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.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Consumer Product Safety

南山奶粉曝维生素K1超标逾900倍 (Domestic brand of baby milk formula found to contain 900 times the amount of vitamin K1)
Xinkuai Daily, June 28, 2013
http://economy.gmw.cn/2013-06/28/content_8105159.htm

Corruption

57亿城镇保障房专项资金被挪用 (5.7 billion yuan in affordable housing funds misused, audit reveals)
China Youth Daily, June 28, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-06/28/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130628_4-02.htm

Death Penalty

Clemency sought for Filipina on China’s death row
Wall Street Journal, June 27, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/06/27/clemency-sought-for-filipina-on-chinas-death-row/

Hukou

43个城市外地人员下月起可就近办护 (43 cities to allow non-residents to apply for passports)
Sina News, June 27, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-27/214727516861.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Understanding of Chinese human rights movement crucial: activist
Central News Agency, June 27, 2012
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201306270032.aspx

Information Control/Technology

方滨兴辞任校长,防火长城依然“矗立 (“Father” of Great Firewall resigns, leaves behind a hated legacy)
Deutsche Welle, June 27,2013
http://www.dw.de/%E6%96%B9%E6%BB%A8%E5%85%B4%E8%BE%9E%E4%BB%BB%E6%A0%A1%E9%95%BF%E9%98%B2%E7%81%AB%E9%95%BF%E5%9F%8E%E4%BE%9D%E7%84%B6%E7%9F%97%E7%AB%8B/a-16911315

Labor

U.S. boss released by angry Chinese factory workers
The Telegraph, June 27, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10145220/US-boss-released-by-angry-Chinese-factory-workers.html

Media

31家非法新闻业务网站被关 (31 news websites shutdown for 'unauthorized' operation)
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2013
http://whb.news365.com.cn/xwdj/201306/t20130628_1274562.html

Political and Economic Reforms

华西村:中国式困境样本, (Huaxi Village is the poster child of China's economic transition woes)
Financial Times, June 28, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051145

Rule of Law

陕西省委书记:延安城管打人虽偶然却有必然背景 (Provincial party chief says excessive use of force by Yanan urban management personnel (chengguan) due to lack of leadership and oversight)
China News, June 28, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/06-28/4979767.shtml

Tibet

Seven years in Tibet: 2 million 'displaced' by Chinese relocation policy
The Telegraph, June 27, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/10146867/Seven-years-in-Tibet-2-million-displaced-by-Chinese-relocation-policy.html

XUAR

流亡维族组织要求对“6•26”血案进行独立调查 (Uyghur groups in exile demand independent investigation into 6.26 bloody incident)
Deutsche Welle, June 27, 2013
http://www.dw.de/%E6%B5%81%E4%BA%A1%E7%BB%B4%E6%97%8F%E7%BB%84%E7%BB%87%E8%A6%81%E6%B1%82%E5%AF%B9626%E8%A1%80%E6%A1%88%E8%BF%9B%E8%A1%8C%E7%8B%AC%E7%AB%8B%E8%B0%83%E6%9F%A5/a-16911097

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Children

南京两女孩饿死家中 女律师追问政府失职 (Two girls starved to death in Nanjing home, five female lawyers seek government’s accountability)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xql-06262013153903.html

江西一留守家庭三兄妹池塘边戏水不幸全部溺亡 (Three “left-behind” siblings in Jiangxi drown while washing clothes in pond)
China National Radio, June 26, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0627/08/92C57QAR00014JB5.html

Death Penalty

Ahead of International Drug Day, China executes 6
The Diplomat, June 27, 2013
http://thediplomat.com/china-power/ahead-of-international-drug-day-china-executes-6/

Edward Snowden Case

With Snowden gone, Hong Kong focuses on U.S. surveillance
斯诺登走了,香港的麻烦继续
The New York Times, June 27, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130627/c27hongkong/dual/

Environment

Green law change would limit lawsuits
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1269766/green-law-change-would-limit-lawsuits

Hukou

China pushes forward residency reform, China National Radio says
Bloomberg, June 26, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-26/china-pushes-forward-residency-reform-china-national-radio-says.html

Related:
国家发改委主任:城镇化仍要牢牢守住18亿亩耕地红线 (NDRC: Farmland must be protected to ensure food security even as urbanization continues)
China National Radio, June 26, 2013
http://china.cnr.cn/NewsFeeds/201306/t20130626_512907034.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

律师启动刘晓波申诉案 (Lawyer Mo Shaoping to submit appeals for Liu Xiaobo, Liu Xia, and Liu Hui)
Deutsche Welle, June 27, 2013
http://bit.ly/1aQzbDK

四川异议人士李必丰终审改判为10年徒刑 (Appeals court reduces Sichuan dissident’s sentence to ten years in prison on charge of contract fraud)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-06262013120328.html

Chinese dissident favors “one country, two systems” -- with twist
Central News Agency, June 26, 2013
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2245233

International Human Rights

贵州中欧人权对话警方软禁维权人士 上海广州活动人士遭软禁 (Guizhou, Shanghai, and Guangzhou activists face severe restrictions as China holds human rights talk with EU)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql-06262013114423.html

Related:
Activists held in run-up to EU rights talks in Guizhou
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/held-06262013110706.html

EU-China rights talks marred by deadly riots
EU Observer, June 27, 2013
http://euobserver.com/foreign/120648

Land, Housing, Property

广东省民政厅批准建墓园 被10名村民告上法庭 (Guangdong villagers sue government for approving land appropriation without consultation and compensation)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 27, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-27/043927508598.shtml