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.

Monday, January 07, 2013

Media

Southern Weekend's Moment of Reckoning
Locustland, January 07, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1121880/southern-weekends-moment-reckoning

Related:
中宣部:南方周末事件,环球时报评论及东方卫视新年献词
Ministry of Truth: Southern Weekly Tempest
China Digital Times, January 06, 2013
CH: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2013/01/中宣部:南方周末事件,环球时报评论及东方卫视/
EN: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/ministry-of-truth-southern-weekly-tempest/

《南周》微博淪陷 記者:抗爭到底 (Southern Weekly's Sina Weibo Account Falls into Enemy's Hands; Journalists: We'll Fight till the End)
Ming Pao, January 07, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130107/-9-2865520/1.html

陸港台學者連署 籲罷免庹震 (Scholars from Mainland, HK, and Taiwan Issue Appeal Calling for Removal of Guangdong Propaganda Chief Tuo Zhen)
Central News Agency, January 06, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/realtime/110109/112013010600725.html

For the full text of the letter and English translation, see:
Inside the Southern Weekly Incident
China Media Project, January 07, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/01/07/30402/