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 27, 2014

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

中国网信办号召网友做“中国好网民”(State Internet Information Office urges Internet users to be “China’s good Chinese netizens”)
The Beijing News, October 27, 2014
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/10/27/338975.html

Princeling Hu Deping to head up embattled liberal magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1625350/princeling-hu-deping-head-embattled-liberal-magazine-yanhuang-chunqiu

Corruption (腐败)

China's top graft-buster says fight will never end
Reuters, October 25, 2014
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/10/25/uk-china-corruption-idUKKCN0IE02J20141025

Related:
王岐山称中国反腐要治病树拔烂树 持续保持高压态势 (Wang Qishan: fight corruption like “treating sick trees” and “rooting up rotten ones”)
Reuters, October 26, 2014
http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNKCS0IF03420141026

China “punishes 17 officials” after deadly village clash
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29751648

中国下一步反腐行动剑指国企高管 (China’s next anti-graft campaign targets state-owned enterprise executives)
The Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2014
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20141027/bch090737.asp

中国拟设“收受礼金罪”有无必要引争议 (China’s plan to criminalize “receiving monetary gifts” stirs controversy)
Deutsche Welle, October 26, 2014
http://www.dw.de/中国拟设收受礼金罪-有无必要引争议/a-18013498?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China to streamline counter-terrorism intelligence gathering
Reuters, October 27, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/27/us-china-violence-intelligence-idUSKBN0IG07M20141027

Related:
中国将建立反恐国家情报中心 (China to set up national anti-terrorism intelligence center)
Deutsche Welle, October 27, 2014
http://www.dw.de/中国将建立反恐国家情报中心/a-18023102?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Death penalty (死刑)

China may scrap death penalty for nine crimes
Aljazeera, October 27, 2014
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/china-may-scrap-death-penalty-nine-crimes-201410274443690261.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Stars backing Hong Kong protests pay price on mainland
挺“占中”港台艺人无缘大陆演出
The New York Times, October 24, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141027/c27hongkong/dual/

Occupy leaders may still poll protesters on future of movement, Benny Tai reveals after 11th-hour U-turn
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1625058/occupy-central-scraps-poll-way-move-protests-forward-11th-hour

Pro-Beijing lawmaker urges Hong Kong leader to consider quitting
香港亲北京议员公开要求梁振英辞职
The New York Times, October 24, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141026/c26protest/dual/

Saving the Umbrella Movement's art
The Nation, October 27, 2014
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Saving-the-Umbrella-Movements-art-30246221.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

In Xinjiang, China, journalists work in the shadow of censorship
Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2014
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-yarkant-notebook-20141026-story.html#page=1

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China strives incoherently for the “socialist rule of law”
The Financial Times, October 26, 2014
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f4ebd30-5b84-11e4-a674-00144feab7de.html#axzz3HKc3nwEE

中国的新皇帝习近平 (China’s new emperor Xi Jinping)
Deutsche Welle, October 27, 2014
http://www.dw.de/中国的新皇帝习近平/a-18010336?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Friday, October 24, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

中纪委四次全会明日召开 或讨论设立顶层反腐机构 (4th Plenum of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to begin tomorrow, may cover establishment of a top anti-corruption agency)
Beijing News, October 24, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/1024/c1001-25897992.html

Culture (文化)

Photo of President Xi Jinping holding umbrella wins China's top photojournalism prize
Huffington Post, October 24, 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/xi-jinping-umbrella-photojournalism-prize-chinese-president_n_6035944.html?utm_hp_ref=media&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

Environment (环境)

中国环保部公布系列实施新《环保法》的细则草案 (Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection releases draft regulations to implement the new series of "Environmental Law")
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yl-10232014152809.html

Health (健康)

中国缺乏艾滋病毒感染者隐私保护制度 (China lacks privacy protection system for people living with HIV)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/aw-10232014151920.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Referendum to be held on Sunday at Admiralty protest site
Hong Kong Economic Journal, October 24, 2014
http://www.ejinsight.com/20141024-referendum-to-be-held-on-sunday-at-admiralty/

Leung preaches history to students from Hong Kong mansion
Bloomberg, October 24, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-23/leung-preaches-history-to-students-from-hong-kong-mansion.html

Pro-Democracy banner occupies Hong Kong’s iconic Lion Rock, spawns memes
The Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/10/23/pro-democracy-banner-occupies-hong-kongs-iconic-lion-rock-spawns-memes/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Beijing formally charges writer who published memoirs of victims of Mao era
81岁异见作家铁流被正式批捕
The New York Times, October 24, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141024/c24dissident/dual/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

China’s Imperial President
Foreign Affairs, November/December 2014
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/142201/elizabeth-c-economy/chinas-imperial-president

Rule of Law (法治)

China moves to reinforce rule of law, with caveats
The New York Times, October 23, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/world/asia/china-moves-to-enact-rule-of-law-with-caveats.html?_r=0

4 Things we learned from China’s 4th Plenum
The Diplomat, October 23, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/4-things-we-learned-from-chinas-4th-plenum/

United Nations (联合国)

U.N. Human Rights Panel Urges China to Allow Free Elections in Hong Kong
聯合國人權委員會敦促中國允許香港不受限普選
The New York Times, October 23, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20141024/c24nations/dual/

Related:
At UN, China faced tough questions on women’s rights, gets poor grade for universal suffrage for Hong Kong
Human Rights in China, October 23, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/un-china-faced-tough-questions-womens-rights-gets-poor-grade-universal

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

李永忠:四中全会法治体系旨在恢复宪法至高无上地位 (Li Yongzhong: purpose of promoting a rule of law at 4th plenum is to restore constitutional supremacy)
Caijing, October 23, 2014
http://comments.caijing.com.cn/20141023/3730239.shtml

新华网评:"杜汶泽"们,休想吃我们的饭,还砸我们的锅(Xinhua commentary: Chapman To and others—don’t bite the hand that feeds you)
Xinhua, October 23, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2014-10/22/c_1112936392.htm

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

郑州端掉一制假窝点 28吨假食用盐够1万人吃一年 (28 tons of fake salt seized in Zhengzhou, enough to sustain 10,000 people for a year)
People’s Daily, October 23, 2014
http://henan.people.com.cn/n/2014/1023/c351638-22690882.html

Corruption (腐败)

China's Guangdong to ban officials with overseas kin from top jobs
Reuters, October 23, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/23/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0IC0DC20141023

China Ex-Security Chief Zhou Yongkang faces likely expulsion from Communist Party
The Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/10/23/china-ex-security-chief-zhou-yongkang-faces-likely-expulsion-from-communist-party/?mod=WSJBlog

Related:
中国四中全会公报未提周永康引发关注 (Zhou Yongkang not mentioned in CPC Central Committee Fourth Plenum Communiqué)
Voice of America, October 23, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/zhouyongkang-20141023/2493390.html

中纪委网站日均接受群众举报超过800件 (China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection receives 800 reports online daily)
China News, October 23, 2014
http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2014/10-23/6711225.shtml

Culture (文化)

Why a photo of Xi Jinping holding an umbrella won China’s top photojournalism prize
The Washington Post, October 22, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/22/why-a-photo-of-xi-jinping-holding-an-umbrella-won-chinas-top-photojournalism-prize/