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.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Chinese police bust chicken-foot ring, seize 30,000 tons of tainted poultry
The Washington Post, August 26, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2014/08/26/chinese-police-bust-chicken-foot-ring-seize-30000-tons-of-tainted-poultry/

Environment (环境)

South-North water diversion project not cause of Hubei and Henan droughts, say officials
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580527/south-north-water-diversion-project-not-cause-hubei-and-henan-droughts

Troubled waters: huge Poyang Lake dam “back on the agenda”
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580458/troubled-waters-huge-poyang-lake-dam-back-agenda

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

广州民主人士妻子被威逼指控丈夫 (Wife of Guangzhou democracy activist illegally summonsed, pressured to accuse her husband)
Voice of America, August 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-znegjieshan-police-harass-20140824/2426988.html

China extends detention of “Guangzhou three” lawyers
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-08252014152351.html

Internet (互联网)

The Chinese Communist party just opened a WeChat account
Foreign Policy, August 25, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/25/the_chinese_communist_party_just_opened_a_wechat_account

Labor (劳工)

For China’s disabled, jobs are hard to find
The Washington Post, August 26, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/for-chinas-disabled-jobs-are-hard-to-find/2014/08/26/5d4a3760-294d-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html?wprss=rss_worlde

Protecting workers' rights is good for business, in China and elsewhere
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1580756/protecting-workers-rights-good-business-china-and-elsewhere

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

全国政协常委商人王文彪旗下公司被指强占内蒙牧民草场 (Wang Wenbiao, CPPCC standing committee member and business man, accused of forcibly occupying Inner Mongolian pasture)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08252014105501.html

Macao (澳门)

澳门民间团体不满特首小圈子选举发起公投 主办人被拘 (Macao civil society organizes unofficial referendum on democracy, main organizer detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-08252014105734.html

Media (媒体)

国际组织谴责中国封杀漫画家“变态辣椒” (IFJ condemns China for banning cartoonist "Bian Tai La Jiao")
Voice of America, August 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-big-v-20140825/2426960.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Ice bucket challenge: who’s pouring cold water on the idea?
The Guardian, August 25, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/aug/25/ice-bucket-challenge-drought-henan-california-animal-rights-rice

Technology (科技)

China plans to oust Microsoft, Apple and Android with own software
The Guardian, August 26, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/26/china-microsoft-apple-android-state-software

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China's executions “won't solve tensions” in Xinjiang: analysts
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/execution-08252014121826.html/

Opinion (观点)

社评:香港政改面临摊牌,国家岂会后退 (Editorial: Hong Kong political reform is facing a showdown, China will not retreat)
The Global Times, August 25, 2014
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2014-08/5117448.html