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, January 13, 2014

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Chinese journalists face tighter censorship, Marxist retraining
The Washington Post, January 10, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-journalists-face-tighter-censorship-marxist-re-training/2014/01/10/6cd43f62-6893-11e3-8b5b-a77187b716a3_story.html

Children (儿童)

Desperate Chinese parents team up to look for missing children
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/black-factories-01102014132409.html

Corruption (腐败)

Hunan official "hired bogus police officers to ransack offices of company involved in dispute"
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1404519/hunan-official-hired-bogus-police-officers-ransack-offices-company

Education (教育)

Nanjing politicians claim pupils at risk of gender identity disorder due to excess of female teachers
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1404510/nanjing-politicians-claim-pupils-risk-gender-identity-disorder-due-excess

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

电邮显示北大教授被解职原因 因签名支持许志永公盟运动 (Emails show Peking University professor sacked for supporting Xu Zhiyong and New Citizens’ Movement)
Voice of America, January 13, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/emails-suggest-embattled-chinese-scholar-xia-yeliang-20140113/1828702.html

Q. & A.: Ai Weiwei on creating art in a cage
艾未未:护照被没收的1001天
The New York Times, January 13, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140113/c13aiweiwei/dual/

中国民间维权机构负责人刘飞跃遭警方扣押 (Head of rights defense group, Liu Feiyue, detained by the police)
Voice of America, January 13, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/liu-feiyao-detained/1828356.html

独立中文笔会会长贝岭和瑞典人士联合为刘霞状况呼吁 (Heads of Chinese and Swedish PEN Centers sign joint appeal to bring attention to plight of Liu Xia and Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-01132014101012.html

林昭:被葬送的青春一代的集体化身 (The present-day meaning of commemorating Lin Zhao—interview with Beijing Spring editor, Hu Ping)
Radio France Internationale, January 10, 2014
http://rfi.my/1dqfpT3

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

郑州疯狂强拆不停手 一周百余户顿失家园 (Rapid demolitions continue in Zhengzhou, hundreds of families will lose their homes in one week)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01132014102253.html

Population (人口)

China’s forced abortion tragedies continue under the CCP’s birth control policy
NDT Television, January 9, 2014
http://www.ntd.tv/en/China%20Forbidden%20News/20140110/84653-chinas-forced-abortion-tragedies-continue-under-the-ccps-birth-control-policy.html

张艺谋超生案引发有关人权生育权的讨论 (Zhang Yimou’s one child policy case triggers discussion about reproductive rights)
Radio France Internationale, January 11, 2014
http://rfi.my/1cWEF0w

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

Former Chinese labor camp inmates struggle for justice
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/masanjia-01102014124010.html

Tibet (西藏)

Fire destroys hundreds of homes in ancient Tibetan town
香格里拉古镇大火数百房屋被焚毁
The New York Times, January 13, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140113/c13fire/dual/

中国官方:西藏自治区去年处理涉国安案20起 (Chinese Officials: Tibet Autonomous Region handled 20 cases involving national security last year)
Voice of America, January 13, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-tibet-20140113/1828846.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Group stages sit-in for Uighurs in China
Taipei Times, January 13, 2014
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/01/12/2003581119

Opinion (观点)

The real Chinese dream isn't prosperity, it's reform of the one-child policy
The Guardian, January 12, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/12/chinese-dream-one-child-reform