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.

Friday, December 12, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

《人民日报》:周永康所作所为与叛徒无异 (People’s Daily: What Zhou Yongkang did is no different from a traitor)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/sd-12112014121541.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy Hong Kong’s end start of “permanent” political unrest
Bloomberg, December 12, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-11/occupy-hong-kong-end-marks-start-of-permanent-political-unrest.html

Hong Kong protest leaders say will try to win over disapproving public, but warn of “more radical” actions
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1661358/next-fight-hong-kong-students-winning-over-disapproving-public-says

Hong Kong protests: arrests as admiralty site is cleared
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30426346

Related:
金钟清场249人被捕 近百人已获释 (249 arrested in Admiralty clearance, almost 100 released)
South China Morning Post, December 12, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/44373/jin-zhong-qing-chang-249ren-bei-bu-jin-bai-ren-yi-huo-shi

Hong Kong protesters: “We'll be back”
ABC, December 11, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/11/hong-kong-protesters-vow-return/20250475/

Related:
香港社会渐显共识:清场不是结局 只是开始 (Consensus emerges in Hong Kong society: clearance is not the end, only a beginning)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-12112014112611.html

Hong Kong: “It’s Just the Beginning”
香港雨伞运动:“这才刚刚开始”
Human Rights in China, December 11, 2014
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/hong-kong-its-just-beginning
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/xiang-gang-yu-san-yun-dong-zhe-cai-gang-gang-kai-shi

Hong Kong’s main democracy protest camp falls with leading protest figures arrested
Time, December 11, 2014
http://time.com/3629471/hong-kongs-main-democracy-protest-camp-has-fallen-after-75-days/

民运人士郭宝胜被匿名电话恐吓:停止声援占中 (June Fourth activist Guo Baosheng threatened by anonymous caller to stop supporting “Occupy Central”)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ck-12122014094212.html

香港清场:大陆人的感动、声援和担心 (Hong Kong clearance: mainlanders moved, supportive, and concerned)
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/yf1-12112014113737.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese court frees Uyghur linguist following appeal
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/linguist-12112014153845.html

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

爱立信阻击成功 小米手机印度遭禁售 (Xiaomi banned in India after Ericsson’s patent infringement allegation accepted)
The Beijing News, December 12, 2014
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2014/12/12/345536.html

Related:
Xiaomi's India patent loss means trouble for China's smartphone brands
Bloomberg Businessweek, December 11, 2014
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-11/xiaomis-india-loss-means-trouble-for-chinas-smartphone-brands

Rule of Law (法治)

一个违宪违法的基层选举样本 (Example of an illegal and unconstitutional grassroots election)
Financial Times, December 12, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059634

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China's Urumqi bans Islamic veil, sparking rights concerns
Reuters, December 11, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN0JP0RQ20141211

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

China energy officials urged to educate families to avoid graft
Reuters, December 11, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/us-china-energy-corruption-idUSKBN0JP0NW20141211

Hong Kong (香港)

LIVE: Police start arrests after Hong Kong protesters defy warnings in clearance operation
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1660285/live-occupy-protesters-pack-and-say-their-goodbyes-hong-kong-police

Last of Hong Kong protesters arrested amid police clearance
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/11/hong-kong-protesters-brace-arrests-police-clearance

视频:香港“占中”清场中,200名示威者突然涌至 (Video: 200 protesters surge site during Hong Kong “Occupy Central” clearance)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2014/12/141211_vid_hkprotesters

Protests prompt Hong Kong’s rich to re-explore emigration
The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/11/hong-kong-protests-drive-rich-to-re-explore-emigration/

China media: Hong Kong protest
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30427142

Related:
中国内地官媒罗列香港“占中”示威负面影响 (Mainland official media list negative impact of Hong Kong’s “Occupy Central” protests)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141211_hk_occupy-central_china-media-reax

Hong Kong art lovers rescue works from protest site
Agence France-Presse, December 11, 2014
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-art-lovers-rescue-works-protest-180052318.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China rights lawyer denies all accusations, including inciting ethnic hatred
Reuters, December 10, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/10/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0JO11B20141210

诺贝尔和平奖得主狱中讯息:关注无名受难者 (Message from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo: pay more attention to lesser-known sufferers)
Deutsche Welle, December 12, 2014
http://www.dw.de/诺贝尔和平奖得主狱中讯息关注无名受难者/a-18122558?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

中国民间网站公布最新良心犯名单 (Chinese civil society website releases latest list of prisoners of conscience)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12102014104340.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

世界人权日北京上万访民被羁押 官媒噤声 (On International Human Rights Day, over 10,000 petitioners detained in Beijing, official media silent)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12102014101935.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

中国乌鲁木齐禁穿戴伊斯兰罩袍 (China’s Urumqi bans public wearing of burqas)
Voice of America, December 11, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-urumqi-20141211/2554697.html

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

China ivory craze kills 100,000 elephants
CNN, December 9, 2014
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/09/news/china-ivory-elephant/

Corruption (腐败)

Liu Tienan: Top Chinese economist jailed over bribery
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30408032

Environment (环境)

环境组织曝光中国最大污染企业 (Environmental organization exposes China’s highest-polluting company)
Voice of America, December 10, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chinas-biggest-polluting-20141210/2552986.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protesters steadfast in final hours before police clearance
Reuters, December 9, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/10/us-hongkong-china-idUSKBN0JN02520141210

Hong Kong protesters say “We'll be back” as police swoop looms
Channel News Asia, December 10, 2014
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hong-kong-protesters-say/1522276.html

Mapping out the protest sites for history
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1659236/mapping-out-protest-sites-history

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

被中国关押异议人士女儿获美国庇护 (Daughters of detained dissident Zhang Lin receive political asylum in U.S.)
Voice of America, December 10, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/rdr-daughter-of-chinese-jailed-20141210/2552956.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

国际人权日:中国官媒噤声 网友讨论热烈 (On International Human Rights Day, Chinese official media silent, netizens in heated discussion)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 10, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/12/141210_china_rights_internet

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

The myth of “Chinese Wisdom”
The Diplomat, December 10, 2014
http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-myth-of-chinese-wisdom/

Rule of Law (法治)

内媒:最高法拟规定疲劳审讯所得证据非法 (Mainland media: China’s Supreme People’s Court to criminalize evidence obtained by interrogation inducing exhaustion)
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/43958/nei-mei-zui-gao-fa-ni-gui-ding-pi-lao-shen-xun-suo-de-zheng-ju-fei-fa

Tibet (西藏)

藏族村民因强制投票与官员起冲突 (Forced to vote for government-supported candidates, Tibetan villagers clash with officials)
Voice of America, December 10, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tibet-20141210/2553147.html