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 14, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

中国山东现“行贿日记”百官受贿曝光 (“Bribery diary” from Shandong exposes more than 100 officials)
Voice of America, January 14, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-corruption-20150114/2597637.html

Environment (环境)

Poor Chinese provinces are being forced to send their water to wealthier regions
Quartz, January 13, 2015
http://qz.com/325661/poor-chinese-provinces-are-being-forced-to-send-their-water-to-wealthier-regions/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China's 109-year-old dissenter is still fighting for democracy
Business Insider, January 13, 2015
http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-china-linguists-109th-birthday-wish-democracy-2015-1

Hong Kong (香港)

LIVE: CY Leung's 2015 policy address
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1679533/live-cy-leungs-2015-policy-address

Hong Kong Leader: Don’t challenge Beijing
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/14/hong-kong-leader-dont-challenge-beijing/?mod=WSJBlog

Hong Kong leader warns of “anarchy”; opposition disrupts session
Reuters, January 14, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/14/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKBN0KN0EG20150114

Internet (互联网)

China shutters “illegal” websites, vows to step up real-name Registration
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/shutters-01132015154123.html

Related:
中国双管齐下治网 净化还是压制?(Website shutdowns and real-name registration: purification or oppression?)
Voice of America, January 14, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-internet-20150113/2597384.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Mongolian herders travel to Beijing amid grassland dispute with army
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/herders-01132015162641.html

踩踏事故:家属拟请愿书向当局要“答案”(Family of Shanghai stampede victim drafts petition for government answers)
Deutsche Welle, January 14, 2015
http://www.dw.de/踩踏事故家属拟请愿书向当局要答案/a-18189271?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

中国民主党等民运团体人士参加巴黎反恐大游行 (Members of China Democracy Party and other pro-democracy activists join counterterrorism march in Paris)
Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/gr-01132015102258.html

Tibet (西藏)

达赖喇嘛:我思想上是一名马克思主义者 (Dalai Lama: I am a Marxist)
Deutsche Welle, January 13, 2015
http://www.dw.de/达赖喇嘛我思想上是一名马克思主义者/a-18188184?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China requires IDs for fireworks in troubled Northwest
The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/14/china-requires-ids-for-fireworks-in-troubled-northwest/?mod=WSJBlog

9名新疆涉恐人员欲偷渡被抓 (9 Xinjiang terror suspects arrested when attempting to leave China)
Xinhua, January 14, 2015
http://zgws.xinhuanet.com/info.aspx?id=78158&typeid=15

Related:
10 Turks said to be under arrest for aiding terrorist suspects in China
The New York Times, January 14, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/world/asia/10-turks-said-to-be-under-arrest-for-aiding-terrorist-suspects-in-china.html?_r=0

图籍:中国为新疆维稳展开宣传画优势 (Gallery: China launches poster propaganda offensive in Xinjiang for stability maintenance)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2015/01/150113_pic_china_xinjiang_propaganda

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Put China's tough new law to protect the environment to the test
The South China Morning Post, January 14, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1679570/put-chinas-tough-new-law-protect-environment-test

分析:中国需处理地方财政问题 (Analysis: China needs to deal with local governments’ fiscal issues)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150113_analysis_china_local_fiscal

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

报告:中国形象不佳 外国游客逐年减少 (Report: international tourists to China fall year by year as its image declines)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150113_china_inbound_tourists

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

自由之家:压制政策危及共产党地位 (Freedom House: Repressive policy endangers CPC rule)
Voice of America, January 13, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/freedom-house-says-repression-in-china-growing-20150113/2596113.html

Related:
The Politburo’s predicament: confronting the limitations of Chinese Communist Party repression
Freedom House, January 13, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/china-2015-politiburo-predicament#.VLVAacb9J58

Children (儿童)

Police rescue 37 babies “fed on noodles and leftovers” in China child trafficking crackdown
内地孕妇工厂:一出生即被卖 藏婴太平间
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2014
EN:http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1679020/chinese-police-rescue-37-babies-after-raid-103-child-traffickers
CH:http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/46116/nei-di-yun-fu-gong-han-yi-chu-sheng-ji-bei-mai-cang-ying-tai-ping-jian

Environment (环境)

China’s water problems are even worse than you think: report
The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/13/chinas-water-problems-are-even-worse-than-you-think-report/

北京周边拟建国家级人工消霾实验室 (National laboratory to research manual smog removal to be built near Beijing)
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/lifestyle/46112/bei-jing-zhou-bian-ni-jian-guo-jia-ji-ren-gong-xiao-mai-shi-yan-shi

Health (健康)

Let me die, Chinese mother says as cancer bills pile up
Bloomberg, January 13, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-12/let-me-die-chinese-mother-says-as-cancer-bills-pile-up.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s legal big guns tussle over rule of law
占领示威后首次 港法律界三巨头论法治
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1678651/no-room-politics-judiciary-says-hong-kongs-top-judge-speech-extolling
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/46123/zhan-ling-shi-wei-hou-shou-ci-gang-fa-lu-jie-san-ju-tou-lun-fa-zhi

Fresh Occupy-style sit-in “could take place after Hong Kong's February 1 march”
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1678900/organisers-hong-kongs-february-1-democracy-rally-say-theyre-open-new

Related:
香港酝酿新一轮街头行动 (Hong Kong plans another round of street actions)
Voice of America, January 13, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hongkong-new-occupy-20150113/2596263.html

Internet (互联网)

国家网信办:微博、贴吧今年将实名制 (State Internet Information Office: microblogs and discussion boards to require real-name registration by end of year)
People’s Daily, January 13, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0113/c1001-26376687.html

蒋经国逝世周年 大陆网民称赞他开放民主 (Mainland netizens commend Chiang Ching-kuo for democratizing Taiwan on anniversary of his death)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/01/150113_chiang_chingkuo_xi_jinping

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

The colourful propaganda of Xinjiang
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 12, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30722268

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

法治社会要开放言论自由 (A rule-of-law society requires freedom of speech)
Financial Times, January 13, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001060088

Monday, January 12, 2015

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Shanghai blocks access to bund stampede site
The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/10/shanghai-blocks-access-to-bund-stampede-site/

Children (儿童)

Sold in Myanmar and trafficked to China
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30272273