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.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Children

Child Trafficking: A Cruel Trade
The Economist, January 26, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21570762-curb-widespread-trafficking-abducted-children-officials-and-parents-are-turning-social

Human Rights Defenders

Woman Gets Locked in Morgue after Labour Camp, Beijing Petition
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135250/woman-gets-locked-morgue-after-labour-camp-beijing-petition

Related:
黑龙江回应女子上访被关太平间:政府必须认账 (Heilongjiang Responds to Case of Woman Locked in Abandoned Morgue for Three Years after Serving Reeducation-through-Labor for Petitioning: Govt Should Own Up)
Sina, January 24, 2013
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/focusnews/soc/heilongjiangshangfangnvbeiguantaipingjian0124/index.html

Protests and Petitions

Mainland Migrant Workers Ask Li Ka-shing for Unpaid Wages
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135787/mainland-migrant-workers-ask-li-ka-shing-unpaid-wages

Public Health

教师笔试面试考第一遭拒录 江西省艾滋歧视第一案原告获赔 (Jiangxi's First HIV/AIDS Discrimination Case Ends in Compensation for Complainant)
Jiang Nan City Daily, January 25, 2013
http://jiangxi.jxnews.com.cn/system/2013/01/25/012265351.shtml

Tibet

寻找雪域环保人
Tibetans Fight Back against Declining "Reverence for Nature"
China Dialogue, January 23, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/ch/5638-Tibetans-fight-back-against-declining-reverence-for-nature-
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5638-Tibetans-fight-back-against-declining-reverence-for-nature-

XUAR

Uyghurs Harassed during Visit
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/harassed-01242013174934.html

知情人士:努尔买买提·亚森还活着 (Person in the Know: Nurmuhemmet Yasin Still Alive)
Uighur Biz, January 23, 2013
http://www.uighurbiz.net/archives/7646

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Education

报告称汽车增长加大减排难度 (CASS: More Cars Will Increase Problems in Reducing Emissions)
Economic Observer, January 24, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0124/239234.shtml

Government

粵政協開幕 《南周》成焦點 (Southern Weekly Scandal a Focus Point as Guangdong CPPCC Opens)
Ming Pao, January 24, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130124/-9-2879458/1.html

Related:
《南周》事件:公民抗命运动正在中国兴起
Southern Weekly Incident: The Rise of Civil Disobedience in China
HRIC Commentary, January 11, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6500

Internet

Sichuan to Require All Online Maps Be Approved
Global Times, January 23, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/757571.shtml

Related:
四川省地图管理办法 (Measures of Sichuan Province on the Administration of Maps)
Sichuan Provincial People's Government, January 9, 2013
http://www.sc.gov.cn/10462/10883/11066/2013/1/21/10245369.shtml

Land Policy

'Land-saving' Bridge building Faces Demolition
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135042/land-saving-bridge-building-faces-demolition

Media

新闻管制无处不在:删片、删贴、封网 (Information Control Everywhere: Movies Cut, Posts Deleted, Sites Blocked)
Deutsche Welle, January 23, 2013
http://www.dw.de/新闻管制无处不在删片删贴封网/a-16545067

Tibet

Teen Dies before Burning Protest
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/poison-01232013192823.html

XUAR

在囚阿里木江被剥夺家属探视权 (Imprisoned Uyghur Pastor Alimjan Himit Denied Family Visit)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uyghur_christians-01232013102904.html

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Economic Development

Debate Emerges over Official Gini Figures
SINA, January 23, 2013
http://english.sina.com/business/2013/0122/552392.html

Environment

禁牧不能拯救青藏草原
Climate Change, Not Grazing, Destroying the Tibetan Plateau
China Dialogue, January 21, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/ch/5621-Climate-change-not-grazing-destroying-the-Tibetan-Plateau
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5621-Climate-change-not-grazing-destroying-the-Tibetan-Plateau

Human Rights Defenders

China’s Jailed Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Gets Rare Family Visit, Second in 13 Months
The Associated Press, January 23, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/gao-zhisheng/2013/01/23/8d927318-6529-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_story.html

Related:
服刑中的高智晟律师获家属探访
Family Permitted to Visit Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, January 22, 2013
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6514
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6513

Law

“上访妈妈”唐慧起诉永州劳教委 法院尚未立案 (Mother Sent to Reeducation for Petitioning for Investigation into Daughter's Rape Files Suit against Reeducation Committee -- Case Not Yet Filed)
Nanjing Daily, January 23, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0123/06/8LSPMIN60001124J.html

Related:
Rape Victim's Mother Brings Labor Camp to Court
Shanghai Daily, January 23, 2013
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0122/552404.html

中国最高法院发布恶意欠薪案件的执行细则 (Supreme Court Issues Interpretation on Cases Involving Malicious Back Wages)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/4eba67436cd55236/hc-01222013151159.html

Tibet

New Burning; Monks Jailed
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-01222013130828.html

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Government

新华社批山西人大不让告状 (Xinhua News Agency Criticizes Shanxi People's Congress Refusal to Accept Complaints)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xql-01212013150655.html

Related:
e哥有话说:人大会议“不准告状”到底担心啥? (e-Bro Says: Just What Is the People's Congress Worried about That They're "Not Allowing Complaints"?)
Xinhua News Agency Online, January 21, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-01/21/c_114447284.htm

山西省人大常委会新闻发言人:“八不准”是会议内部纪律 (Shanxi PC Press Office: The "Eight Unpermitted Items" Are the Internal Disciplinary Measures for the Conference)
Xinhua News Agency, January 22, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-01/22/c_124260356.htm

大连PX项目悄然复产 政府丧失诚信 (Dalian: Loss of Gov't Integrity as Controversial PX Project Resumes Production)
Deutsche Welle, January 21, 2013
http://www.dw.de/大连px项目悄然复产政府丧失诚信/a-16538174

Related:
大连PX项目停产待搬 (Dalian PX Plant To Be Relocated)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 15, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/2bd/ec3090.html

For images from the August 2011 protests against the Dalian PX Plant, see:
https://plus.google.com/photos/108105216183622857074/albums/5640606992076525313

Law

China Signals Ending Labor-camp System
Taiwan News, January 22, 2013
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2128273

Related:
中国法学会副会长:劳教不是一句话能废除的 (China Law Society Deputy Director: Reeducation-Through-Labor Cannot Be Abolished with a Single Sentence)
Mirror, January 17, 2013
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20130117/1558815.html

Pregnant Woman Held in Labor Camp
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/camp-01212013150137.html