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, August 12, 2013

Corruption (腐败)

英媒:习近平法学博士论文"疑点"曝光 (Dubious questions surface from Xi Jinping’s JD thesis)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 12, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/08/130811_press_xi_degree.shtml

上海建工卷入法官嫖娼事件 去年招待费1.78亿 (Nearly $30 million spent by Shanghai Construction Group, organizer of Shanghai-judge prostitution scandal, on "hospitality fees" last year)
The Beijing News, August 12, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0812/c1001-22524711.html

多地楼堂馆所花样翻新 商务中心实为政府办公楼 (Circumventing regulations, local governments build new offices labeled as "business centers")
Beijing Morning Post, August 12, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0812/c1001-22524709.html

盘点近年“失踪”官员:多涉经济出逃 休假治病成借口 (Most "disappearing officials" in recent years escape for economic reasons, claim to “take vacation” or “medical leave”)
The Beijing News, August 12, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0812/c1001-22524546.html

China accused of cracking down on critics to conceal corruption
The Telegraph, August 9, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10234022/China-accused-of-cracking-down-on-critics-to-conceal-corruption.html

Sanofi being investigated for bribery by China
Associated Press, August 11, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/business/global/sanofi-being-investigated-for-bribery-by-china.html