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.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

China's Xi warns of grim fight against corruption
Reuters, January 14, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/14/us-china-corruption-idUSBREA0D0PN20140114

Chinese army banned from foreign cars
The Guardian, January 14, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/chinese-army-banned-from-foreign-cars

Home of Chinese general raided as officials step up graft probe
Financial Times, January 14, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/chinese-army-banned-from-foreign-cars

Culture (文化)

"文革之恶,光有个人道歉远远不够” (Observers say apologies alone cannot address crimes committed during Cultural Revolution)
Deutsche Welle, January 14, 2014
dw.de/p/1AqFX

Hong Kong (香港)

香港观察:《明报》撤换总编震动港媒 (Hong Kong media shocked as Ming Pao changes its chief editor)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2014/01/140114_hkreview_mingbao_editor.shtml

Hong Kong’s leader skirts democracy issue in address
The New York Times, January 15, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/world/asia/hong-kongs-leader-skirts-democracy-issue-in-address.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

刘霞诗作朗诵会纽约举行 (Liu Xia poetry reading held at international writers’ event in New York)
Voice of America, January 15, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ny-calling-for-liu-xia-freedom-20140114/1830242.html

Nobel winner's wife Liu Xia speaks out from house arrest through her poems
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/liu-xiaobo-wife-secretly-filmed-video-china-poem

International Human Rights (国际人权)

The EU and free expression: Human rights dialogues
Index on Censorship, January 15, 2014
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/01/eu-free-expression-beyond-neighbourhood/

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment) , 国际关系(安全,贸易和投资)

Chinese dominance in Kenyan digital migration raises alarm
Inter Press Service, January 14, 2014
www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/chinese-dominance-digital-migration-raises-alarm/

Labor (劳工)

Abuse images put focus on Hong Kong maids
Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2014
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/01/14/abuse-images-put-focus-on-hong-kong-maids/?mod=chinablog

Media (媒体)

China media: Tibetan blaze probe
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 15, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25740589

Population (人口)

Japanese companies relish China’s one-child policy reform
The National, January 14, 2014
www.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/economics/japanese-companies-relish-chinas-one-child-policy-reform

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

内蒙古4位牧民因上访被刑警队拘押 (Inner Mongolian herders detained after petitioning against land grabs)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hc-01142014151345.html

Rule of Law (法治)

Struggling for justice: China's courts and the challenge of reform
World Politics Review, January 14, 2014
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/13495/struggling-for-justice-chinas-courts-and-the-challenge-of-reform

Opinion (观点)

大家谈中国:没有澄清真相的道歉是伪道歉 (Apologies that fail to tell the truth are not genuine)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/comments_on_china/2014/01/140114_coc_apology_and_truth.shtml

有严格监督,才有为民本色 —— 论如何看待“为官不易” (Robust oversight key to people-centered governance)
People's Daily, January 15, 2014
http://news.china.com.cn/2014-01/15/content_31198788.htm

Chinese officials should stop commenting on electoral reform
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2014
www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1405273/chinese-officials-should-stop-commenting-electoral-reform

This is how China treats the wife of a Nobel peace prize winner
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/15/liu-xiaobo-china-nobel-prize-prison-wife-liu-xia-mistreat

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Children (儿童)

China doctor jailed for selling babies to traffickers
陕西贩婴妇科医生一审被判死缓
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2014
EN:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25723863
CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/01/140114_shaanxi_abduction_sentencing.shtml

Culture (文化)

Bowed and remorseful, former red guard recalls teacher’s death
宋彬彬为文革中校长被打致死道歉
The New York Times, January 14, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140114/c14apology/dual/

Environment (环境)

China wetlands shrank 9% in a decade
The Guardian, January 13, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/13/china-wetlands-shrank-decade

Health (健康)

中国新增H7N9型禽流感感染及死亡病例--WHO
China reports 5 new illnesses, 1 death from h7n9 bird flu
Reuters, January 14, 2014
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNEA1C12A20140114
EN:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/china-h7n9-bird-flu-illnesses-death_n_4589226.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国的诺贝尔和平奖得主是怎么炼成的?(How was China’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo, “made”? Group discusses Liu’s Two Visits to New York)
Voice of America, January 14, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/liu-xiaobo-20140114/1829490.html

Trial of Chinese activist Xu Zhiyong may be imminent, says his lawyer
The Guardian, January 14, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/trial-chinese-activist-xu-zhiyong-immenent-lawyer

Related:
许志永案开庭前会议 民众申请旁听 (Citizens apply to attend Xu Zhiyong’s pretrial conference)
Sound of Hope, January 14, 2014
http://soundofhope.org/node/436840

International Human Rights (国际人权)

US congress to examine prisoner of conscience cases
美国国会将听证审查越南和中国良心犯案件
Voice of America, January 14, 2014
EN:http://www.voanews.com/content/congressional-hearing-to-examine-vietnamese-chinese-prisoner-of-conscience-cases/1829313.html
CH:http://www.voachinese.com/content/vietnam-us-human-rights-20140113/1829386.html

Labor (劳工)

浙江温岭鞋厂火灾致16人死亡
16 die in China factory fire
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2014
CH:http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140114/bch203550.asp
EN:http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303595404579320102856294952

Despite slowdown, employers in china gave bigger raises
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/01/14/despite-slowdown-employers-in-china-gave-more-raises/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Q. & A.: Wu Wei reflects on reform, now and in the 1980s
吴伟访谈:80年代与当前改革的异同
The New York Times, January 13, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140113/c13wuwei/dual/