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, December 15, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Communist Party mouthpiece quotes China Daily as “foreign media” to reassure public over slowing economy
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2054515/communist-party-mouthpiece-quotes-china-daily-foreign-media

China jails former Nanjing city chief for 12 years for graft
Reuters, December 14, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-court-idUSKBN1430TA

國台辦不反對九二共識之外的新共識但核心需同屬一中 (China’s Taiwan Affairs Office does not oppose new consensuses other than the “1992 consensus,” so long as the core principle is “One China”)
Radio France Internationale, December 15, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161215-國台辦不反對九二共識之外的新共識但核心需同屬一中