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.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

February 23, 2011

Top news
Protests and Petitions
Renewed Call for China 'Jasmine Rallies'
Agence France-Presse, February 23, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110223/ts_afp/chinarightsunrestinternetmideast
For a translation of the call to rally and the original letter, see:
Jasmine Organizers Call for Rallies Every Sunday
茉莉花组织者呼吁周日再集会
Human Rights in China, February 22, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/192610
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/28695

Related news:
China Official Warns of Domestic Unrest and "Hostile" West
Reuters, February 22, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110222/wl_nm/us_china_unrest

「茉莉花」醞釀周日再開 警拘多人 ("Jasmine Revolution" Rallies Called for Each Sunday, Police Make More Arrests)
Ming Pao, February 23, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110223/caa1.htm

News
Bilateral Ties
China Concerned about Libya, Slow to Rebuke Gaddafi
Reuters, February 23, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110222/wl_nm/us_china_libya_unrest
Related news:
中国官方避谈茉莉花 禁报利比亚镇压 (China Avoids Talk of Jasmine Revolution, Prohibits Reports of Libyan Repression)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guanfang-02222011161126.html
Children
西安小学生请客选班长现象透析 (Analysis of Bribery among Xi'an's Elementary Students)
Sanqin Daily, February 23, 2011
http://www.sanqindaily.com/News/20110222/89526.html

Civil Society
中国防艾独立民间组织发展受限 (China's Independent HIV/AIDS NGOs Face Developmental Limits)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aizi-02222011100426.html

Death Penalty
China to Execute 4 Accused in Xinjiang Violence
Associated Press, February 23, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang

Environment
土壤毒祸 (Poisoned Soil: The Disaster of Mineral Resource Exploitation)
China Economic Weekly, February 21, 2011
http://www.ceweekly.cn/html/Article/201102214416497012.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Wei (陈卫)
China Detains Dissident for Inciting Subversion
Reuters, February 23, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/23/us-china-dissident-idUSTRE71M1KD20110223

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Nobel Laureate Wife Fears Going 'Crazy,' Says Activists
Agence France-Presse, February 23, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hEEi8TIB-n24RgKTzsnTRx2rUOMw

Human Rights Defenders
Rights Lawyers Targeted throughout Week as Police Enforce Clampdown
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fbf38b3b0fd4e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

田喜上诉状送达法院 艾滋病人维权引国际关注 (HIV/AIDS Activist Tian Xi Appeals Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tianxi-02222011095300.html

Labor
Chinese Lawmakers to Vet Car Tax, New Labor Rule
Xinhua News Agency, February 23, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/23/content_12065147.htm

蘋果蘇州工人函喬布斯抗議 (Suzhou Workers Rally against "Silent Killer" in Open Letter to Steve Jobs)
Ming Pao, February 23, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110223/cad1.htm

Media
China Opens State-Controlled Internet Search Site
Voice of America, February 22, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Opens-State-Controlled-Internet-Search-Site-116664624.html

揭弊作家:花期未到可想香味 (Murong Xuecun: The Flower Season Has Yet to Arrive, But This Doesn't Stop Us from Thinking of Its Scent)
Ming Pao, February 23, 2011
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnoverseamedia/mingpao/20110222/12222245624.html
Related information:
'Absurdities of China's Censorship System'
Murong Xuecun, February 22, 2011
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2052967,00.html
Public Health
China to Crack Down on Substandard Health Foods
Xinhua News Agency, February 23, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/22/content_12060737.htm

Taiwan
马英九就台籍嫌犯遭遣送大陆事件向菲律宾特使表达强烈不满 (Taiwanese President Unsatisfied with Philippine Suspect Row)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ma-02222011100103.html

XUAR
Xinjiang 'Tense' amid Arab Turmoil
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/turmoil-02222011124714.html