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, June 16, 2009

June 16, 2009

News

Society
Think-tank Urges Beijing to End Frantic Urbanisation
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc80b12efc4e1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News
China's Urban Population Exceeds 600 Million
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), June 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11547831.htm

中科院《城市藍皮書》出爐:城鄉收入差距擴大 (CASS Urban Blue Book: Income Disparity between City and Rural Area Increases)
Ming Pao, June 16, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090616/cca1.htm
Law
China's Top Legislature to Review Draft Laws on Islands, State Secrets
Xinhua News Agency, June 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11546308.htm

Disasters
China Storm Leaves Many Homeless
BBC News, June 15, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8100593.stm

Protests and Petitions
Tax on Furniture Trade Sparks Riot
South China Morning News, June 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dbdfb12efc4e1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

五千西宁出租车司机罢驶进入第三天 (5000 Xining Cabbies Strike for Third Day)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/taxi-06152009095213.html

福州十多访民中南海门前跪地喊冤被殴打关押 (More than 10 Fujianese Petitioners Beaten and Detained outside Beijing's Zhongnanhai)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06152009100554.html

富锦修路强征农地 农民维权遭受暴打 (Fujin Farmers Beaten in Dispute over Road Construction)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fujin-06152009154938.html

Population
China's One-Child Policy Undermined by the Rich
Telegraph (via Telegraph.co.uk), June 15, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5540739/Chinas-one-child-policy-undermined-by-the-rich.html

计生协:到2015年流动人口聚集地要普遍建立计生协组织 (Family Planning Organization to be Established in Floating Population Areas by 2015)
Xinhua News Agency, June 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/15/content_11546240.htm

Police
廣西一富豪公安局內墜樓亡 數百親友堵門討說法 (Man Died in Guangxi Police Station, Hundreds Protest for Truth)
China News Agency, June 16, 2009
http://www.hkcna.hk/content/2009/0616/14694.shtml

Human Rights Defenders — Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) and Jiang Qisheng(江棋生)
零八宪章相关者再遭监控 当局将对刘晓波案给说法? (People Related to Charter 08 under Surveillance Again)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu_xiaobo-06152009101508.html

Education
Teacher, School Officials Jailed over Students' Gas Poisoning Deaths
Xinhua News Agency, June 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/16/content_11550554.htm

Environment
China Halts £18bn Hydropower Dam Project Over Environmental Concerns
Guardian, June 15, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/15/china-hydropower-dam

Tibet
四川色达外地劳工与藏人斗殴 九藏人被捕 (Workers Fight with Tibetans, 9 Tibetans Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-06152009170203.html

Death Penalty
Beijing to Phase out Firing Squads in Favour of Lethal Injection
The Times (via Times Online), June 16, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6504980.ece
Related News
Beijing Ready for Lethal Injections
China Daily, June 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/16/content_8286965.htm
Media
China Orders Patches to Planned Web Filter
New York Times, June 15, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/business/global/16censor.html
Related News
Porn-filtering Software: It's Up to Users
China Daily, June 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/16/content_8286946.htm

网友揭露“绿坝”软件军方背景 (Netizens: "Green Dam" Has Military Background)
Radio France Internationale, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14297.asp