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, September 03, 2013

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

In document, fallen Chinese official says he was obeying orders
薄熙来称依照中央命令处理王立军 New York Times, September 3, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130831/c31bo/dual/

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

电话实名制今起实施 部分报摊已暂停手机号代售 (Real-Name Phone System implemented today, some street vendors stop selling cell phone numbers)
China News Service, September 3, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0901/c1001-22762434.html

Children (儿童)

专家谈儿童侵害案:未成年保护法不具可操作性 (Experts on children rights violation: China’s Law of Protection of Minors has no operability)
CCTV, September 3, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0902/c1001-22770834.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Chinese chicken processors are cleared to ship to U.S.
中国获准加工美国加拿大鸡肉输美
New York Times, September 2, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20130902/c02chicken/dual/

Corruption (腐败)

Senior Chinese official is investigated for graft
国资委主任蒋洁敏落马,调查指向周永康
New York Times, September 3, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130902/c02corruption/dual/

Related:
中共组织部:蒋洁敏涉严重违纪被免职 (Jiang Jiemin, CPC Central Committee member, removed from office on suspicion of serious discipline violations)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 3, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130903_china_jiangjiemin.shtml

Culture (文化)

Chinese magazine mocks government's cancellation of Beijing Independent Film Festival
The Hollywood Reporter, August 29, 2013
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinese-magazine-mocks-governments-cancelation-617710

Education (教育)

Seeking edge in academics, Chinese spend summer in U.S.
New York Times, August 29, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/world/asia/well-off-chinese-students-summer-in-us-seeking-an-edge.html?pagewanted=1&ref=asia&_r=0

Environment (环境)

China environment min suspends some approvals for Sinopec, CNPC
Reuters, September 3, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/29/us-china-environment-oil-idUSBRE97S03G20130829

上海宝山冷库液氨泄漏致15死25伤 (15 dead, 25 injured in freezer ammonia leakage incident in Baoshan, Shanghai)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 3, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130831_china_shanghai_chemical_leak.shtml

Health (健康)

卫计委:精神分裂等六种重性精神疾病应实行发病报告 (National Health and Family Planning Commission: case report procedure should be implemented on six kinds of severe mental illness including schizophrenia)
The People’s Daily, September 3, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0902/c1001-22775771.html

See the report:
卫计委印发《严重精神障碍发病报告管理办法(试行)》(全文)(National Health and Family Planning Commission issues "(Trial) Management methods for reporting severe mental disorders cases")
The People’s Daily, September 3, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0902/c1001-22775499.html

Information Control (信息控制)

广东警官质疑“净网”行动遭停职 (Guangdong policeman who questioned "purging net" campaign is suspended)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2013
http://bit.ly/17nYZSb

TV confessions in China an unsettling new trend for executives
英媒:在电视上认罪是嘲弄法律程序?
Reuters, September 2, 2013
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 2, 2013
EN:http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2013/09/02/TV-confessions-in-China-an-unsettling-new-trend-for-executives.aspx
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130902_tv_confession_legal.shtml

International Relations (国际关系)

Rattled by investigations, foreign firms in China beef up compliance
Reuters, September 3, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/02/us-china-investigations-idUSBRE9810NG20130902

GSK中国行贿案令在华外企如履薄冰(GSK China bribery case made foreign companies in China extremely cautious)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 3, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130903_china_investigations.shtml

Open Government Information (信息公开)

14名律师致信国家审计署追问社会抚养费去向 (14 lawyers sent a letter to National Audit Office asking where social maintenance fees end up)
Beijing News, September 3, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0902/c1001-22768937.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

习近平怒拔尚方剑 (Xi Jinping is determined to fight big corruption)
Deutsche Welle, September 2, 2013
http://bit.ly/15vfOAU

State Compensation (国家赔偿)

福州市中级人民法院对陈科云等五人作出国家赔偿决定(Fuzhou court awards state compensations to five former prisoners cleared by provincial high court)
福州法院网, September 2, 2013
http://fzszy.chinacourt.org/public/detail.php?id=10572

Related:
“福清纪委爆炸案”案发十载高院开庭
Fujian High Court Hears Appeal in Fuqing Bombing Case for Second Time
Human Rights in China, April 26, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5341
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5340

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

英媒:中共领导关注新疆暴力紧张升级 (Violent conflict in Xinjiang escalates)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/09/130901_press_xinjiang_violence.shtml

Opinion (观点)

点评中国:习近平“极端重视”怎样的意识形态?(What kind of ideology does Xi Jinping attach extreme importance to?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 2, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/focus_on_china/2013/09/130902_cr_xijinping_ideology.shtml

北京日报:不给普世价值留空间 (Don’t leave any space to universal values)
Beijing Daily, September 2, 2013
http://help.3g.163.com/13/0902/17/97PITPDE00963VRO.html

The dog that (almost) roared
充斥中国的种种虚假
New York Times, September 2, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20130903/c03bruni/dual/