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, September 25, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

China detains two executives at embattled business newspaper
Reuters, September 25, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/25/us-china-corruption-media-idUSKCN0HK17O20140925

河北、河南、四川、吉林四省清理10万“吃空饷”人员 (100,000 civil servants dismissed for “freeloading” in four Chinese provinces)
Beijing News, September 25, 2014
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-09/25/content_537532.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's David and Goliath democracy battle
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29340676

港民调: 过半市民认为北京背弃普选承诺 (Poll: more than half of HK citizens agree Beijing broke its promise of universal suffrage)
Voice of America, September 25, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/oc-organzies-first-major-march-in-sep-20140925/2461745.html

Health (健康)

报告称中国职业病九成是尘肺病 煤炭粉尘系元凶 (Report: 90% of occupational diseases in China caused by coal dust)
People’s Daily, September 25, 2014
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0925/c70731-25730241.html

广东登革热一天激增881例 专家吁清积水源头灭蚊 (881 new Dengue fever cases in one day in Guangdong, experts urge to clean standing water that breeds mosquitoes)
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/38839/yan-dong-deng-ge-re-yi-tian-ji-zeng-881li-zhuan-jia-xu-qing-ji-shui-yuan-tou-mie-wen

Internet (互联网)

An Internet where nobody says anything
Foreign Policy, September 25, 2014
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/25/an_internet_where_nobody_says_anything

Labor (劳工)

China’s secret to keeping labor costs low: student workers
The Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/09/25/chinas-secret-to-keeping-labor-costs-low-student-workers/

Population (人口)

Addressing the disastrous consequences of China’s one-child policy
Town Hall, September 25, 2014
http://townhall.com/columnists/marcorubio/2014/09/25/addressing-the-disastrous-consequences-of-chinas-onechild-policy-n1896256

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Chinese leaders discuss replacing PBOC Chief
The Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2014
http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-considers-replacing-central-bank-head-party-officials-say-1411566509

Related:
媒体:央行行长周小川或将离任 (China considers replacing Central Bank Head Zhou Xiaochuan)
Deutsche Welle, September 25, 2014
http://dw.de/p/1DKne

中国社科院院长撰文大谈阶级斗争引热议 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences dean’s class struggle essay stirs controversy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 25, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/09/140924_cn_struggle

Taiwan (台湾)

国台办:台湾问题和苏格兰问题性质完全不同 (State Council Office for Taiwan Affairs: Taiwan and Scotland’s issues are of different nature)
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/38843/guo-tai-ban-tai-wan-wen-ti-he-su-ge-lan-wen-ti-xing-zhi-wan-quan-bu-tong

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Ilham Tohti should get the Nobel peace prize, not life in prison
The Guardian, September 24, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/24/ilham-tohti-nobel-peace-prize-uighur-han-people-china

Photos: Release Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti Protest
Human Rights In China, September 25, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152833406001414.1073741845.94042326413&type=1

让改革不违法的可能途径 (How to have legitimate reforms?)
Financial Times, September 24, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001058342

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

Rafael Hui 'got secret HK$11m payment from Beijing after top mainland official offered help'
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1598661/rafael-hui-got-secret-hk11m-payment-beijing-after-top-mainland

Ex-Chinese planning official on trial for graft
BBC News, September 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29339183

As China’s Antigraft Efforts Increase, a Call for Padded Interrogation Rooms
反腐加码,北京设置官员审讯室
The New York Times, September 24, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140924/c24antigraft/dual/

Environment (环境)

Drought worsens China’s long-term water crisis
The Washington Post, September 24, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/drought-worsens-chinas-long-term-water-crisis/2014/09/24/8294b0f6-43ae-11e4-8042-aaff1640082e_story.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy Central leader drops 'grand banquet' hint that protest will start October 1
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1598990/occupy-central-leader-drops-october-1-hint

一國兩制信心指數歷來最低 (People’s confidence in “one Country, two Systems” at record low)
Apple Daily, September 24, 2014
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20140924/18877567

See survey:
市民對一國兩制的信心程度(半年結)
People's Confidence in "One Country, Two Systems" (half-yearly average)
http://hkupop.hku.hk/chinese/popexpress/trust/conocts/halfyr/conocts_halfyr_chart.html

逾百香港中学生确认参加罢课争取普选 (More than 100 middle school students sign up to join class boycott)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/09/140924_student_strike_secondary_school

学联突组500人游行 刘兆佳称罢课与社会脱节 (HKFS organizes flash rally, official says class boycott is out of touch with society)
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/38748/xue-lian-tu-zu-500ren-you-xing-liu-zhao-jia-cheng-ba-ke-yu-she-hui-tuo-jie

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China’s harsh punishment for a moderate Uighur could make things worse in Xinjiang
Public Radio International, September 23, 2014
http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-23/china-s-harsh-punishment-moderate-uighur-could-make-things-worse-xinjiang

Western governments fault Uighur scholar’s punishment
The Washington Post, September 24, 2014
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/western-governments-fault-prison-for-uighur-scholar

律师呼吁释放76岁身患癌症的维权人士姚宝华 (Lawyer urges release of Yao Baohua, 76-year-old rights defender with cancer )
Radio Free Asia, Setember 23, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xql-09232014095745.html

母亲病危 熊焱申请回国签证被拒 (China denies Xiong Yan visa to visit critically ill mother)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ck-09242014084351.html

Information Control (信息控制)

自由西藏:北京滥用社交媒体对外宣传 (Free Tibet: Beijing misuses social media for propaganda)
Voice of America, September 24, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/free-tibet-social-media-china-20140924/2460533.html

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

China: restaurant “sold opium-laced noodles”
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 23,2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-29312562

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

China Clamps Down on Web, Pinching Companies Like Google
中国强化网络监管,谷歌的生意不好做 The New York Times, September 23, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20140923/c23google/dual/

Beijing's Rising Smear Power
中国五毛党的网络抹黑运动
The New York Times, September 23, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20140923/c23murong/dual/

Disasters (灾难)

Explosion at Chinese fireworks factory kills 12
USA Today, September 22,2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/22/chinese-factory-explosion/16084113/

颱風「鳳凰」登陸 浙江30萬人受災 (Typhoon Phoenix lands in Zhejiang, 300 thousand affected)
Mingpao, Septermber 23, 2014
http://news1.mingpao.com/20140923/ccb1.htm

Education (教育)

南华早报记者卧底北京调查外教市场乱象 (Undercover SCMP reporter reveals the chaotic market for foreign teachers in Beijing)
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/china/38471/nan-hua-zao-bao-ji-zhe-wo-di-bei-jing-diao-cha-wai-jiao-shi-chang-luan-xiang

Hong Kong (香港)

China media: Hong Kong protest
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 23,2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29321379

萬人罷課集會破紀錄 港府:尊重同學追求民主 信政制能邁步 (Hong Kong government on record-breaking student strike: respect students’ requests for democracy, believe constitutionalism can move forward)
Mingpao, September 23, 2014
http://news1.mingpao.com/20140923/gaa1.htm

特首称认同学生民主诉求 学联限48小时直面质询
Scuffles break out as students call on CY Leung to meet for talks on political reform South China Morning Post, September 23, 2014
CH:http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/38619/te-shou-cheng-ren-tong-xue-sheng-min-zhu-su-qiu-xue-lian-xian-48xiao-shi-zhi-mian-zhi-xun
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1598582/scuffles-break-out-students-call-cy-leung-meet-talks-political-reform

戴耀廷:摆民主盛宴庆祝国家大日子 (Benny Tai: we will host a democratic grand banquet to celebrate October 1)
South China Morning Post, September 23, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/38621/dai-yao-ting-bai-min-zhu-sheng-yan-qing-zhu-guo-jia-da-ri-zi

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Peaceful advocate for Muslim Uighurs in China sentenced to life in prison
The Guardian, September 23,2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/23/xinjiang-china-court-ilham-tohti-muslim-uighur-life-in-prison

Related:
Timeline of Ilham Tohti’s Case
Human Rights Watch, September 23,2014
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/09/15/timeline-ilham-tohti-s-case