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, January 21, 2010

January 21, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Clinton Plans to Stump for Global Net Freedom
CBS News, January 20, 2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10438324-38.html

Corruption
Guangdong Crackdown on Graft Snares Another Senior Official
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ec13ef496c46210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

上海市普陀区原区长蔡志强涉嫌受贿罪被提起公诉 (Former Shanghai Senior Official Prosecuted for Accepting Bribes)
China News Service (via Xinhua News Agency), January 21, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-01/20/content_12844245.htm

China Teen Seen as Hero for Killing Local Official
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 21, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_re_as/as_china_killer_hero

Human Rights Defender - Zhou Yongjun (周勇军)
9 Year Sentence for Ex-China Democracy Leader
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), January 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100120/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tiananmen

Related News:

Dissident HK Handed to Mainland Jailed 9 Years
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=95ac3ef496c46210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

何俊仁批评特区政府屈服中央出卖周勇军 (Legislator Albert Ho Criticizes HK Gov't for Yielding to The Central Gov't Pressure on Zhou's Case)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hongkong_dissident-01202010120106.html


Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (
刘晓波)
RFA授权首发)刘晓波一审时不被允许在庭上读出的最后陈述 (Liu Xiaobo: Final Statement That Liu Was Not Allowed to Read out in His Trial of First Instance)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-01202010124642.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
周勇军一审判九年 黄琦二审弃辩护权 (Zhou Yongjun Jailed 9 Years; Huang Qi Abandons Right to Defense at His Second Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/pan-01202010143905.html

Media
Baidu Fuels Cyber Tension by Suing US Web Firm
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), January 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e8c3ef496c46210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Protests and Petitions
Villagers, Police Clash over Land Dispute
China Daily, January 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/21/content_9353031.htm

廣州千人反擴建發電廠 (Thousand Protest in Guangzhou against Construction of Refuse-burning Plant)
United Daily News (via Ming Pao), January 20, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100120/ca32202a.htm

Three Gorges
Dam Forces Relocations of 300,000 More
China Daily, January 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/21/content_9353013.htm

XUAR
Ban on International Calls Lifted
Agence France-Presse (via The Straits Times), January 20, 2010
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_479779.html