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, May 06, 2013

Consumer Product Safety

上海市政府:9家销售问题羊肉熟食店已全部查处 (Nine Shops Selling Cooked Lamb Meat Closed for Investigation)
Sina, May 06, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-05-06/152927039577.shtml

Fears Grow in China Over Bottled Mineral Water
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/water-05032013111712.html

Paper Products Removed Over Quality Problems
Shanghai Daily, May 06, 2013
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2013/05/06/Paper%2Bproducts%2Bremoved%2Bover%2Bquality%2Bproblems/

Environment

China, Japan, S. Korea to Promote Environmental Cooperation
Xinhua News Agency, May 06, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/06/c_132362888.htm

Plans to Harness Chinese River’s Power Threaten a Region
The New York Times, May 04, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/world/asia/plans-to-harness-chinas-nu-river-threaten-a-region.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

报道马三家酷刑Lens杂志“被停刊” (Lens Magazine is Halted after Masanjia Labor Camp Exposé)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 06, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130505_lens_magazine.shtml

PEN International Launches Report on Creative Freedom in China
Peninsula Metropolis Newspaper, May 03, 2013
http://www.pen.org/press-release/2013/05/03/pen-international-launches-report-creative-freedom-china

Related:
The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today's China
pennlive.com, May 06, 2013
http://www.pen-international.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-PEN-Report-Creativity-and-Constraint-in-Todays-China.pdf

Human Rights Defenders

江西近十维权人被拘禁 (10 in Jiangxi Detained for Requesting Release of Detained Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy2-05032013130253.html

International Human Rights

Kerry Phones China Over Dissident's Nephew, Can't Reach Minister
Reuters, May 03, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/03/us-china-activist-usa-idUSBRE9420X320130503

Related:
克里就陈克贵狱中受虐给王毅打电话 (Kerry’s Call to Chinese Foreign Minister about Chen Kegui Goes Unanswered)
Voice of America, May 06, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/kerry-chen-kegui-20130503/1654360.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

结束对峙 中印从争议领土同时后撤 (China, India Retreat from Disputed Territory)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 05, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/05/130505_india_china_withdraw.shtml

China Returns 10 Abducted Vietnamese Children
Press Trust of India, May 04, 2013
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-returns-10-abducted-vietnamese-children-113050400185_1.html

Chinese Communist Party Pledges Responsible Investments in Myanmar
Eleven Myanmar, May 04, 2013
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/3342-chinese-communist-party-pledges-responsible-investments-in-myanmar

Land, Property, Housing

Mongolian Herders Beaten For Refusing to Extend Lease to Chinese Farmers
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/herders-05052013230429.html

Population

China's Barbaric One-Child Policy
The Guardian, May 05, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/06/chinas-barbaric-one-child-policy

Protests and Petitions

昆明民众五四抗议PX污染 成都抗议被压制 (Thousands in Kunming Protest Petrochemical Project, Planned Protest in Chengdu Quashed)
Voice of America, May 04, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chinas-protest-on-may-fourth-20130504/1654667.html

Related:
To Silence Discontent, Chinese Officials Alter Workweek
National Public Radio, May 04, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/04/181154978/to-silence-discontent-chinese-officials-alter-calendar

China’s CNPC Defends Chengdu Chemical Plant Plan Amid Opposition
Bloomberg, May 05, 2013
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-05/china-s-cnpc-defends-chengdu-chemical-plant-plan-amid-opposition

Tibet

Another Tibetan Prisoner Released in Poor Health
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-05032013161353.html

United Nations

UNESCO and China Highlight Role of Culture in Post-2015 Development Agenda
UN News Centre, May 03, 2013
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44823&Cr=culture&Cr1=#.UYfFV6KG18F

XUAR

上海维族妇女抗议面临遣返 六人被拘热比娅吁国际关注 (Uyghur Women Stage Protest in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql-05052013110508.html

Opinion

China Must Stop Extracting Confessions Through Use of Torture
South China Morning Post, May 06, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1230704/china-must-stop-extracting-confessions-through-use-torture

China's Minority Problem is a Global Problem
Detroit Free Press, May 06, 2013
http://blogs.detroitnews.com/politics/2013/05/03/chinas-minority-problem-is-a-global-problem/

Friday, May 03, 2013

Consumer Product Safety

中国最高法院通报危害食品安全罪量刑 (China’s High Court Issues Instructions on How to Apply Food Safety Law)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 03, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130503_food_safety_regulation.shtml

Related:
最高法:地沟油按“掺入有毒非食品原料”定罪 (Supreme Court Criminalizes Use of Gutter Oil in Food)
People's Daily, May 03, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-05/3898200.html

中国破获鼠肉加明胶充羊肉案 (China Cracks Rat-Meat-Sold-as-Lamb Case)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 03, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130503_china_mice_lamb.shtml

Related:
Rat Meat Sold as Lamb Highlights Food Fears in China
The New York Times, May 03, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/world/asia/rat-meat-sold-as-lamb-in-china-highlights-fears.html?_r=1&

Environment

Is China Really a Climate Change Leader?
The Guardian, May 03, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/chinas-choice/2013/may/02/china-climate-change-leader

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

Writers Around the World Call on China to Respect Freedom of Expression
The Guardian, May 03, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/03/writers-world-china-freedom-expression

Human Rights Defenders

维权法官李建峰被监禁11年后获释处境艰难 (Rights Defense Judge Li Jianfeng Released after Serving 11 Years for “Subversion” Appeals for Help)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-05022013134809.html

For more information on Li Jianfeng:
原法官因“颠覆罪”服刑11年 获释后生活困顿
Former Judge, Released After 11 Years' Imprisonment for “Subversion,” Appeals for Help
Human Rights in China, May 01, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5791
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5790

美将向中国高层表达关注陈克贵狱中受虐 (U.S. to Raise Chen Kegui Case with High-Level Chinese Leaders)
Voice of America, May 03, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-china-chen-kegui-20130502/1653534.html

Related:
Kerry to Raise Case of Jailed Chinese Dissident's Nephew Again
Reuters, May 03, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-dissident-kerry/1653567.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

美宇航局前中国雇员被勒令离境 (Laptop of Chinese Accused as NASA Spy Contains Porn, Not Govt Secrets)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 03, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130503_china_spy_suspect_porn.shtml

Myanmar's Opposition Set for Historic China Visit - but Suu Kyi 'Too Old' to Go
South China Morning Post, May 03, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1229177/myanmars-opposition-set-historic-china-visit-suu-kyi-too-old-go

Why US Firms Are Turning to Mexico, Leaving China Behind
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 03, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22372163

US Study Sees China 'Coercive Power' on Japan
Straits Times, May 03, 2013
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/us-study-sees-china-coercive-power-japan-20130503

Russia, China Oppose UN Visit to Syrian Refugee Camps
Agence France-Presse, May 03, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130503/russia-china-oppose-un-visit-syrian-refugee-camps

June Fourth

香港各界开启今年六四纪念活动 方励之自传出版披露逃美细节 (New Autobiography Reveals Details of Fang Lizhi Escape)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/sy2-05022013110226.html

熊焱被拒签难圆返乡探亲梦 斥当局阔论中国梦自欺欺人 (Denied Visa to China, Former Tiananmen Student Leader Says “Chinese Dream” is Empty Talk)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/th-05022013095135.html

Land, Property, Housing

Cat and House
The Economist, May 03, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21577118-soaring-house-prices-continue-pose-political-problem-chinas-leaders-cat-and-house?fsrc=rss

Build It and They Might Come
The Economist, May 03, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21577115-western-provinces-can-still-be-wild-place-development-build-it-and-they-might-come?fsrc=rss