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, February 09, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

China executes mining tycoon Liu Han, who had links to ex-security tsar Zhou Yongkang
涉周案黑道大亨劉漢等5人被執行死刑
South China Morning, February 9, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1708082/chinese-mining-tycoon-liu-han-linked-zhou-yongkang-executed
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/tc/china/47761/she-zhou-hei-dao-da-heng-liu-han-deng-5ren-bei-zhi-xing-si-xing

China uncovers power abuses, nepotism at Sinopec
中石化集团存利益输送和领导亲属关联交易谋利问题--中纪委
Reuters, February 7, 2015
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/07/china-corruption-sinopec-idUSL4N0VH03L20150207
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/02/08/sinopec-cn-idCNKBS0LC0ZU20150208

Related:
中紀委密集公布巡視央企腐敗情況受關注 (CCDI’s frequent announcements of anti-corruption inspections of state-owned enterprises draw attention)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 7, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/02/150207_china_anticorruption

Tearful communist mayor pleads for forgiveness as corruption purge rages on
The Telegraph, February 6, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11394946/Tearful-Communist-mayor-pleads-for-forgiveness-as-corruption-purge-rages-on.html

Top Chinese company bosses try to atone after bribery allegations
The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/02/06/top-chinese-company-bosses-try-to-atone-after-bribery-allegations/

Hong Kong (香港)

Why China seized $12,900 in toilet paper from Hong Kong
The Christian Science Monitor, February 7, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2015/0207/Why-China-seized-12-900-in-toilet-paper-from-Hong-Kong

Protesters confront mainland shoppers in Hong Kong
The New York Times, February 8, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/protesters-confront-mainland-shoppers-in-hong-kong/

Hongkongers still divided over Beijing's reform plan for 2017: poll
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1707556/hongkongers-still-divided-over-beijings-reform-plan-2017-poll-finds

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Guizhou rights activists targeted by police after support for Beijing poet
贵阳民主维权人士莫建刚被指声援王藏而遭抄家、带走
Radio Free Asia, February 6, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-02062015132328.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/1-02052015112451.html

June Fourth (六四)

"I didn't once hear the sound of laughter"
Radia Free Asia, February 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/women/tiananmen-mothers-02062015134519.html

State Compensation (国家赔偿)

中国冤案平反第一人领取205万国家赔偿 (Family of man wrongly executed receives RMB 2,050,000 in state compensation in China’s first “political rehabilitation” case)
DW News, February 3, 2015
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2015-02-03/59633636.html

Tibet (西藏)

China says against foreign countries receiving Dalai Lama
Reuters, February 6, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/06/us-china-usa-idUSKBN0LA0KH20150206

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Occupy insiders give their verdict on the protests
The South China Morning Post, February 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1701641/occupy-insiders-give-their-verdict-protests

国企反腐 这次能否掀起大风暴 (Could anti-corruption campaign targeting SEOs set off an anti-corruption storm?)
Beijing Youth Daily, February 7, 2015
http://epaper.ynet.com/html/2015-02/07/content_114701.htm?div=-1