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, April 30, 2008

April 30, 2008

News
Children
Chinese Children Sold "Like Cabbages" into Slavery
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK27749620080429


Human Rights
自由之家全球新闻自由报告 中国仍被评为不自由国家 (Freedom House: China Still Not "Free")
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/freedom-
04292008174224.html


Law
政府信息公开条例、劳动争议调解仲裁法明施行(Government Open Information Regulations, Mediation and Arbitration of Labor Disputes Law to Take Effect)
Xinhuanet, April 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-04/30/content_
8078655.htm


Human Rights Defenders
China Rights Lawyers Pressed Under Party Thumb: Report
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK1052620080429


Media
China Official Fells Wrong-Colored Sculpture
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK18245220080429


Olympics
Olympic Torch Protesters Denied Entry to Hong Kong
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USHKG33071420080429


Police
城管局长谴责城管暴力(Urban Management Authorities Hold National Conference: Seek End to Violent Means)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengguan-
04292008110334.html


Protests and Petitions
内蒙古草场职工因抗议改革分配不均上访遭打压 (Inner Mongolian Farm Workers Suppressed for Petitioning against Land Reform)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/neimenggu-
04292008084145.html


江苏灌云县政府出动五百多人暴力征地 (Jiangsu Authorities Deploy 500 in Violent Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_clash-04292008
111928.html?encoding=simplified


来自全国各地人士前往林昭墓前悼念 (Nation-wide Memorial for "Anti-Rightist" Victim Lin Zhao)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/linzhao-
04292008102158.html


Society
Chinese Students in U.S. Fight View of Their Home
New York Times, April 29, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/education/29student
.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=asia&pagewanted=print
ia&
pagewanted=print


For Chinese, a Shift in Mood, From Hospitable to Hostile
Washington Post, April 28, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802238_pf.html


Tibet
China Jails 30 for Tibetan Riots
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId
=USPEK26806220080429


Chinese Policeman Killed in Tibetan Unrest-Xinhua
Reuters, April 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/
idUSPEK895520080430