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, September 29, 2014

Hong Kong (香港)

Live Coverage of Hong Kong
South China Morning Post
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1603762/live-severe-disruption-expected-day-dawns-occupied-hong-kong

Hong Kong pro-democracy protests swell as riot police back off
Financial Times, September 29, 2014
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/85d95cd2-478a-11e4-ba74-00144feab7de.html#slide0

HK Protesters vow more to come unless leader Leung quits
Bloomberg, September 29, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-28/hong-kong-police-declare-rally-illegal-urge-protesters-to-leave.html

Tear gas, arrests mark beginning of Hong Kong's Occupy Central protests
The Diplomat, September 29, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/09/tear-gas-arrests-mark-beginning-of-hong-kongs-occupy-central-protests/

Related:
警方就中区示威共拘捕89人 (89 protesters arrested by police)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 29, 2014
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20140929/news_20140929_55_1041279.htm

香港警方:周日共发射87枚催泪弹 (Hong Kong Police: 87 shots of tear gas fired on Sunday)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 29, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/09/140929_hong_kong_police

香港占中镇压41人受伤 交通受阻部分银行停业 (41 injured in “Occupy Central” protests, streets blocked and banks shut branches)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/zhanzhongshoupishang-09282014224759.html

Hongkongers flock to “off-grid”' chat app FireChat amid fears of internet shutdown
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1603812/hongkongers-flock-grid-chat-app-firechat-amid-fears-internet-shutdown

Related:
中国网民“隐晦”关注香港占中冲突 (Chinese netizens follow “Occupy Central” in “encrypted” terms)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 28, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/09/140928_hongkong_

网络屏蔽镇压“占中” 民众声援“香港挺住”(Mainlanders show support for “Occupy Central” despite severe censorship)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ql1-09292014094846.html

Instagram down in China as Hong Kong protests continue
USA Today, September 28, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/28/hong-kong-occupy-protests/16378965/

HK gov't opposes resolutely unlawful actions by "Occupy Central" movement: Chief Executive
Xinhua News, September 28, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/28/c_133679780.htm

Related:
梁振英:没权要求人大撤回政改决定 (C.Y. Leung: HK government has no right to request reversal of NPC decision)
Hong Kong Television Radio, September 28, 2014
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20140928/news_20140928_55_1040702.htm
Related:
中国外交部警告各国不要支持香港“占中” (Chinese Foreign Ministry warns countries not to support Hong Kong’s Occupy Central)
The New York Times, September 29, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140929/cc29mofa/

李源潮:不论港发生何事 人大决定不变 (Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao: NPC decision remains the same no matter what happens in Hong Kong)
Wenweipo, September 29, 2014
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2014/09/29/HK1409290025.htm

Images of Hong Kong’s "umbrella revolution" tell a story
The New York Times, September 29, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/images-of-hong-kongs-umbrella-revolution-tell-a-story/

Related:
世界媒体聚焦香港 英国媒体将香港占中称为雨伞革命 (All eyes on Hong Kong: British media dub Occupy Central protests the “Umbrella Revolution”)
Radio France Internationale, September 29, 2014
http://rfi.my/1oqu41O

Photos of #UmbrellaRevolution
Human Rights In China, September 29, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152842372101414.1073741849.94042326413&type=1

Photos of Hong Kong Occupy Central 9.29.14n
Human Rights In China, September 29, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152842262826414.1073741848.94042326413&type=3

Photos of Hong Kong Occupy Central 9.28.14
Human Rights In China, September 28, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152840576851414.1073741847.94042326413&type=3

Internet (互联网)

China urges global crackdown on extremists' use of Internet
Reuters, September 27, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/27/us-un-assembly-china-idUSKCN0HM0OA20140927

Taiwan (台湾)

Hong Kong protests: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou backs demonstrators
The Straits Times, September 29, 2014
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hong-kong-protests-taiwan-president-ma-ying-jeou-backs-demonstrators-20140

Related:
香港局势继续紧张 马英九吁北京“审慎” (Ma Ying-jeou urges Beijing to take “cautious measures” in handling escalating Hong Kong protests)
Deutsche Welle, September 29, 2014
http://bit.ly/1mHfSWL

马英九:台湾不会是另一个香港 (Ma Ying-jeou: Taiwan will not become another Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, September 26, 2014
http://rfi.my/1DRXYpJ

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong protests expose generational, economic divide
The Wall Street Journal, September 28, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-protests-expose-generational-economic-divide-1411921313

英媒:香港的今天就是中国的明天 (British media: Hong Kong today is China tomorrow)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 29, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2014/09/140929_press_review

Friday, September 26, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

China's real corruption challenge: swatting thousands of “flies”
The Diplomat, September 26, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/09/chinas-real-corruption-challenge-swatting-thousands-of-flies/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong school children join student protest demanding democracy
Reuters, September 25, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/26/us-hongkong-china-idUSKCN0HL07120140926

Related:
香港中学生首次自发罢课誓争真普选 (Middle schoolers launch first strike of its kind in Hong Kong history for genuine universal suffrage)
Voice of America, September 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/middle-school-students-stages-one-day-boycott-20140926/2463164.html

”Bring goggles, biscuits and towels”: Occupy Central publishes Manual of Disobedience
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1600120/goggles-empty-bottles-and-food-three-days-occupy-central-issues

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti given life, blamed for 2009 Urumqi riots
Want China Times, September 25, 2014
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140925000135&cid=1101

Related:
视频:伊利哈木煽动策划暴力打砸 引发7.5事件 (China releases video which claims Ilham Tohti incited violence and caused July 5 riot in 2009)
CCTV, September 25, 2014
http://video.sina.com.cn/p/news/c/v/2014-09-25/213764124003.html

伊力哈木学生不愿搞分裂 遭其威胁埋沙漠 (Logic of Ilham Tohti verdict widely questioned in China and abroad)
China Net, September 25, 2014
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-09-26/085930918132.shtml

伊力哈木案中外热议 判决逻辑广受质疑 (Logic of Ilham Tohti verdict widely questioned in China and abroad)
Voice of America, September 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ilham-criminalized-20140925/2462109.html

伊力哈木女儿:我父亲一直倡导和平 (Ilham Tohti’s daughter: my father has been a champion of peace)
Voice of America, September 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ilham-criminalized-20140925/2462109.html

热比娅:伊力哈木被判重刑让维吾尔人更加觉醒 (Rebiya Kadeer : Ilham Tohti’s severe sentence is a wakeup call to Uyghurs )
Voice of America, September 26, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/rebiya-ilham-20140926/2463044.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Xinjiang unrest: China raises death toll to 50
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 26, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29373158

Related:
China says 50 dead in Xinjiang violence
新疆轮台县暴恐案死亡人数增至50人
Voice of America,, September 26, 2014
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/china-says-50-dead-xinjiang-violence/2463068.html
CH:http://www.voachinese.com/content/xinjiang-violence-20140925/2462679.html

Taiwan (台湾)

China Tells Taiwan: Reunifying Will End Antagonism
ABC, September 26, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-tells-taiwan-reunifying-end-antagonism-25775046

Related:
习近平:一国两制实现形式会充分考虑台湾现实 (Xi Jinping: “One Country, Two Systems” can be adjusted to meet Taiwan’s reality)
Xinhua, September 26, 2014
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-09-26/124330919547.shtml

Internet (互联网)

Oh, Big Brother: you won’t believe how many sites are now blocked in China
Tech In Asia, September 26, 2014
http://www.techinasia.com/list-of-websites-blocked-in-china-by-great-firewall/

中国民间农村图书馆遭封杀 (China Rural Library project sites closed by authorities for promoting civic education)
Radio Free Asia, September, 25, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/nu-09252014104946.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong's people want full decolonization
Aljazeera, September 25, 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/9/hong-kong-pro-democracyprotestsdecolonizationboycott.html

Beijing needs to talk to the Uighurs
Financial Times, September 25, 2014
http://blogs.ft.com/the-a-list/2014/09/25/beijing-needs-to-talk-to-the-uighurs/

中国反腐的政治周期效应 (The effect of political cycles in China’s anti-corruption campaign)
Financial Times, September 26, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001058360

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

China detains two executives at embattled business newspaper
Reuters, September 25, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/25/us-china-corruption-media-idUSKCN0HK17O20140925

河北、河南、四川、吉林四省清理10万“吃空饷”人员 (100,000 civil servants dismissed for “freeloading” in four Chinese provinces)
Beijing News, September 25, 2014
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-09/25/content_537532.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's David and Goliath democracy battle
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29340676

港民调: 过半市民认为北京背弃普选承诺 (Poll: more than half of HK citizens agree Beijing broke its promise of universal suffrage)
Voice of America, September 25, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/oc-organzies-first-major-march-in-sep-20140925/2461745.html

Health (健康)

报告称中国职业病九成是尘肺病 煤炭粉尘系元凶 (Report: 90% of occupational diseases in China caused by coal dust)
People’s Daily, September 25, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0925/c70731-25730241.html

广东登革热一天激增881例 专家吁清积水源头灭蚊 (881 new Dengue fever cases in one day in Guangdong, experts urge to clean standing water that breeds mosquitoes)
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/38839/yan-dong-deng-ge-re-yi-tian-ji-zeng-881li-zhuan-jia-xu-qing-ji-shui-yuan-tou-mie-wen

Internet (互联网)

An Internet where nobody says anything
Foreign Policy, September 25, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/25/an_internet_where_nobody_says_anything

Labor (劳工)

China’s secret to keeping labor costs low: student workers
The Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/09/25/chinas-secret-to-keeping-labor-costs-low-student-workers/

Population (人口)

Addressing the disastrous consequences of China’s one-child policy
Town Hall, September 25, 2014
http://townhall.com/columnists/marcorubio/2014/09/25/addressing-the-disastrous-consequences-of-chinas-onechild-policy-n1896256

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Chinese leaders discuss replacing PBOC Chief
The Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-considers-replacing-central-bank-head-party-officials-say-1411566509

Related:
媒体:央行行长周小川或将离任 (China considers replacing Central Bank Head Zhou Xiaochuan)
Deutsche Welle, September 25, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1DKne

中国社科院院长撰文大谈阶级斗争引热议 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences dean’s class struggle essay stirs controversy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 25, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/09/140924_cn_struggle

Taiwan (台湾)

国台办:台湾问题和苏格兰问题性质完全不同 (State Council Office for Taiwan Affairs: Taiwan and Scotland’s issues are of different nature)
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/38843/guo-tai-ban-tai-wan-wen-ti-he-su-ge-lan-wen-ti-xing-zhi-wan-quan-bu-tong

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Ilham Tohti should get the Nobel peace prize, not life in prison
The Guardian, September 24, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/24/ilham-tohti-nobel-peace-prize-uighur-han-people-china

Photos: Release Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti Protest
Human Rights In China, September 25, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152833406001414.1073741845.94042326413&type=1

让改革不违法的可能途径 (How to have legitimate reforms?)
Financial Times, September 24, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001058342