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.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Bilateral Ties

China 'Failing Burmese Refugees'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 26, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18589937

N. Korea Executes Four Returned Refugees: Activist
Agence France-Presse, June 26, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/n-korea-executes-four-returned-refugees-activist-193526302.html

Civil Society

Guangdong to use NGOs in Reform Move
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0a9da1195de18310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

公益组织不能做成“万金油” (Public Interest Orgs Cannot Be One Size Fits All)
Southern Daily, June 26, 2012
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2012-06/26/content_7096933.htm

Environment

中国海洋环境状况总体较好 溢油等突发事件风险加剧 (Report: Water Ecology Generally Good, Save Near Coast with Rise in Pollution Risk)
People's Daily, June 26, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/energy/2012-06/26/c_123329234.htm

Hong Kong

Hong Kong: 15 Years since the Return to Chinese Rule
China Worker, June 26, 2012
http://chinaworker.info/en/content/news/1822/

87%傳媒人﹕曾治下新聞自由倒退 (87% of Journalists: Decline in Press Freedom since Tsang Became Chief Executive)
Ming Pao, June 25, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2700802/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

多名异见人士未解除软禁 香港七一为李旺阳伸冤 (Many Dissidents Remain under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/duo-06252012115208.html

Law

辽宁规定上访遭劳教申诉不立案 (Jinzhou Court Worker: Liaoning Not to Accept Appeals against Reeducation-Through-Labor for Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xq-06252012162414.html

Media

Regulator Announces Crackdown on Media Bribery
Caixin, June 25, 2012
http://english.caixin.com/2012-06-25/100403810.html

Related information:
关于开展“打击新闻敲诈、治理有偿新闻”专项行动的通知 (Notice on Launch of "Combatting News Extortion and Controlling Compensated Stories" Campaign)
State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television, June 20, 2012
http://www.sarft.gov.cn/articles/2012/06/20/20120620153834000905.html

Society

Demolition Leaves Family Scattered, Defenceless
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9429555739428310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Friday, June 22, 2012

Hong Kong

'Constitutional Duty' to Enact Article 23 Law
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=214b3a5347f08310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Filipino Maid Takes Fight for Permanent Residency to Hong Kong's Top Court
The Associated Press, June 22, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/22/filipino-maid-hong-kong-court

Hong Kong Newspaper Charged with Downplaying Dissident’s Death
Reuters, June 21, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/business/global/hong-kong-newspaper-charged-with-downplaying-dissidents-death.html

Related:
Furor over Hong Kong Editor's Decision Continues
Asia Sentinel, June 21, 2012
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4619&Itemid=204

Human Rights Defenders

廖亦武:我其实是一个记忆工作者 (Liao Yiwu: I'm a Memory Worker)
Deutsche Welle, June 21, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15219059,00.html

Inner Mongolia

内蒙古发生牧民街头抗议 (Herders Demonstrate in Bayan Nur)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cyl-06212012105002.html

Labor

复旦大学报告称涨薪解决不了中国“用工荒” (Fudan Report: Pay Rises Cannot Solve Labor Shortage)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nu-06212012092557.html

Land Policy

镇干部:已入户协商签订协议 村民:未召开村民大会 临沭一土地增减挂钩项目拆迁遭质疑 (Dispute over Demolition Plan in Shandong)
Legal Daily, June 22, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-06/22/content_3655983.htm

Public Health

Disease Victims in Cry for Help
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=13663a5347f08310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Chen Affair Showed Level of US-China Trust: Clinton
Agence France-Presse, June 21, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/chen-affair-showed-level-us-china-trust-clinton-033404737.html

Hong Kong

李旺阳事件将港人对北京不信任推向新高 (Handling of Li Wangyang "Suicide" Heightens HK Distrust of Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-06202012112821.html

Related:
Forensics Experts' Help Sought in Li Wangyang Case
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3af01bde9ca08310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

China's Ai Weiwei Threatened with Bigamy, Pornography Charges
Reuters, June 21, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/21/us-china-dissident-idUSBRE85K0BV20120621

余杰撰寫《劉曉波傳》 (Dissident Yu Jie Writes Biography of Liu Xiaobo)
Yazhou Zhoukan, July 1, 2012
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?channel=ag&path=2362382222/26ag1c.cfm

June Fourth

喬石新書 六四期間空白 (Veteran Senior Cadre Qiao Shi's New Book Mum on 1989 Tiananmen Crackdown)
Ming Pao, June 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2697629/1.html

Protests and Petitions

Petitioner 'Poisoned' for Land Complaints
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f8311bde9ca08310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

两名藏人青海玉树州自焚一死一伤 (Qinghai: 1 Dead, 1 Injured in Self-immolation Protest)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 21, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/06/120621_china_tibetan_protest.shtml