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, June 14, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

涉買賣官職 紅二代官員落馬 (2nd generation red officer steps down on suspicion of buying and selling official positions)
Mingpao, June 13, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180614/s00013/1528913821494

西安市纪委监委介入调查“慈善资助副局长儿赴美留学” (Xi'an Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection involved in investigating "use of charity funds to support U.S. study abroad for deputy secretary’s son")
Beijing News, June 13, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/13/491015.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

大陸「監控股」獲海外基金追捧 西方資金變相支持新疆監控 (China’s “monitoring" stock is chased by foreign funds, Western money is thereby indirectly supporting monitoring of Xinjiang)
The Stand News, June 14, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/大陸-監控股-獲海外基金追捧-西方資金變相支持新疆監控/

监控国民大跃进 新车将强制安装识别芯片 (A great leap forward for citizen monitoring: new vehicles required to install ID chips)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-06132018110443.html

Hong Kong (香港)

立法會三讀通過高鐵一地兩檢條例草案 (After 3rd reading, LegCo passes XRL co-location draft)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 14, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401770-20180614.htm

Related:
一地兩檢最後審議 梁君彥拒5名昨被逐議員開會 (Andrew Leung prevents 5 LegCo members, who were removed from chamber yesterday, from participating in final review of XRL co-location case)
The Stand News, June 14, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/一地兩檢最後審議-梁君彥拒5名昨被逐議員開會/

立會審議一地兩檢條例草案 民主派全數修正案被否決 (LegCo vetoes all pan-democrat amendments during review of co-location case)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 14, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401739-20180614.htm

Domestic helpers on the march in Hong Kong to demand better living and working conditions
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2150797/domestic-helpers-march-hong-kong-demand-better-living-and

Commentary (评论)

Why are Hong Kong’s "localists" on their own?
香港本土派为何在孤军奋战?
The New York Times, June 14, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180614/hong-kongs-localists-edward-leung/dual/

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京一中院:对于律师的调查取证申请,办案机关必须予以回应 (Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court: Case handling agency must respond to lawyer's application for investigation and evidence collection)
The Paper, June 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2192718

Access to Information (信息公开)

China formally arrests author who penned article criticizing president's speech
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/author-06132018111007.html

警方:一男子造谣称重庆医科大学落马校长自杀身亡,被拘3日 (Netizen jailed for 3 days for spreading fake suicide news regarding disgraced university president in Chongqing via Wechat)
Shang You News, June 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2191454

民航局公布首批86名失信人被禁乘飞机1年 (Civil Aviation Administration of China releases list of 86 defaulters with one-year air travel bans)
People’s Daily, June 13, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/13/content_7568474.htm?node=5955

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Tycoon Gu Chujun’s case review provides latest test of China’s treatment of private sector
South China Morning Post, June 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2150579/gu-chujun-case-review-provides-latest-test-chinas

Chinese women struggle for workplace equality
Financial Times, June 13, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/4daf100a-6e4f-11e8-92d3-6c13e5c92914

廣州漢羈押期間亡 家屬逾2年後獲悉遺體將火化 (Family members of Zhang Liumao, who died mysteriously in detention, receive cremation notice after being denied right to view Zhang’s body for 2 years)
Oriental Daily News, June 13, 2018
http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/news/20180613/bkncn-20180613184741414-0613_05011_001.html

流亡藏人丹增唯色:中国境内家属遭拘押迫害 (Chinese authorities detain and harass family members of exiled Tibetan Tenzin Woeser)
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06122018094448.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

In China’s far west, companies cash in on surveillance program that targets Muslims
Foreign Policy, June 13, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/13/in-chinas-far-west-companies-cash-in-on-surveillance-program-that-targets-muslims/

美大學研發十億像素超級相機 落入中國變大規模監控工具 (1 billion pixel super camera developed by U.S. university became mass monitoring tool in China)
The Stand News, June 13, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/美大學研發十億像素超級相機-落入中國變大規模監控工具

Related:
How a powerful spy camera invented at Duke ended up in China’s hands
杜克大學研發的十億像素超級相機如何落入中國手中?
The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2018
EN: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-powerful-spy-camera-invented-at-duke-ended-up-in-chinas-hands-1528714895
CH: https://cn.wsj.com/articles/CT-TEC-20180612123012

滴滴:即将局部恢复顺风车夜间订单,但男车主只能接男乘客 (Didi to resume late night ride sharing services, drivers and riders must be of same sex)
The Paper, June 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2192491

Hong Kong (香港)

Under new plan, Hong Kong’s rural election candidates may have to sign form pledging allegiance to China
Hong Kong Free Press, June 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/13/new-plan-hong-kongs-rural-election-candidates-may-sign-form-pledging-allegiance-china/

No gov’t investigation into Mong Kok unrest following sentencing of localist Edward Leung, says Hong Kong leader
Hong Kong Free Press, June 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/13/no-govt-investigation-mong-kok-unrest-following-sentencing-localist-edward-leung-says-hong-kong-leader/

Law Society trailblazer to speak her mind
The Standard, June 13, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=196772&sid=11&sid=11

HKSAR LegCo finishes second reading of XRL co-location bill
香港特区立法会完成广深港高铁“一地两检”条例草案二读
Xinhua, June 13, 2018
EN: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/13/c_137251534.htm
CH: http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-06/13/c_1122981729.htm

Related:
立會通過一地兩儉草案二讀 五民主派議員被驅離會議廳 (LegCo finishes second reading of XRL co-location bill, 5 pan-democracy members kicked out of chamber)
Think Hong Kong, June 13, 2018
http://www.thinkhk.com/article/2018-06/13/27518.html

警員到立法會蒐證 梁君彥指有職員執勤受傷感遺憾 (Police arrive at LegCo to gather evidence, Andrew Leung regretful about injured staff members)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401556-20180613.htm

毛孟靜對警方到會議廳蒐證表示非常遺憾 指惡人先告狀 (Claudia Mo disappointed about police officers gathering evidence inside LegCo chamber: “The thief cries thief”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, Juen 13, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401551-20180613.htm

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

穿六四文化衫被失踪 六四酒案超期羁押两年 (Citizen who wore June Fourth shirt disappeared, activists in Chengdu Liusi Jiu case not yet tried despite over 2 years in detention)
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06112018094939.html

江西掛「平反六四」標語 三人涉煽動顛覆國家政權被捕 (3 activists who displayed June Fourth banner in Jiangxi arrested for inciting “subversion of state power”)
The Stand News, June 12, 2018
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/江西掛-平反六四-標語-三人涉煽動顛覆國家政權被捕/

全国首例侵犯烈士名誉案宣判 一网民被判公开道歉 (1st Chinese netizen prosecuted and sentenced to publicly apologize for crime of slandering "heroes and martyrs" since passage of Heroes and Martyrs Protection Act in April)
China News, June 12, 2018
http://xinwen.eastday.com/a/n180612170859455.html

Related:
全國首宗侵犯烈士名譽案江蘇開審 男網民被判透過傳媒公開道歉 (1st case of “slandering heroes and martyrs" tried in Jiangsu, netizen sentenced to apologize publicly through the media)
HK01, June 12, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/即時中國/198377/全國首宗侵犯烈士名譽案江蘇開審-男網民被判透過傳媒公開道歉

治老赖新招:湖南浏阳法院通过农村广播播报被执行人信息 (Village court in Hunan Province broadcasts debtor’s judgment over public radio system, a practice expected to be expanded to more villages in the future)
The Paper, June 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2190907

Citizen participation (公民参与)

Elderly woman exonerated after being jailed for petitioning over land dispute in China
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2150471/elderly-woman-exonerated-after-being-jailed-petitioning

Three detained in China over poster campaign on massacre anniversary
Radio Free Asia, June 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poster-06122018105644.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Need a personal loan? Sure, if you’re a Communist Party member
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2150451/need-personal-loan-sure-if-youre-communist-party-member

Hong Kong (香港)

Organizers of Hong Kong’s annual July 1 march running out of time as venue fallback plan rejected
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2150446/organisers-hong-kongs-annual-july-1-march

Public should not make claims about court’s ‘political judgments’ or ‘romanticise’ civil disobedience, Chief Exec. says
Hong Kong Free Press, June 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/12/public-not-make-claims-courts-political-judgments-romanticise-civil-disobedience-chief-exec-says/

Statue to Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo erected in Hong Kong’s Times Square despite protest from building’s owner
South China Morning Post, June 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2150424/statue-nobel-peace-prize-winner-liu-xiaobo-erected-times

Pro-Beijing candidate wins Eastern
The Standard, June 12, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=196718&sid=4&sid=4

China's Navy Commissions 41st Type 056/056A Stealth Warship
The Diplomat, June 12, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/chinas-navy-commissions-41st-type-056056a-stealth-warship/

Monday, June 11, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China slaps prominent human rights lawyer with effective travel ban
“709”律师王宇被限制出境
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-passport-06082018143032.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-06082018091126.html

中国三知名维权律师被当局正式吊销执业证 (Chinese authorities revoke law licenses of 3 prominent rights defense lawyers)
Voice of America, June 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-three-prominent-rights-attorney-debarred-20180611/4433355.html

Police in China's Shandong detain 23 petitioners, cutting short their vacation
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petitioners-06082018123740.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s national media places rare blame on ZTE
The Diplomat, June 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-06112018112639.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's truck drivers stage strike over rising costs, low fees
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-06112018112639.html

南京史氏父子赴港悼念六四遭打压 (Father and son detained after participating in June Fourth Hong Kong rally)
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-06082018091237.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Underpaid and exhausted: the human cost of your Kindle
The Guardian, June 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/09/human-cost-kindle-amazon-china-foxconn-jeff-bezos

At least 3 electrocuted in street during south China storms
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2150231/least-3-electrocuted-street-during-south-china-storms

基层一直监管乏力!打击“微腐败”,乡镇到底该做什么? (National Supervisory Commission extends reach to village level)
Legal Daily, June 11, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/11/content_7567247.htm?node=5955

The forgotten farm families in Beijing’s anti-poverty campaign: how China’s rural poor fall through the cracks
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2149994/forgotten-farm-families-beijings-anti-poverty-campaign-how-chinas

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

北京整治村庄安全 变相清理“低端人口”?(Beijing increases security in villages, a disguised form of the cleanup “low-end population" campaign?)
Radio Free Asia, June 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06082018091025.html

China-hosted SCO summit “unity” contrasts with G7 disarray
Al Jazeera, June 10, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/china-hosted-sco-summit-unity-contrasts-g7-disarray-180610082344876.html

上合峰會發《青島宣言》 倡建全球反恐統一戰線 (SCO summit issues the Qingdao Declaration, advocates for a global counterterrorism alliance)
Oriental Daily News, June 10, 2018
http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/news/20180610/bkncn-20180610192050140-0610_05011_001.html

定了!“上合”未来要干这些大事 (18th SCO Summit releases Joint Statement of Heads of Member States of SCO on Promoting Trade Facilitation)
People’s Daily, June 11, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/06-11/8535032.shtml

Related
Xi clarifies SCO direction, outlines future goals
People’s Daily, June 11, 2018
http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/0611/c90000-9469969.html

Chinese hackers steal unclassified data from navy contractor
中国黑客窃取美国海军作战敏感数据
The New York Times, June 11, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180611/china-hack-navy-contractor-/dual/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, the face of city’s independence movement, jailed for six years over Mong Kok riot
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2150156/hong-kong-activist-edward-leung-face-citys

Related
Edward Leung 6-year jail sentence “political retribution,” says ex-lawmaker as democrats rally around localist
Hong Kong Free Press, June 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/11/edward-leung-6-year-jail-sentence-political-retribution-says-ex-lawmaker-democrats-rally-around-localist/

彭定康回應梁天琦被判刑 批評公安條例被用作政治用途 (Ex-governor Chris Patten criticizes Public Order Ordinance as being “vague" and “open to abuse”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 11, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1401041-20180611.htm

时代广场指物业遭非法占用向刘晓波塑像摆设人下逐客令 (Time Square Hong Kong claims their property is illegally occupied, expulsion order is issued to owner of Liu Xiaobo Statue)
Radio France Internationale, June 10, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180610-时代广场指物业遭非法占用向刘晓波塑像摆设人下逐客令

Commentary (评论)

Who are China’s political prisoners? A human rights assessment, 29 years after the Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, June 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/10/chinas-political-prisoners-human-rights-assessment-29-years-tiananmen-massacre/

Here’s how to re-educate an entire ethnic group
Al Arabiya Network, June 11, 2018
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/2018/06/11/Here-s-how-to-re-educate-an-entire-ethnic-group.html

廖亦武:“中国早已是洗脑式独裁” (Liao Yiwu: China is already a brainwashing dictatorship)
Deutsche Welle, June 09, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2zCba