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, May 09, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

From bench to bar: Meet China’s ex-judges
Sixth Tone, May 5, 2016
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/bench-bar-meet-shanghai%E2%80%99s-ex-judges#

Lawyers' meeting with jailed Chinese activist cut short by guards
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-meeting-with-jailed-chinese-activist-cut-short-by-guards-05062016111226.html

Related:
Sister of dissident Chinese lawyer Guo Feixiong vows hunger strike outside jail if his medical needs aren’t met
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1942065/sister-dissident-chinese-lawyer-guo-feixiong-vows

成秋波呼吁美国政府和联合国拯救郭飞雄生命 (Cheng Qiubo calls on American government and the UN to rescue Guo Feixiong)
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-05062016143807.html

香港支联会举行游行要求中国当局释放郭飞雄保外就医 (HK Alliance organizes march demanding Chinese authorities to release Guo Feixiong on medical parole)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-05082016112420.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

New York dance troupe says China banned shows over Falun Gong links
The Guardian, May 6, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/06/shen-yun-dance-troupe-falun-gong-china-cancelled-performances

China bans “erotic” banana-eating live streams
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36226141

Widespread online leaks of personal information in China prompt new data collection laws
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1942260/widespread-online-leaks-personal-information-china-prompt-new

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Riot police deployed as teachers in central China stage protest over unpaid wages
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1941615/riot-police-deployed-teachers-central-china-stage-protest-over

Tibetan mother of five burns to death to protest Chinese rule
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/mother-05062016131403.html

Chinese police clamp down on Tibetan mining protest
Voice of America, May 6, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-police-clamp-down-tibetan-mining-protest/3319093.html

非敏感时期在京访民突遭警方大扫荡 (Police carries out large scale clamp down on petitioners in Beijing in non-sensitive period)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-05082016110827.html

中国从俄取经打压NGO 两国联手抵制西方 (China learns repression on NGOs from Russia, the two countries collaborating to resist the West)
Voice of America, May 8, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-russia-china-will-together-20160508/3320556.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Accusations fly thick and fast over Chinese cultural group’s Cultural Revolution “red songs” concert
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1942195/accusations-fly-thick-and-fast-over-chinese-cultural-groups-cultural

Taiwan's new government accuses mainland China of interfering in its status at WHO
South China Morning Post, May 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1942567/taiwans-new-government-accuses-mainland-china

How far is China from another Cultural Revolution?
The Diplomat, May 7, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/how-far-is-china-from-another-cultural-revolution/

Related:
The cost of the Cultural Revolution, fifty years later
The New Yorker, May 7, 2016
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-cost-of-the-cultural-revolution-fifty-years-later

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China to expand bilingual schooling in Xinjiang: Xinhua
Reuters, May 6, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKCN0XX1NT

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

高文谦:毛的文革遗产与习近平治国模式(二) (Gao Wenqian: Legacy of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Xi Jinping’s mode of governance [Part 2])
Voice of America, May 6, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/gaowenqian-20160506/3318302.html

高文谦:毛的文革遗产与习近平治国模式(三) (Gao Wenqian: Legacy of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Xi Jinping’s mode of governance [Part 3])
Voice of America, May 7, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/gao-wenqian-on-the-cultural-revolution-20160507/3319574.html

高文谦:毛的文革遗产与习近平治国模式(四之上) (Gao Wenqian: Legacy of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Xi Jinping’s mode of governance [Part 4.1])
Voice of America, May 8, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/mao-20160507/3320350.html