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, December 11, 2017

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s rapidly greying population leaves provincial pension pots seriously short of cash
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2123703/chinas-rapidly-greying-population-leaves-provincial

China starts formal legal proceedings against disgraced senior politician
Reuters, December 11, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption/china-starts-formal-legal-proceedings-against-disgraced-senior-politician-idUSKBN1E5095?

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涉受賄罪 最高檢對前重慶市委書記孫政才立案偵查 (Supreme People's Procuratorate launches anti-graft probe against former Chongqing party secretary Sun Zhengcai)
HK01, December 11, 2017
http://bit.ly/2jN05rt

辽宁:5年收回事业编制15万名 (Liaoning cuts 150,000 government jobs during past 5 years)
People.com.cn, December 11, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1211/c1001-29699411.html

Chinese official suspended for forcing man to apologise after he told anti-poverty inspectors he was not getting his benefits
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2123670/chinese-official-suspended-forcing-man-apologise-after-he-told

江蘇連雲港化工廠爆炸4死6人失蹤 負責人被控制 (Company head detained by police after chemical factory explosion that kills at least 4 in Jiangsu)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 10, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1369341-20171210.htm

中國幼兒園頻傳虐童 聯國專家心碎 (UN experts heartbroken by news of child abuse at Chinese kindergartens)
United Daily News, December 9, 2017
https://udn.com/news/story/7332/2865784?from=udn-ch1_breaknews-1-cate4-news

EU “Deeply Troubled” by China’s human rights record
Agence France-Presse, December 8, 2017
https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/190828-eu-troubled-china-human-rights