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, July 26, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Badiucao (巴丢草): Outrage over official flood handling
China Digital Times, July 25, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/07/badiucao-%e5%b7%b4%e4%b8%a2%e8%8d%89-outrage-official-flood-handling/

Guo Boxiong, ex-top military official in China, gets life sentence for graft
The New York Times, July 26, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/world/asia/china-guo-boxiong-sentence.html

Confessions of a corrupt Chinese cadre: jailed former city boss dies of cancer after setting off graft investigation storm
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1994544/confessions-corrupt-chinese-cadre-jailed-former-city

China denies demolitions at center for Tibetan Buddhist learning
Reuters, July 26, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-idUSKCN1060GP?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews