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.

Monday, February 18, 2013

Environment

北京灰霾驗出大量毒素 (Large Amount of Toxins Found in Beijing Smog)
Sing Tao Daily, February 18, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130218/-9-2897684/1.html

Related:
Beijing Smog Contains Toxic Organic Compounds: Research
Global Times, February 17, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/761942.shtml

Gender

A Beginning for China’s Battered Women
China File, February 11, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/beginning-china-battered-women

Activists Lament Workplace Discrimination against Women in China
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1152662/activists-lament-workplace-discrimination-against-women

Hong Kong

Law Expert Plans a Blockade for Vote
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1151206/law-expert-plans-blockade-vote

Related:
公民抗命的最大殺傷力武器 (The Most Lethal Weapon of Civil Disobedience)
Hong Kong Economic Journal, January 16, 2013
http://hkreporter.loved.hk/talks/thread-1776343-1-1.html

Labor

中国承诺7年内落实带薪休假 (China Promises Paid Leave within the Next Seven Years)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February, 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/02/130218_china_paidleaves.shtml

Related:
国民旅游休闲纲要(2013—2020年) (Outline on National Tourism and Recreation [2013-2020])
General Office of the State Council, February 2, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-02/18/c_124357463.htm

Media

保护记者委员会:中国记者处境糟糕 (CPJ Report: Situation is Terrible for Chinese Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xql-02152013162123.html

Related:
Attacks on the Press in 2012: China
https://www.cpj.org/2013/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2012-china.php

Society

社會信任度新低 七成不信陌生人 (CASS Report: Low Level of Social Trust, with 70% Saying They Do Not Trust Strangers)
Ming Pao, February 18, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130218/-9-2897599/1.html

Related:
Chinese Distrust Strangers, Lack Shared Values
People's Daily, February 18, 2013
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8132101.html

Tibet

甘肃夏河县又发生藏人自焚抗议事件 四川理塘一藏人被捕 (Self-immolation in Gansu and Detention in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-02172013144034.html

Friday, February 15, 2013

Environment

The Forgotten Legacy of the Banqiao Dam Collapse
The Economic Observer, February 8, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/0208/240078.shtml

Hong Kong

HK-China Children Abode Case Plea
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 14, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20130214/news_20130214_56_902238.htm

Land Policy

Tensions Mount as China Snatches Farms for Homes
The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324906004578287182123200020.html

学者称破解“乌坎困局”需先推动产权改革 (Scholar: Need to Promote Property Rights Reforms in Order to Crack the "Wukan Dilemma")
The Beijing News, February 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0215/08/8NO96H1D0001124J.html

Rural Issues

烏坎領袖林祖鑾悔維權 (Wukan Village Leader Regrets Involvement in Rights Activism due to High Expectations)
Ming Pao, February 15, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130215/-9-2895568/1.html

Related:
Wukan Democracy Leaves Village Divided
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1150517/wukan-democracy-leaves-village-divided

Protests and Petitions

上海访民进京给领导拜年被拘 北京访民救助站停止供饭 (Shanghai Petitioners Detained on New Year Call on Beijing Leaders)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02142013103900.html

XUAR

Uighur Man Released from Guantanamo Bay Prison to Palau Now Missing
The Associated Press, February 14, 2013
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/02/14/uighur_man_released_from_guantanamo_bay_prison_to_palau_now_missing.html

Related:
Uighurs Who Went from Guantanamo to Paradise Running Out of Money and Patience
Toronto Star, February 7, 2013
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/02/07/uighurs_who_went_from_guantanamo_to_paradise_running_out_of_money_and_patience.html

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Environment

Beijing Air Pollution High despite Fewer Fireworks
Xinhua News Agency, February 13, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/13/content_16221890.htm

Human Rights Defenders

朱虞夫、杨天水健康恶劣被拒保外就医 (Zhu Yufu and Yang Tianshui Refused Medical Parole despite Worsening Health)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents-02132013101602.html

For more on Zhu and Yang, see:
朱虞夫被重判七年
Dissident Zhu Yufu Sentenced to Seven Years for “Inciting Subversion”
Human Rights in China, February 10, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5863
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5862

当局应立即准予力虹、杨天水保外就医
Imprisoned Democracy Activists Gravely Ill, Require Immediate Medical Parole
Human Rights in China, May 6, 2010
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/812
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/397

Internet

China's 'Wall' Hits Business
The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323926104578277511385052752.html

Land Policy

发展改革委:一些地方大拆大建浪费能源资源 (National Development and Reform Commission: Some Major Demolition and Building Projects Waste Energy Resources)
Xinhua News Agency, February 13, 2013
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2013-02/13/content_4199863.htm

Multinational

China Eyes Closer Cooperation with IFAD over Poverty Reduction
Xinhua News Agency, February 14, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/761490.shtml

Protests and Petitions

春節不平靜 重慶堵警車 江西爆示威 (No Tranquility during Spring Festival as Protesters Block Police Cars over Violent Traffic Dispute in Chongqing and Demonstrate against Factory Pollution in Jiangxi)
World Journal, February 13, 2013
http://www.worldjournal.com/view/full_news/21696686/article-春節不平靜-重慶堵警車-江西爆示威

XUAR

Beijing Slammed over Travel Ban
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/travel-02132013204900.html

维族青年帮凤凰卫视任翻译被判11年 (Uyghur Youth Sentenced to 11yrs for "Inciting Splittism" after Doing Translations for Phoenix TV)
Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uyghur_translator-02132013085004.html

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Bilateral Ties

美国正式公布被制裁的中国公司名单 (US Names Four Chinese Companies in Violation of Iran, North Korea, Syria Non-Proliferation Act)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 13, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/02/130213_us_china_company.shtml?print=1

Civil Society

中央财政去年安排2亿元支持社会组织 (China Spent RMB 200 million [US$0.02 per person] in 2012 to Support NGOs)
Xinhua News Agency, February 13, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0213/04/8NIMHO3E0001124J.html

Consumer Products

质监部门打假 地方干扰严重 (Top Agency for Quality Inspection Cites Local Governments for Thwarting Enforcement)
Beijing News, February 12, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/02/12/248294.html
Related:
Coming Soon to China: At-Home Toxic Food Test Kits
The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/02/13/coming-soon-to-china-at-home-toxic-food-test-kits/?mod=WSJBlog

Public Health

中国艾滋人群被划为“特殊人群”管理范围 (Activist Says AIDS Victims Are Treated as Security Threats)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/aw-02122013160639.html

Protests and Petitions

上海访民市中心拉横幅抗议政府 上访多年问题仍未解决 (Shanghai Petitioners Take to Street: “Even Xi Jinping, as Shanghai mayor, could not help”)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02122013152727.html

Labor

Can We Trust Foxconn’s New ‘Democratic’ Chinese Factories?
In These Times, February 11, 2013
http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/14554/

Environment

Many Chinese Cities Fogged Up by Fireworks
Sina, February 13, 2013
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0212/560908.html

Tibet

一名藏人周三在尼泊尔自焚 伤势严重 (Tibetan in Serious Condition Following Self-Immolation in Nepal)
Voice of America, February 13, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-tibet-20130213/1602653.html
Related:
100th Tibetan self-immolation protest reported in Nepal
The Hindu, February 13, 2013
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/100th-tibetan-selfimmolation-protest-reported-in-nepal/article4411333.ece
Tibetan 'Independence Day' Marked
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/marked-02122013154150.html

Monday, February 11, 2013

Hong Kong

Leung Chun-ying Urged to Act on 'Nomadic' Children
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1148290/leung-chun-ying-urged-act-nomadic-children

Disasters

Why China’s Landslide Victims Were Cremated by the State
Caixin, February 11, 2013
http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/why-china-039-s-landslide-victims-were-cremated-by-the-state/traditions-corpse-civilization-cremation-zhenxiong/c3s10738/

Law

福清纪委爆炸案真相未明 吴昌龙阔别 年重踏家门 (Man sentenced to death for murder released after 12 years in prison without explanation)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/f-02082013111624.html

Police

渝交警暴力执法千人堵路抗议 粤民众抗议政府失职被警殴 (Thousand protest against police violence in Chongqing)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/f-02082013111624.html

Poverty

A house Divided: China’s government unveils a sprawling plan to fight inequality
The Economist, February 09, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21571460-chinas-government-unveils-sprawling-plan-fight-inequality-house-divided?fsrc=rss

Tibet

No New Year celebrations for Tibetans in center of unrest
Reuters, February 11, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/11/us-china-tibet-idUSBRE91A0E420130211

四川炉霍五藏人被判刑 甘肃夏河藏人在藏历年磕长头声援同胞 (5 Tibetans sentenced to 10 to 14 years for protesting)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-02102013124841.html

XUAR

维女大学生及家人被传唤 (Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti under 24-hr surveillance, his website attacked)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/weizu-02082013111826.html

Friday, February 08, 2013

Environment

Desalination: Costly Drops
The Economic, February 9, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21571437-removing-salt-seawater-might-help-slake-some-northern-chinas-thirst-it-comes-high

Hong Kong

燒國旗辱區旗 古思堯囚9月 (Rights Activist Koo Sze-yiu Sentenced to 9mos for Burning HK and PRC Flags at Rally Protesting PRC Rights Abuse)
Ming Pao, February 8, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130208/-2-2891703/1.html

Related:
Diaoyu Islands Activist 'Proudly' Jailed for Flag Burning
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1145484/diaoyu-islands-activist-proudly-jailed-flag-burning

Human Rights Defenders

维权警员王登朝案二审律师退庭抗议 (Rights Defense Police Officer Wang Dengchao's Lawyer Resigns from Defense during Appeal Hearing in Protest)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/02/130207_wang_dengchao.shtml

Related:
王登朝上诉案二审违反程序
Policeman Appeals 14-Year Sentence; Lawyer Silenced by Court
Human Rights in China, February 7, 2013
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6559
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6558

Labor

Hewlett Directs Its Suppliers in China to Limit Student Labor
The New York Times, February 7, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/business/global/hewlett-packard-joins-push-to-limit-use-of-student-labor-in-china.html

Politics

習晤民主黨派﹕要容尖銳批評 (Xi Jinping during Meeting with Reps from Non-CPC Parties: We Need to Tolerate Sharp Criticism)
Ming Pao, February 8, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130208/-9-2891742/1.html

Related:
Xi Jinping's 'Bring on the Criticism' Brings Little More than Scepticism
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1145865/xi-jinpings-bring-criticism-brings-little-more-scepticism

Tibet

青海70人在“打击煽动藏人自焚行动中被逮捕 (Qinghai: 70 Held in Crackdown on Inciting Tibetans to Self-immolate)
Radio France Internationale, February 7, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20130207-青海70人在“打击煽动藏人自焚行动中被逮捕

Related:
12 Tibetans Arrested Officially over Self-immolation Cases
The Hindu, February 7, 2013
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/12-tibetans-arrested-officially-over-selfimmolation-cases/article4390308.ece

北京聞風﹕藏曆新年成為敏感期 (Tibetan New Year Now a Sensitive Period)
Ming Pao, February 8, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130208/-9-2891738/1.html

Thursday, February 07, 2013

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Poor Living in Cages and Cubicles
The Associated Press, February 7, 2013
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=171347305

梁就練乙錚文章發律師信 指評論失實促《信報》道歉 學者恐激民憤 (Chief Executive Leung Issues Letter to HK Economic Journal Demanding Apology for Article Alleging Triad Ties)
Ming Pao, February 7, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130207/-2-2890900/1.html

Related:
CY Leung Alleges Defamation, Demands Newspaper Apology
South China Morning Post, February 7, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1145260/cy-leung-alleges-defamation-demands-newspaper-apology

梁振英重申尊重言論自由 (CY Leung Reaffirms Respect for Free Speech)
Sing Tao Daily, February 7, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130207/-32-2891386/1.html

Law

Unhappy with Sentences
Global Times, February 7, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/760704.shtml

Related:
10名在京截访者被判刑,谁是幕后主使? (Who Is the Hand Behind the Scenes Who Caused the Petitioners to Be Put into the Black Jail?)
China Youth Daily, February 6, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2013-02/06/c_114627262.htm

Migrant Workers

我国百名律师发起成立公益平台助农民工讨薪 (Lawyers Launch Public Service Platform to Help Migrant Workers Get Due Back Pay)
Beijing Evening News, February 4, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130204/u1a7179240.html

Protests and Petitions

Village Activist Locked Up along with Entire Family after Protest
South China Morning Post, February 7, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1145255/village-activist-locked-along-entire-family-after-protest

简讯:江苏启东16名环保示威者被判刑 (16 Protesting against Paper Mill Sewage in Qidong, Jiangsu Sentenced)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 6, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/02/130206_qidong_sentence.shtml

Society

Chinese Intellectuals Avoid Key Issues amid Censorship Fears, Says Author
The Guardian, February 6, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/06/chinese-writers-failing-censorship-concerns

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Economic Development

China to Reform Income Distribution
Xinhua News Agency, February 6, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/06/content_16204722.htm

Related:
国务院批转《关于深化收入分配制度改革的若干意见》 (State Council Stamps Approval for Several Opinions on Deepening Reform of the Income Distribution System)
Xinhua News Agency, February 5, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn//n/2013/0206/c1001-20443555.html

Human Rights Defenders

中国维权人士呼吁取消刑诉法有关条款 (Activists Call for Abolition of Criminal Procedure Law Provisions Including Those on Residential Surveillance sans Notification to Family)
Voice of America, February 5, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-rights-20130205/1597305.html

Land Policy

數百村民跪求官員勿強拆 (Shanxi: Hundreds of Villagers Kneel to Ask Officials Not to Demolish Their Village)
Ming Pao, February 6, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130206/-9-2889966/1.html

Law

Preacher Detained 12 Days for ‘Harming Society’ Sues Police
Global Times, February 6, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/760451.shtml

Related: 深圳传道人公园传道被拘留 家庭教会被以消防理由禁聚会 (Shenzhen Preacher Given 13 Days of Administrative Detention for "Engaging in Qigong Activities")
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-12212012102812.html

10名在京截访者被判刑,谁是幕后主使? (Who Is the Hand Behind the Scenes Who Caused the Petitioners to Be Put into the Black Jail?)
China Youth Daily, February 6, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2013-02/06/c_114627262.htm

Related:
China Jails 10 Who Detained Petitioners Trying to Lodge Complaints
Agence France-Presse, February 5, 2013
http://www.news.com.au/world/china-jails-10-who-detained-petitioners/story-fndir2ev-1226571191649

Reeducation-Through-Labor

Change of Venue Bid Fails for Labor Camp Mom
Xinhua News Agency, February 6, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/760438.shtml

云南暂停省内全部劳教审批 (Yunnan to Suspend Reeducation-Through-Labor Review within Province)
Spring City Evening, February 6, 2013
http://yn.people.com.cn/news/domestic/n/2013/0206/c228494-18137781.html

Related:
Yunnan Promises End to Using Re-education through Labour to Stifle Protest
South China Morning Post, February 6, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1144346/yunnan-promises-end-using-re-education-through-labour-stifle-protest

XUAR

Petitioning Mom Held for 8 Months
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/petitioner-02052013171651.html

 

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Bilateral Ties

Malaysia Slammed for Deporting Uyghurs
Agence France-Presse, February 5, 2013
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/malaysia/2013/02/05/369550/Malaysia-slammed.htm

Hong Kong

家長組爆「中聯辦代表」邀談國教 (National Education Parents Concern Group: CE Leung's Former Assistant Represented Mainland Liaison Office in Trying to Arrange Meeting on National Education)
Ming Pao, February 4, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130204/-2-2888094/1.html

Related:
Liaison Office 'Sought Meeting on National Curriculum'
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1142786/liaison-office-sought-meeting-national-curriculum

Human Rights Defenders

朱虞夫申请保外就医遭拒 谢福林狱中健康恶化 (Zhu Yufu's Application for Release on Medical Bail Rejected, Xie Fulin's Health Worsens in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02042013130552.html

Labor

Guangzhou Street Cleaners Promised 20 Percent Pay Increase after City-wide Strikes
China Labour Bulletin, February 3, 2013
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/110207

Law

Trials under the Open Sky
Global Times, February 4, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/760081.shtml

10名“黑保安”非法拘禁来京访民 被判非法拘禁罪 (Henan: 10 Security Guards Sentenced to 6mo-2yrs over Illegal Detention of Petitioners)
Xinhua News Agency, February 5, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201302/05/22043.html

Protests and Petitions

云南瑶民示威抗议政府非法征地 四川失地农民阻止开工被打伤 (Kunming: Yao Villagers Protest Illegal Land Requisition)
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-02042013140206.html

Monday, February 04, 2013

Environment

Flattening Every Hill
Global Times, February 4, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/759992.shtml

Hukou

河南塌桥赔偿同命不同价:农村18万 城镇40万 (Different Compensation for Rural and Urban Hukou Holders in Henan Bridge Collapse)
Henan Business Daily, February 4, 2013
http://www.21cbh.com/HTML/2013-2-4/wMNjYxXzYxNzgwMA.html

Human Rights Defenders

维权警民在京首次联欢 盼春风送暖 (Former Police Officers Fighting for Their Rights Manage to Meet in Beijing for First Time)
Voice of America, February 3, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-20130203/1596396.html

Related:
蒙冤警察被关黑监狱 江富友处境危殆
Former Police Officers Held in Black Jails, One Began Hunger Strike
Human Rights in China, November 7, 2013
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6370
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6369

Labor

Foxconn Plans Chinese Union Vote
Financial Times, February 3, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/48091254-6c3e-11e2-b774-00144feab49a.html

重庆农民工讨薪事件调查 (A Look into the Chongqing Migrant Workers' Fight for Unpaid Wages)
Fazhi Wencui Bao, February 1, 2013
http://focus.news.163.com/13/0201/13/8MKP428L00011SM9.html

Politics

Reformers Aim to Get China to Live Up to Own Constitution
The New York Times, February 3, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/world/asia/reformers-aim-to-get-china-to-live-up-to-own-constitution.html

XUAR

新疆學者前赴美國被拒 (Uyghur Academic Ilham Tohti and Daughter Detained at Airport en Route to US, Denied Permission to Leave Country)
Ming Pao, February 3, 2013
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/新疆學者前赴美國被拒-134813827.html

Related:
Detaining Ilham Tohti in Beijing: Xinjiang Security Sector’s Extraterritoriality
Xinjiang Review Blog, February 4, 2013
http://xinjiangreview.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/detaining-ilham-tohti-in-beijing-xinjiang-security-sectors-extraterritoriality/

Friday, February 01, 2013

Environment

10年回顾:从环保风暴到社会运动
China's Street Protests Won't Change Failing System
China Dialogue, January 30, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/ch/5660-China-s-street-protests-won-t-change-failing-system
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5660-China-s-street-protests-won-t-change-failing-system

Human Rights Defenders

陈克贵在监狱首次与家人会见 (Chen Kegui Meets with Family for First Time in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/kegui-01312013153856.html

Media

Zhu Ruifeng, Journalist Who Revealed Corruption in Chongqing, Worries China Won’t Press Reform
McClatchy Newspapers, January 31, 2013
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/01/31/181613/zhu-ruifeng-journalist-who-revealed.html

媒体质疑与“激化不良社会情绪”无关
China's Media Divide
The Economic Observer, January 23, 2013
CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0123/239209.shtml
EN: http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/0131/239543.shtml

Protests and Petitions

广东民众上街支持官员财产公开被扣查 重庆落马贪官情妇被捕引热议 (Guangdongers Detained and Questioned after Take to the Street Calling for Officials to Disclose Their Assets)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gd-01312013105432.html

Rural Issues

中国五年内完成农村地权确认工作 (China to Complete Rural Land Ownership Registration within 5yrs)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/02/130201_china_rural_policy.shtml

Tibet

China Jails 8 Tibetans in Self-immolation Cases
USA Today, January 31, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/01/31/china-tibet-immolations/1880677/

XUAR

Uyghur Pupils Face Beatings
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/beatings-01312013165459.html

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Human Rights Defenders

Blind Activist Tells US to Stand Firm on Rights
The Standard, January 31, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=130638&con_type=1

Internet

Hackers in China Attacked the Times for Last 4 Months
The New York Times, January 30, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-new-york-times-computers.html

Law

广东人大代表提议引进新加坡鞭刑 (Guangdong People’s Congressional Rep Proposals Singapore-style Corporal Punishment)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/01/130130_china_singapore_flogging.shtml

Protests and Petitions

江苏启东14名涉嫌聚众冲击国家机关嫌犯认罪 (14 Plead Guilty for Violence during Protests against Waste Project in Qidong, Jiangsu)
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2013
http://news.qq.com/a/20130131/000046.htm

Related:
Qidong: Citizens Say No to Industrial Waste
启东:民众对工业废水说不
China Rights Forum, 2012, no. 2
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6419
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6420

上海首例被劳教访民诉官开庭百人到场声援 (100 Gather to Show Support as First Case of a Petitioner Suing the RTL Committee after Being Ordered to Reeducation Goes to Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/lj-01302013121909.html

Public Health

Beijing Smog Scarier than Sars, Says Medical Expert
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1140102/beijing-smog-scarier-sars-says-medical-expert

Related:
钟南山:大气污染没人跑得掉 比非典可怕得多 (Head of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases: Air Pollution Far Scarier than SARS)
CCTV, January 31, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-01/31/c_124302553.htm

Tibet

China Sentences 2 Tibetans over Self-immolation
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/759358.shtml

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Environment

Hydro Dams Could Jeopardise 'Grand Canyon of the East', Say Green Groups
The Guardian, January 29, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/29/hydro-dams-china-ecosystem

中国粮食重金属污染严重 每年直接损失200亿 (Annual Loss of 20bil RMB in Food due to Heavy Metal Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ls-01292013161950.html

Human Rights Defenders

陈光诚在华盛顿获得人权奖 (Chen Guangcheng Awarded Lantos Human Rights Award in DC)
Voice of America, January 29, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-china-chen-guangcheng-20130129/1593191.html

Labor

六百民工讨薪3个月无果 被告知不要麻烦政府 (600 Migrant Workers Ask for Back Pay for 3mos to No Avail, Told to Not Bother the Govt)
Legal Daily, January 30, 2013
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2013-01/30/content_4164363.htm

Media

“无国界记者”:中国仍压制新闻自由 (Reporters without Borders: China Still Stifling Press Freedom)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/01/130130_rsf_report_2013.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Zhu Baosheng among More than 10 Protesters Who Face Criminal Charges
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1138862/zhu-baosheng-among-more-10-protesters-who-face-criminal-charges

Tibet

No Change Seen under New Governor
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/governor-01292013180528.html

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Death Penalty

Chinese Officials Urged Not to Execute Domestic Violence Victim
The Guardian, January 28, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/28/chinese-officials-domestic-violence

Related, and with unofficial EN trans:
从一起杀夫案检讨死刑
Reconsidering the Death Penalty on the Basis of Li Yan's Case
Oriental Morning Post, January 29, 2013
CH: http://www.dfdaily.com/html/63/2013/1/29/938910.shtml
EN: http://www.siweiluozi.net/2013/01/translation-li-yan-and-reconsidering.html

Hong Kong

港府修法限新聞自由 惹反彈 (HK Journalists Publish Full-page Protest against Amended Ordinance Limiting Access to Information)
China Times, January 29, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050506/112013012900198.html

Human Rights Defenders

Hada's Mental Health Slipping
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hada-01282013183822.html

Related:
Mongolian Dissident Hada in Illegal Detention Is Mentally Ill; Son Details Abuses by Authorities
Human Rights in China, January 25, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6516

Law

广东省司法厅:广东今年或适时停止劳教 (Guangdong Judicial Dept: Province May Halt Reeducation-Through-System This Year or in Due Course)
Southern Daily, January 29, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/29/19102.html

Media

探訪手記﹕稱「歡迎採訪」 記者卻被拒 (Reporters Told They'd Be Welcome to Cover the Guangdong Congress Meetings, then Refused Coverage)
Ming Pao, January 28, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130128/-9-2882352/1.html

Rural Issues

城镇化十年规划待出 聚焦农民“五权”保障 (10yr Plan for Urbanization to Be Release at Upcoming 2 Sessions, Focus on Guaranteeing "Five Rights" of Farmers)
The Economic Observer, January 28, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0128/239409.shtml

Tibet

Feature: Monk Goads People to Commit Suicide
Xinhua News Agency, January 28, 2013
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0128/554724.html

Monday, January 28, 2013

Death Penalty

四川家暴杀夫案死刑待核准 学者律师上书吁免死 (Scholars, Lawyers Issue Appeal Call for Leniency in Death Penalty Hearing for Victim of Domestic Abuse)
Voice of America, January 26, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/domestic-violence-china-20130126/1591540.html

Internet

Muckraking Chinese Blogger Gets Police Visit
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 28, 2013
http://www.smh.com.au/world/muckraking-chinese-blogger-gets-police-visit-20130128-2dftu.html

Land Policy

山東拆遷戶人大會場自焚 (Shandong Evictee Self-immolates outside Party Congress Meeting)
China Press, January 28, 2013
http://www.chinapress.com.my/node/390528

Protests and Petitions

Qidong Protester to Stand Trial
Global Times, January 28, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/758568.shtml

地方两会密集召开 访民成批上访遇阻 (Petitioners Stopped en Masse as Local Congresses Open)
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-01272013142738.html

Rural Issues

Leader’s Visit Lifts a Village, Yet Lays Bare China’s Woes
The New York Times, January 26, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/world/asia/chinas-xi-jinping-faces-problem-of-rural-poverty.html

Tibet

Two Tibetans Tried over Self-immolations
Xinhua News Agency, January 26, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/26/content_16177533.htm

流亡藏人政府呼吁放弃欢庆藏历新年 (Dharamsala to Tibetans: Don't Celebrate Tibetan New Year, Commemorate the ~100 Who've Died in Fire)
Deutsche Welle, January 25, 2013
http://www.dw.de/流亡藏人政府呼吁放弃欢庆藏历新年/a-16550035

XUAR

Progressing Xinjiang Vows Counter-terrorism Strike
Xinhua News Agency, January 27, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/27/content_16177722.htm

Friday, January 25, 2013

Children

Child Trafficking: A Cruel Trade
The Economist, January 26, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21570762-curb-widespread-trafficking-abducted-children-officials-and-parents-are-turning-social

Human Rights Defenders

Woman Gets Locked in Morgue after Labour Camp, Beijing Petition
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135250/woman-gets-locked-morgue-after-labour-camp-beijing-petition

Related:
黑龙江回应女子上访被关太平间:政府必须认账 (Heilongjiang Responds to Case of Woman Locked in Abandoned Morgue for Three Years after Serving Reeducation-through-Labor for Petitioning: Govt Should Own Up)
Sina, January 24, 2013
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/focusnews/soc/heilongjiangshangfangnvbeiguantaipingjian0124/index.html

Protests and Petitions

Mainland Migrant Workers Ask Li Ka-shing for Unpaid Wages
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135787/mainland-migrant-workers-ask-li-ka-shing-unpaid-wages