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, February 18, 2013

Environment

北京灰霾驗出大量毒素 (Large Amount of Toxins Found in Beijing Smog)
Sing Tao Daily, February 18, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130218/-9-2897684/1.html

Related:
Beijing Smog Contains Toxic Organic Compounds: Research
Global Times, February 17, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/761942.shtml

Gender

A Beginning for China’s Battered Women
China File, February 11, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/beginning-china-battered-women

Activists Lament Workplace Discrimination against Women in China
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1152662/activists-lament-workplace-discrimination-against-women

Hong Kong

Law Expert Plans a Blockade for Vote
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1151206/law-expert-plans-blockade-vote

Related:
公民抗命的最大殺傷力武器 (The Most Lethal Weapon of Civil Disobedience)
Hong Kong Economic Journal, January 16, 2013
http://hkreporter.loved.hk/talks/thread-1776343-1-1.html

Labor

中国承诺7年内落实带薪休假 (China Promises Paid Leave within the Next Seven Years)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February, 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/02/130218_china_paidleaves.shtml

Related:
国民旅游休闲纲要(2013—2020年) (Outline on National Tourism and Recreation [2013-2020])
General Office of the State Council, February 2, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-02/18/c_124357463.htm

Media

保护记者委员会:中国记者处境糟糕 (CPJ Report: Situation is Terrible for Chinese Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xql-02152013162123.html

Related:
Attacks on the Press in 2012: China
https://www.cpj.org/2013/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2012-china.php

Society

社會信任度新低 七成不信陌生人 (CASS Report: Low Level of Social Trust, with 70% Saying They Do Not Trust Strangers)
Ming Pao, February 18, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130218/-9-2897599/1.html

Related:
Chinese Distrust Strangers, Lack Shared Values
People's Daily, February 18, 2013
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8132101.html

Tibet

甘肃夏河县又发生藏人自焚抗议事件 四川理塘一藏人被捕 (Self-immolation in Gansu and Detention in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-02172013144034.html

Friday, February 15, 2013

Environment

The Forgotten Legacy of the Banqiao Dam Collapse
The Economic Observer, February 8, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/0208/240078.shtml

Hong Kong

HK-China Children Abode Case Plea
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 14, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20130214/news_20130214_56_902238.htm

Land Policy

Tensions Mount as China Snatches Farms for Homes
The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324906004578287182123200020.html

学者称破解“乌坎困局”需先推动产权改革 (Scholar: Need to Promote Property Rights Reforms in Order to Crack the "Wukan Dilemma")
The Beijing News, February 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0215/08/8NO96H1D0001124J.html

Rural Issues

烏坎領袖林祖鑾悔維權 (Wukan Village Leader Regrets Involvement in Rights Activism due to High Expectations)
Ming Pao, February 15, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130215/-9-2895568/1.html

Related:
Wukan Democracy Leaves Village Divided
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1150517/wukan-democracy-leaves-village-divided

Protests and Petitions

上海访民进京给领导拜年被拘 北京访民救助站停止供饭 (Shanghai Petitioners Detained on New Year Call on Beijing Leaders)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02142013103900.html

XUAR

Uighur Man Released from Guantanamo Bay Prison to Palau Now Missing
The Associated Press, February 14, 2013
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/02/14/uighur_man_released_from_guantanamo_bay_prison_to_palau_now_missing.html

Related:
Uighurs Who Went from Guantanamo to Paradise Running Out of Money and Patience
Toronto Star, February 7, 2013
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/02/07/uighurs_who_went_from_guantanamo_to_paradise_running_out_of_money_and_patience.html

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Environment

Beijing Air Pollution High despite Fewer Fireworks
Xinhua News Agency, February 13, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/13/content_16221890.htm

Human Rights Defenders

朱虞夫、杨天水健康恶劣被拒保外就医 (Zhu Yufu and Yang Tianshui Refused Medical Parole despite Worsening Health)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents-02132013101602.html

For more on Zhu and Yang, see:
朱虞夫被重判七年
Dissident Zhu Yufu Sentenced to Seven Years for “Inciting Subversion”
Human Rights in China, February 10, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5863
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5862

当局应立即准予力虹、杨天水保外就医
Imprisoned Democracy Activists Gravely Ill, Require Immediate Medical Parole
Human Rights in China, May 6, 2010
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/812
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/397

Internet

China's 'Wall' Hits Business
The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323926104578277511385052752.html

Land Policy

发展改革委:一些地方大拆大建浪费能源资源 (National Development and Reform Commission: Some Major Demolition and Building Projects Waste Energy Resources)
Xinhua News Agency, February 13, 2013
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2013-02/13/content_4199863.htm

Multinational

China Eyes Closer Cooperation with IFAD over Poverty Reduction
Xinhua News Agency, February 14, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/761490.shtml

Protests and Petitions

春節不平靜 重慶堵警車 江西爆示威 (No Tranquility during Spring Festival as Protesters Block Police Cars over Violent Traffic Dispute in Chongqing and Demonstrate against Factory Pollution in Jiangxi)
World Journal, February 13, 2013
http://www.worldjournal.com/view/full_news/21696686/article-春節不平靜-重慶堵警車-江西爆示威

XUAR

Beijing Slammed over Travel Ban
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/travel-02132013204900.html

维族青年帮凤凰卫视任翻译被判11年 (Uyghur Youth Sentenced to 11yrs for "Inciting Splittism" after Doing Translations for Phoenix TV)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uyghur_translator-02132013085004.html