Vietnam Falungong Jailed over China Broadcasts
Associated Press, November 10, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-falungong-jailed-over-china-broadcasts-205036846.html
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, November 14, 2011
Human Rights Defenders – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
艾未未已获“借款”800多万元 (8mil+ RMB “Loaned” to Ai Weiwei)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 14, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111114_aiweiwei_tax.shtml
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 14, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111114_aiweiwei_tax.shtml
Related news:
With Help, Chinese Artist Will Contest a Tax Bill
New York Times, November 11, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/world/asia/dissident-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-will-contest-large-tax-bill.html
Human Rights Defenders – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Police Harass Dozens of Blind Activist's Supporters
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c965d3c151893310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
陈光诚软禁中过生日警察拘留访客 (Chen’s Birthday Visitors Taken into Custody)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 13, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111113_chenguangcheng_birthday.shtml
South China Morning Post, November 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c965d3c151893310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
陈光诚软禁中过生日警察拘留访客 (Chen’s Birthday Visitors Taken into Custody)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 13, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111113_chenguangcheng_birthday.shtml
Human Rights Defenders – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Liu Xiaobo: New Book Lifts China's Gag on Jailed Nobel Peace Prizewinner
The Guardian, November 12, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/12/liu-xiaobo-book-lifts-gag
The Guardian, November 12, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/12/liu-xiaobo-book-lifts-gag
Related information:
No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674061477
Land Policy
South China Villagers Riot over Land Dispute: Police
Reuters, November 13, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111113/wl_nm/us_china_land_protest
甘肃兰州17名钉子户与城管冲突被公诉 (Lanzhou: 17 Evictees Indicted for Housing Conflict with Urban Management)
New Express, November 11, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/1111/06/7IIEV6FS00011229.html
Reuters, November 13, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111113/wl_nm/us_china_land_protest
Related news:
广东中山警方否认警民冲突有人死亡 (Zhongshan: Police Deny Reports of Fatalities in Clash with Police)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 13, 2011
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/11/111113_zhongshan_land_unrest.shtml
甘肃兰州17名钉子户与城管冲突被公诉 (Lanzhou: 17 Evictees Indicted for Housing Conflict with Urban Management)
New Express, November 11, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/1111/06/7IIEV6FS00011229.html
Media
China Tries to Rein in Internet with New Threats
Associated Press, November 11, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111111/ap_on_re_as/as_china_media
Associated Press, November 11, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111111/ap_on_re_as/as_china_media
Friday, November 11, 2011
Bilateral Ties
Activist Accuses West of 'Failing' Jailed Dissidents
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d21073dfc5e83310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d21073dfc5e83310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Environment
China's 'Breathable' Pollution Breaks Index
Bloomberg News, November 10, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-10/china-s-breathable-pollution-breaks-index.html
Bloomberg News, November 10, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-10/china-s-breathable-pollution-breaks-index.html
Human Rights
Human Rights Studies Boom in China
Xinhua News Agency, November 10, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-11/10/content_14068053.htm
Xinhua News Agency, November 10, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-11/10/content_14068053.htm
Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
China's Chen Guangcheng: Isolated But Not Forgotten
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 11, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15681662
陈光诚周六生日支持者发起祝贺活动 (Activists Hold Celebrations for Chen's Upcoming Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/chenguangcheng-11102011095119.html
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 11, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15681662
陈光诚周六生日支持者发起祝贺活动 (Activists Hold Celebrations for Chen's Upcoming Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/chenguangcheng-11102011095119.html
Related information:
上海市民150名祈福陈光诚生日快乐 (150 Shanghainese Celebrate Chen Guangcheng’s Birthday)
Citizens' Square, November 09, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5630
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5632
Human Rights Defenders - Liu Zhengyou (刘正有)
刘正有将出狱引起当局紧张 (Pressure from Authorities as Liu Zhengyou's Release Approaches)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_jail_release-11102011115631.html
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_jail_release-11102011115631.html
Related information:
维权人士刘正有刑满获释 (Land Rights Activist Liu Zhengyou Released)
Human Rights in China, November 11, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5628
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5627
Labor
Bye-bye Cheap, Chinese Labor
Global Post, November 10, 2011
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/111109/china-economy-manufacturing-guangdong
Global Post, November 10, 2011
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/111109/china-economy-manufacturing-guangdong
Protests and Petitions
17 Families Accused of Obstructing Public Project
Shanghai Daily, November 11, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=487207
Shanghai Daily, November 11, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=487207
Society
Composer of 'June 4' Song Jailed for Fraud
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6da073dfc5e83310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6da073dfc5e83310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Su Yue's song "Bloodstained Glory" (血染的風采), can be heard here:
血染的風采 Bloodstained Glory - 梅艷芳 Anita Mui
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iTQjejY-4Y
Tibet
流亡尼泊尔西藏僧人引火自焚 呼吁中国当局重视藏人诉求 (Nepal: Tibetan Monk Sets Self Alight to Gain Attention for Monks' Pleas in China)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/z-11102011161931.html
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/z-11102011161931.html
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Government
北京人大独立参选人野靖春谈投票经过 (Independent Candidate Ye Jingchun Speaks on the Election)
Radio France Internationale, November 10, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111110-北京人大独立参选人野靖春谈投票经过
Radio France Internationale, November 10, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111110-北京人大独立参选人野靖春谈投票经过
Human Rights Defenders - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Ai Weiwei's Mother Accuses Officials of Hounding Her Son
The Guardian, November 09, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/09/ai-weiweis-mother-hounding-son
The Guardian, November 09, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/09/ai-weiweis-mother-hounding-son
Related information:
艾未未的母亲要抵押房产救儿子
Ai Weiwei’s Mother to Mortgage Her House to Help Son
Human Rights in China, November 07, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5621
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5623
Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
《告父老乡亲书》 为陈光诚鸣不平 警方调查来源村民担惊受怕 (Villagers in Chen's Town Receive Letters Telling of Injustice Happening to Chen)
Radio Free Asia, November 09, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/g-11092011150840.html
Radio Free Asia, November 09, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/g-11092011150840.html
Related information:
China’s Lawyers under Siege
The New York Review of Books, November 09, 2011
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/nov/08/chinas-lawyers-under-siege/
Human Rights Defenders - Wang Yi (王译)
"推特言论罪"第一人王译今获释 (Wang Yi, Sent to Reeducation Camp for Twitter Speech Crimes, Released Wednesday)
Human Rights in China, November 09, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15519394,00.html
Human Rights in China, November 09, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15519394,00.html
Related information:
维权人士王译劳教期满获释后仍遭监视居住
Rights Activist Wang Yi Still under Surveillance after Release from RTL
Human Rights in China, November 09, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5625
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5624
Internet
Weibo Gives Rumors No Time to Thrive
China Daily, November 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/china/2011-11/04/content_14035477.htm
China Daily, November 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/china/2011-11/04/content_14035477.htm
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