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, January 05, 2010

January 05, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties

Beijing's Push for Soft Power Runs Up against Hard Absolutes
Financial Times, January 04, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c67477f4-f8cf-11de-beb8-00144feab49a.html
Related news:
U.S.-China Relations to Face Strains, Experts Say
The Washington Post, January 03, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/02/AR2010010201751.html
Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
馮正虎滯留成田機場滿2月 (Activist-scholar Feng Zhenghu Stuck in Tokyo Airport for over Two Months Now)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100104/ca11831a.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Top China Dissident Appeals Subversion Conviction
Agence France-Presse, January 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100104/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidenttrial
Related news:
劉曉波上訴 不滿未扣關押時間 (Liu Appeals, Expresses Discontent over the Court Not Deducting Pre-trial Detention from the Sentence)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100105/cac1.htm
Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠被传唤及抄家 世博会将引来外省访民 (Police Summon Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong, Raid His Home)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/enchong-01042010105728.html

Labor
矿难不认所有权 09年国有大型煤矿发生3起特大矿难 (Review: Three Major Accidents at State-owned Mines in 2009)
China Youth Daily, January 05, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-01/05/content_12754813_2.htm

Law
最高法司法解释增加两新型诉讼 (Supreme People's Court Expounds on Two New Administrative Suits Types)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 04, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-01/04/content_983845.htm
Related information:
关于审理行政许可案件若干问题的规定 (Regulations on Several Issues Regarding the Hearing of Administrative Licensing Cases)
Supreme People's Court, December 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/04/content_12751961.htm
Media
Web Freedom in China as Great Firewall Falls Briefly
The Los Angeles Times, January 04, 2010
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010695243_chinanet05.html

Protests and Petitions
Hundreds Clash with Police in Bid to Halt Spread of Chemical
South China Morning Post, January 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9bc556ae3b9f5210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Beijing Imposes Harsh Sentences on Tibetan Monks and Lama
AsiaNews, January 04, 2010
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=17256

XUAR
China Sees Long-term Stability Struggle in Xinjiang
Reuters, January 03, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6020AJ20100103