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, May 20, 2014

Cyber security (网络安全)

中国对美国起诉黑客做出强烈回应 (China angered by US espionage charges against Chinese army personnel)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 19, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/05/140519_spy_chinareaction.shtml

Related:
China denies U.S. cyberspying charges, claims it is the real “victim”
The Washington Post, May 20, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-denies-us-cyberspying-charges-claims-it-is-the-real-victim/2014/05/19/4b9a195c-df71-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html

Education (教育)

Is English necessary? China debates whether college exams should bother
The Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/05/20/is-english-necessary-china-debates-whether-college-exams-should-bother/?mod=WSJBlog

Environment (环境)

657个城市300多个喊“渴” 节水城市建设需加速跑 (300 out of 657 Chinese cities face severe water shortages)
Xinhua, May 17, 2014
news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2014-05/17/c_1110734884.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

武汉多人听佛法被控“煽动颠覆” 刑拘 法师也未幸免 (Activists, including Buddhist monk, criminally detained in Wuhan on suspicion of “inciting subversion”)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy2-05192014102953.html

Chinese activist “disappeared” ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
武汉异议人士秦永敏夫妇被带走
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2014
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/disappeared-05192014154411.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-05192014103044.html

China's rights lawyers willing to pay for progress
South China Morning post, May 20, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1515778/chinas-rights-lawyers-willing-pay-progress

推动公民不合作的唐荆陵律师被广州国保刑拘 (Citizen activist and lawyer Tang Jingling detained by Guangzhou authorities)
China Free Press, May 16, 2014
http://www.canyu.org/n88291c6.aspx

Related:
Two more rights lawyers criminally detained, another’s home searched
China Change, May 18, 2014
chinachange.org/2014/05/18/two-more-rights-lawyers-criminally-detained-anothers-home-searched/

Information Control (信息控制)

中国监管社交媒体内紧外松 被指歧视国人 (Chinese gov't uses foreign social media sites but bans citizens from accessing them)
Voice of America, May 19, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-soica-media-20140519/1917699.html

Related:
How Chinese officials “like” banned Facebook
Agence France-Presse, May 18, 2014
www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/chinese-officials-like-banned-facebook/

International Human Rights (国际人权)

“中英人权对话”5月20日伦敦举行 (China-UK human rights dialogue begins in London)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/zaa-05192014115906.html

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

Putin courts China as west turns away
西方制裁促使普京转向中国
Financial Times, May 19, 2014
EN: www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0344dc50-df44-11e3-86a4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz32DMFgpf1
CH: www.ftchinese.com/story/001056310

China “uses channels” to warn North Korea against nuclear test: source
Reuters, May 19, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/19/us-china-northkorea-nuclear-idUSBREA4I08W20140519

Chinese flee Vietnam as Hanoi counts cost of riots
The Guardian, May 19, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/19/chinese-flee-vietnam-hanoi-riots

June Fourth (六四)

天下围城,德国异议人士团体将举办系列纪念六四活动 (All to Surround the City, German overseas dissident group organizes a series of June Fourth commemorative events)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-05202014095647.html

Tears of a rickshaw driver
25年前天安门广场上三轮车夫的眼泪
The New York Times, May 20, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20140520/c20kristof/dual/

“六四”之后的中国群体性事件和互联网 (China’s mass incidents after June Fourth, and the Internet: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-05192014104320.html

See webcast of hearing:
Hearing: stability in China: lessons from Tiananmen and implications for the United States (webcast)
U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission, May 15, 2014
http://www.uscc.gov/Hearings/hearing-stability-china-lessons-tiananmen-and-implications-united-states-webcast

纪念六四25周年旧金山将举行中国民权研讨会 (San Francisco Chinese civil rights group organizes June Fourth 25th anniversary civil rights forum)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-05202014100619.html

在城大談六四 新加坡藝術家疑遇襲 (Singaporean artist allegedly beaten in HK after discussing June Fourth in lecture)
Apple Daily, May 18, 2014
hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20140518/52487938

For more information about June Fourth, see:
June Fourth at 25: resisting enforced amnesia, building a just future
纪念六四25周年:抵制强迫失忆,建设公正的未来
Human Rights in China, April 10, 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/june-fourth-25-resisting-enforced-amnesia-building- >just-future
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/ji-nian-liu-si-25zhou-nian-di-zhi-qiang-po-shi-yi-jian

Religion (宗教)

Thousand Christians forced from church as demolition campaign spreads
The Telegraph, May 19, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10841738/Thousand-Christians-forced-from-church-as-demolition-campaign-spreads.html

Related:
Cross “too shiny” on Chinese church facing demolition
The Telegraph, May 19, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10842485/Cross-too-shiny-on-Chinese-church-facing-demolition.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Uighur biker takes message of peace on the road
维族青年周游全国呼吁民族团结
The New York Times, May 20, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140520/c20uighur/dual/