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.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Education

Teachers Banned from Using Harsh Words
China Daily, December 14, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/14/content_14261384.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Activist Couple 'Kept Apart'
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/couple-12122011170548.html

贵州人权研讨会被取缔重要成员陈西被逮捕 (Guizhou Activist Chen Xi Formally Arrested on Subversion Charges)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gz-12132011095701.html

Law

China's Latest Legal Crackdown
The Wall Street Journal, December 13, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203430404577093832864771576.html

Protests and Petitions

Inside Wukan: the Chinese Village That Fought Back
The Daily Telegraph, December 13, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8954315/Inside-Wukan-the-Chinese-village-that-fought-back.html

遭毁約收地 老人自焚跳樓 (Elderly Man Attempts Suicide after Being Forced to Breach Land Contract)
Ming Pao, December 14, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2519997/1.html

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Bilateral Ties

Nepal Boosts Security for Visit by Chinese Premier
Associated Press, December 13, 2011
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_744106.html

Human Rights Defenders

"奥斯陆空椅子后一年" (An Empty Chair of Liu: One Year Later)
Deutsche Welle, December 12, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15596336,00.html

冯正虎华春辉被失踪 任意绑架打压人权何在 (Missing Activists Feng Zhenghu and Hua Chunhui Return Home)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/f-12122011100024.html

内蒙古政治异见者哈达在刑满1年后仍被非法羁押 (Inner Mongolian Activists Call for Release of Hada, Still Being Held 1 Year after End of Prison Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/5-12112011165316.html

Internet

Chinese Men Detained for 'Spreading Internet Rumour'
Reuters, December 12, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/12/chinese-men-detained-internet-rumour

Politics

Rising Stars Put on a Show of Harmony
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ba2c9249b2334310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions

China Police Block Access to Protest Village
Agence France-Presse, December 12, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8951275/China-police-block-access-to-protest-village.html

Society

中国贫困人口与豪华政府楼 (China's Poor and Luxurious Government Buildings)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111210-中国贫困人口与豪华政府楼

Monday, December 12, 2011

Human Rights Defenders

Mystery Surrounds Dutch Human Rights Award
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, December 10, 2011
http://www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/mystery-surrounds-dutch-human-rights-award
Related news:
倪玉兰家人“变卦” 要公开接受荷兰人权奖 (Ni Yulan's Family "Changes Their Mind", Want to Openly Accept Dutch Rights Award)
Voice of America, December 11, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111211-Human-Rights-Defenders-135402433.html
维权人士王荔蕻刘沙沙获中国良心奖 (Activists Wang Lihong and Liu Shasha Awarded China's Conscience Prize)
Voice of America, December 11, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111211-RIGHTS-ACTIVISTS-135405908.html

Internet

Official Calls for Healthy Online Culture
Xinhua News Agency, December 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/12/content_14247855.htm

网络文化建设和管理经验交流会在镇江召开 (Forum on Building and Administering Internet Culture Held in Zhenjiang)
Xinhua News Agency, December 11, 2011
http://www.js.xinhuanet.com/xin_wen_zhong_xin/2011-12/11/content_24309913.htm

Labor

浙江近千工人讨薪上访遭暴力驱散 (Zhejiang: Protest by ~1K Workers for Back Pay Broken Up through Violence)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/zhejiang_labor-12092011101329.html

Multilateral

'Opening-up to Continue'
China Daily, December 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/12/content_14247869.htm

Police

Death in Custody Follows Fresh Unrest in Chinese Village
Reuters, December 11, 2011
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE7BB05G20111212

Protests and Petitions

最高检:明年利用现有专线网线路全面推行视频接访 (SPP: Video Petitioning Services Planned for 2012)
Legal Daily, December 12, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-12/12/content_3188978.htm

Public Health

China Faces Severe Plasma Shortage
Xinhua News Agency, December 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/12/content_14247729.htm

Tibet

Tibetan Who Set Self on Fire in Protest Dies: Group
Associated Press, December 09, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111209/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

Thursday, December 08, 2011

Bilateral Ties

克林顿警告网络公司勿协助强权 (US Sec of State Clinton to Internet Companies: Don't Help Suppress Information)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 09, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/12/111209_internet_us_diplomacy.shtml

Children

'One Third of Chinese Toys Contain Heavy Metals'
The Daily Telegraph, December 08, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8944028/One-third-of-Chinese-toys-contain-heavy-metals.html

Hong Kong

ICAC Steps Up War on Ballot Rigging
South China Morning Post, December 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1cd3f7085ad14310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Nobel Winners Urge China to Release Liu Xiaobo
Associated Press, December 09, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111209/ap_on_re_as/as_china_nobel_dissident
Related information:
Freedom of Expression on Trial in China
言论自由在中国遭受审判
China Rights Forum, 2010, no. 1
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/issue/2010.01
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/issue/2010.01

Labor

Collective Wage Talks Promoted
China Daily, December 09, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/09/content_14235670.htm

Media

中国被监禁的记者人数之多居世界第三 (China no. 3 in Most Imprisoned Journalists Worldwide)
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ji-12082011152040.html

Protests and Petitions

防暴警鎮壓工人討薪 (Zhejiang: Riot Police Suppress Protest for Back Pay at Furniture Factory)
Ming Pao, December 09, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2515493/1.html

Taiwan

实地报道:中国大陆媒体在台湾 (On-site Report: Mainland Media in Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 08, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/12/111208_taiwan_asmedia_byvic.shtml

Tibet

17th Karmapa Charged in India over Illegal Currency
New York Times, December 08, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/world/asia/17th-karmapa-charged-in-india-over-illegal-currency.html

Bilateral Ties

新聞自由Vs.國安 美劇內地引共鳴 (American Play on Conflict between Free Press and Nat'l Security Resonates in China)
Ming Pao, December 08, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2514483/1.html

Civil Society

Individual Donations to Red Cross Plunge on Scandals
Shanghai Daily, December 08, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=489563

Death Penalty

China Executes Filipino Convicted on Drug Charges
Associated Press, December 08, 2011
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1781534

Environment

China's Pollution, a Toxic Issue
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 07, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16068926

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Silent on Editor Visa
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/visa-12072011141921.html

Migrant Workers

Young Migrant Workers Not Well Adapted in City
China Daily, December 08, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/08/content_14234298.htm

Society

调查显示北京、上海生活费用贵过香港 (Survey: Beijing and Shanghai Living Costs Higher than Hong Kong)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 08, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/dc8/4d60d0.html

Taiwan

台灣‧想感受總統大選情景‧新疆偷渡客被逮 (Xinjiang Man Detained after Rowing from Fujian to Taiwan to "Observe Taiwanese Elections")
Sin Chew Daily, December 08, 2011
http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/229446?tid=2

Tibet

Beijing Won't Let Up on the Dalai Lama
South China Morning Post, December 08, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e75fd4c1b5914310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Labor

New Year Deadline to Resolve Back-pay Disputes
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bf22b111d0414310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police

Uyghur Youth Dies in Jail
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/jail-12062011110617.html

Poverty

扶贫办:非政府组织扶贫将获国家支持 (Poverty Alleviation Office Welcomes Assistance from NGOs)
The Beijing News, December 07, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/113/1/1/2513207/1.html

Protests and Petitions

Dozen Detained in Singapore-owned Plant Strike in Shanghai
Reuters, December 06, 2011
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/12/06/china-strike-idINDEE7B506120111206

Workers Refuse to Back Down
South China Morning Post, December 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a612b111d0414310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

成都多位独立参选人因请愿遭传唤 访民再曝中央查黑保安内幕 (Chengdu: Several Independent Candidates Summoned for Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, December 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuan-12062011101438.html

Public Health

全国人大常委会委员建议精神障碍患者家属应承担看管责任 立法健全我国的成人监护制度 (NPC Standing Committee Proposal: Families Should Bear Duty of Care for Those with Mental Illness)
Legal Daily, December 07, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-12/07/content_3171197.htm

State Security

周永康在全国加强和创新社会管理工作座谈会上强调 统筹发展民生稳定 搞好规划设计 夯实基层基础 完善社会管理体系 (Senior Party Leader Zhou Yongkang Stresses Importance of Improving Social Management System)
Legal Daily, December 04, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/Social_management/content/2011-12/04/content_3157977.htm

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Environment

Smog in Beijing Closes Airport, Raises Risk of Respiratory Diseases
Taiwan News, December 06, 2011
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1779439

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)

陈光诚处境:松动与打压并行 (Suppression Alleviated and Maintained for Chen)
Deutsche-Welle, December 05, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15580283,00.html
Related news:
China Eases Grip on Blind Chinese Activist: Sources
Reuters, December 05, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/05/us-china-activist-idUSTRE7B40G820111205

Law

Harassment on Law Advocacy Day
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/advocacy-12052011180307.html

Multilateral

UN Climate Talks Looking to China
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 05, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16034826

Poverty

中国:明年底前消除儿童街头乞讨 (China to End Child Begging by End of 2012)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 06, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/12/111206_child_beggers_china.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Shanghai Strike Enters 7th Day
South China Morning Post, December 06, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd98befb62f04310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

村民被捕 镇官被困变人质 (Lufeng Land Dispute: Villagers Detained, Officials Surrounded in Protest)
Ming Pao, December 06, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2511510/1.html

Rural Issues

中国对城乡人非一视同仁 (Urban and Rural Chinese Unequal)
Radio France Internationale, December 05, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111205-中国对城乡人非一视同仁

Monday, December 05, 2011

Hong Kong

误报江泽民死讯 香港亚视被罚款 (ATV Fined 300K for Jiang Death Broadcast)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 05, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/12/111205_atv_fined.shtml

Human Rights Defenders - Ding Mao (丁矛)

Activist Released 'Under Surveillance'
Radio Free Asia, December 02, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/activist-12022011154154.html

Government

Alarmed by Independent Candidates, Chinese Authorities Crack Down
The New York Times, December 04, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/world/asia/china-clamps-down-on-even-a-by-the-book-campaign.html

Media

Media View of TV Boss Sparks Fury
Agence France-Presse, December 05, 2011
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id=117638&sid=34664745&con_type=1&d_str=20111205&fc=10

Land Policy

City 'Playing Dirty' to Seize Farmers' Land
South China Morning Post, December 05, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=120644c876904310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security

China to Prepare for Social Unrest
Financial Times, December 04, 2011
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/61673902-1e6e-11e1-bae4-00144feabdc0.html

Protests and Petitions

兰州发生军人殴打商贩、民众掀翻军车事件 (Lanzhou: Crowd Overturns Military Car after Soldiers Beat Street Seller)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-12042011174135.html

中央部委部长首次接访 农业部部长接待3批上访农民 (Minister of Agriculture the First to Accept Petitioners in Person)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 05, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/2/7e/27ed0fb950b856b0/Blog/a31/81daad.html

Tibet

中国公安部长登门藏人寺庙格尔登寺 (Ministry of Public Security Head Stresses Unity at Tibetan Temple)
Radio France Internationale, December 04, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111204-中国公安部长登门藏人寺庙格尔登寺

Friday, December 02, 2011

Human Rights Defenders - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)

冯正虎被带走近一周音讯仍杳 (No Word from Feng Zhenghu after Being Detained a Week Ago)]
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_dissidents_b-12012011104915.html

Labor

Workers Mass at Shanghai Factory in Latest Unrest
Associated Press, December 02, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111202/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_labor_unrest

Police

Shanghai Prison's Management Innovation
China Daily, December 02, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/02/content_14202791.htm

Poverty

China's Income Gap Widening Fast
China Daily, December 02, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2011-12/02/content_14204209.htm

Public Health

胡佳:孤立才是中国艾滋病患者处境的真相 (Hu Jia: Chinese AIDS Patients Live in Isolation)
Radio France Internationale, December 01, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111201-胡佳:孤立才是中国艾滋病患者处境的真相  

溫家寶晤愛滋上訪者 (Wen Meets with AIDS Petitioners)
Central News Service, December 02, 2011
http://iservice.libertytimes.com.tw/liveNews/news.php?no=574958&type=國際

Tibet

Tibet 'in First Monk Immolation'
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 02, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-15997383

喇嘛自焚寺 陆公安部长视察 (Ministry of Public Security Investigating Temple Where Monks Self-Immolated)
Central News Service, December 02, 2011
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050505/132011120200734.html

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Economic Development

China Drift toward More State Control "Troubling": U.S.
Reuters, November 30, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111130/pl_nm/us_usa_china_trade

Environment

Move to Ban Disposable Chopsticks for Good
China Daily, December 01, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/01/content_14193294.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

代理艾未未稅案 律師行被搜 (Law Firm Representing Ai's Tax Case Searched)
Ming Pao, December 01, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2507552/1.html

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

In New Book from Dissident, a Warning on China
The New York Times, December 01, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/world/asia/01iht-letter01.html

Law

刑诉法应赋予死刑犯申请特赦权 (Experts: Those Sentenced to Death Should Get Right to Apply for Amnesty)
Legal Daily, December 01, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-12/01/content_3146177.htm

Police

北京规定保安公司截访最高可罚10万 (Beijing: Public Security Companies May Be Fined up to 100K for Detaining Petitioners)
The Beijing Times, December 01, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/1201/01/7K5E1H4L00014AED.html

Protests and Petitions

Protest Application Calls for Rejoicing
South China Morning Post, December 01, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=00a61682105f3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD  

病人上訪爭補貼 警察不敢攔 (Police Don't Interfere with HIV/AIDS Patients Protesting before Finance Ministry)
Ming Pao, December 01, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2507555/1.html

湖南上千民办代课教师省政府上访被打压 (Hunan Teachers and Representatives Harassed, Detained when Petitioning Provincial Govt)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minshi-11302011092457.html

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Human Rights Defenders – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未入选“全球百位思想家” 妻子路青成“犯罪嫌疑人” (Ai Chosen One of Worlds 100 Thinkers while His Wife Becomes a Criminal Suspect)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-11292011155732.html

Internet

Blogger's Accounts Cancelled
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/canceled-11292011105632.html

Law

Chinese City Poised to Introduce Country's First Good Samaritan Rules
The Guardian, November 30, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/30/china-good-samaritan-rules-shenzhen

深圳立法保护"救助"引发公众热议 (Shenzhen Regs on Kind Deeds a Hot Topic)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 30, 2011
http://sznews.oeeee.com/a/20111130/1030721.html
For a full text of the draft Regulations, see:
关于公开征求《深圳经济特区公民救助行为保护条例(征求意见稿)》意见的通知 (Notice on Soliciting Opinions on the Regulations of the Shenzhen Special Econonmic Zone on Protecting a Citizen Who Aids Others)
People's Government of the Shenzhen SEZ, November 28, 2011
http://fzj.sz.gov.cn:8080/cms/templates/fzb/fzbDetails.action?siteName=fzb&pageId=3744

Protests and Petitions

北京拆迁户上访与警冲突 天津访民滞巴士一夜无人接待 (Beijing Evictees Clash with Police while Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-11292011092850.html

Public Health

China Expects 48,000 New HIV Cases This Year
Associated Press, November 30, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111130/ap_on_he_me/as_china_aids

State Security

外交部強調中國走和平道路 (MFA Stresses China's Peaceful Intentions)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20111129/ca21745c.htm

Taiwan

China at the Heart of Tight Taiwan Poll Race
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 30, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15942741

Tibet

Exiled Tibetans Say Two Monks from China Monastery Detained
Reuters, November 29, 2011
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/exiled-tibetans-two-monks-china-monastery-detained-120120087.html

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Human Rights Defenders – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Chinese Police Question Ai Weiwei's Wife
The Guardian, November 29, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/29/chinese-police-question-ai-weiwei-wife

June 4

六四死难者母亲到北京上访被捕 (Mother Refused Compensation for Child's June 4 Death Detained during Petitioning Trip to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_64-11282011094120.html

Law

最高法庭长:半数信息公开诉讼案被法院拒之门外 (SPC Dept: Half of Open Government Info Cases Rejected)
China Youth Daily, November 28, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2504218/1.html

Open Information Law Will Be Overhauled, Judge Says
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f23d25a6adae3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health

HIV-positive Men Urge China Premier to End Discrimination
Reuters, November 28, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/28/us-china-hiv-idUSTRE7AR0GN20111128

安徽近60人疑因注射交叉感染丙肝 (Anhui: ~60 Possibly Infected with Hep C at Clinic)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 29, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111129_anhui_hepc.shtml

Rural Issues

China Raises Poverty Line for Farmers
Xinhua News Agency, November 29, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-11/29/content_14182605.htm

Tibet

达赖喇嘛代表批评中国向印度施压 (Dalai Lama Criticizes China's Pressuring of India)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 28, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111128_tibet_india_china.shtml

XUAR

新疆严查宗教活动十多人被捕 (10+ Detained in Xinjiang during Tight Control over Religious Activity)
Radio Free Asia, November 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_xinjiang-11282011095901.html

Monday, November 28, 2011

Environment

China Issues White Paper on Climate Change
Xinhua News Agency, November 23, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-11/23/c_131264359.htm
Related information:
中国应对气候变化的政策与行动(2011)
China's Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change
State Council Information Office, November 2011
CH: http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2011-11/22/content_2000047.htm
EN: http://www.gov.cn/english/official/2011-11/22/content_2000272.htm

Hong Kong

Landmark Transgender Case Set for Highest Court
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ef5439ebfbad3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Internet

逾七成热点事件当天网上曝光 (Survey: 70+% of 2011's Major Events Revealed Online the Same Day of Occurrence)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 28, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/f/19/f197002b9a0853ec/Blog/97c/4e3576.html

Law

Protectors of the Law
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4fc7e5d1d1bc3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Poverty

扶贫会议藏疆列重点 (Poverty Alleviation Conference Stresses Tibet, Xinjiang)
Ming Pao, November 27, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2503668/1.html

Public Health

研究称中国完全失能老年人达1080万人 (Study: Up to 10.8mil Disabled Elderly in China)
Guangzhou Daily, November 28, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/1128/04/7JU15QLP0001124J.html

State Security

China's Cyber Threat a High-Stakes Spy Game
National Public Radio, November 27, 2011
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/27/142828055/chinas-cyber-threat-a-high-stakes-spy-game

Returning to China, Engineer Finds Jail and Then Limbo
The New York Times, November 27, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/world/returning-to-china-engineer-finds-jail-and-then-limbo.html

Friday, November 25, 2011

Civil Society

Guangdong to Allow Some NGOs Off the Leash
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ed6f55d7736d3310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
进一步培育发展和规范管理社会组织方案 (Plan to Further Cultivate, Develop, and Standardize the Management of Social Organizations)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, November 23, 2011
http://www.gzmz.gov.cn/zmhd/mtgz/201111/11292.html

Environment

China Power Plants Fined for Pollution Violations
Associated Press, November 24, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111124/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_pollution

Government

Scholar Warns against Expanded State Power
Caixin, November 24, 2011
http://english.caixin.cn/2011-11-24/100331000.html

Human Rights Defenders - Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)

倪玉兰—面对强拆暴力不肯就范的女性 (Profile: Ni Yulan: A Woman Who Refused to Submit When Faced with Violent Demolition)
Radio France Internationale, November 24, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111124-倪玉兰—强拆暴力下不肯就范的女性
A video of Ni Yulan from 2010 is available at Citizens' Square:
前北京律师倪玉兰口述最近的遭遇
June 21, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/3550

Law

专家建议增设死刑案诉讼程序 强化少杀慎杀理念 (Experts Propose Additional Litigation Procedures for Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, November 25, 2011
http://news.jcrb.com/jxsw/201111/t20111125_760115.html

Tibet

China Official Blames Tibetan Lama for Immolations
Agence France-Presse, November 25, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5geqMJgfzWImzR1kzZ-sA7cPamEQg

Related op-ed:
也谈四川藏区年轻僧人自焚事件 (On the Self-Immolation Incidents amongst Young Tibetan Monks in Sichuan)
People's Daily (Overseas Edition), November 25, 2011
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/html/2011-11/25/content_966586.htm

XUAR

Thousands of Special Police Transferred to Urumqi
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2011
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-11/24/content_23999346.htm

Thursday, November 24, 2011