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, January 06, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

中国首次公开销毁六吨多没收象牙
China destroys tonnes of ivory in landmark move
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 6, 2014
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140106_ivory_destruction_guangdong.shtml
EN:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25618687

Children (儿童)

Chinese man gets death for daycare center attack
Associated Press, January 4, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-man-gets-death-for-daycare-center-attack/2014/01/04/8d05b7b8-751b-11e3-bc6b-712d770c3715_story.html

Civil Society (民间社会)

内部管理不全 捐助渠道不畅 造血能力不足 民间公益不能“做好事只有自己知道” (Many public interest groups and NGOs face management, funding, staffing and other sustainability challenges)
China Youth Daily, January 6, 2014
zqb.cyol.com/html/2014-01/06/nw.D110000zgqnb_20140106_2-06.htm

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Chinese gang accused of injecting dirty pond water into meat
The Guardian, January 6, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/06/china-gang-accused-injecting-dirty-pond-water-lamb

Vaccine father slams official report on babies' deaths
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-01032014164833.html

Corruption (腐败)

中央纪委网站刊文:国外官邸制经验表明官员住房信息需公开 (Central Discipline Committee calls for transparency of government-supplied official housing)
Xinwen Morning Post, January 6, 2014
newspaper.jfdaily.com/xwcb/html/2014-01/06/content_1132353.htm

去年前11月日均110名贪官落马共查办27236件案件36907人 其中贪贿大案占80.2% (36,907 officials investigated for corruption January-November 2013)
Jinghua Times, January 6, 2014
epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2014-01/06/content_53939.htm

Related:
China probes almost 37,000 officials for graft
Agence France-Presse, January 5, 2014
bit.ly/19YdajZ

Labor (劳工)

China says it saw a drop in mining deaths in 2013
Associated Press, January 4, 2014
money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20140104&id=17230874

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

北京划一半商品房用地建自住房 或推高商品房价格 (Beijing government to increase affordable housing)
China Economy, January 4, 2014
www.ce.cn/cysc/fdc/fc/201401/04/t20140104_2050422.shtml

China sentences six Mongol herders in land-grab case
Reuters, January 5, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/06/us-china-trial-idUSBREA0503720140106

Media (媒体)

China's oddball demolition king eyes the New York Times
Reuters, January 3, 2014
au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/20593533/chinas-oddball-demolition-king-eyes-the-new-york-times/

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

司法部官员:目前有66.7万人正接受社区矫正 (Ministry of Justice official: community correction is not a replacement of RTL)
Beijing News, January 6, 2014
news.163.com/14/0106/02/9HSEMVU500014AED.html

Technology (科技)

Why it's so difficult for app developers to take advantage of China's rapidly growing mobile market
Business Insider, January 3, 2014
www.businessinsider.com/chinas-app-advertising-difficulties-2014-1#ixzz2pZwcn0w0

Women (妇女)

收容教育制度下,中国性工作者权利失去保障
For prostitutes jailed in China, forced labor with no recourse
The New York Times, January 4, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140104/c04laborcamps/dual/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Stampede at mosque in northern China kills 14
宁夏清真寺踩踏事故导致14人死亡
The Washington Post, January 4, 2014
EN:http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303933104579304271374884180
CH:http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140106/bch111102.asp

Opinion (观点)

环球时报:书记百平米办公室,全国决非个例 (Liaoning party official's enormous office exposes a widespread problem in China)
Global Times, January 6, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/pl/2014-01-06/073129167078.shtml