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.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Bilateral Ties

China's Changing Tone on African Investment
Al Jazeera, June 08, 2011
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/06/201167142556551565.html

Food Safety

中国公布三聚氰胺赔偿基金运作 (China Releases Information on the Operation of the Melamine Compensation Fund)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 08, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110608_china_melamine_compensation.shtml

Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)

胡佳即将出狱妻女突遭迫迁 (Hu Jia’s Family Forced Out of Their Home Shortly before His Release from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hujia-06072011112904.html

Human Rights Defenders

出狱在即山东维权记者齐崇淮再被起诉 (Journalist Jailed after Exposing Corruption again Indicted Shortly before Prison Release)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qch-06072011100326.html

IMAR

China Tries Four in Case That Led to Mongol Unrest
Agence France-Presse, June 08, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110608/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsmongolsunrest

Mongolian Professors Held
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/professors-06072011123731.html

Politics

China Probes Officials for Possible Leaks: Report
Agence France-Presse, June 07, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110608/wl_asia_afp/chinaeconomycrime

Protests and Petitions

討薪水斷腳筋 潮州上萬民工暴動 燒30餘輛車洩憤 上萬武警戒備 (Knife Attack during Wage Dispute Leads to Clash between Migrant Workers and Police)
Apple Daily, June 08, 2011
http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/33443134/IssueID/20110608
Related news:
Clash Erupts over Wage Spat in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province
Global Times, June 08, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-06/662899.html

Related video:
潮州数百人集抗议讨薪工人被砍手 (Chaozhou: Hundreds Protest Knife Attack during Wage Dispute)
http://v.ifeng.com/news/society/201106/5aadfbd6-aaab-4c2a-8a34-2168b3f5796e.shtml

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

China Upbeat upon SCO's New Decade
Xinhua News Agency, June 08, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/08/content_12660181.htm
Related news:
孙壮志:未来十年上合组织将逐步走向成熟 (Interview with CASS SCO Scholar Sun Zhuangzhi: “The SCO Will Mature over Next 10 Years”)
Xinhua News Agency, June 08, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2011-06/08/c_121509032.htm

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

June 07, 2011: Freedom of Speech

打油詩譏薄熙來遭勞教一年 (Chongqinger Ordered to 1 Year of Reeducation-Through-Labor for Mocking Politician Bo Xilai)
Ming Pao, June 07, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2349319/1.html

June 07, 2011: Government

Why Liu Ping's Candidacy Failed
Caixin, June 07, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-06-07/100266830.html

June 07, 2011: Human Rights Defenders

Turning a Deaf Ear
South China Morning Post, June 07, 2011
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=5543

June 07, 2011: IMAR

'Nearly 100' Held in Inner Mongolia
Agence France-Presse, June 06, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110606/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsmongolsunrest
Related news:
Inner Mongolia in 'War-Like State'
Radio Free Asia, June 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/military-06052011183520.html

June 07, 2011: June Fourth

Mainlanders Attend Vigil in Numbers
South China Morning Post, June 05, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0416522a19b50310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tiananmen: Thousands in Hong Kong Mark Crackdown
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 07, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13658037
Pictures from the June Fourth memorial vigil taken by HRIC are available online at:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150272552906414.374214.94042326413
Tiananmen Anniversary Brings New China Detentions
Associated Press, June 04, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110604/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tiananmen

香港六四晚会被拘50多人全部获释 (All 50+ People Detained at Hong Kong Vigil Released)
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hongkong_64-06062011130740.html

June 07, 2011: Labor

Migrant Workers Protest over Wage Dispute
Xinhua News Agency, June 07, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/07/content_12646017.htm

June 07, 2011: Police

人大代表疑遭酷刑致死 (Hubei: Torture Suspected in Suspicious Death during Interrogation of Official)
Ming Pao, June 07, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2349317/1.html

June 07, 2011: Religion

CPC Implements Free Religious Belief Policy
Xinhua News Agency, June 07, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/07/content_12651313.htm
Related news:
叶小文:共产党为什么能团结信教群众 (Ye Xiaowen: Why Can the CPC Unite Religious Believers?)
People's Daily, June 07, 2011
http://theory.people.com.cn/GB/14830768.html

June 07, 2011: Shanghai Cooperation Organization

UNHCR Refuses to Shed Light
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/refugees-06062011190817.html

Friday, June 03, 2011

June 03, 2011

News
Corruption
3 Sacked for Misuse of Quake Funds
Xinhua News Agency, June 03, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/06/03/3%2Bsacked%2Bfor%2Bmisuse%2Bof%2Bquake%2Bfunds/

Economic Development
China Factory Town Shudders at Rising Costs
Reuters, June 02, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/03/us-china-economy-factory-idUSTRE75204M20110603

Environment
Where the River Ends
Foreign Policy, June 02, 2011
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/02/where_the_river_ends

Hukou
Cities Asked to Help Grads Obtain Hukou
China Daily, June 03, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/03/content_12633320.htm

IMAR
Inner Mongolia Quieter after Herder's Death
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=632f391d70150310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

内蒙目击者﹕满街是特警,坦克来了 (Witness in IMAR: Streets Full of Special Police and the Tanks Have Arrived)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/mongolian_students-06022011111915.html

June Fourth
June 4 Events Blocked
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/june-06022011141734.html

港人六四小故事 父留剪報作嫁妝 (HKers' June Fourth Stories)
Ming Pao, June 03, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2346324/1.html

六四前夕 北京升級打壓異見人士 (Beijing Increases Pressure on Dissidents and Activists on Eve of June Fourth Anniversary)
Apple Daily, June 03, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110603&sec_id=15335&art_id=15309540

六四晚会忧遭警方干扰 香港泛民吁市民踊跃参加 (Fearing Interference from Police, HK Alliance Calls for More Assistance for Candlelight Vigil)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hk-06022011103541.html

Labor
人社部拟规定工会可主动参与劳动争议协商处理 (Human Resources Ministry Drafts Regulations on Labor Dispute Mediation in Enterprises)
China Youth Daily, June 03, 2011
http://news.cyol.com/content/2011-06/03/content_4496580.htm

Military
China PLA Officers Call Internet Key Battleground
Reuters, June 03, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/03/us-china-internet-google-idUSTRE7520OV20110603

Police
阻挠采访打记者 北京两民警被停职 (Two Beijing Civil Police Officers Lose Their Jobs after Obstructing and Hitting Reporters)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 03, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/f/8a/f8a7e9f5efd72a91/Blog/969/eac8a2.html

Politics
China Stats Official Leaves Job on Suspicion of Leaking Data
Bloomberg, June 03, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-06-03/china-stats-official-leaves-job-on-suspicion-of-leaking-data.html

Rural Issues
环保部:农村污染排放已占中国“半壁江山” (Environmental Ministry: Rural Pollution Accounts for Half of China's Pollution)
China Youth Daily, June 03, 2011
http://news.cyol.com/content/2011-06/03/content_4496287.htm

Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Kazakhstan Deports Uyghur Teacher
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/deportation-06022011174917.html

Related information:
SCO Member State Kazakhstan’s Return of Uyghur Refugee to China Demonstrates Disregard of International Human Rights Obligations
上合组织成员国哈萨克斯坦藐视国际人权义务将维吾尔难民遣返中国
Human Rights in China, June 01, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5358
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5359

Thursday, June 02, 2011

June 02, 2011

News
Death Penalty

学者建议立法以终身监禁代替死刑 打消公众担忧 (Scholar Proposes Replacing Death Penalty with Life Imprisonment)
Legal Daily, June 01, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-06/01/content_2701189.htm

Government
独立人士参选踊跃人数历届之冠 (This Election Cycle Has Highest Number of Independent Candidates Yet)
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/election_candidates-06012011111303.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
UK's Royal Academy Gives Ai Weiwei Honorary Title
Reuters, June 01, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/01/us-britain-aiweiei-idUSTRE7506ZF20110601

留給艾未未一面空牆 (A Wall Left Blank for Ai Weiwei)
Ming Pao, June 02, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2345450/1.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Tighter Controls on Activist, Family
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/controls-06012011142424.html

Human Rights Defender – Zhao Lianhai (赵连海)
Police Hound Activist on Family Day Out
South China Morning Post, June 02, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4962a2297cb40310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

IMAR
China Extends Hand and Fist to Protesters
New York Times, June 01, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/world/asia/02mongolia.html

內蒙否認網傳女生腿被壓碎 (Inner Mongolian Police Deny Reports of a Student's Leg Being Crushed)
Ming Pao, June 02, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110601/ca31803c.htm

Internet
'Chinese Hackers' Break into Gmail Accounts
Al Jazeera, June 02, 2011
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/2011/06/20116205619120217.html

China Rejects Gmail Spying Claims
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 02, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13626548

June Fourth
丁子霖:今年無法外出祭兒 (Ding Zilin: I'll Be Unable to Leave My Home to Mourn My Son This Year)
Ming Pao, June 02, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2345453/1.html

Public Health
别让环境污染损害我们的健康 (Don't Let Pollution Damage Our Health)
China Youth Daily, June 02, 2011
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2011-06/02/nw.D110000zgqnb_20110602_3-03.htm

Shanghai Cooperation Organization
张德广:上合组织对地区和平发展作出重要贡献 (First SCO Secretary-General Zhang Deguang: The SCO Has Made an Important Contribution to the Development of Peace in the Region)
Xinhua News Agency, June 02, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2011-06/02/c_121487082.htm

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

June 01, 2011

Top news
June Fourth

Tiananmen Mothers Say Government Hints at Payment, No Apology
Reuters, May 31, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/31/us-china-tiananman-idUSTRE74U0HS20110531
For the full text and English translation of the Tiananmen Mothers’
Letter, see:

天安门母亲:不容亵渎“六四”亡灵、不容损害“六四”难属的 人格尊严——“六四”惨案二十二周年祭
On the 22nd Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre: The Souls of Those Killed
during June Fourth Shall Not Be Defiled; Their Families Shall Not Be Dishonored
Tiananmen Mothers, May 31, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5350
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5349

Related news:
Payout Discussed with Family of June 4 Victim
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7eb0abdb29640310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

张先玲:赔偿也要先讲个是非对错 (Zhang Xianling: Before Talks of Compensation There Should
Be Talks of Whether It Was Right or Wrong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 31, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/05/110531_tiananmen_zhangxianling.shtml

News
Hong Kong
在港內地生維權 中聯辦「請飲茶」 (Mainland Students in Hong Kong Called to "Drink Tea"
with the Mainland Central Liaison Office after Participating in Rights Defense
Activities)
Ming Pao, June 01, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2344398/1.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波“八个月未能与家人联系” (Liu Xiaobo: Unable to Contact Family for 8 Months)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 01, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110601_liuxiaobo_liuxia.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Rights Activist Jailed for Credit Fraud
Associated Press, June 01, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110601/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights

IMAR
China Says Foreigners Stir Inner Mongolia Unrest
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 31, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13602589

報道:中國拘數十內蒙牧民 (Report: Dozens of Mongolian Herders Detained)
Ming Pao, June 01, 2011
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/110531/4/olph.html

内蒙呼和浩特重兵布防大学 (Hohhot Universities Heavily Surrounded by Armed Forces)
Deutsche Welle, May 31, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15121964,00.html

内蒙古全面建立草原生态补偿机制 (IMAR Sets Up a Grasslands Ecology Compensation Mechanism)
People's Daily, May 31, 2011
http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64093/64387/14779896.html

中国称会回应蒙古族牧民合理要求 (China: We Can Respond to the Mongolian Herders' Rational Demands)
Voice of America, May 31, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/122857129.html

Migrant Workers
Container School for 'Floating' Kids
Shanghai Daily, June 01, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/06/01/Container+school+for+floating+kids

Migrant Population to Grow to 350 Million: Report
China Daily, May 31, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/31/content_12615102.htm

Politics
Hackers Take on Chinese Website
The Age, June 01, 2011
http://www.smh.com.au/world/hackers-take-on-chinese-website-20110531-1feim.html

新华社发文解读中共重申维护政治纪律 (Xinhua Expounds on Why the CPC Has Reaffirmed the Upholding
of Political Discipline)
Xinhua News Agency, May 31, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-06-01/075422566969.shtml

Protests and Petitions
地方政府默许非法扩张用地导致集体进京上访增多 (Local Governments' Acquiescence of Illegal Expansion
of Land Use Leads to Increase of Collective Petitions in Beijing)
Legal Daily, May 31, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-05/31/content_2697297.htm

Shanghai Cooperation Organization
10周年首脑峰会召开在即 投资渐成上合组织合作重要方向 (With 10th Anniversary Council of SCO Heads of State Soon Approaching, SCO's Prime Focus Gradually Becomes Investment)
China Business Times, June 01, 2011
http://intl.ce.cn/zgysj/201106/01/t20110601_22453739.shtml

XUAR
Uyghur in Chinese Custody?
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/deportation-05312011162319.html
Related information:
Uyghur Repatriation Imminent
Radio Free Asia, May 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/repatriation-05262011192244.html