Friday, August 14, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Obama is set to discuss rights issues with China
The New York Times, August 14, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/asia/obama-is-set-to-discuss-rights-issues-with-china.html

Related:
On-the-record briefing on the 19th U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue
U.S. Department of State, August 13, 2015
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/08/246092.htm

HRIC Commentary: U.S.–China Human Rights Dialogue
Human Rights in China, August 12, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/hric-commentary-us-china-human-rights-dialogue

中共中央印发《中国共产党巡视工作条例》 (CPC issues CPC Inspection Work Regulations)
Legal Daily, August 14, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150814/Articel01001GN.htm

几乎所有冤案都有刑讯逼供——《财经》平冤系列报道之十 (Almost all wrongly decided cases involve torture: Caijing Righting Injustices Report Series No. 10)
Caijing Magazine, August 13, 2015
http://yuanchuang.caijing.com.cn/2015/0813/3946668.shtml

Former provincial official expelled from CPC
China Daily, August 14, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-08/14/content_21595968.htm

Maoming Deputy Party Chief detained on graft allegations
Caixin, August 13, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-08-13/100839317.html

中国原国家旅游局副局长霍克被双开 (Huo Ke, China's former deputy director of tourism, expelled from Party for corruption)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/hc1-08132015140012.html

最高检依法决定对徐建一立案侦查 (SPP decides to prosecute [former FAW Corp chairman and NPC member] Xu Jianyi)
Legal Daily, August 14, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150814/Articel01007GN.htm