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, November 02, 2009

October 31 - November 02, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China's Africa Goals More than Just Natural Resources
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/bs_nm/us_africa_china_objectives

Stronger Japan Ties, But with Riders
China Daily, November 02, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/02/content_8880766.htm

Corruption
China Sacks Education Minister amid Scandal
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), November 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_re_as/as_china_education

Environment
Acid Ship 'Sinks in China's Yangtze'
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/chinayangtzeenvironmentaccident

China Cracks Down on Garbage Smuggling
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), October 31, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=418058

Gender
Raids Release Missing Women
Shanghai Daily, November 02, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091102/article_418176.htm

Human Rights
自由之家:世界不自由人口中国占一半(组图) (Freedom House: China Accounts for over One Half of Those Living under Not Free Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ziyou-10302009102640.html

Human Rights Defender - Qi Zhiyong (齐志勇)
驻京美国记者未能采访中国异议人士齐志勇 (American Journalist Not Allowed to Interview Chinese Dissident Qi Zhiyong)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ji-10302009163931.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Xiaoming (艾晓明)
广州中山大学教授艾晓明被限制入港后因私访问香港成功 (Professor Ai Xiaoming Successfully Enters HK for Personal Visit)
Radio Free Asia, November 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gang-11012009165446.html

Labor
Furniture Factory Fire Leaves 3 Dead, 3 Injured in Chongqing
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), October 31, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/31/content_8878178.htm

Multilateral
Japan, China, S Korea to Strengthen Cooperation in Disaster Control
Xinhua News Agency, October 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/31/content_12366180.htm

Protests and Petitions
浙江访民朱爱莲进京上访却被劳教一年 (Zhejiang Petitioner Sentenced to Reeducation-through-labor after Protesting in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhe-10312009000855.html

Taiwan
Singer Stages Camouflaged PLA Landing on Taiwan, DPP Fumes
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6fb741be365a4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

More Missiles across Strait
Asia Times Online, October 31, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KJ31Ad01.html

Tibet
China Is Trying a Tibetan Filmmaker for Subversion
New York Times, October 30, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/asia/31tibet.html

Dalai Lama Says Trip to a Disputed Region in India Isn’t Political
New York Times, October 31, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/asia/01lama.html

XUAR
China Jails 19 in Xinjiang for Security Crimes: Uighur Group
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), October 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangrights

接受境外媒體採訪 維族記者被捕 (Uyghur Journalist Arrested after Accepting Media’s Interview)
Ming Pao, November 02, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091102/cae1.htm

Related information:
Ethnic Uighur Journalist Detained in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), October 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_uighur_unrest


Xinjiang Sentences for Riots Will Stand
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), October 31, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=418059