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.

Thursday, December 08, 2011

Labor

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

Media

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

Protests and Petitions

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

Taiwan

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

Tibet

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

Bilateral Ties

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

Civil Society

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

Death Penalty

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

Environment

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

Hong Kong

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

Migrant Workers

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

Society

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

Taiwan

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

Tibet

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

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Labor

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

Police

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

Poverty

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

Protests and Petitions

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

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

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

Public Health

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

State Security

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