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.
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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国维权律师再遭整肃 律师控告被发废证 (After being given voided lawyer certificate, defender of Wang Quanzhang sues Beijing Justice Bureau for power abuse)
Voice of America, July 19, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-rights-lawyers-/3950162.html

Detained Uyghur students held by Egypt’s intelligence service
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/students-07192017124354.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

四川珙县原民办和代课教师60多人集体到县政府抗议 (60 teachers collectively protest county government in Gongxian, Sichuan)
Weiquanwang, July 20, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/07/60_20.html

四川珙县原民办和代课教师60多人集体到县政府抗议 (Over 60 teachers in rural Sichuan protest local gov’t)
Weiquanwang, July 20, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/60_20.html

Chinese labor activist questions his arrest while investigating Ivanka Trump brand
Hong Kong Free Press, July 19, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/19/chinese-labour-activist-questions-arrest-investigating-ivanka-trump-brand/

投诉:米脂氮肥厂职工到陕西省政府要求失业安置 (Laid off chemical fertilizer factory workers in Shaanxi petition local gov’t for compensation and new jobs)
Weiquanwang, July 19, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/blog-post_40.html

Ethnic Mongolian makes rallying call to herders in Northern China on release
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rallying-07182017114516.html

FAW-Volkswagen agency workers issue letter in German calling for accountability and solidarity
China Labor Bulletin, July 17, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/faw-volkswagen-agency-workers-issue-letter-german-calling-accountability-and-solidarity

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

声援709、郭文贵 释大成法师被拘留10天 (Master Shi Dacheng detained for 10 days for supporting 709 lawyers and Guo Wengui )
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-05162017103840.html

限制网络封锁账号 “一带一路”被指“一堵一路” (Internet censorship tightened during “One Belt One Road” summit in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-05162017103718.html

Taxi drivers stage sit-in over licensing rules in China's Henan
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taxis-05162017103651.html

Friday, May 12, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

川震9周年难属赴京被抓回 黄琦仍在押维权家长吁关注 (Sichuan earthquake victims’ families stopped on way to Beijing on 9th anniversary of disaster, call for international attention for Wang Qi who is still in detention)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-05112017105318.html

Injured Chinese workers in Saipan demand compensation from employer
China Change, May 11, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/05/11/injured-chinese-workers-in-saipan-demand-compensation-from-employer/

Hebei police use pepper spray, batons to break up antipollution blockade
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hebei-police-use-pepper-spray-batons-to-break-up-antipollution-blockade-05112017112303.html

Thursday, May 04, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Owners’ angry protests show why Beijing must tip toe in curbing the property market
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/2092721/beijing-home-buyers-protest-over-rule-cuts-value-new

Thousands protest chemical plant pollution in China's Hebei
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hebei-pollution-05032017161045.html

Tuesday, May 02, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Global brands have to live up to their commitments to Chinese workers
China Labor Bulletin, April 28, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/global-brands-have-live-their-commitments-chinese-workers

Workers stranded in Saipan without pay wrote letter to Chinese Consulate
China Change, May 1, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/05/01/workers-stranded-in-saipan-without-pay-wrote-letter-to-chinese-consulate/

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

陕西两千民师省信访局上访 要求释放维权代表 (2,000 teachers in Shaanxi march to provincial Bureau of Letters and Calls to demand release of rights defending representatives)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-04132017101815.html

各地老兵上访此起彼伏 重庆百余老兵市府要求落实中央文件 (Wave of veterans protests continues: Over 100 veterans protest in front of Chongqing city gov't to ask for implementation of central documentation)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-04132017101943.html

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国民革委员挑战泸州命案结论受压改看法 (Revolutionary Committee member pressured into changing his view criticizing Luzhou murder case)
Voice of America, April 12, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-luzhou-man-felt-pressure-for-voicing-doubt-on-student-death-20170412/3806925.html

抗议“综合工时制” 沃尔玛中国员工与资方展开拉锯战 (Walmart and its Chinese employees in “tug of war” over imposition of comprehensive working time system)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04112017101930.html

Ethnic Mongolians clash with police, claim official corruption linked to insurance
内蒙逾千农牧民抗议政府侵吞补偿 十多人被捕多人受伤
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/corruption-04112017105813.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-04112017101355.html

Feminists criticize depiction of women in anti-graft TV show
China Film Insider, April 12, 2017
http://chinafilminsider.com/feminists-criticize-depiction-women-anti-graft-tv-show/

Monday, April 10, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s millennials turn anti-graft TV show into gay fan fiction
Sixth Tone, April 7, 2017
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/anti-graft-tv-show-fans-create-gay-fan-fiction

Labor disputes on the rise, authorities call on union to take greater role
China Labor Bulletin, April 7, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/labour-disputes-rise-authorities-call-union-take-greater-role

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hundreds of Volkswagen workers in northeast China demand equal pay
China Labor Bulletin, February 27, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/hundreds-volkswagen-workers-northeast-china-demand-equal-pay

As atheist China warms to the Vatican, religious persecution “intensifies”
Cable News Network, February 28, 2017
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/28/asia/china-religious-persecution-christianity/index.html

广东潮州村民抗议村官卖地 6人刑拘 (Villagers in Chaozhou, Guangdong protest sale of land by village officials, 6 people detained)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-02272017102304.html

Monday, December 05, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖 (Wang Qiaoling, Chinese rights lawyer Li Heping’s wife, receives the Franco-German Human Rights Prize)
Deutsche Welle, December 2, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国维权律师李和平的妻子获人权奖/a-36617455

How many tragedies must there be before the union starts doing its job?
China Labor Bulletin, December 2, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/how-many-tragedies-must-there-be-union-starts-doing-its-job

China's rebellious Catholics
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38179337

Friday, December 02, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Citizen journalists’ detentions may foreshadow foreign NGO law
China Digital Times, December 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/12/citizen-journalists-detentions-may-foreshadow-foreign-ngo-law/

Related:
打压维权人士新一轮浪潮 (New wave of crackdown on rights defenders)
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/打压维权人士新一轮浪潮/a-36604214

“六四天网”创办人黄琦被拘4天其母下落不明 (Four days into arrest of Huang Qi, founder of rights website Tianwang, his mother missing)
Radio Free Asia, December 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12012016105054.html

Whistle-blowing AIDS doctor reflects on roots of epidemic in China
The New York Times, December 1, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/world/asia/world-aids-day-china-gao-yaojie.html

China and the Church: The “outlaw” do-it-yourself bishop
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 2, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38140492

成都可口可樂工人罷工遭武力鎮壓 職工盟到港總部抗議 (Chengdu Coca-Cola workers’ strike violently cracked down, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions protest at company’s head office in Hong Kong)
InMedia HK, December 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1046205

Monday, November 28, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

How China blocks independent candidates in its “democratic” elections
Hong Kong Free Press, November 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/26/china-blocks-independent-candidates-democratic-elections/

Millennial workers force factory rethink in China
Financial Times, November 27, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/f5916282-b078-11e6-9c37-5787335499a0

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Open letter to the Chinese government and the world media about the suppression of Wukan
China Change, November 23, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/11/23/open-letter-to-the-chinese-government-and-the-world-media-about-the-suppression-of-wukan/

Online donation supports jailed labor activist and his family
China Labor Bulletin, November 23, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/online-donation-supports-jailed-labour-activist-and-his-family

Coca-Cola workers strike in 3 Chinese cities over sale of bottling operations
Hong Kong Free Press, November 24, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/24/coca-cola-workers-strike-3-chinese-cities-sale-bottling-operations/

聲援香港雨傘被扣 寇延丁出版經歷後暫未有歸期 (Kou Yanding, who had been detained after supporting Hong Kong Umbrella Movement, has not decided when to return to China after publishing a book about her experience)
Radio France Internationale, November 23, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161123-聲援香港雨傘被扣-寇延丁出版經歷後暫未有歸期

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Across China, Walmart faces labor unrest as authorities stand aside
The New York Times, November 17, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/world/asia/across-china-walmart-faces-labor-unrest-as-authorities-stand-aside.html

China elections: Independent candidates fight for the ballot
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37997706

Friday, November 04, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东工人领袖孟晗被判一年零九个月 (Guangdong labor activist Meng Han sentenced to one year and nine months)
China Labor Bulletin, November 3, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/广东工人领袖孟晗被判一年零九个月

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Commentary (评论)

What do labor NGOs in China do?
China Policy Institute, October 17, 2016
https://cpianalysis.org/2016/10/17/what-do-labour-ngos-in-china-do/

从中国到英美:也谈民族主义和爱国主义 (From China to U.K. and U.S.: Nationalism and patriotism)
The Financial Times, October 27, 2016
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001069874?full=y