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 06, 2013

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

中国网友、学者热议人民日报批评“宪政” (Chinese netizens and scholars debate People Daily's attack on “constitutional governance”)
Radio France International August 6, 2013
http://rfi.my/13VwQka

中国官媒再刊马钟成文章批“美国宪政” (Chinese official media again publishes Ma Zhongcheng’s article which attacks "American constitutionalism")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 6, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130806_peopledaily_chinaconstitution.shtml

Related:
马钟成:美国宪政的名不副实 (U.S. constitutionalism is not worthy of its name)
People's Daily, August 6, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/thought/2013-08/4211575.html

“反宪政”的荒唐逻辑 (The flawed logic of "anti-constitutionalism")
Financial Times, August 5, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051805

Related Weibo post:
任志强, August 5, 2013
[【“反宪政”的荒唐逻辑】耶鲁大学教授陈志武:我们不能把中国过去一百年宪政改革的不成功经历作为一个完整样本来定论,这一百年只能算个观察点。我觉得我们做领导的,稍不注意就容易在方法论和逻辑上出错,说一些让老百姓听起来觉得有道理但实属谬论的东西] (Chen Zhiwu, Yale, FT article “The absurd logic of ‘anti-constitutionalism’”: We can’t view China’s past 100 years of failed constitutional reform as a definitive sample. Those 100 yrs can only be considered as a point of observation. I feel, as leaders, if we are not careful, we can easily err in methodology & logic, and say something that sounds reasonable to common people, when it’s in fact a fallacy.)
http://weibo.com/1182389073/A3ngoyDge

中国社科院发布《中国政治发展报告(2013)》认为:应探索司法政治属性与独立 行使司法权关系 (CASS: China should seek a balance between the political aspects of the judiciary and the need for judicial independence)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 6, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-08/06/content_1909583.htm

中国改革出入境条例 外籍人士入境更难 (Will be more difficult for foreigners to get in and out of China after Entry-Exit Administrative Law is amended)
Deutsche Welle, August 6, 2013
http://bit.ly/15Fan14