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, January 06, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

China’s Communist Party ever so slightly pries the lid off its secretive work
The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/06/chinas-communist-party-ever-so-slightly-pries-the-lid-off-its-secretive-work/?mod=WSJBlog

中国反腐波及南方航空
Widening graft probe snares China Southern CFO
Financial Times, January 6, 2015
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059993
EN: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/08891b12-9557-11e4-8fc1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3NxeZNIQg

Hong Kong (香港)

New government proposal to allow more candidates in 2017 Hong Kong elections
The South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1674869/new-push-allow-more-2017-candidates

Dozens of Hong Kong protest leaders facing arrest, standard says
Bloomberg, January 6, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-06/dozens-of-hong-kong-protest-leaders-facing-arrest-standard-says.html

Hong Kong government submits report surrounding Occupy protests to Beijing
The South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1674961/hong-kong-government-submits-post-occupy-public-sentiment-report

Related:
港府今交民情报告 港澳办回应“适当”(State Council HK and Macao Affairs Office deems Hong Kong government’s submission of report “appropriate”)
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/45702/gang-fu-jin-jiao-min-qing-bao-gao-gang-ao-ban-hui-ying-gua-dang

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国正式逮捕帮助陈光诚出逃学者 (China formally arrests Guo Yushan, scholar who assisted in Cheng Guangcheng’s escape)
Voice of America, January 6, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-arrests-scholar-20150106/2587216.html

Related:
China arrests activist who assisted in daring 2012 escape
The New York Times, January 6, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/world/asia/guo-yushan-arrest-china-chen-guangcheng.html?_r=0

南周事件两周年当局严控 维权人士被禁赴广州 (Human rights defenders are forbidden to enter Guangzhou on 2nd anniversary of Southern Weekly Incident)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-01052015100834.html

Migrants (农民工)

Shandong mine workers strike over months of back pay, bonuses
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pay-01052015135604.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

日处理5000吨垃圾场建居民区 深圳数百人围政府抗议遭殴打 (Hundreds beaten in Shenzhen when protesting against building of a trash incinerator to handle 5000 tons of trash per day in residential area)
Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl2-01052015100937.html

Rural Issues (农村)

China's villages are dying. A new film asks if they can be saved
NPR, January 5, 2015
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/01/05/372491552/chinas-villages-are-dying-a-new-film-asks-if-they-can-be-saved

Taiwan (台湾)

北京抗议台湾在美举行元旦升旗典礼 (Beijing protests Taiwan’s flag-raising ceremony in U.S. on New Year’s Day)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150105_us_taiwan_flag

Related:
China fumes after Taiwan’s flag raising in Washington
Reuters, January 5, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/05/us-china-taiwan-idUSKBN0KE0M320150105

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Normalisation of Sino-US ties was the right move, as today's China shows
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1674956/normalisation-sino-us-ties-was-right-move-todays-china-shows

Protect the Internet: Keep the contract with ICANN
The Washington Post, January 4, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/protect-the-internet-keep-the-contract-with-icann/2015/01/04/b1ff61c2-7bff-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html

Why China's ruling party is bearing down on “cliques”
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 5, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-30685782

Graft offensive may expose something more vile in China: factions
习近平反腐,更反“山头主义”
The New York Times, January 6, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150106/c06factions/dual/