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, January 09, 2017

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中纪委七次全会今起召开 2017年反腐怎么干?(7th Plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection opens, how will corruption be fought in 2017?)
Global Times, January 6, 2017
http://china.huanqiu.com/article/2017-01/9911694.html

中纪委再次清理门户 两名中纪委委员被处理 (To clean house again, CCDI expels two more commissioners)
The Beijing News, January 9, 2017
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2017-01/09/content_667357.htm

China tightens rules after anti-corruption staff caught up in graft
Reuters, January 8, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN14T02C

Close aide to China’s President Xi Jinping named Beijing’s anti-graft chief
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1897988/close-aide-chinas-president-xi-jinping-named-beijings

Tiananmen protest student leader Wang Dan plans China think tank
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2060224/tiananmen-protest-student-leader-wang-dan-plans-china