HRIC Daily Brief

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Government

'Iron Rice Bowl' Ban Served Up in Another City

China Daily, September 17, 2012

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/17/content_15763171.htm

Human Rights Defender

Lawmaker to Press UN over Death of Li Wangyang

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1039786/lawmaker-press-un-over-death-li-wangyang

June Fourth

Hu Jiwei Dies at 96, Asks for Vindication of Tian'anmen

Want China Times, September 18, 2012

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120918000029&cid=1101

Media

Police Violence Sparks Call to Reform Mainland Media System

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1039418/police-violence-sparks-call-reform-mainland-media-system

Politics

Mainland Propaganda Chief Liu Yunshan Eyes Top Party Post

South China Morning Post, September 18, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1039379/mainland-propaganda-chief-liu-yunshan-eyes-top-party-post

Related:

原北大教师焦国标因言论被刑拘 (Former Peking University Professor Jiao Guobiao Detained for Words)

CHRD, September 17, 2012

http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2012/09/blog-post_4849.html

Protests and Petitions

9月16日北京游行见闻

Closer Look: How a Protest in Beijing Stuck to the Script

Caixin, September 17, 2012

http://wangheyan.blog.caixin.com/archives/46076

http://english.caixin.com/2012-09-17/100438867.html

Monday, September 17, 2012

Macau

Beijing-friendly Macau Sees No Need for National Education

South China Morning Post, September 16, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1037943/beijing-friendly-macau-sees-no-need-national-education

Politics

Guangdong's Liberal Party Boss Wang Yang May Still Be ahead of His Time

South China Morning Post, September 17, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1038564/guangdongs-liberal-party-boss-wang-yang-may-still-be-ahead-his-time

Protests and Petitions

港媒分析中港两地反日示威 (HK Media Examine Anti-Japanese Protests in HK and PRC)

British Broadcasting Corporation, September 17, 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/09/120917_hk_media_diaoyu_demo.shtml

Related:

广州警方刑拘10名游行中打砸分子 (Guangzhou: 10 Criminally Detained for Violence during Protests)

Southern Metropolis Daily, September 17, 2012

http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/c92/625907.html

南早記者被公安亂棍扑爆鼻 (Shenzhen: SCMP Photographer Beaten by Police)

Ming Pao, September 17, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2773205/1.html

Related:

警武力清場記者遭棍打 (Ming Pao Journalist Hit during Protest Clean-up)

Ming Pao, September 17, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2773208/1.html

深圳民主人士多人打横幅上街被抓捕 (Shenzhen: Democracy Advocates Detained after Joining Island Protest March with Diaoyu Banner also Advocating Freedom, Democracy, Rights)

Canyu, September 16, 2012

http://www.canyu.org/n59513c6.aspx

广州港资厂工人周五大罢工争取工资与福利待遇 (Guangzhou Factory Workers Strike for Wages and Welfare)

Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-09142012112750.html

Public Health

Landlord Forces Volunteers to Close Free AIDS Shelter

Shanghai Daily, September 17, 2012

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/09/17/Landlord+forces+volunteers+to+close+free+AIDS+shelter

Friday, September 14, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Nepal Rejects U.S. Plea for Tibetans

Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/rejects-09132012163640.html

燒日本車打日本人內地反日趨激 (Mainland Anti-Japan Protests Escalate in Violence with Burnings of Japanese Cars and Beatings of Japanese People)

Ming Pao, September 14, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2770998/1.html

Children

Ministry of Civil Affairs: No More Child Beggar on Streets

Sina, September 14, 2012

http://english.sina.com/china/2012/0914/506588.html

Hong Kong

Advocates Say Hong Kong Not Doing Enough for Rights of the Disabled

South China Morning Post, September 14, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1036107/advocates-say-hong-kong-not-doing-enough-rights-disabled

Human Rights Defenders

Teacher, Violinist, Enemy of the State? Web Posts Spur Free-Speech Debate in China

Time World, September 11, 2012

http://world.time.com/2012/09/11/teacher-violinist-enemy-of-the-state-web-posts-spur-free-speech-debate-in-china/

Related:

Online Protest Grows as Former Teacher Awaits Verdict on “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

Human Rights in China, September 13, 2012

http://www.hrichina.org/content/6291

Labor

贵州天义电器厂工人集体大罢工要求加薪 (Guizhou Factory Workers Organize a Major Strike for Increased Wages)

Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-09132012145319.html

Media

Detention of Ming Pao Journalists on Mainland Condemned

South China Morning Post, September 14, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1036114/detention-ming-pao-journalists-mainland-condemned

Related:

官方禁錮記者逼「採訪」 (Official Detains Ming Pao Journalist, Then Forces Them to "Report" under Watch)

Ming Pao, September 12, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2769105/1.html

Politics

汪洋：不改革如溫水煮蛙 (Guangdong Party Head: Without Reform, We'll Be Like Frogs in Boiling Water)

Ming Pao, September 14, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2771027/1.html

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Chinese Company to Mine 2600-Year-Old Buddhist Site

China Digital Times, September 12, 2012

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/09/chinese-company-to-mine-200-year-old-buddhist-site/

Hong Kong

香港教育局：國民教育部分爭議性內容已刪除 (HK Education Bureau: Certain Controversial Parts of National Education Removed)

People's Daily, September 13, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2770572/1.html

IMAR

China: Hulunbuir Grassland Destroyed by Coal Mining Activities

Global Voices, September 13, 2012

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/09/13/china-hulunbuir-grassland-destroyed-by-coal-mining-activities/

Internet

苗圩：将加快实施宽带中国战略加强互联网管理 (Minister of Industry and Information Technology: China to Strengthen Management of Internet)

China News Service, September 11, 2012

http://it.southcn.com/9/2012-09/11/content_54619842.htm

Media

北京将查处出入境游客夹带违禁出版物 (Beijing to Check Travellers for Banned Publications from Now till End of October)

People's Daily, September 10, 2012

http://news.163.com/12/0910/14/8B22DVDN00014JB6.html

Labor

深圳22岁富士康员工割腕后跳楼身亡原因尚不明 (Another Worker Suicide at Shenzhen Foxconn; Reason Unknown)

Legal Daily, September 13, 2012

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-09/13/content_3839462.htm

Law

彭洪不再起诉，正申请国家赔偿 (Chongqing Man Released from Reeducation Camp after 2 Years for Posting Comic to Seek State Compensation)

Xiaoxiang Morning Post, September 13, 2012

http://news.hexun.com/2012-09-13/145788645.html

Politics

Personnel Changes in China’s Politics and Law Committees

East Asia Forum, September 12, 2012

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/09/12/personnel-changes-in-chinas-politics-and-law-committees/

Society

Social Equity, a Pressing Task for China

Xinhua News Agency, September 12, 2012

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/12/content_15753765.htm

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Environment

Ningxia's Coal and Farm Projects Pose Critical Threat to Water Supplies

South China Morning Post, September 12, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1034472/ningxias-coal-and-farm-projects-pose-critical-threat-water-supplies

Hong Kong

China’s “One Country, Two Systems” under Threat

The Diplomat, September 11, 2012

http://thediplomat.com/2012/09/11/chinas-one-country-two-systems-under-threat/

Human Rights Defenders

旺陽家人﹕從未同意自殺論 (Family of Activist Li Wangyang: We Never Agreed to Suicide Claim, Never Signed Autopsy Report)

Ming Pao, September 12, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2769108/1.html

Related:

官方禁錮記者逼「採訪」 (Official Detains Ming Pao Journalist, Then Forces Them to "Report" under Watch)

Ming Pao, September 12, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2769105/1.html

唐荆陵为李旺阳再访邵阳被扣杨天水狱中疾病缠身绝食抗争 (Tang Jingling Detained during Investigation into Li Wangyang's Death; Yang Tianshui on Hunger Strike in Prison)

Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-09112012094952.html

Related:

Lawyer Retained by Li Wangyang Family Unlawfully Held for Six Days

Human Rights in China, September 11, 2012

http://www.hrichina.org/content/6288

Police

Labor Camp Decision Withdrawn for Man Forwarding Comics

SINA, September 12, 2012

http://english.sina.com/china/p/2012/0911/505745.html

Related:

Re-Examining Re-Education Through Labor

China RealTime Report, September 11, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/11/examining-chinas-re-education-on-labor-camps/

Tibet

Former Prisoner in Poor Health

Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/health-09112012141151.html

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Hong Kong

佔領中環遭清場場面激烈 (HSBC Plaza Intense as Occupy Central Protest Forcibly Cleared)

Central News Agency, September 11, 2012

http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=376984

Related:

Photos: Hong Kong Occupy Protesters Removed

China Realtime Report, September 11, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/11/photos-hong-kong-occupy-protesters-removed/

Human Rights Defenders

陈平福被“以言入罪”多人抱不平 (Many Outraged at Chen Pingfu Being Tried for Speech Crimes)

Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/teacher-09102012113422.html

Related:

反对文字狱 (Signature Campaign to Support Chen Pingfu and Oppose Criminalization of Speech)

Wang Shuyao, Zhi Yi, and 28 Others, September 8, 2012

http://www.hrichina.org/content/6287

Labor

Samsung Accused of Sex Discrimination in China Plant

The Register, September 11, 2012

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/11/samsung_discrimination_china_labour_plant/

Prisons

A Jail for China's Elite: Better Food, Beds, Cells

The Associated Press, September 11, 2012

http://news.yahoo.com/jail-chinas-elite-better-food-beds-cells-061925983.html

Protests and Petitions

Courts Uphold Labor Camp Sentence Handed to Protestors

Caixin, September 7, 2012

http://english.caixin.com/2012-09-07/100434661.html

Public Health

上海社区调查行为异常人员追踪不出门不上班者 (Shanghai to Investigate People with "Abnormal Behavior” Such as Not Leaving Home or Going to Work or School, as Signs of Mentally Illness)

Shanghai Evening Post, September 10, 2012

http://news.qq.com/a/20120910/001232.htm

Monday, September 10, 2012

Civil Society

Bad Blood: In Central China AIDS Activists Step Up Pressure on the Government

The Economist, September 8, 2012

http://www.economist.com/node/21562241

Crackdown on China Workers' Rights Groups

Agence France-Presse, September 10, 2012

http://www.mysinchew.com/node/77452

Disasters

雲南震央如戰後廢墟巨石爛車斷路記者徒步進入遇險 (Yunnan Looks Like a Warzone Following Devastating Quakes)

Ming Pao, September 10, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2767251/1.html

Hong Kong

Amid Protest, Hong Kong Retreats on ‘Moral Education’ Plan

The New York Times, September 8, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/world/asia/amid-protest-hong-kong-backs-down-on-moral-education-plan.html

Related:

Civil Alliance against National Education’s Statement on Ending Hunger Strike and Occupation of Central Government Office

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4193882/0909%20Statement/0909_Alliance_Statement.htm

Leung Stands Firm despite Climb-down

Global Times, September 10, 2012

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/732108.shtml

反洗腦香港大專生明如期罷課 (Students Boycott Class in Protest of National Education as Planned)

The Liberty Times, September 10, 2012

http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2012/new/sep/10/today-fo1.htm

Internet

国家互联网信息办开会推动社交网络健康发展 (State Internet Information Office Promotes Healthy Development of Online Social Networks at Shenzhen Meeting)

Xinhua News Agency, September 9, 2012

http://news.qq.com/a/20120909/000667.htm

Law

中国劳教制度的历程和演变 (Evolution and History of the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)

Southern People Weekly, September 10, 2012

http://www.infzm.com/content/80648

Politics

China President-in-waiting Signals Quicker Reform - Sources

Reuters, September 7, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-china-politics-xi-idUSBRE8860BI20120907

Politics

China President-in-waiting Signals Quicker Reform - Sources

Reuters, September 7, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-china-politics-xi-idUSBRE8860BI20120907

Protests and Petitions

八旬老妇反抗徵地被碾死 (Octogenarian Woman Crushed to Death during Land Protest)

Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/death-09072012095108.html

Related:

Chongqing Mother Shoved into Cement Mixer over Land Grab Row

South China Morning Post, September 7, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1031219/chongqing-mother-shoved-cement-mixer-over-land-grab-row

深圳維權NGO上訪抗逼遷 (Shenzhen NGOs Petition against Forced Relocation)

Ming Pao, September 7, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2764872/1.html

浙江慈溪农民工被杀三百亲友市府请愿 (Zhejiang: 300 Petition following Death of Migrant Worker)

Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-09062012110117.html

Tibet

今年起西藏全面实现15年免费教育 (15 Years of Free Education in Tibet Starting This Year)

Southern Metropolis Daily, September 7, 2012

http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/dbe/f1ced6.html

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Education

iPhone 5趕工高校逼學生富士康「實習」 (Jiangsu: College Students Forced to "Intern" with Foxconn to Work on iPhone5)

Ming Pao, September 6, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2763888/1.html

Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Record on Disabled Rights Attacked at UN

South China Morning Post, September 6, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1030206/hong-kongs-record-disabled-rights-attacked-un

For NGO submissions on Hong Kong and the China's Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 8th session

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/Session8.aspx

學聯發動9．11大專罷課 (Student Alliance Plans Class Boycott for Sept 11)

Ming Pao, September 6, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2763840/1.html

公安部有关负责人解读14项便民利民措施网上预约减少律师会见在押人员等候时间 (Ministry of Public Security: New Measures Allow Lawyers and Families to Arrange Meetings with Suspects Online)

Legal Daily, September 6, 2012

http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-09/06/content_3821663.htm

Rural Issues

Rural Schools Suffer Poor Resource Distribution

Xinhua News Agency, September 5, 2012

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/05/content_15736894.htm

Tibet

'A Thorn in Their Eyes'

Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/thorn-09052012162959.html

For more information on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, see:

Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights: The Impact of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

http://www.hrichina.org/research-and-publications/reports/sco

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Delhi Police Bar Tibetan Movement for Touring Chinese VIP

Rediff News, September 3, 2012

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/delhi-police-bar-tibetan-movement-for-touring-chinese-vip/20120903.htm

Hong Kong

抗爭升級聯盟籌罷課 (Anti-National Education Protest Escalates as Students Plan Strike)

Ming Pao, September 4, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2761906/1.html

Related:

Photos: Hong Kong's 'Brainwashing' Protests

China Realtime Report, September 4, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/04/photos-hong-kongs-brainwashing-protests/

Media

Editor at Communist Party Mouthpiece Blasts Leaders

South China Morning Post, September 4, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1028980/editor-communist-party-mouthpiece-blasts-leaders

Related:

邓聿文：胡温的政治遗产 (The Political Legacy of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao)

Deng Yuwen

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1MSTlsrb0oumbMv4xfwaNwPQkcOsPpcGoZxGXajKvjBI

Monday, September 03, 2012

Civil Society

深圳封杀劳工维权NGO 与粤社改新政唱反调 (Shenzhen Labor NGO Kept Blocked from Registering, under Heavy Pressure)
Ming Pao, September 3, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2761107/1.html

Related:
反对暴力﹗要求法治﹗ 社会要发展，劳工公益机构要生存﹗ (Oppose Violence! Demand Rule of Law! Labor Civic Groups Must Exist for Society to Grow!)
Little Grass Workers' Home, August 31, 2012
http://xxc200308.blog.163.com/blog/static/201929065201273142935793/

Government Crackdown on Labor Groups Worsens in South China
Global Post, September 2, 2012
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/120831/south-china-labor-crackdown

Hong Kong

快乐反洗脑 (A Merry Protest against Brainwashing National Education)
Ming Pao, September 2, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2760498/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

China Frees Yahoo! Dissident after 10 Years
Agence France-Presse, August 31, 2012
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/14720779/china-frees-yahoo-dissident-after-10-years/

Related:
网络异议人士王小宁刑满获释
Internet Dissident Wang Xiaoning Released from Jail; He Depu Portrays Prison Life with Wang
Human Rights in China, August 31, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6278
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6277

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Hong Kong

香港观察：国民教育难脱政治任务嫌疑 (Suspicion of Political Motivation Difficult to Shed for National Education Program)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/08/120828_hkreview_education.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

China Cracks Down on Ai Wei Wei Protege Zhao Zhao
Der Spiegel, August 28, 2012
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/in-china-artists-like-zhao-zhao-face-political-oppression-a-851403.html

Freedom on Friday for Dissident Wang
The Standard, August 29, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=24094

Related:
Yahoo! Cited in Decision Sentencing Internet Dissident Wang Xiaoning to 10 Years
Human Rights in China, April 27, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/content/1208

陈光诚可能应邀访问台湾 (Chen Guangcheng May Visit Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 29, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/08/120828_chen_taiwan.shtml

劳教废立之间 (Reform or Abolishment for Reeducation-Through-Labor?)
Caijing Magazine, August 26, 2012
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2012-08-26/112081975.html

Protests and Petitions

Chinese AIDS Patients Protesting Lack of Aid Pull Down Local Government Gate, Beaten by Police
The Associated Press, August 27, 2012
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Chinese+AIDS+patients+protesting+lack+pull+down+local+government/7149467/story.html

中共18大和访民的距离有多远？ (How Great Is the Distance between Petitioners and the 18th Party Congress?)
Radio France Internationale, August 27, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120827-中共18大和访民的距离有多远？

拆哪!张家界再酿抗强拆惨剧 (Another Tragic Anti-demolition Protest in Zhangjiajie, Hunan)
Deutsche Welle, August 27, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16195722,00.html

Tibet

Teens Set Themselves on Fire, Take Tibet Burnings over 50: Group
Reuters, August 27, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/us-china-tibet-idUSBRE87R03120120828

Related:
Occupy Central 占领中环
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyCentral

他们眼中的占领中环 (Occupy Central as Seen by the Occupiers)
Ming Pao, August 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2754508/1.html

有占领中环行动成员计划转移阵地到新立法会大楼 (Some Occupy Central Activists Plan to Move to New Legislative Council Building)
HK Commercial Broadcasting, August 27, 2012
http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=553174&csid=261_341

Related:
薄熙来氏、党籍剥奪へ　胡主席派、保守派押し切る (Hu Faction and Conservatives Have Their Way: Bo Xilai's Party Membership to Be Revoked)
Asahi Shimbun, August 26, 2012
http://www.asahi.com/international/update/0826/TKY201208250606.html

Protests and Petitions

四川遂宁强拆引发数百警民冲突棍棒殴打拆迁户多人受伤住院 (Suining, Sichuan: Evictees Sent to Hospital from Beatings during Clash with Police over Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-08262012164251.html

Friday, August 24, 2012

Bilateral Ties

China Forces Ethnic Kachin Refugees Back to a Conflict Zone in Myanmar’s North
The New York Times, August 23, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/world/asia/china-forcing-repatriation-of-ethnic-refugees-from-myanmar.html

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