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, April 02, 2012

Environment

China to Flood Nature Reserve with Latest Yangtze Dam
Reuters, March 29, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/29/us-china-dam-idUSBRE82S0GG20120329

Hong Kong

Persevere for Democracy, Suu Kyi Tells HK Activists
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2012
http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/Persevere-for-democracy-Suu-Kyi-tells-HK-activists

Thousands March against Hong Kong's Next Leader
Agence France-Presse, April 1, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-march-against-hong-kongs-next-leader-142818505.html
Related news:
不要中聯辦亂港 1.5萬人西征 (150K March in Protest, Calling That They Do Not Want the China Liaison Office to Rule Hong Kong)
Apple Daily, April 2, 2012
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20120402&sec_id=4104&art_id=16212596

Internet

16网站关闭 新浪腾讯微博停评论 京严查网上造谣拘六人 (2 Microblogs Suspend Comments, 6 People Detained, 16 Sites Closed for "Spreading Rumors")
Sing Tao Daily, April 1, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/16網站關閉-新浪騰訊微博停評論-京嚴查網上造謠拘六人-220823326.html
Related news:
China's Major Microblogs Suspend Comment Function to 'Clean Up Rumors'
Xinhua News Agency, March 31, 2012
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7775525.html

Politics

中共党报罕见坦承 中国社会处于敏感期 (Party Paper Gives Rare Acknowledgement of Sensitive Times)
Radio Free Asia, April 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/Zhongguominganqi-04022012030748.html

Protests and Petitions

Woman, Baby Detained since February
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/woman-baby-03302012104410.html

Public Health

Hand-foot-mouth Disease Keeps Spreading in China
China Daily, March 31, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/31/content_14961629.htm

Tibet

阿坝两自焚藏人1死1命危 吊唁藏民与武警对峙 (Sichuan: 1 Monk Dead, 1 Critical from Burns Sustained in Suicide Attempt)
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-04012012120112.html

Friday, March 30, 2012

Gender

China's Gender Imbalance Still Grave
Xinhua News Agency, March 29, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/29/content_14946037.htm

Hong Kong

人民网称梁振英"同志"引港媒议论 (HK Media Comment on Use of "Comrade Leung" on New Chief Executive's People's Online Profile)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 30, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/03/120330_hk_comrade_cyleung.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

偷漏稅上訴失敗 艾未未罰 1500萬 (Appeal Fails, Ai's Company Fined 15mil)
Apple Daily, March 30, 2012
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20120330&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=16204274

Politics

China’s Leaders Seek Unity after Ouster of Bo Xilai
The New York Times, March 30, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/world/asia/chinas-leaders-seek-unity-after-ouster-of-bo-xilai.html

Chinese Lawyer Tells of Torture
Reuters, March 29, 2012
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/6663581/Chinese-lawyer-tells-of-torture

重慶事件致左派學者分化 (Chongqing Affair Leading to Split in Leftist Scholars)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120330/caa1.htm

Protests and Petitions

沈阳拆迁户吊挂假人抗拆 (Shenyang: Evictees Hang Dummy in Protest)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 30, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/f/8a/f8a7e9f5efd72a91/Blog/79c/ed9679.html

Tibet

印度警方对藏人高度戒备 (Indian Police Take Precautions against Protesting Tibetans)
Deutsche Welle, March 30, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15848304,00.html

西藏精神领袖达赖喇嘛获邓普顿奖 (Dalai Lama Awarded 2012 Templeton Prize)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 29, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2012/03/120329_dalai_templeton.shtml

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei Refused Public Hearing for Tax Case
Reuters, March 29, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/29/ai-weiwei-refused-public-hearing

Gao Zhisheng, Detained Chinese Lawyer, Visited by Family
The New York Times, March 28, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/world/asia/family-reports-prison-visit-with-long-missing-chinese-rights-lawyer.html

Internet

Online Tributes to Zhao Ziyang Pass Censors
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2012
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Online-tributes-to-Zhao-Ziyang-pass-censors

Multilateral

BRICS Summit Shadowed by Tibet Protests
Agence France-Presse, March 29, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/brics-summit-shadowed-tibet-protests-210849281.html

Politics

兩會期間被迫封口 押解回渝 (Zhang Mingyu Kept under Watch during NPC/CPPCC)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120329/caa2.htm

Protests and Petitions

江苏苏州三名维权村民到北京上访后失踪 (Three Jiangsu Petitioners Go Missing in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/suz-03282012152743.html

Religion

江苏公安阻牧师见外媒强迫旅游 (Police Escort Pastor onto "Trip" to Keep Him from Meeting with Foreign Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/js-03282012095141.html

Tibet

四川阿壩再有藏僧自焚亡 (Another Monk Self-Immolation in Ngawa, Sichuan)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120329/ca41515a.htm