HRIC Daily Brief

Top News of the Day Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳) 著名维权人士胡佳以“颠覆国家政权”罪被捕 (Prominent Rights Defender Hu Jia Arrested for "Inciting S...

News Children 黑砖窑母亲：不要忘了我们 (Mother Urges People Not to Forget Her Missing Son Who May Have Been a Brick Kiln Slave) Nanfang Weekend, Decembe...

News Economic Development China Aims to Grow Its Middle Class Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 26, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap...

News Death Penalty Shanghai Business Boss' Sentence Suspended Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 21, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/...

News Bilateral Ties EU Needs to Change Its Mindset about Africa Xinhuanet, December 21, 2007 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/21/co...

News Corruption Corruption Complaints Crash Chinese Web Site Washington Post, December 19, 2007 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content...

News Bilateral Ties China to Play Greater Role in World Bank Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 18, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/...

News Death Penalty 杀人时未发病/自首不足以轻判 湛江杀人局长宣雄判死刑 (Guangdong Court Sentences Former Cadre to Death for Murder) Nanfang City News, December 18, 2...

News Disaster 樟木头火災 遗属遭软禁 (Guangdong Authorities Put Families of Fire Victims Under House Arrest) Ming Pao, December 17, 2007 http://www.min...

Top News of the Day Death Penalty 农民在山西蒙冤入狱八年被判死缓 (Henan Migrant Worker Tortured into Confessing Murder, Sentenced to Death with 2-Year Repr...

News Disasters Beijing's Edicts Lost in Scramble for Coal South China Morning Post, December 13, 2007 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SC...

Top News of the Day Human Rights Defender - Gong Haoming (龚浩明) 简要新闻∶上海维权人士龚浩明得以取保候审回家 (In Brief: Shanghai Rights Defender Gong Haoming Relea...

News Environment UN Chief Hits at China, India on Climate Financial Times, December 10, 2007 http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?ct=0&id=0712...

News Environment China, West Squabble over Targets Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 08, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071208/a...

News Death Penalty Former Northeast Expressway Chief Gets Death Sentence in Corruption Case Xinhua (via People's Daily), December 06, 20...

News Civil Society China Cracks Down on NGOs Christian Science Monitor, December 06, 2007 http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1206/p01s06-woap.htm...