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, September 28, 2011

Environment

Think China’s Air Is Breathable? Think Again
The Globe and Mail, September 27, 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/think-chinas-air-is-breathable-think-again/article2181489/
For related videos see:
Toxic Industries: Environment and Health Issues
http://www.youtube.com/user/hrichina#grid/user/07F8B19631DD6900

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei's Wife Urges China to Drop Plan on Detentions
Reuters, September 28, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110928/wl_nm/us_china_artist_detentions
Ai's wife's open letter to the NPC can be found at:
对《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法修正案(草案)》的意见 (Comments on the Draft Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Law)
Lu Qing, September 28, 2011
http://loveaiww.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post_5440.html

Land Policy

Beijing Plans to Relocate Mass Residents to Suburbs
Xinhua News Agency, September 27, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-09/27/content_13805139.htm

Law

Seeking Shelter
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2011
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=5928

刑诉法修改草案引热议:刑事和解是否"花钱买平安" (CPL Draft Hot Topic: Can Money Buy an Amicable Settlement in Criminal Cases?)
Legal Daily, September 28, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-09/28/content_3018181.htm

Migrant Workers

巴中民工“官场”维权 (Can Government Reps Working to Protect Rights of Migrant Workers Be a Model?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, September 28, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/a/e1/ae1a83fe55053035/Blog/169/d2b7b9.html

Protests and Petitions

5.12地震灾民集体请愿遭阻止 拜登访川时遭拘禁维权代表到京 (Dozens of People Affected by May 2008 Quake Prevented from Petitioning en Masse)
Radio Free Asia (September 27, 2011)
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/di-09272011103329.html

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Bilateral Ties

Stop Meddling in HK Affairs, China Tells U.S.
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=203db94c966a2310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

民族运动会召开被强制旅游 贵州民主人士抗议打压 (Guizhou Democracy Activists Forced to Go on Trips during Nationalities Games)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/min-09262011114039.html

维权人士肖春失踪3年近日获释 (Labor Rights Activist Xiao Chun Released from Prison 3 Years after Being Secretly Sentenced)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_release-09262011103338.html

Media

World Media Leaders Meet in Beijing to Discuss IPR, New Media, Cooperation
Xinhua News Agency, September 27, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-09/27/c_131161888.htm

Politics

中宣部等四部门负责人谈深化文化体制改革 (Central Propaganda Dept and Other Bureaux Discuss Deepening Reform of Cultural System)
People's Daily, September 27, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-09/26/content_3003037.htm

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

China and Russia Tussle over SCO's Future
AsiaTimes, September 27, 2011
http://www.atimes.com//atimes/China/MI27Ad01.html

Tibet

'Illegal' for Dalai Lama to Find Successor
Agence France-Presse, September 27, 2011
http://www.sinodaily.com/reports/Successor_chosen_by_Dalai_Lama_illegal_China_999.html

2 Tibetan Monks Set Themselves on Fire to Protest Chinese Policy
New York Times, September 26, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/world/asia/two-tibetan-monks-set-themselves-on-fire-in-protest.html

Monday, September 26, 2011

Government

川震救災處分421幹部 涉貪污挪物資 (421 Cadres Punished for Quake-relief Embezzlement)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2446069/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Yang Zaixin (杨在新)

杨在新伪证案移送检察院 被疑司法报复再度引关注
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yzx-09232011112339.html

Law

常委委员热议未成年人犯罪案件诉讼程序应当扩大附条件不起诉的范围 (Standing Committee Discusses Expanding Scope of the Conditions Where Juveniles Will Not Be Prosecuted)
Legal Daily, September 26, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-09/26/content_2993328.htm
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-09/26/content_2993328.htm

Migrant Workers

Only Thing Missing from Plans to Help Migrants Are the Migrants Themselves
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3a127a586f692310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police

Anger over China Tourist Beating
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 24, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15048213

Protests and Petitions

Beijing Touts Crackdown amid Land-grab Protests
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=60e5947daf0a2310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Society

中国官媒刊登学者讨论反思民族政策的文章 (Official Media Publish Articles on Ethnic Policy)
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nu-09232011094631.html

XUAR

Teachers Fired over Mandarin Ability
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/teachers-09232011160635.html