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, August 21, 2012

Civil Society

NGOs Get Boost from Shenzhen Register Reforms
China Daily, August 21, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/21/content_15690995.htm

Related:
探路民间社会组织“去行政化” (Shenzhen NGOs Going Official)
Southern Daily, August 21, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/2012/nfrb_821/289657.html

Environment

Shanghai 'Most Vulnerable to Flood Risk'
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19318973

Media

Foreign Journalists 'Intimidated' in China: Press Groups
Agence France-Presse, August 21, 2012
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/308673/foreign-journalists-intimidated-in-china-press-groups

Police

湖南邵阳聘千人替城管执法 罚款可提成80% (Shaoyang, Hunan: 1K People Hired to Enforce the Law in Place of Urban Management)
Xiaoxiang Morning Post, August 21, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/a20/a18c7d.html

Poverty

Province in Ambitious Project to End Poverty
Shanghai Daily, August 21, 2012
http://english.eastday.com/e/120821/u1a6799804.html

Related:
Foreign Correspondents' Clubs in China Jointly Express Extreme Concern over Abuse of Journalists
August 21, 2012
http://fcchk.org/article/foreign-correspondents-clubs-china-jointly-express-extreme-concern-over-abuse-journalists

Protests and Petitions

摩托罗拉中国被裁员工将集体维权
Motorola Employees Protest against Layoffs
Caixin, August 19, 2012
CH: http://companies.caixin.com/2012-08-19/100425744.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-08-20/100426272.html

Society

北京去年暂住人口减少60万 历史现首降 (Beijing Non-permanent Residents Down by 600K in 2011)
21st Century Business Herald, August 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2750492/1.html

Taiwan

Taiwan Struggles to Save Indigenous Languages
Voice of America, August 20, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/content/taiwan_struggles_to_save_indigenious_languages/1491428.html

Monday, August 20, 2012

Hong Kong

Evening Paper Relaunch 'to Back Beijing Loyalists'
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0edba81032f39310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law

人大常委会将首次审议环境保护法修正案草案等 (NPC Standing Committee to Deliberate on Draft Environmental Protection Law and Others at Upcoming Meeting)
Legal Daily, August 20, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-08/20/content_3780645.htm

Media

北京四大報 高層大風吹 (Wind of Changes Blows Down from High upon the Fourth Major Beijing Papers)
United Daily News, August 19, 2012
http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI1/7305019.shtml

Related:
Publisher Demoted over Editorial Tone
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e64b8ff73f39310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

擬播艾未未片 京影展遭打壓 封場斷電 十八大前嚴控文藝活動 (Pressure on Cultural Activities before 18th Party Congress as Power Cut at Beijing Independent Film Fest, Stopping Screening of Ai Weiwei Documentary and Others)
Ming Pao, August 20, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2749216/1.html

Related:
Power Cut Halts
Global Times, August 20, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/727851.shtml

浙江湖州一镇政府官员阻挠采访 记者被推进水塘 (Zhejiang Town Official Pushes Journalist into Reservoir while Impeding Reporting)
The Beijing News, August 19, 2012
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2012_08/19/16913566_0.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Chinese Government Quietly Supports Anti-Japanese Demonstrations
Want China Times, August 20, 2012
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120820000046

为何中国上访者对中央政府的信任程度稳定?
Radio France Internationale, August 19, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120819-为何中国上访者对中央政府的信任程度稳定?  

State Security

警察也上访,变成 “维稳对象” (Even Police Become Target of Stability Maintenance Policy When They Petition)
Deutsche Welle, August 17, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16175186,00.html

Friday, August 17, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Pursuing Soft Power, China Puts Stamp on Africa's News
The New York Times, August 16, 2012
www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/africa/chinas-news-media-make-inroads-in-africa.html

Hong Kong

香港观察:以公民教育取代国民教育 (HK Review: Replace National Education with Civic Education)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 16, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/08/120814_hkreview_education.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Mainland Activist Sent to Labour Camp
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3d498b86ebf29310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Power Plant Activist Detained
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detained-08162012105241.html

胡春华高压,高玉莲被“释放”无自由 (Inner Mongolian Activist Gao Yulian "Released" Yet Remains under Watch)
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16169834,00.html

Migrant Workers

Migrant Workers 'Mail Children' Back
China Daily, August 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/16/content_15681582.htm

Protests and Petitions

云南大理13名农民工子女替父母讨薪 最小仅5岁 (Yunnan: 13 Migrant Workers' Children as Young as 5yrs Protest for Parents' Back Wages)
Yunnan Online, August 16, 2012
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2012-08-16/112015169.html

西藏昌都专区芒康县1000藏民示威反对开矿 与警方发生冲突造成一人死亡 (Chamdo, Tibet: One Dies as 1K Tibetans Clash with Police during Mine Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-08162012160934.html

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Coordination Needed to Succeed in Diaoyu
Global Times, August 16, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/727238.shtml

Hong Kong

梁:23条不应今届推 (CY Leung: Security Law Legislation Shouldn't Be Promoted This Session)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2745946/1.html