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.

Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京市人社局在编在职人员因私护照全部集中保管 (Government employees at Beijing Human Resources and Social Security ordered to hand over their passports)
Beijing News, December 5, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/05/467309.html

Tonnes of sulphuric acid leak from tank at Chinese chemical plant
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2122926/tonnes-sulphuric-acid-leaks-tank-chinese-chemical-plant

誤診愛滋等死7年 男子擬索賠 (Waiting to die for 7 years, man in Sichuan to sue medical authorities for wrong AIDS diagnosis)
Mingpao, December 5, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171205/s00013/1512411000157

辽宁抚顺“女德班”被勒令关停 (Liaoning shuts down class that teaches women to be obedient)
Radio Free Asia, December 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yl-12042017122258.html

Related:
“Talk less, do more housework”: China shuts down chauvinist “female morality lessons”
Hong Kong Free Press, December 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/05/talk-less-housework-china-shuts-chauvinist-female-morality-lessons/

網上流傳蔡奇講話片段稱要真刀真槍解決問題 (Cai Qi, Beijing Party Secretary, caught on camera asking local-level officials to solve problems using “real knives and real guns”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 4, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1368407-20171205.htm