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.

Friday, June 24, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Investigators: China still harvesting human organs on huge scale
Voice of America, June 24, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-falun-gong-harvesting-human-organs-huge-scale/3390235.html

China's Communist Party members given quiz online
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 23, 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-36603843

Issues at Taishan nuclear plant in China's Guangdong spark safety fears
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-nuclear-06232016125814.html

Who draws the party line? Xi Jinping sends his spin doctors spinning
The Economist, June 25, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21701169-xi-jinping-sends-his-spin-doctors-spinning-who-draws-party-line

“毒跑道”产自黑作坊 官员轻描淡写惹众怒 (Toxic running tracks made from black workshops, officials’ downplaying provokes public anger)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-06232016113109.html

港澳办首度列入中纪委巡视名单 (Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office first put on Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s list)
Deutsche Welle, June 23, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/港澳办首度列入中纪委巡视名单/a-19350686

哈佛华裔女教授的“六四”课程 (Chinese professor’s June Fourth course at Harvard)
Voice of America, June 23, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tiananmen-20160623/3388836.html

一位北京“洋造反派”的文革50年反思 (Reflections 50 years after Cultural Revolution by then “foreign rebel” in Beijing)
Voice of America, June 24, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/interview-Sidney-rittenberg-20160624/3390294.html