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.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Consumer Safety

河北女孩赶考跌入水渠身亡 当地启动追责调查 (Guardrail Installed after Girl Drowns in Drainage Channel)
Yanzhao Daily, June 09, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-09/031927356801.shtml

Corruption

China's Former Railways Minister "Took Bribes Worth £7 Million" Court Hears
The Daily Telegraph, June 09, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10108704/Chinas-former-railways-minister-took-bribes-worth-7-million-court-hears.html

三峡工程2.79亿移民资金被挪用 (Audit Shows RMB 279 Million ($45.3m) Relocation Fund for Three Gorges Project Misappropriated)
The People's Political Consultative Daily, June 08, 2013
http://cppcc.people.com.cn/n/2013/0608/c34948-21782733.html

Education

2013届本科毕业生就业签约率仅为35% (New Report Shows 35% Employment Rate among 2013 College Graduates)
Beijing Evening News, June 10, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-06-09/143927361766.shtml

浙江温州200多名学生无学籍 “民三代”无奈选择 (200 Children of Migrant Workers Found School Unlicensed, Unable to Get Further Education)
Xinhua News Agency, June 08, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130608/u1a7445602.html

武汉外教试做高考英语卷 对部分语法题称困惑 (Two American Tutors in Wuhan Find English Gaokao Test “Confusing”)
China News Service, June 09, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130609/u1a7448525.html

“黑户”女孩调查:无法正常入学拿不到毕业证 (Girl Born to Unmarried Parents Has No Hukou, Denied School Enrollment)
The Legal Weekly, June 10, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/sd/2013-06-08/170427354322.shtml

Hong Kong

程翔:梁振英批評佔中言論 令人看到其本質 (HK Chief’s Hard-Line Comment Stirs Concern for Possible Violent Crackdown on “Occupy Central”)
Radio Television Hong Kong , June 10, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130609/news_20130609_55_927542.htm

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

U.S.-China Talks Yield Pledge for a New Model of Cooperation
“习奥会”达成中美合作总体共识
The New York Times, June 09, 2013
EN & CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130609/c09summit/dual/

U.S. and China Move Closer on Climate, but Not on Cyberespionage
中美在网络安全方面仍有分歧
The New York Times, June 09, 2013
EN & CH:http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130609/c09summit-update/dual/

Despite Sunny Summit, Challenges Remain for U.S., China
Voice of America, June 10, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/despite-sunny-summit-challenges-remain-for-us-china/1678643.html

Edward Snowden's Choice of Hong Kong as Haven is a High-Stakes Gamble
The Guardian, June 10, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-hong-kong-gamble

Kazakhs Launch "Silk Road" China-Europe Rail Route
Reuters, June 10, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/10/us-kazakhstan-railway-idUSBRE9590GH20130610

加纳事件警示中非关系 (Illegal Mining Crackdown in Ghana Exposes China’s Flaws in Management of Overseas Citizens)
Financial Times, June 08, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001050843?full=y

Land, Property, Housing

20多间房屋夜里突遭强拆 半百夫妇光身被丢雨中 (Senior Couple Removed from Bed in Nighttime Forced Demolition)
Jiangsu China Net, June 08, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-06-08/143127353165.shtml

Rule of Law

中国以欺诈罪判囚刘晓波妻弟刘晖11年 (China Sentences Liu Xiaobo’s Brother-in-Law to 11 Years in Prison for “Fraud”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 09, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130609_china_liu_inlaw_verdict.shtml

《天安门屠杀》作者杜斌遭密捕 亲属未获官方通知 (Du Bin, Editor of New Book on Tiananmen, is Reportedly Held by Beijing Police)
Voice of America, June 10, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/independent-writer-du-bin-detained-update-20130610/1678796.html

Related: Chinese Dissidents Urge Obama to Ask about Filmmaker
Epoch Times, June 05, 2013
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/91471-chinese-dissidents-urge-president-obama-ask-about-filmmaker/

Society

厦门访民公交纵火案引发网络激辩:谁之罪 (Xiamen Bus Fire Believed to Be Act of Suicide by Petitioner, Stirs Online Debate over Responsibility)
Voice of America, June 09, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/article/1678125.html

Technology

Chinese Astronauts Take to Skies as They Mark a Decade of Human Spaceflight
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1257775/chinese-astronauts-take-skies-they-mark-decade-human-spaceflight