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, September 28, 2009

September 28, 2009

News
Corruption
Official Arrested over Allegedly Protecting Gangs in Chongqing
Xinhua News Agency, September 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/28/content_8744717.htm

Environment
China to Rely on Coal 'for Long Time': Beijing Official
Agence France-Presse, September 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090925/sc_afp/chinaenergyenvironmentclimate

Stimulus on Track but at Cost to the Environment
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0657ff8d96cf3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

河南济源市多个村发生严重铅污染和铅中毒 (Severe Lead Pollution and Poisoning Found in Henan Villages)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/he-09272009183230.html

Human Rights Defender – Sun Wenguang (孙文广)
學者籲停慶典被嚇「放血」 (Retired Shandong Scholar Sun Wenguang Threatened with Stabbing after Proposing the Elimination of the National Day Parade)
Apple Daily, September 28, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20090928&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13255334

Human Rights Defenders
家庭教会领袖陈天石国庆期间被迫离京 (House Church Activist Chen Tianshi Forced to Leave Beijing for National Holiday)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/7-09272009171959.html

Labor
3 Killed, 7 Injured as Police Destroy Explosives
Xinhua News Agency, September 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/26/content_8739760.htm

Law
Xinjiang Authorities Ban Online Separatist Talk: State Media
Agence France-Presse, September 27, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gTLP1deIqZHXJjr5F6EqfGwFfu_Q
Related information:
新疆立法禁止通过网络煽动民族分裂等七类行为 (XUAR Legislation Prohibits Online Discourse Inciting Ethnic Separatism and Other Behaviors)
China News Service, September 27, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/09-27/1888808.shtml

Media
Banned History Book's HK Release to Go ahead Despite Warnings
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21304c94b12f3210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Spam from Pam Targets Foreign Reporters
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, September 28, 2009
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200909/s2698315.htm

Military
China to Display Upgraded Missiles in Oct 1 Parade
Reuters, September 27, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58Q1JO20090927

Multilateral
Hu Hailed for Summit Diplomacy
China Daily, September 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/28/content_8743801.htm

Police
國慶開恩1300川囚減刑 (1300 Inmates to Receive Reduced Sentences for the National Holiday)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1278660/1.html

Protests and Petitions
珠海访民陈风强被正式逮捕 (Zhuhai, Guangdong Petitioner Chen Fengqiang Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhu-09272009184625.html

Society
60 Years On, China Faces Major Social Struggles
Agence France-Presse, September 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090928/wl_asia_afp/chinapolitics60yearschallenges

State Security
廣州地鐵今起對乘客攜帶物品進行安檢 (Guangzhou Metro to Begin Scanning Passengers' Bags)
Guangzhou Daily, September 27, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1277425/1.html

十•一反恐 北京求助鄰國 (Beijing Seeks the Assistance of Its Neighbors to Fight Terrorism during National Holiday)
Apple Daily, September 28, 2009
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20090928&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13255332

XUAR
China Lays First Charges over Xinjiang Riots
Reuters, September 26, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58P0HR20090926