HRIC Daily Brief: 10.30.2013

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Environment (环境)

China’s anti-pollution drive risks running out of gas
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-10-30/100597552.html

上海600访民集体为沈勇案追凶近百人被捕抗议扩至北京 (Protest over Shen Yong’s death spreads to Beijing, nearly 100 Shanghai petitioners taken away)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl-10292013112152.html

For more information on Shen Yong, see:
Shanghai rights defenders taken by police during protest of Shen Yong’s death
上海维权人士为沈勇之死讨说法近百人被抓
Human Rights in China, October 29, 2013
EN: http://hrichina.org/content/7019
CH: http://hrichina.org/cn/content/7020

美国会听证郭飞雄案吁释放中国良心犯 (U.S. Congress holds hearing on Guo Feixiong’s case, calls for release of China’ s prisoners of conscience)
Voice of America, October 30, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/congress-hearing-on-rights-activist-guo-feixiong-20131029/1779681.html

Information Control（信息控制）

人民网舆情监测室秘书长祝华新：互联网生态治理晴空初现 (People’s Daily Public Sentiment Monitoring Office chief congratulates the government’s “rise” online and opinion leaders’ “decline”)
People’s Daily, October 30, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1030/c1001-23376633.html

Related:
Chinese websites to "spread positive energy"
Xinhua, October 30, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/30/c_132844968.htm

马克思主义新闻观教育活动报告会在京举办 (In public lecture, journalists reported on what they learned from “Reporting with View toward Marxism” refresher course)
Xinhua, October 30, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1030/c1001-23380130.html

Migrants (农民工)

Hard times: how young criminals are treated says much about the urban-rural gap
The Economist, October 26, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21588402-how-young-criminals-are-treated-says-much-about-urban-rural-gap-hard-times

Rule of Law (法治)

中国出台司法改革文件强调审判独立 (China issues judiciary reform directive with emphasis on trial independence)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131029_china_supreme_court.shtml

Related:
最高人民法院关于切实践行司法为民大力加强公正司法不断提高司法公信力的若干意见 (Supreme People’s Court’s Opinions on Strengthening Justice for the People, Raising Credibility of Judicial Fairness)
China Court, October 29, 2013
http://www.rmfyb.com/paper/html/2013-10/29/content_72135.htm

陈永洲案被指多处程序违法律师观察团拟全程跟踪事件 (Many procedural flaws found in Chen Yongzhou’s case, lawyer-observer groups plan to track case development)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-10282013151807.html

Tibet (西藏)

Chinese officials remove Tibetan village leaders who protested against crackdown
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/remove-10292013142123.html

Women (妇女)

Beijing police accused of sexism towards women drivers
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24742034

Tradition on Trial
News China, November 2013
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/tradition-on-trial

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

北京警方公布冲撞天安门暴力恐怖袭击案详情
Five detained over Tian'anmen terrorist attack
Xinhua, October 30, 2013
CH: http://news.163.com/13/1030/18/9CF1QFKR0001124J.html
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/30/c_132845270.htm

Related:
China says 5 jihadis are arrested in Beijing attack
The New York Times, October 30, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/world/asia/china-says-5-jihadis-are-arrested-in-beijing-attack.html

"天安门撞车事件已锁定八名嫌疑人" (8 suspects in custody from Tiananmen jeep crash)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131030_china_tiananmen_crash.shtml

Opinion (观点)

何清涟：“陈永洲事件”揭开的三重黑暗 (He Qinglian: Chen Yongzhou case reveals 3 big problems)
Voice of America, October 30, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/heiqinlian-20131029/1779285.html