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.

Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

China broadens graft probe into financial sector
中国反腐:北京能源集团原董事长陆海军涉嫌严重违纪,正接受组织调查
Reuters, February 3, 2015
EN: http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/02/03/china-corruption-bankofbeijing-idINKBN0L708P20150203
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/02/03/idCNL4S0VD0AY20150203

Education (教育)

中大澄清與「蘇文大學」無關 淘寶證書已下架 (CUHK states it has no connection to “Suwen University,” degrees for purchase online removed from Taobao)
Apple Daily, February 2, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150202/53396067

Related:
Fake Hong Kong university peddles degrees online for just HK$1,250
South China Morning Post, February 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1699288/fake-hong-kong-university-sells-diploma-hk100-and-degree-hk1250

陳文敏獲薦港大副校長--近期屢受左報炮轟 陳批嚴重干預院校自主 (Johannes Chan nominated to be HKU Deputy Vice-Chancellor, criticizes severe interference in university’s autonomy, repeatedly attacked by leftist press)
Ming Pao, February 3, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/陳文敏獲薦港大副校長-近期屢受左報炮轟%20陳批嚴重干預院校自主/web_tc/article/20150203/s00001/1422901072956

Internet (互联网)

Why internet users all around the world should be worried about China’s great firewall
The Washington Post, February 2, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/02/02/why-internet-users-all-around-the-world-should-be-worried-about-chinas-great-firewall/

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

為採300萬噸煤 無良政府強拆明清古村 (Government forcibly demolishes ancient village from Ming and Qing dynasties to mine 3 million tons of coal)
Apple Daily, February 3, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20150203/53399800

Migrants (农民工)

See China’s migrant scrap peddlers eke out a living on booming Beijing’s edge
Time, February 3, 2015
http://time.com/3642959/migrant-scrap-trade-beijing/

Religion (宗教)

Communist party bans believers in province of "China’s Jerusalem"
Guardian, February 2, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/02/chinese-communist-party-officials-crack-down-believers

Rule of Law (法治)

Xi Jinping orders elite cadres to put more weight behind "rule by law" rollout
South China Morning Post, February 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1699901/xi-jinping-orders-elite-cadres-put-more-weight-behind-rule-law-rollout

Academic urges rationality on China's human rights
Shanghai Daily, February 2, 2015
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=266433

Tibet (西藏)

China warns Obama against meeting Dalai Lama at prayer breakfast
Bloomberg, February 2, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-02/china-warns-obama-against-meeting-dalai-lama-at-prayer-breakfast

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China sharpens its censorship blade
The New York Times, February 2, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/opinion/china-sharpens-its-censorship-blade.html?_r=0

Related:
Notes on China’s “new normal”
China Media Project, February 2, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/02/02/38038/

China sharpens its censorship blade
Shanghai Daily, February 2, 2015
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=266433