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, August 04, 2014

Business and Economics (商业和经济)

China using antimonopoly law to pressure foreign businesses
The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-using-antimonopoly-law-to-pressure-foreign-businesses-1407154916?mod=asia_home

Related:
China warns Microsoft Against obstructing probe
The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-warns-microsoft-against-obstructing-probe-1407147876

Corruption (腐败)

China’s Red Cross is still dealing with a 3-year-old scandal involving sex and fast cars
Time, August 4, 2014
http://time.com/3078429/yunnan-earthquake-red-cross-society-of-china-guo-meimei-sex-scandal/

Related:
郭美美“认罪”,洗白红会没那么容易 (China’s Red Cross remains distrusted despite public confession by woman who fabricated her association with the organization)
Deutsche Welle, August 4, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1CoPG

Disasters (灾难)

China blames safety violations as plant blast toll rises
Agence France-Presse, August 4, 2014
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-blames-safety/1295756.html

Related:
75 die in China factory explosion, state-run media says
Cable News Network, August 4, 2014
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/26188501/75-die-in-china-factory-explosion-state-run-media-says

China factory blasts highlight gaps in workplace safety
Voice of America, August 4, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-factory-blasts-highlight-gaps-in-workplace-safety/1971054.html

China earthquake prompts major search and rescue mission
The Guardian, August 4, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/china-earthquake-yunnan-major-search-rescue-mission

Education (教育)

Should Chinese students be required to “love the party”? The government reconsiders
The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/04/should-chinese-students-be-required-to-love-the-party-the-government-reconsiders/

Related:
Education ministry may drop requirement pupils love the Communist Party
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1564547/education-ministry-may-drop-requirement-pupils-love-communist-party

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong students keep up pro-democracy fight in wake of protests
The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/02/hong-kong-students-keep-up-pro-democracy-fight-in-wake-of-protests/

Hong Kong has the opposite problem to China’s: too many women
Quartz, August 4, 2014
http://qz.com/244313/hong-kong-has-the-opposite-problem-to-chinas-too-many-women/

Information Control (信息控制)

China controls narrative of violence in tense west
Associated Press, August 4, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/china-controls-narrative-violence-tense-west-091945950.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

China is complicit in North Korea's human rights abuses
Foreign Policy, July 31, 2014
http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/07/31/china_complicit_north_korea__human_rights_abuses

Media (媒体)

China releases investigative journalist after almost year in jail
Reuters, August 3, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/03/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0G30LS20140803

National Defense (国防)

The Chinese military has a bizarre new recruiting video
Business Insider, August 1, 2014
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-military-recruiting-video-2014-8

Rule of Law (法治)

Shanghai judges not pleased with judicial reform
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1564548/shanghai-judges-not-pleased-judicial-reform

Women (妇女)

China experiences a booming underground market in surrogate motherhood
The New York Times, August 3, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/world/asia/china-experiences-a-booming-black-market-in-child-surrogacy.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China says nearly 100 are killed in week of unrest in Xinjiang
过去一周新疆近百人死于暴力冲突
The New York Times, August 4, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140804/c04xinjiang/dual/

Defense lawyer for detained Uyghur scholar “forced to quit”
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/lawyer-08012014124207.html

Opinion (观点)

Can Hong Kong be a co-author of the “one country, two systems” story?
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1564373/can-hong-kong-be-co-author-one-country-two-systems-story