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 03, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing’s path to hosting 2022 Olympics
The New York Times, July 31, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000003830125/beijing-to-host-the-2022-winter-olympics.html

Related:
With China, IOC Turns Its Back on Human Rights
Human Rights in China, July 31, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/china-ioc-turns-its-back-human-rights

HRIC Urges IOC to Postpone Host City Election for 2022 Olympics
中国人权敦促国际奥委会推迟选举2022年冬奥会主办城市
Human Rights in China, July 28, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/hric-urges-ioc-postpone-host-city-election-2022-olympics
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-guo-ren-quan-dun-cu-guo-ji-ao-wei-hui-tui-chi-xuan-ju-2022nian

Beijing quietly celebrates Olympic win
Washington Post, July 31, 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-more-subdued-celebration-in-beijing-after-nabbing-2022-winter-olympics/2015/07/31/f89b0e2c-36f5-11e5-ab7b-6416d97c73c2_story.html

Heard in the hutong: Do Beijingers think the city’s air quality is improving?
The Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/08/03/heard-in-the-hutong-do-beijingers-think-the-citys-air-quality-is-improving/tab/interactive/

Guo Boxiong, Jiang Zemin, and the corruption of the Chinese military
The Diplomat, July 31, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/guo-boxiong-jiang-zemin-and-the-corruption-of-the-chinese-military/

Related:
Chinese military paper warns a corrupt army does not win wars
Reuters, August 2, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/02/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0Q704I20150802

”He made Xi Jinping very angry”: the rise and fall of once-powerful Chinese general Guo Boxiang
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1845440/rise-and-fall-top-chinese-general-guo-boxiang

China says former senior police chief suspected of murder
Channel NewsAsia, July 31, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-says-former-senior/2020038.html

Senior Jilin official investigated for graft
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 2, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150802/news_20150802_56_1120802.htm

Poor maintenance, lax supervision and extreme cost-cutting to blame for China's lift and escalator deaths
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1845611/poor-maintenance-lax-supervision-and-extreme-cost-cutting