HRIC Daily Brief

Friday, January 20, 2012

Population

China Losing Its 'Population Dividend', Experts Warn
South China Morning Post, January 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c5f5f764846f4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

四川维权村民疑遭报复被判缓刑3年 (Sichuan Villager Exposes Fraud in Land Settlements for Quake Victims, Gets 3-yr Suspended Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_court_a-01192012092341.html

Tibet

中国再次关闭西藏旅游 (China Again Closes Tibet Access during Sensitive Period)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xql-01192012161449.html

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Writer Yu Jie Describes 'Inhumane Treatment'
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16625119

Related information:
Dissident Writer-in-Exile Yu Jie Details Torture by Police
流亡异议作家余杰详述遭中国警方酷刑经过
Human Rights in China, January 18, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5778
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5779

Yu Jie (余杰), author of China’s Best Actor: Wen Jiabao and former vice president of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, recounted Wednesday his torture by state security police at a press conference in Washington, D.C. Yu was kidnapped on December 9, 2010, the day before the award ceremony for Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize, and tortured to unconsciousness. He and his family went into exile in the U.S. earlier this month with the approval of state security police. Yu’s press statement, “Exposing CPC Tyranny and Running to the Free World: My Statement on Leaving China,” has been translated and released by Human Rights in China at Yu’s request.

Related news:
王晨：以更加开放的姿态，向世界传播中国声音 (Wang Chen: We'll Be More Open in Broadcasting China's Voice to the World)
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-01/18/c_111448690.htm

Protests and Petitions

东莞村官被指做假账引起愤怒两百村民再拦路又遭警驱散 (Dongguan: 200 Villagers Protest Village Head's Falsification of Accounts)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dg-01172012102848.html

China Village Rights in Focus as New Land Grab Sparks Protest
Reuters, January 18, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/us-china-land-idUSTRE80H0F120120118

Tibet

四川藏区色达县发生藏人抗议活动 (Protest in Tibetan Region of Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zz-01172012154918.html

XUAR

新疆政法书记:加大对非法宗教极端活动治理力度 (Xinjiang Political Secretary: We're Increasing Efforts to Combat Illegal Religious Extremist Activities)
Xinhua News Agency, January 18, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-01-18/153423820687.shtml

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Bilateral Ties

US Ambassador Sees China Rights Worsening
Agence France-Presse, January 17, 2012
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-ambassador-sees-china-rights-worsening-062814812.html

Human Rights Defenders

Veteran Chinese Dissident Indicted for "Subversive" Poem
Reuters, January 17, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/17/us-china-dissident-idUSTRE80G09520120117

Related news:
朱虞夫再被控律师领取起诉书 (Lawyer Receives Written Indictment after Zhu Yufu Again Indicted)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents_jail-01162012101943.html

Chinese Revolt Leader Appointed Village Chief
Voice of America, January 16, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-Revolt-Leader-Appointed-Village-Chief-137440323.html

Thousands of Workers Protest at Sanyo's China Plant
Reuters, January 16, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120116/bs_nm/us_china_protest

抗议车票难买深圳民工堵路 (Shenzhen: Migrant Workers Block Road to Protest Difficulty in Purchasing Tickets Home for Spring Festival)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2551779/1.html

Public Health

China Cancer Village Tests Law against Pollution
Reuters, January 16, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120116/hl_nm/us_china_pollution_lawsuit

Related news:
烏坎村設重新選舉籌備小組 (Wukan Village Forms Election Preparatory Group)
Ming Pao, January 15, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2550200/1.html

访民成功解救被关在驻京办黑监狱的访民 (Petitioners Retrieve Fellow Petitioners Locked in Beijing Black Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-01152012173456.html

Rural Issues

农民宅基地使用权任何人都无权剥夺 (Premier Wen: No One Has the Right to Deny Rural Residents Their Land Use Rights Where They Live)
Xinhua News Agency, January 16, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/87d/323a50.html

Related information:
中国农业和农村的发展道路 (The Path of Development For Agricultural and Rural China)
Qiushi, January 16, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-01/16/c_122590339.htm

Friday, January 13, 2012

Hong Kong

Seven in Court over Vote-rigging
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5848295a832d4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

China Dissident Author Is Allowed to Move to U.S.
The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204542404577156732239846176.html

Related news:
"余杰们"为什么逃离中国 (Why Yu Jie et al Leave China)
Deutsche Welle, January 12, 2012
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15660824,00.html

李金平发表公开信讲述被关进精神病院的经过 (Beijing Activist Li Jinping Releases Open Letter Detailing His Experience Being Committed to a Psychiatric Institution)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-01122012151910.html

Related information:
Rights Defender Recounts Incarceration in Psychiatric Hospital
李金平讲述被关精神病院的经历
Human Rights in China, January 11, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5769
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5770

Related information:
Hu Jia Released
胡佳获释
Human Rights in China, June 27, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5401
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5402

Internet

Online Community Exceeds Half a Billion
Shanghai Daily, January 12, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=492154

Labor

Foxconn Workers Threaten Mass Suicide over Pay and Conditions
The Irish Times, January 12, 2012
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0112/1224310140652.html

深圳数百环卫工人罢工有人被抓上海访民两会上访三百人被抓 (Shenzhen: Detentions as Sanitation Workers Go on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-01112012092448.html

Military

Central Asia Expert to Head PLA Intelligence
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8a53256517dc4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

藏民與警衝突甘肅釀1死 (Gansu: One Dead in Clash between Tibetans and Police)
Ming Pao, January 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2546892/1.html

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Death Penalty

Death Penalty Cases Rife with Evidence Flaws
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7a7f3cebb48c4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
最高法院副院长透露：死刑案件质量堪忧 (SPC Vice President Reveals Issues in Death Penalty Cases)
Caixin, January 09, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-01-09/100347032.html

Related news:
清華學者警告﹕維穩綁架改革 (Tsinghua Scholar Warns: Stability Maintenance Has Kidnapped Reform)
Ming Pao, January 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2544710/1.html

清华大学发布2011年度社会进步研究报告 (Tsinghua Releases Report on Social Progress in 2011)
China Youth Daily, January 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2543509/1.html

Party Official Who Angered Wukan Gains More Power
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55ac3cebb48c4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR

Pledge to Stem Violence, Mass Incidents in Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency, January 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/11/content_14418419.htm

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

Art Activist Refuses Food
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/food-01092012170950.html

For more on Chen Guangcheng, see:
Examination into the Abuse and Extralegal Detention of Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng and His Family
Human Rights in China, November 01, 2011
http://www.hrichina.org/content/5611

Whistle-blower Journalist Mulls Appeal
Radio Free Asia, January 09, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-01092012202216.html

For more on Qi Chonghuai, see:
China’s Conscience
中国的良知
China Rights Forum, 2011, no. 3
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/issue/2011.03
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/issue/2011.03

Tibet Propaganda Chief Moves to Information Role
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0c2ef6a8253c4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中共党报高度肯定重庆模式 (Party Paper People's Daily Voices Approval for Chongqing Model)
Radio France Internationale, January 09, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120109-中共党报高度肯定重庆模式-0

Public Health

'Cancer Villagers' Blame Polluting Industry
Shanghai Daily, January 10, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=491992

Tibet

青海活佛自焚亡數百人抬屍抗議 (Qinghai: Living Buddha Self-Immolates)
Ming Pao, January 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2544715/1.html

Monday, January 09, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Sweden Deports Uyghurs to China
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/sweden-01062012164057.html

Hong Kong

D&G Photo Ban Sparks Protest
China Daily, January 09, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/09/content_14406659.htm

Related information:
Hong Kong: Flashmob Protest against a Luxury Brand to Defend Local Identity
Global Voices Online, January 09, 2012
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/01/09/hong-kong-flashmob-protest-against-a-luxury-brand-to-defend-local-identity/

人权主权之争决定中国命运 (The Debate over Human Rights Sovereignty in Hong Kong Will Determine China's Fate)
Radio France Internationale, January 07, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120107-人权主权之争决定中国命运

Migrant Workers

農民工討工錢有鄉不敢回 (Migrant Workers Demand Wages, Some Unwilling to Return Home for New Year)
Ming Pao, January 09, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120109/cha1_er.htm

Migrant Worker Gets Free Flight after Complaint
Xinhua News Agency, January 06, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/06/content_14396686.htm

Tibet

Tibet's Officials Stress Management of Monasteries
Xinhua News Agency, January 09, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/09/content_14403935.htm

中国证实四川两还俗僧人自焚死伤 (China Confirms Monk Self-Immolation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 07, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/rolling_news/2012/01/120107_rolling_tibet_death.shtml

Related news:
Angry Tibetans Parade Corpse
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-01082012101534.html

XUAR

Paramilitary Leader Warns of Instability in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd8b3ceda19b4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Friday, January 06, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Huawei Dismisses U.S. Calls for Probe of Iran Business
Reuters, January 04, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/04/us-huawei-iran-idUSTRE8030SJ20120104

中国外交部指责欧盟以人权名义干涉中国内政 (Foreign Ministry Criticizes EU for Meddling in China's Internal Affairs for Commenting on Convictions of Chen Wei and Chen Xi)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/jyxw-01052012111821.html

Related information:
Statement by the Spokesperson of High Representative Catherine Ashton on the Sentencing of Human Rights
Activists in China
January 04, 2012
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/127152.pdf

Hong Kong

Kuk Chief Laughs Off Tuen Mun Protest
The Standard, January 06, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=118581&sid=34981721&con_type=1&d_str=20120106&fc=7

Human Rights Defenders

艾未未案稅局覆議 (Ai Weiwei's Tax Case to Be Reviewed)
Ming Pao, January 06, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2541080/1.html

刘晓原组律师团为乌坎村民维权 (Liu Xiaoyuan Forms Group of Lawyers to Protect Rights of Wukan Villagers)
Radio Free Asia, January 05, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_lawyer-01052012101132.html

Land Policy

1,480 Cases of Land Grab, Demolition Handled
Xinhua News Agency, January 06, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/06/content_14395933.htm

Media

Media Encouraged to Make China Heard
China Daily, January 06, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/06/content_14389875.htm

Related news:
全国对外宣传工作会议在京召开 (National Work Conference on International Propaganda Held in Beijing)
Xinhua News Agency, January 06, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-01/05/c_111379201.htm

XUAR

China's Uighur Bogeyman
The Wall Street Journal, January 06, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203471004577142391297027000.html

The Inclusion Challenge
Global Times, January 05, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/691026/The-inclusion-challenge.aspx

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Education

Thought Control Called for at Universities
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=29a79026449a4310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
习近平会见高校党建工作会议代表 (Xi Jinping Meets with Representatives at School Party Work Conference)
CCTV, January 04, 2012
http://video.sina.com.cn/p/news/c/v/2012-01-04/195261632193.html

Food Security

食品安全事件层出不穷 (More Food Safety Incidents Emerge)
Southern Daily, January 04, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/a85/0e8944.html

Media

China Media: Propaganda Vow
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 05, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16420618

China to Start U.S. Channel as State Media Takes Culture Abroad
Bloomberg, January 05, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-05/china-to-start-u-s-channel-as-state-media-takes-culture-abroad.html

三访民元旦当日天安门前自杀未遂 (Police Detain Petitioners Who Attempt Suicide in Tian'anmen on New Year’s Day)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/vt-01032012155352.html

广东逾千村民拦路抗议贪腐村官二十人被防暴公安殴打及拘留 (1K+ Guangdong Villagers Block Traffic to Protest Corruption, Some Beaten, Detained)
Radio Free Asia, January 03, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-01032012092926.html

Public Health

Nobody Cares for Carer's Job
China Daily, January 04, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-01/04/content_14374439.htm

Related information:
No Verdict Issued in Ni Yulan’s Case
倪玉兰案庭审未作判决
Human Rights in China, December 29, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5748
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5749

Liu Xiaobo’s Plea for the Human Spirit
The New York Times, January 03, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/books/review/liu-xiaobos-plea-for-the-human-spirit.html

维权律师高智晟被关押在新疆沙雅监狱，刑期三年 (Rights Attorney Gao Zhisheng Imprisoned in Xinjiang Jail for Three-Year Term)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-01012012163205.html

Politics

Hu Says West Is Trying to Divide China by Using Cultural Weapons
Bloomberg, January 03, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-03/hu-says-west-is-trying-to-divide-china-by-using-cultural-weapons.html

Related information:
坚定不移走中国特色社会主义文化发展道路努力建设社会主义文化强国 (We Shall Not Deter from the Path of Socialist Development and Strive to Built a Strong Nation with Socialist Culture)
Qiushi, January 01, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-01/01/c_122522635.htm

《求是》谈道德：总体进步　官商学道德缺失 (Qiushi on Morality: Great Progress in General, Some Areas Lacking)
China Review News, January 03, 2012
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1019/6/3/7/101963734.html

Religion

寧夏拆清真寺爆發衝突 (Ningxia: Clash between Police and Hui Muslims over Mosque)
Sing Tao Daily, January 03, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2538249/1.html

U.S.-trained Chinese Official Seen behind Blind Activist's
Reuters, December 30, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/30/us-china-official-idUSTRE7BT06W20111230

維權女律師擔架上吸氧受審 (Rights Advocate Ni Yulan Tried from a Stretcher)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2535032/1.html

Related information:
No Verdict Issued in Ni Yulan’s Case
倪玉兰案庭审未作判决
Human Rights in China, December 29, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5748
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5749

Labor

Minimum Wages Rise by Average of 22pc
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c1ac680bf8a84310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

京滬明年再加最低工資 (Beijing, Shanghai to Raise Min Wage in 2012)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2535031/1.html

Population

中国人口将再次大迁徒 (China Facing Another Mass Migration)
Radio France Internationale, December 29, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111229-中国人口将再次大迁徒

XUAR

Trafficking Victim’s Mother Seeks Redress
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/trafficking-12292011173306.html

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