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, October 07, 2013

Children (儿童)

15岁少女军训时猝死学校卸责 家属讨说法遭警殴其父服毒自杀抗议 (15-year-old girl dies during school military training, father commits suicide after school shirks responsibility for her death)
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl-10062013100708.html

高文谦:中国儿童权益状况与中国国际地位不相称 (Gao Wenqian: the situation of children’s rights in China is not commensurate with its international status)
Radio France International, October 4, 2013
http://rfi.my/19vjihH

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

国航明知食物过期还让乘客食用 机内厕所排长队 (Air China’s expired food makes passengers sick)
Beijing Evening Post, October 7, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131007/u1a7698110.html

Environment (环境)

China cancels flights, closes roads due to pollution
EFE, October 6, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/131006/china-cancels-flights-closes-roads-due-pollution

Hukou (户口)

大城市户籍改革不能知难而退
China's megacities must break the second-class citizen trap
Economic Observer, October 7, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0928/250424.shtml
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/1007/250435.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong reporters kicked out of APEC summit briefly detained by Bali police
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1326103/hong-kong-reporters-kicked-out-apec-summit-briefly-detained-bali

Related
香港记者追问菲总统被没收采访证 港府全力跟进 (HK reporters lose press passes after posing questions to Philippine president at APEC)
China News Service, October 7, 2013
http://world.huanqiu.com/regions/2013-10/4418874.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China land rights activist Ni Yulan released from jail
中国维权律师倪玉兰获释 称将状告警方
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 7, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24413126
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131005_ni_yulan_release_china.shtml

The good, the bad and the exiled? China's Class of '77
CNN, October 7, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/07/world/asia/china-university-days-florcruz/

请愿者外交部静坐被带走 曹顺利将遭判刑 (Petitioners staging sit-in at MFA taken away, police say Cao Shunli will be sentenced)
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-10042013151726.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

Uzbekistan, China to strengthen cooperation in human rights sphere
Trend, October 5, 2013
http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/uzbekistan/2197830.html

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

Six Mongolians face lengthy jail terms after defending grazing land
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/herders-10042013170943.html

Open Government Information (信息公开)

访民王秀英要求中国公开援助朝鲜信息 (Petitioner Wang Xiuying requests open gov’t information on China’s aid to North Korea)
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/ko-12252012113631.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

贺卫方港演讲:有生之年能看到宪政民主中国 (Leading legal activist welcomed in HK, expresses optimism about constitutionalism and democracy in China)
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/13947/he-wei-fang-gang-yan-jiang-you-sheng-zhi-nian-neng-kan-dao-xian-zheng-min-zhu-zhong-guo

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Elderly couple in attempted suicide protest in Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/couple-10042013103657.html

Society (社会)

China schools seek to nip young love in the bud
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 6, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24347175

Taiwan (台湾)

Pressure Mounts on Taiwan for China Talks
Associated Press, October 7, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pressure-mounts-taiwan-china-talks-20490136

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

新疆将建我国最大煤制气项目 (China will build country's largest coal-gas project in Xinjiang)
Xinhua, October 6, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131006/u1a7697103.html

Opinion (观点)

“文革”从未远离 (Chinese leaders have never officially repudiated the Cultural Revolution)
South China Morning Post, October 7, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/opinion/13996/wen-ge-cong-wei-yuan-chi

Friday, October 04, 2013

Environment (环境)

英媒:中国天下第一滩难逃污染命运(UK media: beauty of China’s most popular beach destroyed by pollution)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 3, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/10/131003_press_beihai_pollution.shtml

China’s poisoned air prompts economist to devise green tax
Bloomberg, October 3, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-02/china-s-poisoned-air-prompts-woman-to-devise-green-tax.html

China recycling clean-up jolts global industry
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1323546/china-recycling-clean-jolts-global-industry

Information Control (信息控制)

央视街采“不爱国”是什么 市民: 造谣就是不爱国 (Residents say in CCTV interviews: disseminating rumors is “unpatriotic”)
China News Service, October 4, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/1004/09/9AB448B700011229.html

Related weibo post:
任志强(Ren Zhiqiang), October 4, 2013
央视九月二十八日到办公室采访我,我说:采访你们也不播。央视小记者说:会播。问:什么是爱国?答:努力批评政府的一切错误,以让这个国家中的人民生活的更好,享有更多的权利和自由。问:怎么证明爱的深度?答:批评的越重,爱的越深。放欲政府滥用权力的,恰恰是最不爱国的行为。结果是没有播出。 CCTV interviewed me in my office on September 28. I said, “Even if you interview me, you wouldn’t broadcast the interview.” The reporter said, “We will.” Q: “What is patriotic?” A: “Making an effort to criticizing every mistake the government makes, so that people in this country can live better, and enjoy more rights and freedom.” Q: “How do you prove the depth of your patriotism?” A: “The heavier the criticism, the deeper the love. To indulge the government in its abuse of power is the most unpatriotic behavior.” This interview was not broadcast. http://weibo.com/1182389073/AcrhLz4ny?mod=weibotime

International Human Rights (国际人权)

中国政府害怕走出"人类的一大步" (International human rights activist: Chinese government is afraid of international human rights norms)
Deutsche Welle, October 3, 2013
http://bit.ly/1btTKcj

See related video:
Aaron Rhodes: Chinese regime frightened by human rights ideas
China Forbidden News, October 3, 2013
http://bit.ly/1a6zMip

International Relations (国际关系)

英媒:英中关系解冻大量投资涌入英国 (British media: big sums of Chinese investment flood into UK as bilateral relations thaw)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 4, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/10/131004_press_uk_china_thaw.shtml

Population (人口)

China couple speak of “forced abortion”
Sky News, October 4, 2013
http://news.sky.com/story/1150016/china-couple-speak-of-forced-abortion