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, October 17, 2013

Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

Corruption watchdog slams Chinese firms' lack of transparency
“中国企业商业行为透明度为金砖国家最低--透明国际”
Reuters, October 17, 2013
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/17/us-companies-transparency-idUSBRE99G05D20131017
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE99G0AK20131017?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews

See the report:
Transparency in corporate reporting: assessing emerging market multinationals
Transparency International, October 16, 2013
http://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/pub/transparency_in_corporate_reporting_assessing_emerging_market_multinational

Corruption (腐败)

Mayor of Chinese city is held by Communist Party investigators
南京市长季建业涉嫌违纪被调查
New York Times, October 17, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131017/c17nanjing/dual/

科研经费每年千亿流失 部分申请需返点潜规则
60% of China's science budget spent on conferences, business trips
First Caijing Daily, October 17, 2013
WantChinaTimes.com, October 17, 2013

CH: http://news.163.com/13/1017/02/9BBREEV20001124J.html
EN: http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20131016000073&cid=1104&MainCatID=11

Mistress-driven anticorruption: study says 15% of accusers are lovers
Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/10/17/mistress-driven-anticorruption-study-says-15-of-accusers-are-lovers/

Culture (文化)

Once banned, classical music finds an unlikely future in China
Global and Mail, October 16, 2013
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/china-is-classical-musics-new-frontier/article14881218/

Education (教育)

Nine Chinese universities sign academic freedom pact
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1331803/nine-chinese-universities-sign-academic-freedom-pact

Health (健康)

China reports first new case of H7N9 bird flu since August
Reuters, October 16, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-china-health-bird-flu-idUSBRE99F0B720131016

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

困在北京的艾未未无所不在 (Ai Weiwei is everywhere despite being trapped in Beijing)
Radio France International, October 17, 2013
http://rfi.my/18oYs7B

Information Control (信息控制)

China holds two bloggers as it expands crackdown on rumors
Reuters, October 17, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/17/net-us-china-rumour-idUSBRE99G0C320131017

漫画家“变态辣椒”被传唤 (A cartoonist summoned)
Deutsche Welle, October 17, 2013
http://bit.ly/1hZ0mNy

中国网络名人边民被指寻衅滋事遭批捕
Rumor-mongering suspect arrested in SW China
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 17, 2013
Xinhua, October 17, 2013

CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131017_china_internet_arrest.shtml
EN: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-10/17/content_17039629.htm

Labor (劳工)

New global index exposes "modern slavery" worldwide
报告:中国现代奴隶占世界10%
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 17, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24560937
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/10/131017_world_slave_index_china.shtml

See the report:
The Global Slavery Index 2013
Walk Free Foundation, October 2013
http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/

Open Government Information (信息公开)

报告称近年申请信息公开案激增 原告败诉居多 (Report shows rapid increase of OGI applications in recent years, with majority rejected)
Nandu Daily, October 17, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/1016/04/9B9J0LB80001124J.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Scholars fight a milder version of Mao’s calamities
大跃进究竟饿死多少人?
New York Times, October 17, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131017/c17famine/dual/

China party journal decries Western “democracy trap”
Reuters, October 16, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-china-democracy-idUSBRE99F0I420131016

China's rich get richer despite slowing economy: Forbes
Agence France-Presse, October 16, 2013
http://bit.ly/1aPtsfM

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

China flood protests: Police out in force in Yuyao
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24548515

Related:
China: arrests follow protests over response to catastrophic floods
The Guardian, October 16, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/china-arrests-protest-response-catastrophic-flooding

Technology (科技)

Facebook goes fishing in China
China Daily, October 17, 2013
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-10/17/content_17038711.htm

Women (妇女)

视频:中国学生谈工程专业不收女生 (Video: Chinese students discuss why Ministry of Education restricts female engineering majors)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 17, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2013/10/131017_vid_chinese_female_education.shtml

河南一孕妇4月内跑社区近20趟仍未办下准生证 (Henan pregnant woman unable to get birth permit after 4 months of running between gov’t offices)
Henan Business Daily, October 16, 2013
http://newpaper.dahe.cn/hnsb/html/2013-10/16/content_969787.htm?div=-1

100 Women: the jobs Chinese girls just can't do
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24534782

Opinion (观点)

从薄熙来案看上海自贸区缺乏核心竞争力 (Bo Xilai’s case shows Shanghai free trade zone needs rule of law to be competitive)
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/opinion/14676/cong-bo-xi-lai-kan-shang-hai-zi-mao-qu-que-fa-he-xin-jing-zheng-li