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 20, 2012

Government

Grassroots Lawmaker Elections Completed
Xinhua News Agency, June 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/20/content_15513409.htm

Hong Kong

HK a 'Hard Place' for Asylum Seekers
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=adc8f9c07c508310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei's Lawyer Missing as Artist Is Warned away from Tax Hearing
Reuters, June 20, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jun/20/ai-weiwei-lawyer-missing-court

聲援李旺陽 王荔蕻被禁離京 (Activist Wang Lihong Forbidden from Leaving Beijing after Voicing Support for Li Wangyang)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2696639/1.html

Labor

人社部:现行退休年龄不会立刻调整 (No Change Yet to Retirement Age)
People's Daily, June 20, 2012
http://www.cs.com.cn/xwzx/hg/201206/t20120620_3377703.html

Migrant Workers

New Residency Rule Shows Bias, Migrants Say
China Daily, June 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/20/content_15513514.htm

Police

勞教所「更安全」 體重不跌反升 (Reeducation-Through-Labour "More Safe" than Outside for Fang Hong)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2012
http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/dailynews3b.cfm?File=20120620/nalca/caa3_er.txt

Protests and Petitions

廣州上百黑人堵路示威 (Guangzhou: 100+ Africans Block Road in Protest of Sudden Death of African in Police Custody)
Ming Pao, June 19, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2696388/1.html

XUAR

维族人售宗教刊物判十年 世维会批评当局镇压 (Hotan: Uyghur Sentenced to 10 Years for Selling Religious Materials)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/w-06192012101735.html

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Tibet

Corruption Protesters Jailed
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/jailed-06182012155124.html

Public Health

Public Hospital Reform Begins in Counties
Xinhua News Agency, June 15, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/15/content_15506065.htm

Police

便衣城管被指殴打残疾小贩 (Plainclothes Urban Management Officer Accused of Beating Disabled Street Seller)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 19, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/6/9a/69a5b5995110b36a/Blog/b97/b7bac8.html

Labor

广州日资厂3000人罢工 (3000 on Strike at Guangzhou Factory)
Singpao, June 19, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/laxw/layw/201206/t20120619_364115.html

Human Rights Defenders

李旺阳家人好友续失踪 香港联署近十万欲交胡锦涛 (Li Wangyang's Family and Friends Still Missing)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-06182012095422.html

Hong Kong

回归十五年前夕的三个名字 (Mixed Feelings over Three Big Names on Even of 15th Anniversary of HK Handover)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/06/120619_hkreview_threenames_byzousonghua.shtml

Bilateral Ties

Chinese Media Push into US
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 19, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18437404

Uyghurs Face Deportation from Sweden
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/deportation-06182012133441.html

Monday, June 18, 2012

Hong Kong

李旺阳之死改变香港政治生态 (Death of Activist Li Wangyang Changes Political Way of Life in HK)
Yazhou Zhoukan, June 18, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120618-李旺阳之死改变香港政治生态

Law

北京律师被法警带离庭审现场殴打 (Beijing Lawyer Removed from Courtroom, Beaten by Bailiffs)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-06172012114409.html

Politics

China Acknowledges Scandal's Damage to Party Image
Reuters, June 18, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/18/us-china-politics-chongqing-idUSBRE85H05S20120618

Related:
张德江在重庆市第四次党代会上的讲话 (Zhang Dejiang's Full Speech before the Chongqing Party Meeting)
June 18, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/733/455a4e.html

‘In the Current System, I’d Be Corrupt Too’: An Interview with Bao Tong
NYR Blog, June 14, 2012
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/jun/14/china-corruption-bao-tong-interview/

Population

One-child Rule Could Be Eased as Population Ages
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0ebaacbc111f7310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions

上千安徽民众围堵余姚高速公路 抗议交警处理酒驾车祸不公 (Anhui: 1K+ Block Road to Protest Police Handling of Traffic Accident)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-06152012151829.html