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.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

December 31, 2009

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波被重判纽约各界集会抗议 (Groups Gather in New York to Protest Liu's Harsh Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-12302009135435.html
Related information:
Case Update: International Community Speaks Out on Liu Xiaobo Verdict
Human Rights in China, December 30, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org//public/contents/172713

News
Civil Society
中国民间维权工作艰巨但信心不动摇 (2009 Year in Review: Civic Rights Defense Work in China)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-12302009140347.html

Corruption
Corrupt Officials Blamed for China's €24bn Shortfall
Irish Times, December 31, 2009
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/1231/1224261476842.html

Environment
Guangzhou Shutting Incinerators
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40ad6dbab70e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
维权律师为执业权与司法局交涉不果 (Rights Defense Lawyers Fight for Their Right to Practice)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-12302009140559.html

Labor
9 Held as Mentally Ill Murdered in Mines
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=76ed6dbab70e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

全国总工会要求推动解决农民工工资拖欠问题 (ACFTU Demands Resolution for the Problem of Migrant Workers' Back Pay)
Xinhua News Agency, December 30, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091230/u1a4918121.html

Land Policy
Chinese Businesses Resist Eviction by Developers
New York Times, December 31, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/world/asia/31nailhouse.html

北大学者建议设立拆迁纠纷裁判机构 (Peking U Scholars Propose Establishing Mediation Organs for Demolitions and Evictions)
China News Service, December 31, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091231/u1a4918406.html

旧例废除之前 宜兴加紧强拆 (Jiangsu City Hastens Demolition before New Regulation Comes into Force)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiang-12302009095203.html

Media
Apple Censors Dalai Lama IPhone Apps in China
PC World, December 30, 2009
http://www.pcworld.com/article/185604/apple_censors_dalai_lama_iphone_apps_in_china.html

China Is Losing a War over Internet
The Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126220137567110673.html

Chinese Editor Hu Shuli Takes over News Magazine
The Guardian, December 30, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/30/hu-shuli-editor-china-news

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Allowed to Take along More Pension Funds
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=107d6dbab70e5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Multilateral
China Promises to Be 'Fair' as UNSC President
Xinhua News Agency, December 31, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-12/31/content_9249140.htm

Police
China Arrests 4 Foreigners over Heroin Haul: Report
Reuters, December 30, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BU0BD20091231

XUAR
首部加强民族团结教育的地方性法规审议通过新疆2010年2月1日起实施《民族团结教育条例》 (First Regional Regulations on Ethnic Unity Education Passed -- XUAR to Begin Implementing the Regulations on Education for Ethnic Unity February 1, 2010)
People's Daily, December 31, 2009
http://unn.people.com.cn/GB/14748/10688510.html
Related news:
Xinjiang Adopts Regional Law to Enhance Ethnic Unity
Xinhua News Agency, December 31, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/31/content_12734112.htm