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, July 29, 2013

Children (儿童)

流浪儿童重复流浪问题待解 (Street children return to the street due to lack of comprehensive protection measures)
Jinghua Times, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-07/29/content_13526.htm

网络收养平台被指违规卖出生证 (Online adoption websites accused of falsifying birth certificates, charging exorbitant fees)
Beijing News, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-07/29/content_453801.htm

Corruption (腐败)

China orders audit of local government debt
Associated Press, July 28, 2013
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20130728&id=16746341

See announcement by the National Audit Office issued on July 28, 2013
http://www.audit.gov.cn/n1992130/n1992150/n1992379/3315364.html

Environment (环境)

环保联合会会员涉污 (Member corporations of gov't environmental protection group face pollution allegations)
21 Century Media, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.21cbh.com/html/2013-07/29/content_72299.htm

杭州湾污染:我国最大渔场近海渔业资源已枯竭 (Pollution in Hangzhou Bay threatens to deplete local fishery resources)
China National Radio, July 29, 2013
http://native.cnr.cn/society/201307/t20130729_513170114.shtml

Freedom of Expression (言论自由)

解放特稿:一群官员的微博实践 (Government officials who microblog find themselves treading on thin ice)
Jiefang Daily, July 28, 2013
http://www.jfdaily.com/a/6573931.htm

吴虹飞被刑拘引发的各种疑问 (Netizens and supporters oppose criminal detention of Beijing pop singer over her Weibo outburst)
Deutsche Welle, July 27, 2013
http://www.dw.de/吴虹飞被刑拘引发的各种疑问/a-16979427

Health (健康)

Health care reform in China to make life easier for patients, not hospitals
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1292679/health-care-plan-cut-bills-patients-lauded-falls-short-what-do-about

Why China pays too much for medicines
Reuters, July 26, 2013
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-gsk-china-pricing-idINBRE96P0OV20130726

International Human Rights (国际人权)

外交部:中美第18次人权对话7月底将在昆明举行 (China: 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue to be held in Kunming late July)
China News, July 27, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-07/4179489.html

Related:
第18次中美人權對話昆明舉行 (The 18th China-U.S. Human Rights Dialogue will be held in Kunming)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130728/cae1.htm

Land, Housing, Property (土地、财产、房屋)

农民立生死状讨地卖地协议已解除 (After farmers' protest, Hunan authorities pressure local rural cooperative into revoking land sales agreement)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-07/29/content_1904685.htm

Chinese land available for development at record in H1
Reuters, July 28, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/28/china-economy-land-idUSL4N0FY06G20130728

Rule of Law (法治)

练摊被殴事件工作人员停工 (Beijing officials suspended after being accused of beating vendor and his young daughter)
Beijing News, July 29, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-07/29/content_453802.htm

Related:
City management beats father in front of crying daughter
chinaSMACK, July 27, 2013
http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/videos/city-management-beats-father-in-front-of-crying-daughter.html

Chief justice calls for efficient, fair trials
Xinhua News Agency, July 26, 2013
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-07/26/content_29542366.htm

As a disgraced Chinese politician is indicted, rights activists also feel the law's wrath
Time Magazine, July 26, 2013
http://world.time.com/2013/07/26/as-a-disgraced-chinese-politician-is-indicted-rights-activists-also-feel-the-laws-wrath/

Society (社会)

New survey finds China unequal, unemployed and untrusting
Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/26/survey-casts-doubt-on-chinas-jobless-data/

Category

Tibet (西藏)

四藏人为丹增德勒仁波切获释进京上访被捕 (Four Tibetans arrested for attempting to petition for release of imprisoned Buddhist leader Tenzin Rinpoche)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07282013180949.html

Opinion (观点)

“危险言论”界定,法律还需探讨 (Criminal detention of Beijing singer over Weibo post underscores need for precise legal definition of “harmful speech”)
Changjiang Daily, July 29, 2013
http://cjmp.cnhan.com/cjrb/html/2013-07/29/content_5196162.htm

The rule of law: bizarrely consistent
The Economist, July 27, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582310-crackdown-legal-activists-bizarrely-consistent

Friday, July 26, 2013

Bo Xilai Case (薄熙来案)

China carefully curates online reaction to Bo Xilai indictment
Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/25/online-reaction-to-bo-indictment-carefully-curated/

Related:
大公網撤稿 微博禁討論(Article discussing Bo case removed from Ta Kung Pao website, similar discussion on microblog banned)
Ming Pao, July 26, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130725/caa2.htm

挺薄網友遭軟禁 擬庭外聲援 (Teacher supporting Bo under house arrest)
Ming Pao, July 26, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130726/caa4.htm

Civil Society (民间社会)

台湾发起联署声援中国"新公民运动" (Taiwan groups launch joint signature campaign to support China’s New Citizen Movement)
Deutsche Welle, July 26, 2013
http://www.dw.de/%E5%8F%B0%E6%B9%BE%E5%8F%91%E8%B5%B7%E8%81%94%E7%BD%B2%E5%A3%B0%E6%8F%B4%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%96%B0%E5%85%AC%E6%B0%91%E8%BF%90%E5%8A%A8/a-16975406?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

Chinese search for infant formula goes global
中国人走遍世界,敢问奶粉在何方
New York Times, July 26, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130726/c26babypowder/dual/

Corruption (腐败)

Ji Yingnan and other jilted mistresses expose Chinese officials’ corruption
Washington Post, July 26, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ji-yingnan-and-other-jilted-mistresses-expose-chinese-officials-corruption/2013/07/25/8d8d35f6-eb02-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html

Culture (文化)

或因展出艾未未作品 港艺团失政府资助 (Independent art group may have lost gov't funding due to exhibition of Ai Weiwei artwork)
DW News, July 25, 2013
http://hongkongmacao.dwnews.com/news/2013-07-25/59287609.html

Health (健康)

中国民间团体呼吁河南落实艾滋儿童福利政策 (Ahead of UN review, Chinese NGOs urge Henan authorities to improve welfare for children living with HIV/AIDS)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/aw-07252013143709.html

我国乙肝病毒携带者近1亿 每年新发感染者10万(China has nearly 100 million hepatitis B carriers, 100,000 new cases each year)
Xinhua, July 26, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-07-26/203927782239.shtml

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

许志永会见律师 称愿为公民宪法权利落实付出代价 (Xu Zhiyong meets with lawyer, willing to "pay a price" for rights activism)
Radio France International, July 25, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20130725-%E8%AE%B8%E5%BF%97%E6%B0%B8%E4%BC%9A%E8%A7%81%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%88-%E7%A7%B0%E6%84%BF%E4%B8%BA%E5%85%AC%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%AA%E6%B3%95%E6%9D%83%E5%88%A9%E8%90%BD%E5%AE%9E%E4%BB%98%E5%87%BA%E4%BB%A3%E4%BB%B7

For more on Xu Zhiyong, see:
律师会见许志永
Lawyer Meets with Xu Zhiyong
Human Rights in China, July 25, 2013
CN: http://http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6858
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6857

Land, Housing, Property (土地、财产、房屋)

国土部:农村集体土地确权完成(Minister of Land and Resources: registration of collective-owned land in rural area is complete)
Economic Information Daily, July 26, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0725/c1001-22318631.html

北大学者姜明安:新土管法或明年出台 (Beijing law professor: new land management legislation may be introduced in 2014, rural land rights to be strengthened)
21st Century Media, July 26, 2013
http://www.yicai.com/news/2013/07/2890359.html

山东调查“夫妻裸体被绑房屋遭强拆” (Shandong authorities are investigating abduction and forced eviction case)
Dongfang Daily, July 25, 2013
http://www.dfdaily.com/html/33/2013/7/25/1039880.shtml

湖南近百农民立“生死状”讨5亩地 (Hunan farmers pledge to fight to the death to reclaim land unlawfully sold)
Beijing News, July 26, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/07/26/275296.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

北京两律师为冀中星提供法援定于今天申请会见冀中星 (Two Beijing human rights lawyers take up Ji Zhongxing case)
Jinghua Times, July 26, 2013
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-07/26/content_12998.htm