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, August 22, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

广州“裸官”张新华受审,自认贪腐近4亿不很严重有望获缓刑 (Guangzhou official on trial for corruption admits to taking 400 million in bribes, says it’s not serious and expects a suspended sentence)
Yangcheng Wanbao, August 21, 2014
www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1263048

SOE chiefs could be next target of anti-graft campaign
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1578754/soe-chiefs-could-be-next-target-anti-graft-campaign

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

苏宁推出中国首例"奶粉险" (Chinese retailer offers the first "baby formula insurance")
Deutsche Welle, August 22, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1CzJm

Counter-Terrorism (反恐)

China tells villagers to fight terror by frowning
The Telegraph, August 21, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11047956/China-tells-villagers-to-fight-terror-by-frowning.html

Death Penalty (死刑)

福建念斌投毒案今日再次宣判 被告曾4次被判死刑 (Fujian man who had been sentenced to death 4 times faces another verdict today)
People's Daily, August 22, 2014
news.163.com/14/0822/00/A479N41O00014JB6.html

Hong Kong (香港)

港泛民与北京高官讨论政改 分歧仍严重 (Hong Kong pan-democrats and senior Beijing officials discuss electoral reforms, serious differences remain)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140821_hk_reform_china_meet.shtml

Hong Kong's inconvenient truth
Foreign Policy, August 21, 2014
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/21/hong_kong_inconvenient_truth_mainland_resource_dependence

Leave room for debate, moderates urge Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1578670/leave-room-debate-moderates-urge-beijing

Hong Kong democracy stalemate sets stage for possible financial district shutdown
Reuters, August 21, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-china-hongkong-idUSKBN0GL13320140821

International Relations (国际关系)

China in Africa: empire of the sums
The Economist, August 23, 2014
www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21613162-mass-immigration-chinese-people-africa-almost-entirely-driven-money

June Fourth (六四)

香港议员穿“毋忘六四”上衣被拒入境深圳 (HK legislator invited to Shenzhen meeting denied entry for wearing June Fourth t-shirt)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140821_political_reform_npc2.shtml

Labor (劳工)

东莞港企四百工人抗议欠薪 警察打伤20人抓近60人 (Twenty injured and 60 detained after hundreds of workers protest wage arrears at a Hong Kong-owned company in Dongguan)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-08212014100032.html

The tragedy of the village that built Kunshan Zhongrong
China Labour Bulletin, August 20, 2014
www.clb.org.hk/en/content/tragedy-village-built-kunshan-zhongrong

Media (媒体)

《德国之声》解除自由记者合约引关注 (Deutsche Welle draws flak for terminating contract with freelance Chinese reporter critical of Chinese government)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/gr-08212014115604.html

中青记者遇袭 学者呼吁新闻立法保护 (Scholars call for legislation to protect journalists after assault of China Youth Daily reporter in Nanjing)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/jz-08212014100240.html

Beijing megascreen plays graphic video of James Foley beheading and Ferguson riots on a loop
International Business Times, August 21, 2014
http://www.ibtimes.com/beijing-megascreen-plays-graphic-video-james-foley-beheading-ferguson-riots-loop-1665198

Chinese, Russian media turn criticisms back on U.S.
Associated Press, August 21, 2014
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2729629/Chinese-Russian-media-turn-criticisms-US.html#ixzz3B5DM5KXT

时政漫画家“变态辣椒”遭全面封杀 常针砭时弊招致官方大字报式批评 (Political cartoonist "Bian Tai La Jiao" censored in China)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-08212014095914.html

Religion (宗教)

Woman on trial for demanding right to visit jailed Falun Gong father
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1578585/woman-trial-demanding-right-visit-jailed-falun-gong-father

China tries 5 accused cult members for murder
Associated Press, August 21, 2014
townhall.com/news/world/2014/08/21/china-tries-5-accused-cult-members-for-murder-n1881397

China accused of “crime” against Christianity
The Telegraph, August 21, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11047970/China-accused-of-crime-against-Christianity.html

Society (社会)

Soul-searching in China after subway passengers flee fainting foreigner
上海地铁乘客昏厥无人搭救引热议
The New York Times, August 21, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140821/c21subway/dual/

Tibet (西藏)

5 Tibetans are said to die in Chinese police custody
五名藏人据称在拘押期间死亡
New York Times, August 21, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140821/c21tibet/dual/

西藏人权组织公布军警枪杀藏人密文 天峻藏民被禁止欢迎获释僧人 (Tibetan rights organization releases confidential list of Tibetans killed by military and police; Tianjun Tibetans prohibited from welcoming released monk)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-08212014145144.html

中方施壓 達賴訪蒙取消 (Mongolia cancels Dalai Lama's visit due to pressure from China)
Mingpao, August 22, 2014
http://news.mingpao.com/20140822/caa3.htm

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

A tale of two Chinese muslim minorities
The Diplomats, August 22, 2014
thediplomat.com/2014/08/a-tale-of-two-chinese-muslim-minorities/

Opinion (观点)

邓小平在港实验“一国两制”是否成功? (Is Deng Xiaoping’s “one country, two systems” Hong Kong experiment successful?)
British Broadcasting Coporation, August 22, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/08/140822_dengxiaoping_hongkong_.shtml

重估邓小平 (Deng Xiaoping Reassessed)
Financial Times, August 22, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001057846?full=y