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 12, 2012

Environment


Ningxia's Coal and Farm Projects Pose Critical Threat to Water Supplies

South China Morning Post, September 12, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1034472/ningxias-coal-and-farm-projects-pose-critical-threat-water-supplies


Hong Kong


China’s “One Country, Two Systems” under Threat

The Diplomat, September 11, 2012

http://thediplomat.com/2012/09/11/chinas-one-country-two-systems-under-threat/


Human Rights Defenders


旺陽家人﹕從未同意自殺論 (Family of Activist Li Wangyang: We Never Agreed to Suicide Claim, Never Signed Autopsy Report)

Ming Pao, September 12, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2769108/1.html



Related:

官方禁錮記者逼「採訪」 (Official Detains Ming Pao Journalist, Then Forces Them to "Report" under Watch)

Ming Pao, September 12, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2769105/1.html



唐荆陵为李旺阳再访邵阳被扣 杨天水狱中疾病缠身绝食抗争 (Tang Jingling Detained during Investigation into Li Wangyang's Death; Yang Tianshui on Hunger Strike in Prison)

Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-09112012094952.html



Related:

Lawyer Retained by Li Wangyang Family Unlawfully Held for Six Days

Human Rights in China, September 11, 2012

http://www.hrichina.org/content/6288



Police


Labor Camp Decision Withdrawn for Man Forwarding Comics

SINA, September 12, 2012

http://english.sina.com/china/p/2012/0911/505745.html



Related:

Re-Examining Re-Education Through Labor

China RealTime Report, September 11, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/11/examining-chinas-re-education-on-labor-camps/



Tibet


Former Prisoner in Poor Health

Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/health-09112012141151.html


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Hong Kong


佔領中環遭清場 場面激烈 (HSBC Plaza Intense as Occupy Central Protest Forcibly Cleared)

Central News Agency, September 11, 2012

http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=376984



Related:

Photos: Hong Kong Occupy Protesters Removed

China Realtime Report, September 11, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/09/11/photos-hong-kong-occupy-protesters-removed/



Human Rights Defenders


陈平福被“以言入罪”多人抱不平 (Many Outraged at Chen Pingfu Being Tried for Speech Crimes)

Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/teacher-09102012113422.html



Related:

反对文字狱 (Signature Campaign to Support Chen Pingfu and Oppose Criminalization of Speech)

Wang Shuyao, Zhi Yi, and 28 Others, September 8, 2012

http://www.hrichina.org/content/6287



Labor


Samsung Accused of Sex Discrimination in China Plant

The Register, September 11, 2012

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/11/samsung_discrimination_china_labour_plant/


Prisons


A Jail for China's Elite: Better Food, Beds, Cells

The Associated Press, September 11, 2012

http://news.yahoo.com/jail-chinas-elite-better-food-beds-cells-061925983.html


Protests and Petitions


Courts Uphold Labor Camp Sentence Handed to Protestors

Caixin, September 7, 2012

http://english.caixin.com/2012-09-07/100434661.html


Public Health


上海社区调查行为异常人员 追踪不出门不上班者 (Shanghai to Investigate People with "Abnormal Behavior” Such as Not Leaving Home or Going to Work or School, as Signs of Mentally Illness)

Shanghai Evening Post, September 10, 2012

http://news.qq.com/a/20120910/001232.htm


Monday, September 10, 2012

Civil Society


Bad Blood: In Central China AIDS Activists Step Up Pressure on the Government

The Economist, September 8, 2012

http://www.economist.com/node/21562241


Crackdown on China Workers' Rights Groups

Agence France-Presse, September 10, 2012

http://www.mysinchew.com/node/77452


Disasters


雲南震央如戰後廢墟 巨石爛車斷路 記者徒步進入遇險 (Yunnan Looks Like a Warzone Following Devastating Quakes)

Ming Pao, September 10, 2012

http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2767251/1.html


Hong Kong


Amid Protest, Hong Kong Retreats on ‘Moral Education’ Plan

The New York Times, September 8, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/world/asia/amid-protest-hong-kong-backs-down-on-moral-education-plan.html



Related:

Civil Alliance against National Education’s Statement on Ending Hunger Strike and Occupation of Central Government Office

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4193882/0909%20Statement/0909_Alliance_Statement.htm


Leung Stands Firm despite Climb-down

Global Times, September 10, 2012

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/732108.shtml


反洗腦 香港大專生 明如期罷課 (Students Boycott Class in Protest of National Education as Planned)

The Liberty Times, September 10, 2012

http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2012/new/sep/10/today-fo1.htm



Internet


国家互联网信息办开会推动社交网络健康发展 (State Internet Information Office Promotes Healthy Development of Online Social Networks at Shenzhen Meeting)

Xinhua News Agency, September 9, 2012

http://news.qq.com/a/20120909/000667.htm


Law


中国劳教制度的历程和演变 (Evolution and History of the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)

Southern People Weekly, September 10, 2012

http://www.infzm.com/content/80648


Politics


China President-in-waiting Signals Quicker Reform - Sources

Reuters, September 7, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-china-politics-xi-idUSBRE8860BI20120907


Politics


China President-in-waiting Signals Quicker Reform - Sources

Reuters, September 7, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-china-politics-xi-idUSBRE8860BI20120907


Protests and Petitions


八旬老妇反抗徵地被碾死 (Octogenarian Woman Crushed to Death during Land Protest)

Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2012

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/death-09072012095108.html


Friday, September 07, 2012

Hong Kong

Academics and Celebrities Join Tamar Protest against National Education

South China Morning Post, September 7, 2012

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1031094/academics-and-celebrities-join-tamar-protest-against-national


Hong Kong Goes to Polls with Many Fuming over China Influence

Reuters, September 6, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/us-hongkong-china-idUSBRE88519B20120906