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.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Hong Kong

遊行至北角警署 八人罪成 (Eight Sentenced for March to North Point Police Office following June 4, 2011 Gathering without Obtaining Written Permit)
Sing Tao Daily, September 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/5/1/1/2778306/1.html

Media

HK Journalists Call on Beijing to Curb Mistreatment of City's Reporters
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1045118/hk-journalists-call-beijing-curb-mistreatment-citys-reporters

《墓碑》法文版问世 作者杨继绳或遭监控 (As French Edition of Book on Great Leap Forward Famine Is Published, Author Yang Jisheng May Be under Surveillance)
Radio France Internationale, September 20, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120920-《墓碑》法文版问世-作者杨继绳或受监控

For a review of Tombstone, see:
毛时代罪孽的历史存照
Historical Documents of the Sins of the Mao Era
China Rights Forum, 2009, no. 2
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/4017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3796

Politics

China Closes in on Bo Xilai after Jailing Ex-police Chief
Reuters, September 24, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/24/us-china-trial-idUSBRE88M0DA20120924

Related:
王立军徇私枉法、叛逃、滥用职权、受贿案一审宣判 (Wang Lijun Sentenced)
Xinhua News Agency, September 24, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-09/24/c_113183202.htm

Protests and Petitions

2,000-worker Riot at Foxconn Factory in China Reportedly Leads to 10 Deaths
The Next Web, September 24, 2012
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/09/24/workers-riot-foxconn-factory-china/

乌坎一周年 民众再抗议 (Another Protest at the One-year Anniversary of Wukan)
Deutsche Welle, September 22, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16254531,00.html

遼寧非法強徵土地 警員射殺村民 (Liaoning: Police Shoot Villager Dead during Protest over Illegal Land Requisition)
Ming Pao, September 24, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2779596/1.html

Related:
盘锦警察枪杀村民质疑:违法强拆还是暴力抗法? (Doubts in the Liaoning Shooting: An Illegal Demolition or a Violent
Resistance of Law Enforcement?)
People's Daily, September 24, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0924/15/8C66PV3Q0001124J.html

XUAR

Reform-minded Zhang Chunxian Takes Tough Line on Xinjiang Violence
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1045135/reform-minded-zhang-chunxian-takes-tough-line-xinjiang-violence

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Hong Kong

HK Suffers Most Deaths in Region from Ship Pollution
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/1040949/hk-suffers-most-deaths-region-ship-pollution

香港市民对中国前途信心走低 (Hong Kongers' Confidence in China's Prospects on Decline)
Deutsche Welle, September 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16251034,00.html

Labor

Railway Worker Badly Injured Preventing a Major Accident Has to Fight for Compensation
China Labour Bulletin, September 20, 2012
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/110134

Related:
湖南工伤-裴永红 (Interview Series with Injured Hunanese Worker Pei Yonghong)
China Labour Bulletin, November 2011
http://www.clb.org.hk/schi/transcript/1001371

Migrant Workers

在陕流动人口下月起享市民待遇 暂住证将成历史 (Migrant Workers in Shaanxi to Enjoy Urban Residential Treatment Beginning Oct)
Sanqin Daily, September 20, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/4c5/9e91dd.html

Politics

Total Denial and the Will to Forget
China Media Project, September 19, 2012
http://cmp.hku.hk/2012/09/19/27284/

Protests and Petitions

村民堵路反对收地数老人被打伤 (Villagers Block Traffic Protesting Injuries of Several Eldery during Land Requisition)
Radio Free Asia, September 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land-09192012094515.html

Society

Ageing China: Changes and Challenges
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19630110

Beggars Kept Like Cattle for Their Own Protection
Global Times, September 19, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/734174.shtml

Taiwan

台湾民主改造中国学生? (Is Taiwanese Democracy Changing Mainland Chinese Students?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/09/120919_feature_taiwan_mainland_students.shtml

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Bilateral Ties

第十屆中德人權研討會閉幕 (Sino-German Human Rights Forum Held in Hebei)
Xinhua News Agency, September 18, 2012
http://www.chinesetoday.com/big/article/664051


Law

Beijing Expands Juvenile Probation Program
China Daily, September 17, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/17/content_15763941.htm


Migrant Workers

School of Hard Knocks
Global Times, September 18, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/733898.shtml


Multilateral

China Pushes for Internet Co-op among Emerging Countries
Xinhua News Agency, September 19, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/19/content_15766717.htm


Protests and Petitions

青海玉树百余工人罢工 孤儿院等重建工程全面停工 (Workers in Qinghai Quake District Strike over Unpaid Wages, Stopping Re-erection of Orphanages and Other Projects)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qh-09172012142303.html


Tibet


Tibet Crisis Raised at UN Rights Session in Geneva

Phayul, September 19, 2012

http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=32155


青海天峻县数名僧俗藏人被判刑 兴海县藏族少年绑架者遭拘捕 (Monks and Tibetans Sentenced in Qinghai)

Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-09182012112031.html


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Government


'Iron Rice Bowl' Ban Served Up in Another City

China Daily, September 17, 2012

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/17/content_15763171.htm


Human Rights Defender


Lawmaker to Press UN over Death of Li Wangyang

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1039786/lawmaker-press-un-over-death-li-wangyang