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.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

China’s state-owned enterprises face new inspections in crackdown on graft
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1710468/chinas-state-owned-enterprises-face-new-inspections-crackdown-graft

China to probe army spending in corruption crackdown: report
Daily Mail February 12, 2015
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2950318/China-probe-army-spending-corruption-crackdown-report.html

Shaanxi government to Probe missing funds after mass investor protests
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/funds-02112015115140.html

Culture (文化)

Filming China's Dark Side
The New York Times, February 12, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/100000001222595/filming-chinas-dark-side.html

Environment (环境)

Survey of foreign companies in China finds pollution a growing problem
调查显示在华外企面临多重新挑战
The New York Times, February 12, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20150212/c12pollution/dual/

Hong Kong (香港)

Unable to Occupy Hong Kong, demonstrators go shopping to protest
Bloomberg, February 11, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-11/unable-to-occupy-hong-kong-demonstrators-go-shopping-to-protest

Hukou (户口)

北京削减应届落户指标 毕业生突遭解约 (Beijing cuts central SOEs quota for granting Beijing hukous by 17%, college grads’ contracts suddenly terminated)
Caixin, February 11, 2015
http://china.caixin.com/2015-02-12/100783680.html

Internet (互联网)

Western companies slam China's Internet firewall
The Washington Post, February 12, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/western-companies-slam-chinas-internet-firewall/2015/02/12/323fa37a-b291-11e4-bf39-5560f3918d4b_story.html

June Fourth ( 六四)

Of Zhengzhou 10 Tiananmen activists, only Yu Shiwen remains behind bars
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/yu-shiwen-remains-jailed-02112015152326.html

Media (媒体)

新闻自由度:中国倒数第五 台湾亚洲最佳 (World Press Freedom Index 2015: China fifth from bottom, Taiwan best in Asia)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/02/150212_rsf_press_freedom_china

Related:
World Press Freedom Index 2015: decline on all fronts
Reporters Without Borders, February 12, 2015
http://index.rsf.org/#!/

Population (人口)

政协常委提议"一对夫妻必生俩孩" (Shanxi CPPCC committee member: couples must have two children)
The Diplomat, February 12, 2015
hhttp://www.dw.de/政协常委提议一对夫妻必生俩孩/a-18251155

Taiwan (台湾)

Prison hostage situation in Taiwan turns deadly … and political
The Diplomat, February 12, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/02/prison-hostage-situation-in-taiwan-turns-deadly-and-political/

Women (妇女)

In China, a women’s detective agency battles for wronged wives
The New York Times, February 12, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-china-a-womens-detective-agency-battles-for-wronged-wives/2015/02/10/00cbb4b2-abe5-11e4-8876-460b1144cbc1_story.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

袁贵仁风波反映中共第五代执政还面临巨大挑战 (Yuan Guiren controversy reveals the fifth generation Communist Party still faces enormous challenges)
Radio France Internationale, February 12, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150212-袁贵仁风波反映中共第五代执政还面临巨大挑战/

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

Is JPMorgan chase profiting off of forced evictions in China?
Rolling Stone, February 10, 2015
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/is-jpmorgan-chase-profiting-off-of-forced-evictions-in-china-20150

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

Is artificial intelligence helping China spy on its citizens?
The Diplomat, February 11, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/02/is-artificial-intelligence-helping-china-spy-on-its-citizens/

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

家长揭贵族幼儿园饮食:每月交5600元 吃臭鸡蛋 (Parents discover children are fed rotten food at expensive $896/month kindergarten)
NetEase, February 11, 2015
http://news.163.com/15/0211/11/AI5TU8ER00011229.html

王荣承认大陆食安差造成水货客逼爆香港 (Shenzhen Party Secretary admits mainland’s serious food safety issues lead to parallel traders flooding Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, February 11, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150211-王荣承认大陆食安差造成水货客逼爆香港/

Corruption (腐败)

China slates environment ministry after graft probe
Reuters, February 10, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/10/us-china-environment-corruption-idUSKBN0LE17A20150210

Education (教育)

University president sees echoes of Cultural Revolution in new campaign
The New York Times, February 10, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/university-president-sees-echoes-of-cultural-revolution-in-new-campaign/

Related:
南开校长:意识形态工作不能走到另外一个极端 (Nankai University’s president: ideological development cannot go to another extreme)
People.cn, February 9, 2015
http://edu.people.com.cn/n/2015/0209/c1006-26532151.html

Environment (环境)

In China, a fight to save a forest tests toughened environment law
Reuters, February 10, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/10/us-china-environment-lawsuit-idUSKBN0LE2PJ20150210

Hong Kong (香港)

王荣承认大陆食安差造成水货客逼爆香港 (Wang Rong admits that Mainland’s poor food safety contributes to parallel traders flooding Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, February 11, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150211-王荣承认大陆食安差造成水货客逼爆香港/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China: Inventing a crime
The New York Review of Books, February 9, 2015
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2015/feb/09/china-pu-zhiqiang-inventing-crime/?insrc=wbll