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, December 30, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China closes death-in-custody case, leaving questions, discontent
Voice of America, December 30, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-closes-death-in-custody-case/3656774.html

Related:
China fires, sanctions police officers linked to death in custody
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/linked-12302016105506.html

Authorities in China's Hubei cremate body of dissident with no autopsy
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pengming-cremation-12292016142114.html

Prominent Christian human rights lawyer vanishes into custody in China
Christian Today, December 29, 2016
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/prominent.christian.human.rights.lawyer.vanishes.into.custody.in.china/103431.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Shanghai’s move to curb international programs in schools worries parents
中国捍卫“教育主权”,私立学校国际课程或受限
The New York Times, December 30, 2016
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161230/shanghai-schools-international-curriculum/dual/

Chinese netizens mourn demise of celebrity’s online talk show
《晓松奇谈》停播引发中国网友缅怀
Financial Times, December 30, 2016
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/68ba32fe-cd0f-11e6-864f-20dcb35cede2
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070814?full=y

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese police given sweeping powers over foreign NGOs
新法生效将致在华境外NGO缩减活动
Financial Times, December 30, 2016
EN:https://www.ft.com/content/fab2de32-ce53-11e6-864f-20dcb35cede2
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001070813

Uncertainty over new Chinese law rattles foreign nonprofits
The New York Times, December 29, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/world/asia/china-foreign-ngo.html

粵多名勞權人士被判刑中國公民社會步入寒冬 (Many labor rights activists sentenced in Guangdong, China’s civil society entering a very cold winter)
Inmediahk.net, December 30, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046719

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China says it will prosecute ex-security official in bribery case
The New York Times, December 30, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/world/asia/china-security-ma-jian.html

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

China's Xinjiang sets up legal team to prosecute terror cases
Reuters, December 30, 2016
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-xinjiang-idUKKBN14J0L8?il=0

Hong Kong (香港)

China offered “flexibility” in Basic Law draft in exchange for economic help after Tiananmen massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, December 30, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/30/china-offered-flexibility-basic-law-draft-exchange-economic-help-tiananmen-massacre/

王光亚:"一国"原则不破坏 "两制"差异可包容 (Wang Guangya: As long as the "one country" principle is not undermined, the differences between the "two systems" can be fully tolerated and respected)
China News, December 30, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/ga/2016/12-30/8110184.shtml

港大調查指過半市民不滿香港過去1年整體發展 (HKU survey reveals more than half of residents dissatisfied with overall developments in Hong Kong over past year)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 30, 2016
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1305026-20161230.htm

Commentary (评论)

Harsh sentences for Wukan protesters could backfire
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2058046/harsh-sentences-wukan-protesters-could-backfire

Hong Kong a city in decline? The Lion Rock spirit is still in full swing
Hong Kong Free Press, December 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/31/hong-kong-city-decline-lion-rock-spirit-still-full-swing/