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, August 14, 2012

Food Safety

Pesticide in Wine 'No Risk to Health'
SINA, August 14, 2012
http://english.sina.com/china/2012/0813/496216.html

Hong Kong

Hong Kong to Evict Last Occupy Sit-in in Asia
Al Jazeera, August 13, 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/08/201281361645531700.html

香港成内地残障儿童"收容所" (Hong Kong a "Hospice" for Handicapped Mainland Children)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16162802,00.html

香港仔巴汉申特区护照被拒 (HK-born Pakistani Refused Naturalization, Passport)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2744005/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

律师称湖南永州上访母亲不认可劳教撤销理由 (Lawyer: Mother Who Petitioned on Daughter’s Rape Case Does Not Approve of the Reason Given for Cancelling Her Order to Reeducation)
The Beijing News, August 14, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/dbb/40133c.html

Law

中国劳教制度:搬动桌子的代价 (The Cost of Changing the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
Radio France Internationale, August 14, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120814-中国劳教制度:搬动桌子的代价

Media

China’s Boldest Media: Losing the Battle?
China Media Project, August 14, 2012
http://cmp.hku.hk/2012/08/14/25926/

Related:
南方事变 (Change in the South)
iSun Affairs, August 9, 2012
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=10133

Politics

王立军案成都秘密开审 (Wang Lijun Secretly Tried in Chengdu)
Ming Pao, August 14, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2744071/1.html

Population

Family Planning Policy Violators Revealed
Global Times, August 14, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/726808.shtml

Related:
Shandong “Qingdao Evening News” Disclosed Information on Individual with “Illegal Birth”
ChinaAid, August 12, 2012
http://www.chinaaid.org/2012/08/shandong-qingdao-evening-news-disclosed.html

Taiwan

Taiwan Man Says 'Forced to Show Remorse' in China
Agence France-Presse, August 14, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-man-says-forced-show-remorse-china-232635382.html

Tibet

Two Tibetans Burn in Ngaba
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/immolate-08132012134204.html

Monday, August 13, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

十八大前“黑五类律师”忧打压 (Worries of Suppression after Op-ed Published in People's Daily Naming Five Types of Activists, Including Lawyers, as US Infiltrators Meaning to Force "Change" in China)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/十八大前-黑五類律師-憂打壓-楊學林-為中國人維權-反被指代表西方-212039170.html

The op-ed:
中国真正的挑战是未来5-10年 (China's Real Challenge Is the Next 5-10 Years)
People's Daily, July 31, 2012
http://ccnews.people.com.cn/n/2012/0731/c141677-18636091.html

Media

鲍彤破禁 在炎黄春秋谈胡耀邦 (Article by Former High Aide under House Arrest Bao Tong Breaks through Ban and Is Published as Letter to the Editor in New Edition of Mainland Journal Yanhuang Chungqiu)
China News Agency, August 13, 2012
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20120813/7596957.html

合肥便衣阻采访 港记者遭围殴 (Anhui: Plainclothes Officer Prevent Media Coverage, HK Cameraman Beaten while Taking Photos of People Being Detained)
Ming Pao, August 11, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/合肥便衣阻採訪-港記者遭圍毆-212141861.html

Public Health

Chronic Diseases See Rapid Growth in China
Xinhua News Agency, August 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/11/content_15665839.htm

Society

中国调整保障性住房规模 (China Adjusts Scale of Public Housing Plan)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xql-08112012004658.html

Related:
Problems with Public Housing Push
The Economic Observer, August 10, 2012
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/0810/231626.shtml

Taiwan

台法轮功信徒内地被拘获释 (Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioner Released, Returned to Taiwan after 55 Days in Detention)
Ming Pao, August 12, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2742556/1.html

XUAR

Xinjiang Sends 51,000 Students to Inland Schools
Xinhua News Agency, August 10, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/10/content_15664176.htm

Friday, August 10, 2012

Environment

Zhejiang Reservoir Bursts, 10 Killed
Shanghai Daily, August 10, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=508885

Human Rights Defenders

Police Charge Activist Who Cast Doubt on Suicide
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ff43781df0c09310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related:
疑拍李旺阳死因重要证据 朱承志被控颠覆国家 (Zhi Chengzhi Charged with Inciting Subversion of State Power for Doubting Main Proof of Li Wangyang's Suicide)
am730, August 10, 2012
http://www.am730.com.hk/article.php?article=116375&d=1817

湖南上访妈妈判劳教获释 (Hunan Mother Ordered to Reeducation after Petitioning on Daughter's Rape Case Set Free)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2741352/1.html

Related:
湖南省撤销永州对唐慧的劳教决定 (Hunan Decision to Rescind Yongzhou Reeducation-Through-Labor Order for Tang Hui)
August 10, 2012
http://jiuguishu-1972.blog.163.com/blog/static/822360332012710112119324/

Internet

How Weibo Is Changing China
YaleChina, August 9, 2012
http://www.yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/how-weibo-changing-china

Migrant Workers

北京救人农民工遭扣留捐款已悉数归还 (Donations to Help Save Lives of Beijing Migrant Workers Held by Dept Head, Released after Exposed)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 10, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/2/6f/26f7fe7e89bce7ec/Blog/f7a/1cfe99.html

Politics

Police on Trial for Gu 'Cover-up'
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 10, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19204847

中共高层已经达成政改的共识 (Upper Ranks of the CPC Already Reached Consensus on Political Reform)
Radio France Internationale, August 9, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120809-中共高层已经达成政改的共识