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.

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

Zoo teams up to highlight animal mistreatment at shows
动物保护组织举办反虐待动物展览
New York Times, April 8, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140408/c08animals/dual/

Children (儿童)

China reiterates ban on kindergarten drugs
China Daily, April 9, 2014
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-04/09/content_17415646.htm

Environment (环境)

China is now drilling holes in the “roof of the world”
Quartz, April 7, 2014
qz.com/196236/china-is-now-drilling-holes-in-the-roof-of-the-world/

Hong Kong (香港)

香港民主派元老晤美副总统 加国开论坛议港民主倒退 (Veteran HK pro-democracy advocates meet American VP, voice concern of democracy backsliding)
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-04072014112359.html

Related:
China warns U.S. not to meddle in Hong Kong over democratic reform
Reuters, April 7, 2014
uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/07/uk-hongkong-china-idUKBREA3607Z20140407

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

维权律师指控建三江公安实施酷刑 (Human rights lawyers accuse Jiansanjiang public security of torturing them in detention)
Voice of America, April 7, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/rights-attorney-tortured-by-the-policemen-20140407/1887721.html

Related:
Post Reeducation-Through-Labor “Abolition”: Lawyers and Defenders Monitor Legal Reform Implementation--The Jiansanjiang Case
废除劳教: 律师和维权人士监督法律改革实施--建三江案
Human Rights in China, March-April 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/post-reeducation-through-labor-abolition-lawyers-and-defenders-monitor-legal-reform-implementation
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/fei-chu-lao-jiao-lu-shi-he-wei-quan-ren-shi-jian-du-fa-lu-gai-ge-shi-shi-jian-san-jiang

China: investigate lawyers’ torture claims, close black jails
Human Rights Watch, April 7, 2014
www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/07/china-investigate-lawyers-torture-claims-close-black-jails

Labor (劳工)

Huang's tale: from Walmart cashier to labor leader in China
Reuters, April 7, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/07/us-china-labour-walmart-insight-idUSBREA361NZ20140407

Open Government Information (信息公开)

Chinese government expands freedom of information
中国政府发布“信息公开”新指导原则
New York Times, April 8, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140408/c08information/dual/

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

教徒群体抗争 浙江当局暂不拆十字架 (Zhejiang gov't holds off church demolition after mass protest)
Voice of America, April 7, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-church-20140407/1888043.html

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan anti-China protest exposes island's nationalist divide
Reuters, April 7, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/07/us-taiwan-protests-idUSBREA3606V20140407

Technology (科技)

Microsoft ends support for Windows XP, Chinese reactions
China Smack, April 7, 2014
www.chinasmack.com/2014/stories/microsoft-ends-support-for-windows-xp-chinese-reactions.html

Opinion (观点)

Can China rise peacefully?
The National Interest, April 8, 2014
nationalinterest.org/commentary/can-china-rise-peacefully-10204

The future of the Chinese middle class
News China, April 2014
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/the-future-of-the-chinese-middle-class#id:1617#date:17:45

Monday, April 07, 2014

Civil Society (民间社会)

Bill Gates wants China to encourage wealthy Chinese to be more giving
Reuters, April 7, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/06/us-singapore-gates-idUSBREA3509120140406

Cyber Security (网络安全)

南华早报:中国拟与欧盟加强网络安全合作(China-EU to strengthen cyber security work)
Xinhua, April 6, 2014
http://military.china.com/news/568/20140406/18434220.html

Disasters (灾难)

32 injured, 71,200 affected in SW China quake
English.news.cn, April 7, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2014-04/07/c_133242784.htm

Environment (环境)

Dust busters: Beijing to require cameras at construction sites for stricter smog policing
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1466871/dust-busters-beijing-require-cameras-construction-sites-stricter-smog

Super bowl
News China, April 2014
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/super-bowl#id:1640#date:20:49

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing upset after Martin Lee and Anson Chan meet Joe Biden at the White House
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1466666/beijing-upset-after-martin-lee-and-anson-chan-meet-joe-biden-white

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese activists face jail as crackdown continues
The Telegraph, April 7, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10749768/Chinese-activists-face-jail-as-crackdown-continues.html

Related:
Lawyers dismissed or withdrawn in protest of unfair trials of three citizen activists
Human Rights in China, January 31, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/lawyers-dismissed-or-withdrawn-protest-unfair-trials-three-citizen

Citizen activists on trial 2014: schedule/status and essays
Human Rights in China, April 7, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizen-activists-trial-2014-schedulestatus-and-essays

To be a citizen who speaks up and has an attitude: Lawyer Ding Jiaxi speaks from prison
做有声音、有态度的公民——丁家喜狱中谈话录
China Change, April 6, 2014 (English)
Human Rights in China, March 21, 2014 (Chinese)
EN:http://chinachange.org/2014/04/06/to-be-a-citizen-who-speaks-up-and-has-an-attitude-lawyer-ding-jiaxi-speaks-from-prison/
CH:http://biweekly.hrichina.org/article/15691

What is a “Legal Education Center” in China
China Change, April 3, 2014
http://chinachange.org/2014/04/03/what-is-a-legal-education-center-in-china/

Related:
China has obligation to end violence against lawyers
China Human Rights Defenders, April 3, 2014
http://chrdnet.com/2014/04/china-has-obligation-to-end-violence-against-lawyers/

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

U.S. defence chief warns China, drawing parallel with Crimea
Agence France-Presse, April 6, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/us-defence-chief-warns-china-over-territorial-claims-051903183.html

U.S. defense chief, in first, visits China's aircraft carrier
Reuters, April 7, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/07/us-usa-china-hagel-idUSBREA350PR20140407

June Fourth (六四)

June 4 museum in legal threat ahead of opening
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1466519/june-4-museum-legal-threat-ahead-opening

港民间团体清明献花悼念六四死难者(HK civil society group commemorates June Fourth victims with floral wreaths for Qingming festival)
Voice of America, April 7, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hk-64-20140406/1887266.html

臨時館經驗 「內地人想看六四錄像」(Temporary June Fourth exhibit in HK attracts mainland visitors)
Mingpao, April 6, 2014
http://news.mingpao.com/20140406/gaa2.htm

Labor (劳工)

Union star rises from Walmart China labour dispute
Financial Times, April 7, 2014
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/fb915628-bd60-11e3-a5ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_china%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct&siteedition=intl#axzz2yDZNpX9D