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, August 25, 2017

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Exclusive: In China, the Party’s push for influence inside foreign firms stirs fears
Reuters, August 24, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-companies-idUSKCN1B40JU

十八大以来17名中央委员落马 最高受贿1.46亿被判无期 (Since the 18th Party Congress, 17 members of Central Committee dismissed, the highest bribe reach RMB 146 million and that member jailed for life)
Legal Daily, August 25, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/24/content_7293140.htm

China military warns against return to bad old ways in graft fight
Reuters, August 25, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-defence-idUSKCN1B508D

In China’s war on graft, television is a double-edged sword
The Economist, August 24, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21727064-some-scriptwriters-have-minds-their-own-chinas-war-graft-television-double-edged