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 15, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China sees 1,300 fugitives returned from overseas in 2017: China Daily
Reuters, January 15, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime/china-sees-1300-fugitives-returned-from-overseas-in-2017-china-daily-idUSKBN1F404O

China punishes officials for tampering with smog monitoring
Reuters, January 15, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-punishes-officials-for-tampering-with-smog-monitoring-9861374

企业隐瞒工伤伤情职工追问遭二次伤害 申请司法鉴定错漏百出 (Shenyang railway worker demands work-related injury compensation but gets beaten up by local railway authority, and his forensic report is full of mistakes)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-01142018101843.html

”Frost Boy” in China warms up the Internet, and stirs poverty debate
“冰花男孩”揭示中国留守儿童困境
The New York Times, January 13, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/world/asia/frozen-boy-china-poverty.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180115/frozen-boy-china-poverty/

Related:
Chinese officials slammed for flushing US$31,000 from poverty reduction fund down the toilet
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128301/chinese-officials-slammed-flushing-us31000-poverty-reduction-fund