HRIC Daily Brief

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Civil Society

中国公民社会步履维艰 (Building a Civil Society: Despite Rapid Development, a Difficult Path Ahead)
Voice of America, July 28, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110727-Civil-Society-Yet-to-Take-Shape-in-China-126278553.html

斥鐵道部閃閃縮縮‧死者家屬遊行促徹 (Relatives of Victims in Train Crash Protest for Answers)
Sin Chew Daily, July 27, 2011
http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/213814

報道：禁律師代理撞列車案 (Report: Lawyers Told Not to Accept Wenzhou Crash Cases)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2393020/1.html

Environment

China's Three Gorges Project: A Huge Dam with Big Troubles
Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110727/wl_csm/399387

Panic Buying of Bottled Water
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=563d08efd7c61310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Government

Reluctant Transparency
Economic Observer, July 26, 2011
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2011/0726/207236.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

刘萍魏忠平参加婚礼被跟踪夏商不满时政宣布退选 (Independent People's Congress Candidates Continuous to Be Followed, One Quits in Dissatisfaction)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xj-07272011111742.html

Land Policy

北京律师代理拆迁案被暴打 (Lawyer Representing Land Requisition Case Battered)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/c-07272011162951.html

中国学者称经适房已成腐败高发区 (Scholar: Affordable Housing a Breeding Ground for Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/f-07272011094158.html

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Hong Kong

「釋法對港損害，大過外傭有居留權」 ("PRC Interpretation of Law Does More Harm than Granting Right of Abode to Filipino Maids")
Apple Daily, July 27, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110727&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11867&art_id=15468321

Related news:
'Scare Tactics' over Maids' Rights
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0b6355cc6f661310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender -- David Tsui (Xu Zerong, 徐泽荣)

Jailed Scholar to Seek Judicial Review of Case
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e62355cc6f661310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media

Cutting-Edge Editor Moved
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/editor-07252011140423.html

Police

贵州城管被指打死小贩引发冲突 (Guizhou: Clash between People and Police after Purported Beating to Death of Street Peddler by Urban Management)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 27, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110727_guizhou_riot.shtml

Politics

More Light Shed over Choice of Top Cadres
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2011
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/More-light-shed-over-choice-of-top-cadres

Public Health

World Bank Warns on Economy If China Fails to Tackle Diseases
Reuters, July 26, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/27/us-china-worldbank-health-idUSTRE76Q0IS20110727

Related information:
Toward a Healthy and Harmonious Life in China: Stemming the Rising Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases
The World Bank, July 26, 2011
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2011/07/26/toward-health-harmonious-life-china-stemming-rising-tide-of-non-communicable-diseases

Monday, July 25, 2011

Disasters

China's Effort to Muzzle News of Train Crash Sparks Outcry
Reuters, July 26, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110725/wl_nm/us_china_train_censorship

For translations of the propaganda directives on media response to the collision, see:
Death on the High Speed Rail
China Geeks, July 24, 2011
http://chinageeks.org/2011/07/death-on-the-high-speed-rail/

Related news:
民间呼吁启动"7·23动车事故"特别调查 (Calls across China for a Special Investigation into Wenzhou High-speed Train Collision)
Deutsche Welle, July 26, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15265997,00.html

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Lawmakers Laud Talks with Clinton
Agence France-Presse, July 25, 2011
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_694568.html

Human Rights Defender – Zhou Yongjun (周勇军)

UN Probing Zhou Yongjun Case
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 25, 2011
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20110725/news_20110725_56_772399.htm

Internet

China Steps Up Web Monitoring, Driving Many Wi-Fi Users Away
New York Times, July 25, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/world/asia/26china.html

Migrant Workers

新生代农民工打工路调查:不加班按旷工处理 (Investigation Into New Generation of Migrant Workers)
Southern Daily, July 26, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2011-07/26/c_121723524.htm

Protests and Petitions

广东网上信访大厅开始试运行 (Guangdong Bureau of Letters and Calls Opens Online Petitioning Office)
Southern Daily, July 26, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-07-22/084222857459.shtml

Public Health

吸毒者死亡案疑点重重云南省戒毒所管理混乱 ('Shady' Death Cases in Drug Rehabilitation Centre Attributed to Bad Management by Local Government)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xd-07252011160114.html

Religion

Border Guards Turn Away Activist Priest at Lo Wu
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=06562e6c99161310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Top Chinese Church Leader Sentenced to 2 Years
Associated Press, July 26, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110726/ap_on_re_as/as_china_underground_church

Human Rights Defender – Li Shuangde (李双德)

李双德刑满出狱仍会继续维权工作 (Released Activist Li Shuangde Isn't Going to Stop Defending Rights)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_release-07222011110746.html

Chengdu-based rights activist Li Shuangde (李双德) was released Friday, July 22, from a four-month sentence on credit card fraud. Li was detained in late March and sentenced in June. Li says that imprisonment has not deterred his desire to defend rights, and that he does not fear monitoring from authorities.

Related information:
四川法律维权人士获释讲述如何遭当局诬陷迫害
Sichuan Barefoot Lawyer Speaks Out against Trumped-up Charge
Human Rights in China, July 22, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5482
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5481

Environment

China to Tighten Rules on Pesticide Use
China Daily, July 25, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/25/content_12971702.htm

Related information:
关于公布《农药管理条例（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知 (Notice on Publicly Releasing the Regulations on the Administration of Pesticides [Draft for Solicitation of Opinions])
Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, July 20, 2011
http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/article/xwzx/tpxw/201107/20110700345296.shtml

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)

倪玉兰被加控新罪名最快八月开庭 ("Fraud" Added to Charges against Rights Lawyer Ni Yulan)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yu-07222011092858.html

Human Rights Defenders

法轮功律师朱宇飙 “预备犯罪”判两年 (Attorney Who Represented Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to Two Years on Charges of "Preparing to Commit a Crime")
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-07212011143205.html

中国独立作家被阻止参加美国使馆活动 (Writers Kept from Participating in Freedom of Expression Roundtable at US Embassy)
Deutsche Welle, July 25, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15261923,00.html

Related information:
ICPC Celebrates Tenth Anniversary in Shadow of Escalating Repression
Independent Chinese PEN Center, July 23, 2011
http://www.chinainperspective.org/ArtShow.aspx?AID=11875&Mode=ENG

Related news:
中国海关阻止海外作家入境 (Chinese Writers Tienchi Liao, Bei Ling, and Ma Jian Prevented from Entering China at Shenzhen)
Deutsche Welle, July 26, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15263175,00.html

Related news:
全国律协就律师在广西北海办案受阻发表声明 (All China Lawyers Associate Issues Statement on Harassment of Group of Lawyers in Beihai)
Legal Daily, July 22, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-07/22/content_2806628.htm

Related information:
广西维权律师杨在新被正式逮捕
Guangxi Rights Defense Lawyer Yang Zaixin Formally Arrested
Human Rights in China, July 05, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5405
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5404

IMAR

内蒙古政府出台新政策保护矿区农牧民利益 (Inner Mongolian Government Issues New Policy Safeguarding the Interests of Herders in Mining Region)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mumin-07212011162017.html

Related information:
关于进一步规范矿业开发秩序依法保护环境保障民生的指导意见 (Guiding Opinions on Further Regulating the Development Order of the Mining Industry while Protecting the Environment and Guaranteeing People's Livelihood in Accordance with the Law)
Inner Mongolian Autonomous Regional People's Government, July 13, 2011
http://inews.nmgnews.com.cn/system/2011/07/21/010626357.shtml

Related news:
新疆遇襲倖存女警：「未見過如此恐怖雙眼」 (One Policewoman's Account of Hotan Violence: "Never Have I Seen Anything So Horrifying")
Ming Pao, July 22, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110722/cad1.htm

Clampdown on Illegal Land Seizures
Xinhua News Agency, July 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/20/content_12947184.htm

广州法制办：警方有责任处置拆违暴力抗法 (Guangzhou Regulations: Police Have the Responsbility to Dispose of Violent Resistance to the Demolition of Illegal Constructions)
Guangzhou Daily, July 21, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0721/04/79F9SQQ000014AED.html

Society

于建嶸：剛性穩定有潛在危險 (CASS Socialist Yu Jianrong: Unyielding from Stability Mindset Could Pose Danger)
Ming Pao, July 21, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2386615/1.html

Related news:
Writer Won't Give Up on Ideals
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0239e15b57841310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

新当选西藏流亡政府总理洛桑桑盖谈西藏自治 (Tibetan Government in Exile: New Prime Minister Talks Tibetan Autonomy)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-07202011152528.html

XUAR

Attack on Police Station Was 'Long-planned'
China Daily, July 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/21/content_12947603.htm

新疆和田戒严网路封锁消息 (Martial Law and Internet Restrictions in Hotan)
Want Daily, July 20, 2011
http://news.chinatimes.com/tech/171704/112011072000095.html

吴乐宝遭拘捕抄家　朋友相约探望“被喝茶” (Wu Yuebao Detained and Subjected to House Search)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wu-07192011105341.html

“北海四律师被拘案”律师团酒店遭围攻 (Lawyers Group Organized to Represent Beihai Lawyers under Investigation for Fraud Harassed at Hotel)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 20, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/53/e53a0a2978c28872/Blog/fb6/14d6a3.html

Related news:
Xi Jinping: China Will 'Smash' Tibet Separatism
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 19, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14205998

XUAR

Deaths in China Ethnic Violence
Al Jazeera, July 20, 2011
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/07/2011719182736197478.html

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Economic Development

中国各地频频垮桥 (Several Recent Bridge Collapses)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiao-07192011003125.html

Human Rights Defender – Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)

维权人士吁批朱虞夫取保候审 (Rights Defenders Call for Zhu Yufu to Be Released on Medical Bail Pending Trial)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_dissident_b-07182011110806.html

Related information:
取保候审申请书 (Application for Medical Parole for Zhu Yufu)
Jiang Hangli, July 12, 2011
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5449

Media

傳媒揭黑團隊遭解散 (Investigative Team Disbanded at China Economic Times)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2384852/1.html

Related information:
Trouble for China Economic Times
China Media Project, July 18, 2011
http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/07/18/13879/

Police

饥寒交迫式“法制培训” (Legal Training by Suffering Hardships)
TIME WEEKLY, July 14, 2011
http://time-weekly.com/story/2011-07-14/116905.html

Related news:
Media Report Uncovers Use of Starvation in Detention Camp
Caixin, July 18, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-07-18/100280712.html

Related news:
Clash in China's Xinjiang Killed 20: Exile Group
Agence France-Presse, July 19, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/clash-chinas-xinjiang-killed-20-exile-group-042047143.html

Related information:
“如此自由，如此富有，如此美丽！”——想念王荔蕻 (On Wang Lihong)
Ai Xiaoming, Biweekly Chinese Journal no. 56
http://biweekly.hrichina.org/article/1098

Religion

Vatican Excommunicates China Bishop, Criticizes Beijing
Reuters, July 16, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/16/us-pope-china-idUSTRE76F0PR20110716

Protests and Petitions

广州增城事件1人因发微博获刑1年半 (Zengcheng Protests: Man Sentenced to 1.5y in Prison for Spreading Rumors via Microblog)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, July 15, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0715/15/791005T400014AED.html

Related news:
China Jails 11 over South China Riots
Reuters, July 16, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110716/wl_nm/us_china_riots

Tibet

廢貴族特權「十七條」名存實亡 (17 Point Agreement on Tibet's Peaceful Liberation Effective Only on the Surface)
Ming Pao, July 18, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2383968/1.html

达赖喇嘛：我们追求的是汉藏双赢的局面 (Dalai Lama: We Pursue a Win-Win Situation)
Radio France Internationale, July 17, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20110717-达赖喇嘛：我们追求的是汉藏双赢的局面

XUAR

Virtual Jails for Prisoner Families
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/families-07152011125323.html

Related news:
中纪委：“41不准”规范乡镇、村两级基层干部行为 (CPC Disciplinary Committee: "41 No-noes" Regulate Activities of Rural Cadres)
Xinhua News Agency, July 15, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2011-07/15/c_121670561.htm

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Environment

低碳省区及城市考核有望全国推广广东等先试点 (Pilot Scheme for Low-carbon Provinces and Cities in Guangdong)
Economic Information Daily, July 14, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110714/u1a5995269.html

Human Rights

China Fulfills All Targets of Its Human Rights Action Plan
Xinhua News Agency, July 14, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/14/content_12900701.htm

Related information:
《国家人权行动计划（2009－2010年）》评估报告
Assessment Report on the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010)
State Council Information Office, July 2011
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-07/14/c_121665648.htm
EN: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/14/content_12903577.htm

Related news:
China Admits "Long Way To Go" for Citizens to Enjoy Human Rights
Reuters, July 13, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110713/wl_nm/us_china_rights

Hukou

薛晓峰昨在省委十届九次全会上发言时透露：中山将打破城里人农村人身份壁垒 (Zhongshan Authorities Vow to Break Urban-Rural Wall)
Guangzhou Daily, July 14, 2011
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2011-07/14/content_1416074.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Ai Weiwei Accepts Teaching Job in Germany
The Guardian, July 14, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jul/14/ai-weiwei-accepts-job-germany

发课公司涉嫌偷漏税案听证前夕数百人士家人律师再次呼吁公开进行 (Hundreds Call for Open Hearing in Ai's Tax Case)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fk-07132011102617.html

Human Rights Defender – Hada

司法机关互打太极哈达仍被"威胁" (Inner Mongolian Academic Hada Remains "Threatened")
Deutsche Welle, July 14, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15230339,00.html

Human Rights Defenders

Broken Dreams
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4e6020cb67321310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

山东湖北维权人士分别被劳教和拘留 (Activists Detained, Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor in Shandong, Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-07132011091103.html

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Civil Society

中国草根NGO有望转正 (Registration Situation for Chinese NGOs Holds Promise)
Deutsche Welle, July 13, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15227847,00.html

Hong Kong

香港特首人选浮台面王光亚指点条件引批评 (State Council Directives for Choosing Hong Kong's Next Chief Executive Draws Criticism)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hk-07122011095748.html

Related news:
香港观察：今年香港的温度特别高 (Politics Running Especially Hot This Summer in Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 12, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2011/07/110712_hkreview_hitemp_bylvyi.shtml

Radio Broadcasters Seek to Overcome Limitations in Hong Kong
Voice of America, July 12, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Radio-Broadcasters-Seek-to-Overcome-Limitations-in-Hong-Kong-125460473.html

Human Rights

China's 1st Human Rights Action Plan Accomplished
Xinhua News Agency, July 12, 2011
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/07/12/1821s648005.htm

Related news:
中国将制定新一期国家人权行动计划 (China to Draft New Human Rights Action Plan for 2012-2015)
Xinhua News Agency, July 13, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-07/13/c_121659256.htm

Related news:
China Websites Fall Victim to New Controls: Study
Agence France-Presse, July 13, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110713/ts_afp/chinamediainternet

網民轟京滬高鐵豆腐渣 (Netizens Expose Faulty Construction in Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Rail)
Ming Pao, July 13, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2379963/1.html

Related information:
All Eyes on China’s New High-speed Rail
China Media Project, July 13, 2011
http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/07/13/13764/

Land Policy

Call for Land Reform
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/land-07122011135313.html

Escavator Crushes Farmer to Death
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2df19f288fe11310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Highway Protest after Villager's Death
Shanghai Daily, July 13, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=476934

Top China Editor Says 'Private Interests' Censor Press
Agence France-Presse, July 11, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110711/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsmediapeople

《山东新闻网》报江泽民死讯遭整肃 (Shandong Online Newsportal Shut Down Temporarily for Reporting Jiang Zemin's Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_media-07112011085808.html

For full text of the whitepaper, see:
西藏和平解放60年
Sixty Years since Peaceful Liberation of Tibet
State Council Information Office, July 11, 2011
CH: http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2011-07/11/content_1903871.htm
EN: http://www.gov.cn/english/official/2011-07/11/content_1904075.htm

四川十多名藏人因示威被判刑 (Sichuan: Several Tibetans Sentenced for Demonstrations)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_tibetan-07112011120828.html

XUAR

Uyghur Leaflets Prompt Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/leaflets-07112011113203.html

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