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, July 24, 2014

Civil Society (民间社会)

Foreign-funded NGOs probed amid Trojan Horse worries
Global Times, July 23, 2014
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/872227.shtml

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

China detains five in meat scandal
上海福喜5名员工被中国警方刑拘
Financial Times, July 24, 2014
EN: video.ft.com/3692119752001/China-detains-five-in-meat-scandal/companies
CH: www.ftchinese.com/story/001057416

Food safety in China still faces big hurdles
中国建立食品安全体系任重道远
The New York Times, July 24, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140724/c24food/dual/

Corruption (腐败)

山西官场地震 省纪委副书记杨森林被查 (Shanxi provincial anti-corruption official under investigation for corruption)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 23, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140723_china_corruption_yangsenlin.shtml

Related:
Shanxi No. 2 graft buster Yang Senlin confirmed to be in detention
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1557808/shanxi-no2-graft-buster-yang-senlin-confirmed-be-dentention

Environment (环境)

Greenpeace says China’s energy plans exacerbate climate change
绿色和平称中国煤制气项目或加剧气候变化
The New York Times, July 24, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140724/c24chinacoal/dual/

See report:
China’s planned coal-to-gas plants could emit over 1 billion tons of CO2
Greenpeace, July 24, 2014
http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/press/releases/climate-energy/2014/coal-to-gas-plants-china/

China’s hunger for timber is wrecking Mozambique
Quartz, July 23, 2014
qz.com/238520/chinas-hunger-for-timber-is-wrecking-mozambique/

See report:
First class crisis: China's criminal and unsustainable intervention in Mozambique's Miombo forests
Environmental Investigation Agency, July 2014
eia-international.org/wp-content/uploads/First-Class-Crisis-English-FINAL.pdf?_ga=1.214424663.1795132776.1404956138

Hong Kong (香港)

港泛民立法议员促请北京就政改开展对话 (Hong Kong Pan-democrats seek dialogue with Beijing on electoral reforms)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 23, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140723_hk_legislators_asking_beijing_dialogue.shtml

Related:
Pan-dems call for talks to break the reform deadlock
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1557789/pan-dems-call-talks-break-reform-deadlock

Pan-democrat lawmakers could face probe over donations from media mogul Jimmy Lai
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1557787/pan-democrat-lawmakers-could-face-probe-over-media-mogul-jimmy-lais

Democracy campaigners threaten “passive resistance” over 2017 reform
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1557819/democracy-campaigners-threaten-passive-resistance-over-2017-reform

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investments), 国际关系 (安全, 贸易和投资)

Chinese president ends regional tour in cradle of Cuban Revolution
Reuters, July 23, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/23/us-cuba-china-idUSKBN0FS22R20140723

Law (法律)

Lawyers trained to help deal with transnational cases
China Daily, July 22, 2014
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-07/22/content_17881885.htm

Refugees and Asylum-seekers (难民和庇护寻求者)

20名脱北者在中国被捕 面临遣返 (20 North Korean defectors caught in China, face repatriation)
Voice of America, July 23, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-korea-defectors-20140723/1963848.html

Religion (宗教)

Christians in Wenzhou fight to keep church’s cross
The New York Times, July 24, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/christians-in-wenzhou-fight-to-keep-churchs-cross/

Related:
浙江强拆130多座教堂 (More than 130 churches demolished in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yl-07232014153327.html

Tibet (西藏)

数名藏人陆续被中共警方拘捕 (Police arrest several Tibetans)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07232014145437.html

Opinion (观点)

Hong Kong rising: an interview with Albert Ho
The New York Review of Books, July 16, 2014
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/jul/16/hong-kong-rising-albert-ho-interview/