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.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Hong Kong

Vote-rig Claims Trigger Action
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=da26b57c6d0d3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)

失踪年多高智晟生死成谜 (Gao's Current Status Remains Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_dissidents_a-11232011100335.html

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)

陈光诚家乡出现大量支持传单 (Flies of Support Paper Chen's Hometown)
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_chen-11232011101900.html

Internet

Number of Mainland Microblog Users Passes 300 Million: Reports
Agence France-Presse, November 23, 2011
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/b-china/2011/11/23/323828/Number-of.htm

Labor

China Labour Unrest Flares as Orders Fall
Financial Times, November 23, 2011
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a7599b30-15c7-11e1-a691-00144feabdc0.html

Media

国土资源报原总编辑受贿一审被判13年 (Former Head Editor at Land Ministry Publication Sentenced to 13 for Graft)
Procuratorial Daily, November 23, 2011
http://news.jcrb.com/jxsw/201111/t20111123_758628.html

Protests and Petitions

Petitioners Held in Secret Detention
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petitioners-11232011145408.html

State Security

U.S. Regulators Push Chinese to Resume Auditor-Inspection Talks
Businessweek, November 24, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-24/u-s-regulators-push-chinese-to-resume-auditor-inspection-talks.html

Tibet

反分裂饭还要吃多久? (How Long Must the "Anti-Splittism" Policies Be Endured?)
Deutsche Welle, November 24, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15554002,00.html

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Corruption

順德新上任村組長揭貪被殺 (Newly Appointed Village Leader Who Exposed Corruption is Killed in Shunde)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), November 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_death-11222011090354.html?encoding=traditional

Gender

Sexual Harassment Should be Banned by Law: Expert
China Daily, November 22, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-11/22/content_14141784.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Dissident Detained Over Torture Report
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detain-11222011183541.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Ai Weiwei, 艾未未

Ai Weiwei and State Editor in Online Spat 
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), November 22, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4fdb1169ed9c3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy

鶴山村民圍市府 反違法徵地 (Citizens Surround Municipal Government to Protest Illegal Land Acquisition in Heshan Village, Guangdong)
Oriental Daily (via Oriental Daily), November 23, 2011
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20111123/00178_003.html

Protests and Petitions

退役軍官示威促安置工作 (Retired Officers Demand Resettlement)
Oriental Daily (via Oriental Daily), November 23, 2011 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20111123/00178_004.html

萬人杭州圍淘寶 (10,000 Protestors Surround Taobao Headquarters in Hangzhou)
Oriental Daily (via Oriental Daily), November 23, 2011 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20111123/00178_001.html

Rural Issues

Universities Ordered to Favor Rural Students
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 22, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-11/22/content_14144636.htm

Tibet

Troops Return to Kirti
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), November 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/return-11222011130213.html

格尔登寺法会大批军警戒备 尼姑自焚视频场面震惊(图/视频) (Military Police Present at Kirti Monastery Prayer Meeting; Shocking Self-Immolation Video Circulates on YouTube)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), November 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-11222011093903.html

Tibet Group Video Allegedly Shows Nun Burning
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 22, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111122/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet


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The self-immolation video discussed in these articles is available at HRIC’s YouTube channel, accessible here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/hrichina?feature=mhsn#p/c/D1384A40B638E3EB/0/heRelfk_QW4

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Disasters

Cover-up Feared After Inquiry 'Deadline' Passes
South China Morning Post, November 22, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e36e724a2f6c3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment

深圳大梅沙被非法填海 已被填百余平方米 (Hundreds of Meters of Beach in Shenzhen's Dameisha Illegally Reclaimed)
Nanfang Daily (via Nanfang Daily), November 22, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2011-11/22/content_33623604.htm

Food Security

Food Security
China to Hold Forum to Solve Food Safety Problems
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 21, 2011
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-11/21/content_14136798.htm