HRIC Daily Brief

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Hong Kong

After Losing Family, Transsexual Activist Pushes for Rights
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1098047/after-losing-family-transsexual-activist-rallies-rights

Human Rights Defenders

Nobel Laureates Call on China's Xi to Release Jailed Peace Prize Winner Liu
Reuters, December 4, 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9721623/Nobel-laureates-call-on-Chinas-Xi-to-release-jailed-Peace-Prize-winner-Liu.html

To read the open letter, see:
134 Nobel Laureates Urge Incoming Chinese President Xi Jinping to Release Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and Wife Liu Xia
December 4, 2012
http://en.rsf.org/china-134-nobel-laureates-urge-incoming-04-12-2012,43757.html

Migrant Workers

一代中国农民工的集体记忆：四平米的家 (Collective Memories of a Generation of Migrant Workers: 4sqm Home)
China Youth Daily, December 5, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201212/05/6766.html

Protests and Petitions

Police Halt Protest Outside CCTV Tower
Global Times, December 5, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/748286.shtml

北京突然釋放7萬上訪民眾 (Beijing Unexpectedly Releases 70K Petitioners from Jiujingzhuang Black Jail)
Radio Taiwan International, December 4, 2012
http://n.yam.com/rti/politics/20121204/20121204028048.html

Related:
Beijing Black Jail 'Releases Thousands of Petitioners'
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1097971/beijing-black-jail-releases-thousands-petitioners

“黑保安”头目被指应邀进京其父称，禹州信访局曾找王高伟“说给他找了一个好活” (Family of Ringleader of Group on Trial for Illegally Detaining Henan Petitioners in Beijing Says He Had Been Invited to Do So)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 5, 2012
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2012-12/05/content_1767163.htm

Tibet

Call for Freedom Written in Blood
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/blood-12042012162826.html

XUAR

Uyghur Scholar Harassed
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-12042012144309.html

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Education

非沪籍女孩无法参加上海中考辍学争取异地高考 (Shanghai: 15-yo Student Forced to Study at Home Due to Lack of Residency, Challenges Authorities for Right to Take Uni Entrance Exam in Shanghai)
The Beijing Times, December 3, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1203/03/8HP4JLS400014AED.html

Related:
Shanghainese Youth Borrow a Page from Hong Kong's Regionalist Hate Speech
South China Morning Post, December 4, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1097261/shanghainese-youth-borrow-page-hong-kongs-regionalist-hate-speech

Human Rights Defenders

Woman Released from Labor Camp a 2nd Time
Shenzhen Daily, December 4, 2012
http://www.szdaily.com/content/2012-12/04/content_7461637.htm

Related:
郭大军母亲劳教案代理律师王甫：行政起诉状（全文） (Administrative Suit against the Lanzhou Municipal Committee on the Administration of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Wang Fu (lawyer representing Zhao Meifu), December 3, 2012
http://weiba.weibo.com/10314/t/z81gAu7Vg

探儿母亲遭劳教事件再激网络民愤 (Gansu Woman Who Previously Petitioned Ordered to 1 Year Reeducation-Through-Labor after Being Intercept on Way Home from Trip to Visit to Son in Beijing)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 22, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121122_china_laojiao.shtml

Lawyer Warned Off Foreign Media
Radio Free Asia, December 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-12032012173915.html

A copy of the appeal calling for the abolishment of the RTL system is available online at:
要求立即撤销《国务院关於劳动教养问题的决定》等劳教行政法规的公民权力主张书
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/3636

Law

被劳教村官任建宇:若能推动废除劳教我愿站出来 (Village Official Ordered to Reeducation: I'm Willing to Take a Stand If It'll Help Abolish the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
China Newsweek, December 3, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2012-12-03/141725718681.shtml

Migrant Workers

农民工桥下死亡有关部门回应未免太着急 (Zhengzhou, Henan: Migrant Worker, Unwilling to Seek Medical Help, Dies beneath Overpass)
Dahe Daily, December 3, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2012-12/04/c_124038814.htm

Public Health

Advocates Call for Euthanasia Law
China Daily, December 4, 2012
http://english.eastday.com/e/121204/u1a7037089.html

Monday, December 03, 2012

Hong Kong

Myths about Poor Justify Hong Kong's 'Third World' Spending on Social Welfare
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1094265/myths-about-poor-justify-hong-kongs-third-world-spending-social

Human Rights Defenders

Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Appeals to China's Xi Jinping
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 3, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20576828

外交部不滿別國干涉陳克貴被判刑 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Not Pleased That Other Countries Are Meddling in Sentence of Chen Guangcheng's Nephew Chen Kegui)
Metro Radio, December 3, 2012
http://www.metroradio.com.hk/997/News/Default.aspx?NewsID=20121203165641

Related:
美批中国审陈克贵司法不公 (US: Chen Kegui Trial Unjust)
Sinchew Daily, November 30, 2012
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/news/int/sinchewdaily/20121130/17194010344.html

Law

Black Jail Sentence Fake: Court
Global Times, December 3, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/747787.shtml

Related:
10截訪者首判囚「中國人權里程碑」 (10 Men Who Intercepted Henan Petitioners Tried and Convicted of "Illegal Detention" in "Milestone" for Human Rights)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121129/-1761-2835229/1.html

河北2名青年骂官员被劳教或成“劳教任务”牺牲品 (Two Hebei Youths Ordered to Reeducation for Scolding Official)
China Newsweek, December 2, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201212/02/5997.html

Public Health

Pilot Project on Mainland Helps Identify More Patients with TB
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1096041/pilot-project-mainland-helps-identify-more-patients-tb

Tibet

四川若尔盖县再有藏人自焚抗议流亡西藏内阁称将用行动缓和藏区局势 (Ngawa, Sichuan: Another Self-immolation)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-11302012151821.html

Friday, November 30, 2012

Civil Society

China AIDS Activists Reject Li Olive Branch
Agence France-Presse, November 29, 2012
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/323720/china-aids-activists-reject-li-olive-branch

Human Rights Defenders

快讯：陈克贵故意伤害案今开庭亲属措手不及 (Chen Kegui, to Be Tried Friday Afternoon -- Family Only Just Informed)
Voice of America, November 29, 2012
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chen-kegui-trial-urgent-20121130/1555720.html

Related:
Family of Chen Kegui Rejects Officially Appointed Lawyers
Human Rights in China, July 25, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6211

維權律師劉曉原重獲發牌 (Rights Defense Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan Finally Receives Renewed License to Practice)
Ming Pao, November 30, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121130/-162-2836368/1.html

Land Policy

Chinese Thugs Knocked Out by Amateur Kung Fu Fans
The Telegraph, November 29, 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9710514/Chinese-thugs-knocked-out-by-amateur-Kung-Fu-fans.html

Law

CCTV Joins Media Bandwagon Critiquing China's Labor Camps
Want China Times, November 30, 2012
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20121130000037&cid=1103

Religion

河南镇平维族人冲击县政府 (Zhenping County, Henan: 50 Uyghurs Injured in Clash before Govt Offices after Han Man Lifts Veil of Uyghur Girl)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uyghur_clash-11292012085308.html

Tibet

Tibet: Two More Self-immolations Take Toll to 89
Indo-Asian News Service, November 29, 2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tibet-Two-more-self-immolations-take-toll-to-89/articleshow/17417129.cms

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Gender

Income Gap between the Sexes Widening
China Daily, November 28, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/28/content_15964718.htm

Related:
缩短男女职工收入差距的立法构想 (Legislative Proposals for Curtailing Gender-based Income Disparity)
All-China Women's Federation, October 11, 2012
http://www.women.org.cn/allnews/1302/3126.html

Land Policy

China to Tighten Laws on Land Grabs in Rural Stability Push
Reuters, November 28, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/28/us-china-land-idUSBRE8AR0HA20121128

Law

10截訪者首判囚「中國人權里程碑」 (10 Men Who Intercepted Henan Petitioners Tried and Convicted of "Illegal Detention" in "Milestone" for Human Rights)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121129/-1761-2835229/1.html

Read the indictment against the men online at:
中央政法委兵败政府绑架访民案抢救温家宝遇挫
64Tianwang, October 11, 2012
http://www.64tianwang.com/bencandy.php?aid=11323&fid=6

村官案撼動勞教大山 (Village Official Ordered to Reeducation's Case Shakes the Mighty Mountain of the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2012
http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/dailynews3b.cfm?File=20121129/nalch/cha1_er.txt

Related:
Village Official Lodges Appeal despite His Early Release
Xinhua News Agency, November 29, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/print.asp?id=517904

Poverty

中国农村贫困人口4000万少数民族为“重灾区” (40mil in Poverty in Chinese Countryside, Ethnic Minority Regions Disaster Areas)
Radio Free Asia, November 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/pin-11282012162137.html

Public Health

Li Focuses on AIDS Fight
China Daily, November 29, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/29/content_15969558.htm

Related:
Ex-official Implicates China Leaders in AIDS Scandal
Agence France-Presse, December 1, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iDSM0M2znaHOE0kHeRGStxyePOXA

Sharp Rise in HIV Cases for Young and over-50s
Shanghai Daily, November 29, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/print.asp?id=517905

Children

中国流浪儿已超15万近半因家庭问题出走 (Over 150K Children Walk China's Streets, Nearly Half Leave Home due to Family Issues)
Qilu Evening News, November 28, 2012
http://www.dzwww.com/shandong/sdnews/201211/t20121128_7738529.htm

Environment

China Planning 'Huge Fracking Industry'
Mother Jones, November 27, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/27/china-planning-huge-fracking-industry

Population

Birth Rule Could Be Relaxed
China Daily, November 28, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/28/content_15964713.htm

Protests and Petitions

“艾滋病日”前感染者北京请愿官府不接待却面临遣返 (HIV Patients Petition in Beijing for Compensation and Treatment Subsidies on World AIDS Day)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aids-11272012111810.html

广东深圳蛇口日资企业工人罢工 (Shenzhen: Strike at Factory over Relocation to Huizhou)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sk-11272012151058.html

武汉大学生“快闪”抗议公务员录用需妇检 (Wuhan Uni Students Hold Flash Mob Protest against Gynecological Exams for Prospective Civil Servants)
Legal Daily, November 27, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201211/27/4760.html

Rural Issues

Free Student Meal Program Cheated
Global Times, November 28, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/746920.shtml

Tibet

Tibet Issue Flares with Deaths and Protests
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, November 28, 2012
http://www.theage.com.au/world/tibet-issue-flares-with-deaths-and-protests-20121127-2a5uw.html

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Environment

黄河第一大支流、陕西的“母亲河”渭河重度污染 (Largest Yellow River Tributary Seriously Polluted)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weihe-11262012164335.html

Gender

Call for Action on Domestic Violence
China Daily, November 26, 2012
http://english.eastday.com/e/121126/u1a7019940.html

Human Rights Defenders

二十名李旺阳支持者关近半年后获释仍阻通讯 (20 Supporters of Li Wangyang Released after ~6mo Detention and House Arrest, Li's Family Still Incommunicado)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/za-11262012152531.html

維權人士許志永被拘阻聚餐 (Activist Xu Zhiyong Detained for over 24h to Prevent Attending a Group Dinner)
Ming Pao, November 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121127/-162-2833338/1.html

Labor

Samsung Unearths Illegal Work Practices at Chinese Suppliers
The Guardian, November 26, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/nov/26/samsung-illegal-china-suppliers

加班在中国服装厂是家常便饭 (Working Overtime Common in China's Clothing Factories)
Deutsche Welle, November 26, 2012
http://www.dw.de/加班在中国服装厂是家常便饭/a-16406458

Land Policy

Illegal Land Use Cases Disclosed
China Daily, November 26, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/26/content_15959619.htm

江苏宿迁南蔡乡被拆迁村民称受到恐吓官方否认 (Jiangsu Village Government Denies Threatening Villagers to Compel to Relocate for Demolitions)
Southern Metropolis Daily, November 26, 2012
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2012_11/26/19524418_0.shtml

Society

Viewpoint: Are Protests Moving China Backwards?
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 27, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20405224

Tibet

Tibetan Students Injured during Protests in China
The Guardian, November 26, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/26/tibetan-students-injured-protests-china

Monday, November 26, 2012

Environment

冬季大气重污染城市兰州将公布PM2.5指数 (Lanzhou, Gansu, amongst China's Most Polluted Cities, to Publish Air Quality Data)
Xinhua News Agency, November 25, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-11-25/112325657668.shtml

Death Penalty

Criminal Rules Improve Death Sentence Review
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/24/content_15955800.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Yunnan Woman Escapes Detention for Stopping Wen Jiabao
Wang China Times, November 24, 2012
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20121124000101&cid=1101

吕耿松被带走抄家多人声援秦永敏被查 (Lü Gengsong Detained, Home Searched)
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-11232012114106.html

Related:
吕耿松刑满获释拒签保证书
Writer Lü Gengsong Released from Prison; Refuses Conditions of Deprivation of Political Rights
Human Rights in China, August 23, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5558
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5557

Public Health

广东拟爱滋病人纳入低保 (Guangdong Plans to Include Qualifying HIV Patients in Welfare Program)
Sinchew Daily, November 25, 2012
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/news/int/sinchewdaily/20121125/19063991509.html

Rural Issues

Rural-school Closure Policy Put on Hold
China Daily, November 23, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/23/content_15954413.htm

Tibet

甘肃黄南州再有藏人自焚身亡 (Gansu: Another Tibetan Self-immolation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 24, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121124_china_tibet.shtml

Related:
Threat to Cut Aid over Burnings
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/aid-11222012174527.html

西藏自焚者亲属受当局打压 (Relatives of Self-immolations Suppressed by Authorities)
Deutsche Welle, November 23, 2012
http://www.dw.de/西藏自焚者亲属受当局打压/a-16402648

Friday, November 23, 2012

Hong Kong

Fury in Hong Kong at Beijing Official's Claim of 'Foreign Interference'
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1088629/fury-hong-kong-beijing-officials-claim-foreign-interference

For Zhang Xiaoming's op-ed and a summary, see:
豐富「一國兩制」實踐 (Enrich the Implementation of One Country, Two Systems)
Wen Wei Po, November 22, 2012
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2012/11/22/PL1211220007.htm

Hardline SAR Security Policy Pushed Again
The Standard, November 23, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=128628&con_type=1

Human Rights Defenders

数百网民联署要求释放翟小兵 (Hundreds of Netizens Sign Petition to Release Detained Zhai Xiaobing/@stariver)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/signatures-11222012101818.html

Find the petition at:
关于呼吁北京警方切勿小题大作并立即释放网友“星河舰队”的联署
Petition the Public Security Bureau of Beijing to Free Zhai Xiaobin
November 17, 2012
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGxoSkh4V3JKRERHZzl5VldKSUcxVUE6MQ

Land Policy

China Specifies Criminal Penalties for Those Damaging Grassland
Xinhua News Agency, November 22, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/1122/529810.html

Protests and Petitions

东莞村民堵路抗议村官贪污卖地款 (Dongguan Villagers Block Road in Protest of Official's Private Sale of Collective Land)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-11222012104513.html

Public Health

愛滋童父親：醫院當波踢病人如等死 (Father of Child with HIV: General Hospitals Frequently Refuse to Treat HIV Patients or Send Them to Designated Hospitals with Poor Facilities)
Ming Pao, November 23, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/愛滋童父親-醫院當波踢-病人如等死-211357956.html

Taiwan

Taiwan Ban on Visit by Dalai Lama
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 22, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20121122/news_20121122_56_884624.htm

Tibet

China: Last Words of 19 Tibetans Who Committed Self-Immolation
Global Voices Online, November 23, 2012
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/23/china-last-words-of-19-tibetans-who-committed-self-immolation/

Related:
Chinese Netizens Speak Out on Tibetan Self-Immolations despite Censorship
Human Rights in China, November 21, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6388

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Corruption

A Chinese Education, for a Price
The New York Times, November 21, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/world/asia/in-china-schools-a-culture-of-bribery-spreads.html

Economic Development

收入分配问题已超出经济层面
Interview: Overcoming Income Inequality
The Economic Observer, November 19, 2012
CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2012/1119/236235.shtml
EN: http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/1122/236397.shtml

Food Safety

First Person to Fight Fake Dairy Attacked and, Died
SINA, November 22, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2012/1121/529451.html

Gender

China's Most Powerful Woman - But How Far Can Sun Chunlan Go?
The Independent, November 21, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinas-most-powerful-woman--but-how-far-can-sun-chunlan-go-8340893.html

Media

披露贵州流浪儿被闷死在垃圾箱事件的贵州作家李元龙“被旅游” (Guizhou Writer Who Revealed the Death of 5 Boys in Rubbish Bin "Taken on a Trip")
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-11212012134639.html

Protests and Petitions

探儿母亲遭劳教事件再激网络民愤 (Gansu Woman Who Previously Petitioned Ordered to 1 Year Reeducation-Through-Labor after Being Intercept on Way Home from Trip to Visit to Son in Beijing)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 22, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121122_china_laojiao.shtml

浙江反建變電站示威爆警民衝突 (Wenzhou, Zhejiang: Clash between Villagers and Armed Police during Protest against Transformer Substation)
Ming Pao, November 22, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121122/-9-2829593/1.html

Public Health

天津愛滋病帶菌者隱瞞病情才獲治癌 (Tianjin Man with HIV Only Succeeds in Scheduling Treatment at Hospital for Cancer after Concealing That He Has HIV)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 22, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20121122/news_20121122_55_884575.htm

Religion

内蒙九基督徒传教被拘两人劳教河南漯河要村民举报“邪教” (Inner Mongolia: 9 Christians Detained for "Using a Cult to Undermine the Implementation of the Law" and, 2 Ordered to Reeducation)
Radio Free Asia, November 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-11212012103121.html

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

内蒙哈达之子打破沉默揭露当局陷他家于生存困境 (Mongolian Activist Hada's Son Breaks Silence, Reveals Difficult Situation Authorities Have Placed Their Family In)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-11202012104755.html

Notes from a recent interview with Xinna (Hada's wife) are available at:
哈达被秘密关押家人恳求国际关注
Mongolian Dissident Hada in 23rd Month of Unlawful Detention after Long Prison Term; Family Appeals for International Attention
Human Rights in China, October 22, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6341
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6340

Migrant Workers

Grim Fate of Migrant Workers Maimed in China's 'Black Factories'
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1086971/grim-fate-migrant-workers-maimed-chinas-black-factories

Law

甘肃拟规定城管员可对暴力抗法使用身体强制力 (Gansu Drafts Guidelines Stipulating Urban Management Officers Can Use Physical Coercion When Encountering Violent Resistance to Law Enforcement)
China News Service, November 21, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1121/10/8GR2FP4K00014JB6.html

Related:
甘肃省城市管理行政执法指南 (Gansu Provincial Guidelines on the Administrative Enforcement of Law by Urban Management)
November 2012
http://www.gsfzb.gov.cn/FZDT/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=64847

Politics

China's Backroom Power Brokers Block Reform Candidates
Reuters, November 21, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/21/us-china-congress-poll-idUSBRE8AK01F20121121

Protests and Petitions

18大后各地强拆又已开始　济南青岛两市连续引发抗议 (Protests in Jinan and Qingdao as Requisition and Demolitions Resume after 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-11202012114413.html

Tibet

China Sets Up Firefighters at Tibetan Monasteries
The Guardian, November 20, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/20/tibet-monasteries-fire-fighters

Related:
Two More Tibetans Self-immolate
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20121121/news_20121121_56_884242.htm

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

人权组织：十八大期间至少两访民死亡 (Rights Groups: At Least 2 Petitioners Died during 18th Party Congress)
Deutsche Welle, November 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/人权组织十八大期间至少两访民死亡/a-16389412

异议作家李必丰被判刑12年 (Dissident Poet Li Bifeng Sentenced to 12 Years for "Fraud", Friends Say Conviction Due to Writing, Funding Dissidents)
Deutsche Welle, November 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/异议作家李必丰被判刑12年/a-16389523

For more on Li Bifeng, see Liao Yiwu's Acceptance Speech for the 2012 Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage:
为他人的自由而写 ——2012年卡普钦斯基国际报导文学奖答谢词
Writing for the Freedom of Others
China Rights Forum, 2012, no. 1
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6174
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6142

Law

重庆被劳教村官任建宇获释称变得特别不自信 (Ren Jianyu, Chongqing Village Official Ordered to Reeducation, Released, Says He Has Come to Lack Confidence)
China Youth Daily, November 20, 2012
http://news.qq.com/a/20121120/000276.htm

For more on Ren Jianyu, see:
Man Sent to Labor Camp for Subversive Comments and T-shirt Files Lawsuit
Ministry of Tofu, October 15, 2012
http://www.ministryoftofu.com/2012/10/man-sent-to-labor-camp-for-subversive-comments-and-t-shirt-files-lawsuit/

Population

Growing Urban Populations a Big Challenge
China Daily, November 20, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/1119/528515.html

Protests and Petitions

福安骚乱民众指交警滥权执法 (Fu'an, Fujian: 50 Detained in Mass Riot against Traffic Cop's Excessive Law Enforcement)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/riot-11192012090852.html

Rural Issues

Rural School Pupils Drop to 10-year Low
China Daily, November 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/20/content_15944175.htm

Tibet

Tibetan Town Shaken by Six Self-immolations in One Week
The Hindu, November 19, 2012
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/tibetan-town-shaken-by-six-selfimmolations-in-one-week/article4112300.ece

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Internet

China: Beijing Twitterer Detained for Writing Micro-fiction
Global Voices Online, November 18, 2012
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/18/china-beijing-twitterer-detained-for-writing-micro-fiction/

Media

The Great China Handover
Al Jazeera, November 17, 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2012/11/2012111710112653976.html

Migrant Workers

五年级农民工二代：理想是当清洁工 (Fifth Grader Student of the "Next Generation" of Migrant Workers: Ideal Job Is to Be a Janitor)
The Beijing Times, November 19, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201211/19/2797.html

Politics

Elevation of Liu Yunshan Heightens Censorship Fears
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1084357/elevation-liu-yunshan-heightens-censorship-fears

Poverty

China Street Children Die in Bin
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20389004

Protests and Petitions

汕頭村民圍村委會抗議 (Liantang, Shantou, Guangdong: Villagers Surround Village Committee Office in Protest, Calling for Vote of Representatives in Committee to Investigate Land Grab)
Oriental Daily, November 18, 2012
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20121118/00178_004.html

Tibet

一名藏族妇女在青海同仁自焚身亡 (Tongren [Rebkong], Qinghai: Tibetan Woman Dies in Self-immolation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121117_tibetan_immolation.shtml

Friday, November 16, 2012

18th Party Congress

Princelings Dominate; No Minority Representation
The Hindu, November 15, 2012
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/princelings-dominate-no-minority-representation/article4098877.ece

Related:
Traits and Orientations of China's New Politburo Standing Committee
China Brief, November 15, 2012
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=40115&cHash=21493d1f7742e4f7829232f43bdbdf9e

Bilateral Ties

China's Aid to Cambodia Helps Cement Ties
The Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324595904578120582308358540.html

Hong Kong

Beijing to Play `Bigger Role'
The Standard, November 16, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=128409&con_type=1

Media

中新社资深记者邹宪被秘密拘押 (Senior China News Service Journalist Zou Xian Secretly Detained)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-11152012140638.html

Population

中國老人2050佔三分一 (Elderly to Constitute 1/3 of China's Population by 2050)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/中國老人2050佔三分-114405132.html

Public Health

我国糖尿病患者近1亿发病呈年轻化趋势 (Nearly 100mil Chinese with Diabetes, Increasingly More Young Contracting Disease)
Southern Weekend, November 14, 2012
http://www.infzm.com/content/82911

Tibet

Two More Burn in Rebgong
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/rebgong-11152012130853.html

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Government

Where Are China's Women Leaders?
McClatchy Newspapers, November 14, 2012
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/1114/Where-are-China-s-women-leaders

Hong Kong

Indentured Servitude in Hong Kong Abetted by Loan Firms
Bloomberg, November 14, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-13/indentured-servitude-in-hong-kong-abetted-by-loan-firms.html

香港压力促广东信息公开全国第一 (Guangdong Comes Clean about Air Pollution under Pressure from Hong Kong)
China Dialogue, November 13, 2012
http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5331-Guangdong-comes-clean-about-air-pollution-under-pressure-from-Hong-Kong/ch

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Petitioners Claim Hotel Used as 'Black Jail'
CNN, November 14, 2012
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/14/business/china-hotel-black-jail/index.html

Internet

Hu Jia Explains Why Mobile Apps Make Activism Spooky
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1083025/hu-jia-explains-why-mobile-apps-make-activism-spooky

Poverty

A Fifth of Chinese to Be 'Affluent' by 2020 Report
China Daily, November 15, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/15/content_15929516.htm

Protests and Petitions

环境抗议中的反应错位 (Local Officials in China in Muddle over Protests)
China Dialogue, November 14, 2012
http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5334-Local-officials-in-China-in-muddle-over-protests/ch

Public Health

各地维权人士发起反歧视活动吁保障盲人权利 (Activists across China Hold Anti-discriminatory Activities to Call for Protection of Rights of the Blind)
Radio Free Asia, November 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-11142012155924.html

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

18th Party Congress

Chinese Citizens Reluctant to Voice Choices
The Globe and Mail, November 13, 2012
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chinese-citizens-reluctant-to-voice-choices/article5262686/

十八大女代表：女性代表仅占23% 比重还须提高 (PC Rep: Only 23% Reps Are Female--Need to Raise the Proportion)
The Beijing News, November 14, 2012
http://news.qq.com/a/20121114/000050.htm

中央释放信号：改革社会组织“双轨制” (Beijing Releases a Signal: Dual-track Reforms for Civil Society Organizations)
The Beijing News, November 14, 2012
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2012-11/14/content_389893.htm

Children

NGO Calls for More Transparency of HIV/AIDS Programs for Children
Global Times, November 14, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/744178.shtml

Related:
中国艾滋病和儿童权利民间报告 (Civil Society Report on HIV/AIDS and Children's Rights in China)
Beijing Aizhixing Institute, November 12, 2012
http://aidslaw2010.blogspot.hk/2012/11/blog-post.html

For a review of Tombstone, see:
毛时代罪孽的历史存照
Historical Documents of the Sins of the Mao Era
China Rights Forum, 2009, no. 2
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/4017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3796

Tibet

藏區公安懸賞20萬緝自焚「黑手」 (Gannan Tibetan Autom Prefecture, Gansu Police Offer 200K Reward for Self-immolation Instigators)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121114/-162-2822979/1.html