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 16, 2014

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

崔健拒绝接受审查,与春晚说再见 (Tiananmen rocker Cui Jian rejects censorship of lyrics, will not perform at Spring Festival gala)
Deutsche Welle, January 16, 2014
http://bit.ly/1i1FSbF

Related:
Spring Festival gala performance by Chinese rock Icon in doubt
The New York Times, January 16, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/spring-gala-performance-by-chinese-rock-icon-in-doubt/

Corruption (腐败)

Chinese premier vows reform to curb govn't corruption
Xinhua, January 16, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-01/16/c_126011215.htm

Chinese Communist Party school official caught up in sex scandal
Reuters, January 15, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-china-corruption-sex-idUSBREA0E0OV20140115

Communist Party expels former executive at China Mobile parent
Reuters, January 15, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-chinamobile-probe-idUSBREA0E06420140115

Environment (环境)

Can China kickstart its circular economy and kick its smog?
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/china-recycling-waste-circular-economy

China's Shanghai announces new measures to curb pollution
Reuters, January 15, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-china-pollution-idUSBREA0E0RD20140115

Hong Kong (香港)

梁振英施政报告避谈民主直选 (Hong Kong’s leader skirts democracy issue in address)
The New York Times, January 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140116/c16hongkong/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

新公民运动受挫揭示中国政府底线
Chinese activists test new leader and are crushed
The New York Times, January 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140116/c16citizen/dual/

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

非洲变成中日外交战场 (Sino-Japan diplomatic battle plays out in Africa)
Voice of America, January 15, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/africa-asia-rivalry-20140115/1830981.html

Internet (互联网)

From Weibo to WeChat: after a crackdown on microblogs, sensitive online discussion has shifted
The Economist, January 18, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21594296-after-crackdown-microblogs-sensitive-online-discussion-has-shifted-weibo-wechat

Population (人口)

广西定“单独两孩”时间表:3月起实施 (Guangxi to implement new family planning policy in March)
21st Century Economics, January 16, 2014
jingji.21cbh.com/2014/1-16/1NMDA2NTFfMTA0NTI1NA.html

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

No end to China's notorious re-education camps
Deutsche Welle, January 15, 2014
http://www.dw.de/no-end-to-chinas-notorious-re-education-camps/a-17362570

Rule of Law (法治)

任意拘禁何时休? (When will China stop arbitrary arrests?)
Deutsche Welle, January 15, 2014
dw.de/p/1Aqlt

Technology (科技)

China's Huawei denies U.S. compromised equipment security
Agence France Presse, January 15, 2014
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140115/chinas-huawei-denies-us-compromised-equipment-security-0

China Mobile's Apple iPhone preorders hit 1.2m as Xiaomi and Huawei rise
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/15/apple-iphone-preorders-china-mobile-xiaomi-huawei

Nice little earner: can WeChat become a world-beating app?
The Economist, January 18, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21594312-can-wechat-become-world-beating-app-nice-little-earner

Tibet (西藏)

青海果洛僧人作家更嘎仓央获释 (China releases Tibetan monk-writer jailed for "leaking state secretes")
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-01152014152741.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

维族教师母子遭警方带走原因不明 新疆一学生被国保带走
Uyghur scholar, mother detained in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2014
CH:www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-01152014112920.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ilham-tohti-01152014172830.html

Opinion (观点)

China improves human rights, really
Bloomberg, January 15, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-15/china-improves-human-rights-really.html

Balancing act: Mr Xi talks about people’s rights
The Economist, January 18, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21594313-mr-xi-talks-about-peoples-rights-balancing-act