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.

Friday, January 15, 2010

January 15, 2010

News

Corruption
Former Supreme Court Judge Stands Trial
China Daily, January 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/15/content_9323515.htm

Vice-mayor Detained as Graft Crackdown Spreads
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=46f1c80014d26210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (
高智晟)
Brother: Police Say China Lawyer 'Went Missing'
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100114/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

Human Rights Defenders
Man Who Aided Escape of Mainland Dissidents Dies
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a3d2c80014d26210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

赵达功羁押三天无手续 马晓明下落不明 (Charter 08 Signatory Zhao Dagong Detained without Explanation; Xi'an Writer Missing)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhao-01142010145304.html

异议人士谢福林偷电案开审 (Hunan Dissident Xie Fulin on Trial on Charge of "Stealing Electricity")
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_trial-01142010121218.html

Law
Rule Set to Distance Court Staff from Lawyers
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2bfcae4c60826210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Media
A Heated Debate at the Top
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704675104575001281662251848.html

Chinese Hackers Used Microsoft Browser to Launch Google Strike
The Guardian, January 15, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/15/microsoft-china-google

China's Ministry of Commerce: No Report from Google Yet
Xinhua News Agency, January 15, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/15/content_12814113.htm

香港评论谷歌可能退出中国市场 (Hong Kong Discusses Google Possibly Leaving the Chinese Market)
Voice of America, January 14, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/hongkong-macao/hk-reaction-google-20100114-81472352.html

Protests and Petitions
Police Shoot Five in China Land Protest: Official
Agence France-Presse, January 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100114/wl_asia_afp/chinacorruptionpropertyrights

Related Information:

广西警民冲突一村民危殆 相关报道被压(视频) (7 Injured, 1 Feared Dead as Police, Villagers Clash in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangxi-01142010145007.html

Farmers Block Highway to Protest against Property Developers in Central China
Xinhua News Agency, January 15, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/15/content_12811595.htm

Rural Issues
全国人大立法完善村民自治制度 (NPC Reviews Legislation on Village Self-government System)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/village-01142010113504.html