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.

Thursday, March 03, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese court upholds life sentence for top aide to Bo Xilai
薄熙来旧部吴文康二审维持无期判决
The New York Times, March 2, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/world/asia/china-bo-xilai-aide-wu-wenkang.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160302/c02china/

北京学者胡星斗: 中国应当也有能力取消城乡隔离的户籍制度 (Beijing academic Hu Xingdou: China should have the ability to abolish Hukou system that divides urban and rural areas)
Radio Free Asia, March 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jingmao/sd-03022016104338.html