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, October 24, 2013

Corruption (腐败)

18央企上市公司招待费超31亿 内部人称吃喝玩乐 (Eighteen listed central enterprises spent over RMB 3.1 billion on entertainment in 2012)
China Security, October 24, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131024/u1a7731775.html

Children (儿童)

最高法等发布意见严惩幼女性侵、校园性侵等行为
China orders severe penalties for child abuse
Xinhua, Ocober 24, 2013
CH: http://news.eastday.com/c/20131024/u1a7732662.html
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/24/c_132828042.htm

Chinese children die in school wall collapse
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24649333

Environment (环境)

China to send air pollution inspection teams to provinces
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1338763/china-send-air-pollution-inspection-teams-provinces

China hit by another airpocalypse as air pollution cancer link confirmed
The Guardian, October 24, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/chinas-choice/2013/oct/24/china-airpocalypse-harbin-air-pollution-cancer

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

《新快报》醒目标题呼吁警方释放记者陈永洲
Chinese newspaper asks police to free detained reporter
The New York Times, October 24, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131024/c24reporter/dual/

Hong Kong (香港)

“党报批港占中勾结台独是不了解台湾” (Party papers accuse Occupy Cental organisers of “colluding with Taiwan Separatists”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131024_china_hongkong_taiwan_occupy.shtml

Related:
Occupy group's flirt with Taipei slammed
The Standard, October 24, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=138829&sid=40700216&con_type=1&d_str=20131024&fc=4

記協不滿無公布梁振英北京期間行程 (HK journalists association disgruntled over undisclosed Beijing trip of chief executive)
Radio Hong Kong, October 24, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20131024/news_20131024_55_958812.htm

See the Statement:
記協不滿特區政府隱瞞特首之訪京行程 (HK journalists association angered by secrecy of HK chief executive’s Beijing trip)
Hong Kong Journalists Association, October 24, 2013
http://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1123&lang=en-US

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

浙江中国民主党人士吕耿松被国保带走并被抄家 (Zhejiang democratic party member Lu Gengsong taken by police, home searched)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-10232013133412.html

International Human Rights (国际人权)

联合国:代表称中国不存在任意拘留、强迫失踪 (UN: China says there are no arbitrary detentions or enforced disappearances)
Free More News, October 23, 2013
http://cn.fmnnow.com/2013/10/23/17422/

Internet (互联网)

国信办查处人民内参网等31家网站 (State Letters and Visits Office shuts down 31 websites to “clean up” phony information)
Xinhua, October 24, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20131024/u1a7732704.html

Media (媒体)

Running dog eat dog: Nationalists, united against Western media bias, are divided over money
The Economist, October 19, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21588102-nationalists-united-against-western-media-bias-are-divided-over-money-running-dog-eat-dog?fsrc=rss

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

Chinese police injured in clash with villagers
云南发生群体性事件 多名警察受伤
Reuters, October 24, 2013
EN:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/23/us-china-unrest-idUSBRE99M0LA20131023
CH:http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE99N06I20131024

Tibet (西藏)

达赖喇嘛与华人作家在纽约举行对话会 (Dalai Lama holds dialogue with Chinese writers in NYC)
Voice of America, October 24, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/dalai-lama-20131023/1775373.html

Tibetan trio jailed for preventing police from stopping self-immolation
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/jail-10232013205242.html

Torture (酷刑)

Insight: China party's secretive judicial system laid bare in torture case
Reuters, October 23, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/24/us-china-corruption-insight-idUSBRE99M1LG20131024

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Children (儿童)

China makes dramatic progress in reducing child mortality: report
Xinhua, October 23, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/23/c_132824386.htm

Corruption (腐败)

中铁建8亿招待费处分66人 网友追责招待了谁
Eight disciplined in China railway construction scandal
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2013
Want China Times, October 23, 2013

CH: http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/14929/zhong-tie-jian-8yi-zhao-dai-fei-chu-fen-66ren-wang-you-zhui-ze-zhao-dai-liao-shui
EN: http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20131022000116&cid=1103

Cyber security (网络安全)

Google unveils tools to access web from repressive countries
谷歌宣布将用新技术保护互联网言论自由
Time, October 21, 2013
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 22, 2013
EN: http://business.time.com/2013/10/21/google-digital-rebels/
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/10/131022_google_uproxy.shtml

Education (教育)

2016年北京高考改革方案:英语100分语文180分 (Gaokao reform to be implemented in 2016 to reduce importance of English proficiency)
Xinhua, October 23, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/local/2013-10/4471805.html

Environment (环境)

环境公益诉讼主体究竟放宽了多少 (How much easier does draft amendment make it for public interest groups to sue polluters?)
Beijing News, October 22, 2013
http://cdb.org.cn/newsview.php?id=8085

Related:
Change to law may make it easier to sue polluters
China Daily, October 22, 2013
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/10-22/85156.shtml

Video: China’s “hazardous” smog at 10X safe level
Bloomberg, October 23, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/china-s-hazardous-smog-at-10x-safe-level-XRg1i5UwRxeJPiM~zDcLyA.html

China’s mountains of construction rubble
中国大城市正被建筑垃圾包围
New York Times, October 23, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131023/c23rubble/dual/

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

《新快报》头版整版呼吁湖南警方释放记者
Chinese newspaper calls for police to release reporter
xkb.com.cn, October 23, 2013
Voice of America, October 23, 2013

CH: http://epaper.xkb.com.cn/
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-newspaper-calls-for-police-to-release-reporter/1775073.html

Related:
中国记协促当局调查陈永洲被拘事件 (China’s journalist association urges authorities to investigate reporter arrested for exposing corruption)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131023_chen_yongzhou_arrest.shtml

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

北大解聘夏業良 台大教授抗議 (Professors from Taiwan University protest dismissal of Xia Yeliang)
United Daily News, October 23, 2013
http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI1/8243560.shtml

International Human Rights (国际人权)

人权报告:中国政府又一次外交表演 (UPR: Chinese government puts on another diplomatic show)
Deutsche Welle, October 23, 2013
http://bit.ly/16t87LG

Related:
China’s human rights record challenged at UN
Voice of America, October 22, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-defends-record-before-un-human-rights-council/1774419.html

China challenged over human rights record at United Nations
The Guardian, October 22, 2013
http://www.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=3&articleid=14488350

West criticizes, China defends human rights record at U.N.
Reuters, October 22, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/us-china-rights-idUSBRE99L01220131022

ICT highlights Tibet’s lack of civil society on the eve of China’s rights review in Geneva
International Campaign for Tibet, October 22, 2013
http://www.savetibet.org/ict-highlights-tibets-lack-of-civil-society-on-the-eve-of-chinas-rights-review-in-geneva/

昂山素季时隔23年亲领萨哈罗夫人权奖
Aung San Suu Kyi receives Sakharov Prize, finally
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 22, 2013
CNN, October 23, 2013

CH:http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/10/131022_suukyi_eu_sakharov.shtml
EN:http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/22/world/europe/suu-kyi-prize/