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.

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

Official dubbed “Bulldozer Mayor” over infamous demolition policy jailed for corruption
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1758697/chinas-bulldozer-mayor-jailed-corruption

外媒:反腐败中国公务员跳槽人数大增 (Foreign media: more civil servants jump ship amid anti-corruption drive)
Guangming Daily, April 7, 2015
http://legal.gmw.cn/2015-04/07/content_15305938.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

秦永敏夫妇遭“强迫失踪”再陷“罗生门” (Dissident Qin Yongmin and wife’s “enforced disappearance” remains a mystery)
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-04062015101211.html?searchterm:utf8:ustring=秦永敏

Internet (互联网)

共青团招过千万青年网络义工 (China’s Communist Youth League recruits 10 million young volunteers for Internet propaganda)
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14c91fbb9f433f1/gong-qing-tuan-zhao-guo-qian-wan-qing-nian-wang-luo-yi-gong

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

In China’s Inner Mongolia, mining spells misery for traditional herders
The Washington Post, April 7, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-chinas-inner-mongolia-mining-spells-misery-for-traditional-herders/2015/04/07/16b3a252-d643-11e4-bf0b-f648b95a6488_story.html?wprss=rss_world

Women (妇女)

中国反驳克林顿释放女权人士呼吁 (China rebukes Hillary Clinton for calling for release of the five women’s rights activists)
Voice of America, April 7, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-woman-detention-hillary-clinton-20150407/2709623.html

律师:中国当局很可能正式逮捕五位女权人士 (Lawyer: Chinese authorities likely to formally arrest the five women’s rights activists)
Voice of America, April 7, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-usa-rights-20150407/2709799.html

China fires back at Hillary Clinton tweet
Politico, April 7, 2015
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillary-clinton-women-rights-china-response-116729.html

被拘押中国女权五女,推动可观变化 (Chinese women’s rights activists land in jail)
The New York Times, April 7, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150407/c07women/dual/

Related:
Supporting Women's Rights in China
Human Rights in China, April 3, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Monday, April 06, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

Zhou Yongkang, former Security Chief in China, faces corruption trial
周永康被控三宗罪,泄密罪引关注
The New York Times, April 30, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150403/c03zhouyongkang/dual/

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

四川维权人士陈云飞“失踪”10天后遭刑拘 (Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei criminally detained after 10-day “disappearance”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/04/150406_human_right_defender_china

June Fourth (六四)

赵紫阳家人表示有望为他在民间公墓下葬 (There’s hope for Zhao Ziyang’s burial in a civil cemetery, family says)
Late Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang can be laid to rest—a decade after death
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 6, 2015
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/04/150406_zhao_ziyang_burial
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1757115/late-chinese-leader-zhao-ziyang-can-be-laid-rest-decade-after-death

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

2000 police mobilized, 100 people injured, 50 arrested, 1 killed, Internet cut off, highways shutdown in Naiman Banner of Southern Mongolia
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, April 6, 2015
http://www.smhric.org/news_562.htm

Women (妇女)

女权人士遭疲劳审讯突发心脏病 警方扩大调查反性歧视范围 (Women’s rights defender suffers heart complications after grueling interrogation, police expand investigation of anti-sexual discrimination activists)
Radio Free Asia, April 4 ,2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-04052015135740.html

Taking feminist battle to China’s streets, and landing in jail
The New York Times, April 4 ,2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/world/asia/chinese-womens-rights-activists-fall-afoul-of-officials.html

Related:
Supporting Women's Rights in China
Human Rights in China, April 3, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Friday, April 03, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

天津检察机关公诉周永康:受贿、滥权、泄密 (Zhou Yongkang charged with bribery, abuse of power, leaking state secrets)
South China Morning Post, April 3, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14c7ce0b926c6af/tian-jin-jian-cha-ji-guan-gong-su-zhou-yong-kang-shou-hui-lan-quan-xie-mi

China charges Zhou Yongkang with bribery
Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-charges-former-senior-leader-zhou-yongkang-with-bribery-1428024711

Environment (环境)

中国将开展专项检查严防空气质量监测数据“造假” (China to develop special inspection to prevent “fake” air quality monitoring data)
Radio Free Asia, April 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yl-04022015100852.html


Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong student leaders' “fatigue” hindered fight against HKU disaffiliation vote
South China Morning Post, April 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1755615/hong-kong-student-leaders-fatigue-hindered-fight-against-hku

Hong Kong student federation may quit pro-democracy alliance
South China Morning Post, April 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1755617/hong-kong-student-federation-may-quit-pro-democracy-alliance

Internet (互联网)

Great walls of fire: a wave of internet attacks points to an attempt to hobble foreign websites
Economist, April 4, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21647656-wave-internet-attacks-points-attempt-hobble-foreign-websites-great-walls-fire

China protests google security certificate decision
Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/mistrust-between-china-and-foreign-technology-firms-simmers-1427958302

Related:
谷歌撤消信任证书 网信办:难以接受 (China’s Internet agency says Google’s decision to reject its website security certificates is unacceptable)
The New York Times, April 1, 2015
http://www.dw.de/谷歌撤消信任证书-网信办难以接受/a-18359034

Women (妇女)

China's detained “guerrilla feminists”
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 1, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32166443

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

观点:周永康被控即将受审的政治意义 (Opinion: political significance behind Zhou Yongkang’s upcoming trial)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2015/04/150403_china_anticorruption_zhou

Xi Jinping Forever
Foreign Policy, April 1, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/01/xi-jinping-forever-china-president-term-limits/

Related:
Xi Jinping’s sayings now available in “little red app”
The New York Times, April 1, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/xi-jinpings-sayings-now-available-in-little-red-app/

Thursday, April 02, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

Probe ongoing over $383-million bribery claim against former official: prosecutor
Global Times, April 2, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/915074.shtml

华企涉肯尼亚官员贪腐案?中:不了解 (China says it is unware of alleged involvement of Chinese corporations in reported corruption of Kenyan officials)
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14c784bad07a16d/hua-qi-she-ken-ni-ya-guan-yuan-tan-fu-an-zhong-bu-liao-jie

Cyber security (网络安全)

Following GitHub attack, Obama declares US cybersecurity a “national emergency”
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1753969/following-github-attack-obama-declares-us-cybersecurity

Death penalty (死刑)

德国人权专员:中国长期目标应废除死刑 (German Commissioner for Human Rights Christoph Strässer says China should aim to abolish death penalty in the long run)
Deutsche Welle, April 1, 2015
http://www.dw.de/德国人权专员中国长期目标应废除死刑/a-18353432?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Hong Kong (香港)

Petition plan to pressure pan-democrats to back down over 2017 Hong Kong chief executive vote
South China Morning Post, April 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/1753806/pan-democrats-plan-petition-2017-election-chief-executive

Veteran Hong Kong teacher expresses surprise that Occupy did not feature in liberal studies exam
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1753664/veteran-hong-kong-teacher-expresses-surprise-occupy-did-not-feature