Monday, December 14, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

The hard reality behind China’s soft power
Time, December 14, 2015
http://time.com/4147284/china-soft-power-scmp-pu-zhiqiang-human-rights/

安徽村民遭刑讯逼供承认杀人, 2个月后"死者"返家 (Anhui villager confessed to murder under torture, 2 months later the “deceased” returned home)
Legal Daily, December 9, 2015
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/12/10/3245s5193418.htm

涉刑讯逼供“冤案”岂可私了 (How can a case of miscarriage of justice case involving torture possibly be settled privately?)
The Beijing News, December 11, 2015
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20151211/46623237_0.shtml

Related:
UN Torture Committee Concludes Review of China with Scathing Observations
Human Rights in China, December 19, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/un-torture-committee-concludes-review-china-scathing-observations

China anticorruption cases have quadrupled since 2013, study says
Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/12/11/china-anticorruption-cases-have-quadrupled-since-2013-study-says/

Dead, detained or missing: China's businessmen and officials are disappearing
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1890059/statement-alibaba-group-acquisition-south-china-morning-post

Related:
Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang reappears after “assisting authorities”
The Guardian, December 14, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/14/chinese-billionaire-guo-guangchang-reappears-after-assisting-authorities

Staging corruption: The link between Chinese television and politics
Caixin, December 12, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-12-12/100884839.html