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.

Thursday, January 02, 2014

Children (儿童)

Social media contest invites controversy with violence against children theme
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1393690/social-media-contest-invites-controversy-violence-against-children-theme

China: Baby-stealing obstetrician faces death penalty
Voice of America, January 2, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-babystealing-obstetrician-faces-death-penalty/1820526.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

中国三大乙肝疫苗厂商未获认证停产 (Chinese drug producers halt production of hepatitis B vaccines after failing to meet quality standards)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140102_china_vaccines_ceased_production.shtml

Wal-Mart recalls donkey meat in China
沃尔玛在中国召回问题驴肉
The Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2014
EN: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303870704579295570378526270
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140102/bch164815.asp

Corruption (腐败)

China sacks senior provincial official over vote-buying scandal in Hengyang
The Guardian, January 2, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/02/china-sacks-official-vote-buying-hengyang-bribery

四川政协主席李崇禧涉违纪已被免职 (Sichuan official sacked, under investigation for corruption)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140102_china_corruption_sichuan.shtml

Environment (环境)

Good earth no more: soil pollution plagues Chinese countryside
中国因土壤污染失去大片良田
The New York Times, January 2, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131231/c31soil/dual/

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

Southern Weekly's parent firm slammed for “betraying” free-speech protesters
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1393743/southern-weeklys-parent-firm-slammed-betraying-free-speech-protesters

Health (健康)

The Chinese farmer who amputated his own leg
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25211346

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese lawyers call for rights progress as Wuhan activist is detained
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detention-12312013133505.html

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系(安全,贸易和投资)

China to open high speed rail link to North Korean border in 2015
Voice of America, January 2, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-china-open-high-speed-rail-link-north-korean-border-2015/1821855.html

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

马三家劳教所受害者声明索偿 指控劳教期间遭遇非人对待 (Victims of Masanjia women’s labor camp request compensation for inhumane treatment)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-01022014103945.html

Religion (宗教)

Report: 8 countries on UN Human Rights Council restrict religious freedom
The Washington Post, December 31, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/report-8-countries-on-un-human-rights-council-restrict-religious-freedom/2013/12/31/20ac8dd2-7244-11e3-bc6b-712d770c3715_story.html

See report:
Freedom of Religion or Belief & Blasphemy Prisoners List
Human Rights Without Frontiers International, December 30, 2013
http://www.hrwf.net/publications/reports/year-2014/458-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-prisoners-list-2013-in-25-countries

Women (妇女)

Chinese women “name and shame” companies they say discriminate
中国女大学生投诉企业性别歧视
The New York Times, January 2, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131231/c31discriminate/dual/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China denounces U.S. for sending Uighur “terrorists” to Slovakia
Reuters, January 2, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/02/us-china-usa-uighurs-idUSBREA0107R20140102

Related:
中国谴责美国把维族囚犯送往第三国 (China condemns U.S. for releasing Uyghur ”terrorists” to Slovakia)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140102_china_us_uighurs.shtml

Opinion (观点)

China must purge Mao's ghost
中国必须摆脱毛泽东的阴影
The New York Times, December 31, 2013
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20131231/cc31gao/
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/opinion/china-must-purge-maos-ghost.html

Save the shark, save the world
中国鱼翅外交给全球环境带来希望
The New York Times, January 2, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20140101/c01reichert/dual/