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, March 11, 2013

Environment

上海官方初步确定死猪来自浙江嘉兴 (Shanghai Authorities: Thousands of Diseased Dead Pigs on Huangpu River Floated from Jiaxing, Zhejiang)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/03/130311_china_dead_pigs.shtml

Related:
Shanghai Reels in Disgust as 2,800 Dead Pigs Float Through Financial Heart
The Independent, March 11, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/shanghai-reels-in-disgust-as-2800-dead-pigs-float-through-financial-heart-8528119.html

Ethnic Groups

流亡藏人呼吁欧盟调查藏人自焚真相 (5,000 Exiled Tibetans Rally for EU Investigation of Self-Immolation and EU-China Dialogue)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/03/130311_tibetan_demo.shtml

Tibet Deputy Party Chief Urges Crackdown on Self-Immolations
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1186543/china-says-dalai-lama-rewarding-self-immolators-money

Five Protesting Tibetans Held on 'Uprising Day'
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/uprising-03102013113033.html

Nepal Jails Tibetans on Uprising Anniversary
AL Jazeera, March 10, 2013
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/03/2013310165049831796.html

Hong Kong

香港泛民不满北京提出特首普选“筛选”条件 (Beijing Conditions for 2017 HK Chief Executive Candidates Criticized by Pro-Democracy Camp)
Voice of America, March 11, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/beijing-sets-conditions-for-selecting-future-chief-executive-in-hk-20130310/1618648.html

Information Control

In China, Public Anger over Secrecy on Environment
Reuters, March 10, 2013
http://reut.rs/WdWDo5

International Relations

China's Xi to Visit Africa as U.S. Frets over Beijing Influence
Reuters, March 09, 2013
http://reut.rs/10s8DCx

China's Confucius Institutes to Reach 500 Global Cities by 2020
The Standard, March 11, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/767249.shtml#.UT4DBJisjTo

Land, Property, Housing

Police Fire Teargas on China Village after Land Grab Protest
Reuters, March 10, 2013
http://reut.rs/Y9m7mo

Related:
违反农民土地权益的上浦村干部李宝玉被当局控制 Guangdong Village Officials Arrested over Large-Scale Land Dispute Protest
RFA, March 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sd-03102013161107.html

Population

计划生育一票否决制内容 继续实施计划生育一票否决制 (NPC: One-Child Family Planning Policy to Continue)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2013
http://news.shangdu.com/201/20130311/11_5774471.shtml

Related:
China to Keep One-Child Policy
The Independent, March 11, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=33004

Society

An Unhappy Middle in the Middle Kingdom
The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323628804578345342201524964.html?mod=rss_about_china

Women

Chinese Women Still Face Blatant Workplace Bias
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/women-03082013110445.html

Friday, March 08, 2013

Domestic Security

香港记者在北京刘霞住所外遭保安殴打 (Hong Kong Reporters Attacked outside Liu Xia’s Home )
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 08, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/03/130308_hk_reporters_liuxia.shtml

Related:
Beijing Security Guards Attack HK Reporters Outside Liu's Home
The Standard, March 8, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=32964&icid=3&d_str=20130308

Ethnic Groups

Padma Choling says Dalai Lama Rewarding Self-immolators With Money
South China Morning Post, March 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1186543/china-says-dalai-lama-rewarding-self-immolators-money

Killings Stir Fears of Ethnic Tensions in Chinese Region
The New York Times, March 08, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/world/asia/killings-in-china-stir-fears-of-ethnic-tensions.html

Tighter Controls on Award Winning Tibetan Writer
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/award-03072013134618.html

Related:
当局监控升级 唯色无法出国领奖(Woeser is Denied Permission to Travel to Receive US Award)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 8, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/03/130308_woeser_passport.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Why China is Crushing a Mongolian Intellectual
Global Post, March 06, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/130228/inner-mongolia-china-dissident-hada

Related:
家人披露哈达近况
Lawyer Asks for Immediate Release of Mongolian Dissident Hada; Family Provides Further Details on Hada’s Condition
Human Rights in China, January 29, 2013
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6529
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6525


Chinese activist Lu Haitao in US
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 08, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21712222

Related:
北京维权作家卢海涛夫妇经台赴美避难(Chinese Activist Couple Reach US via Taiwan; Granted Asylum)
Voice of America, March 7, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/lu-haitao-20130307/1617393.html

Political and Economic Reform

观点:兑现基本人权,撬动和平转型 (Commentator: Widening Petition Urging ICCPR Ratification Reflects Consensus on Basic Rights)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 08, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/03/130308_ana_humanrights_byxiaoshu.shtml

Related:
公民建言: 呼籲全國人大盡快批准《公民權利和政治權利國際公約》全文(Text of Petition Urging NPC to Ratify ICCPR with List of Signers To-date)
主場新聞 (House News), February 27, 2013
http://bit.ly/129SlDg

Protests and Petitions

慈溪访民致信两会维权 公安部截访人数超过访民 (Police Outnumber Petitioners in Beijing during Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-03072013120023.html


异议人士吕耿松妻进京上访被抓 河南一家六口被数十人截访 (Petitioners Arriving in Beijing are Sent Back, including Activist Lü Gensong’s Wife)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-03072013121122.html

Thursday, March 07, 2013

Economic Development, Land

陈锡文:中国人口城镇化明显滞后 (Senior Official: Urbanization—Key to Economic Growth—Lags Behind Expectation)
China News Service, March 07, 2013
http://jjckb.xinhuanet.com/2013-03/07/content_432331.htm

Related:
China Faces Social, Financial Risks in Urbanization Push
Reuters, March 7, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/07/us-china-parliament-urbanisation-idUSBRE92607K20130307

Gender

Girls Suffer from Rural Preference for Boys
Xinhua News Agency, March 07, 2013
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2013/03/07/Girls%2Bsuffer%2Bfrom%2Brural%2Bpreference%2Bfor%2Bboys/

Hong Kong

香港泛民忧虑俞正声对香港问题强硬表态 (Top PRC Official: Hong Kong Must Not Become Beachhead for Subversion of Mainland Socialist System )
Voice of America, March 07, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hk-yuzhengshen-20130307/1616799.html

Related:
Subversion Warning on 2017 CE Race
The Standard, March 07, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=131766&sid=39159171&con_type=3&d_str=20130307&fc=4

港媒质疑俞正声“有港人搞颠覆”指责 (HK Media Question Beijing’s “Subversion” Accusation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 07, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/03/130307_hk_press_yu.shtml

Internet

Computer Scientists Measure the Speed of Censorship On China’s Twitter
MIT Technology Review, March 06, 2013
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/512231/computer-scientists-measure-the-speed-of-censorship-on-chinas-twitter/

Related:
报告揭秘新浪微博“删帖”内幕(US Research Shows 30% of Postings on Sina Weibo Removed Within 5-30 Minutes)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/03/130307_weibo_deletion_report.shtml

Land Policy

About 60,000 Could Lose Homes for Controversial China Dams
Reuters, March 07, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/07/us-china-parliament-dam-idUSBRE92608M20130307

Political and Economic Reform

Cult of Mao Should be Reassessed, says Grandson
The Daily Telegraph, March 07, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9914605/Cult-of-Mao-should-be-reassessed-says-grandson.html