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, November 24, 2009

November 24, 2009

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
曾揭川震豆腐渣 黃琦判囚3年 持有國家機密罪成 妻子批政府報復 (Earthquake Activist Jailed for 3 Years; His Wife Thinks It Is Revenge)
Ming Pao, November 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1337895/1.html


Related information:
HRIC Condemns Three-Year Sentence for Earthquake Activist
Human Rights in China, November 23, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172487

News

Bilateral Ties
Top Chinese Political Advisor Starts visit to Ecuador
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/24/content_12528558.htm

Corruption
Senior Chinese Official Calls for Greater Efforts Against Commercial Bribery
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/23/content_12526966.htm

Disasters
Miners' Families Demand Answers as Death Toll from Blast Rises to 104
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0d77552254125210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
农村仍有2.7亿人没有喝上达标水 (270 Million People in Rural Areas Still Lack Access to Clean Drinking Water)
China Youth Daily, November 23, 2009
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2009-11/23/content_2947561.htm

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
譚作人案料快宣判 (Verdict Expected Soon in Tan Zuoren Trial)
Ming Pao, November 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1337894/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Jiang Tianyong (江天勇)
Obama Must Help Chinese Dissident: US Lawmakers
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/pl_afp/uschinarightsobamapoliticscongress

Labor
Bosses Blamed for Blast
Radio Free Asia, November 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hegang-mine-blast-11232009094928.html

Law
最高检:监听窃听等有望用于侦察职务犯罪 (SPP: Wiretapping Expected to Be Used during Criminal Investigation)
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/24/content_12527558.htm

Media
安徽芜湖中院否认禁止媒体旁听“白宫书记案” (Wuhu Intermediate Court Denies Banning Media from Corruption Trial for "White House Secretary")
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/24/content_12527518.htm


Related news:
'White house director' on Trial for Corruption
China Daily, November 20, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-11/20/content_9007518.htm

本报副总编辑突遭歹徒毒打 (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Hebei Youth Daily Severely Beaten)
Hebei Youth Daily, November 23, 2009
http://www.hbqnb.com/news/html/TopNews/2009/1123/091123140518216212993.html

Police
China Police Officers Stand Trial for Juvenile Death in Custody
Xinhua News Agency, November 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/24/content_12528841.htm

Official Says Gang Trials Fair, Just
China Daily, November 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/24/content_9026910.htm

Protests and Petitions
More than 1,000 Protest China Relocation
Associated Press, November 23, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1115476

Taiwan
Taiwan Concedes Territorial Waters near China
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/wl_nm/us_taiwan_china