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, December 30, 2011

Civil Society

Charity Transparency Worries Public
Shanghai Daily, December 30, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=491343

Gender

Worries over IDs to Buy Pills
China Daily, December 30, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/30/content_14355737.htm

Disasters

Victims' Families, Locals Question Discrepancies
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=850c680bf8a84310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights

外交部:中方一贯反对在人权问题实施双重标准 (MFA: China Has Always Opposed Double Standards on Human Rights)
China News Service, December 29, 2011
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2011/12/29/5187s3501899.htm

Human Rights Defenders

U.S.-trained Chinese Official Seen behind Blind Activist's
Reuters, December 30, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/30/us-china-official-idUSTRE7BT06W20111230

維權女律師 擔架上吸氧受審 (Rights Advocate Ni Yulan Tried from a Stretcher)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2535032/1.html
Related information:
No Verdict Issued in Ni Yulan’s Case
倪玉兰案庭审未作判决
Human Rights in China, December 29, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5748
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5749

Labor

Minimum Wages Rise by Average of 22pc
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c1ac680bf8a84310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

京滬明年再加最低工資 (Beijing, Shanghai to Raise Min Wage in 2012)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2535031/1.html

Population

中国人口将再次大迁徒 (China Facing Another Mass Migration)
Radio France Internationale, December 29, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111229-中国人口将再次大迁徒

XUAR

Trafficking Victim’s Mother Seeks Redress
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/trafficking-12292011173306.html