 2011
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/truck-kills-herder-in-china-inner-mongolia-protest-group

Law

China to Freeze Terrorists' Assets
China Daily, October 24, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/24/content_13962446.htm
Related news:
中国拟进一步加强反恐工作 界定恐怖组织定义 (China Defines "Terrorist Activity" and Related Terms in Draft Decision Being Deliberated by NPC)
China News Service, October 24, 2011
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201110/24/t20111024_22783370.shtml
人大常委会今起审议精神卫生法草案等多部法案 (NPC Standing Committee Deliberating Mental Health Law and Other Drafts Today)
China News Service, October 24, 2011
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20111024/655033.html

Media

Beijing's Message Masters Try to Shape Views Abroad
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bda883a21b133310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
中国“大外宣”的“本土化”战略
The Localization Strategy of China’s Great External Propaganda
He Qinglian, China Rights Forum, 2010, no. 3
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/node/3667
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3267

Population

Chinese Abortion Death Due to Birth Quota Enforcement, Family Claims
The Guardian, October 21, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/21/chinese-abortion-death-birth-quota-claims

Tibet

Tibetan Monk's Suicide Try Seen in Leaked Video
Associated Press, October 23, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111023/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

Friday, October 21, 2011

Bilateral Ties

中国“防火长城” 美国要个说法 (US Calls for Explanation of the "Great Firewall")
Deutsche Welle, October 20, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15475700,00.html

Environment

China Faces Potential Winter Power Cuts
Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204485304576644371484394618.html

Groundwater Gets Worse, Land Agency Says
China Daily, October 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/21/content_13944892.htm

Gender

A Quarter of Chinese Women Suffer Domestic Abuse
Reuters, October 21, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/21/us-china-women-idUSTRE79K14L20111021

Human Rights Defenders

'Free Chen' Campaign Widens
Radio Free Asia, October 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/campaign-10202011130325.html

Media

南方電視台記者遭保安毆打 (Guangdong TV Reporter Beaten by Security Guards)
Ming Pao, October 21, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20111020/ca41540a.htm

Migrant Workers

外地人可申请北京公租房 (Beijing: Non-residents Can Also Apply for Public Housing)
China Securities Journal, October 20, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2011-10/20/c_122178036.htm

Multilateral

China Proposes 'Traffic Rules' to Secure Cyberspace
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/21/content_13944733.htm
Related information:
International Code of Conduct for Information Security
UN Doc. A/66/359, September 14, 2011
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/66/359