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, July 27, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Rights advocates, and a monk, oppose Beijing’s winter Olympics bid
The New York Times, July 25, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/rights-advocates-and-a-monk-oppose-beijings-winter-olympics-bid/

Related:
IOC urged to reject Beijing’s 2022 Olympic bid amid lawyer crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/26/ioc-urged-to-reject-beijings-2022-olympic-bid-amid-lawyer-crackdown/

中共河北省委书记落马 (Head of China's Hebei Province dismissed)
Deutsche Welle, July 24, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/中共河北省委书记落马/a-18605944

Related:
China’s antigraft spotlight turns on Head of Hebei Province
Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-antigraft-spotlight-turns-on-head-of-hebei-province-1437813539

Taiwan president rues lack of progress with China
British Broadcast Corporation, July 26, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33649127

纪委书记GPS跟踪区委书记会否是“狗咬狗”(Secretary of Committee for Discipline Inspection uses GPS to follow Party secretary—an instance of dog-eat-dog?)
Netease, July 24, 2015
http://news.163.com/15/0724/10/AV9JEFR300014AEE.html

Dark corner of China's rise: A surge in trafficked children
The Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0727/Dark-corner-of-China-s-rise-A-surge-in-trafficked-children