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.

Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

德人权专员将赴华“探监” (German Human Rights Commissioner plan to visit prison cells in China trip)
Deutsche Welle, November 8, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/德人权专员将赴华探监/a-36314543

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德中人权对话:争论从个案开始 (Germany-China human rights dialogue: Disputes began from cases)
Deutsche Welle, November 9, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/德中人权对话争论从个案开始/a-36325617

“Unsupervised power is very dangerous”: China’s top graft-buster warns Communist Party’s 80 million members to toe the line
South China Morning Post, November 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2043998/chinas-discipline-tsar-tells-communist-partys-80

China to make supervision system more efficient
Xinhua, November 7, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/07/c_135812309.htm

Provincial party shake-up paves way for leadership changes
Caixin, November 8, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-11-08/101005390.html

In a first, China and Pakistan plan joint army counter-terror command
India Today, November 8, 2016
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-pakistan-joint-army-counter-terror-command/1/805609.html