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, October 23, 2013

Information Control (信息控制)

“中国新闻审查跨向海外” (China’s media and censorship expand overseas)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/10/131023_freedomhouse_china_media.shtml

See related reports:
The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World
Center for International Media Assistance, October 22, 2013
http://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/CIMA-China_Sarah%20Cook_10_22_13.pdf

CCTV’s International Expansion: China’s Grand Strategy for Media?
Center for International Media Assistance, October 22, 2013
http://www.chinafile.com/cctv-s-international-expansion-china-s-grand-strategy-media

官方学者批丑化毛 作者隔洋下战书辩论 (Official criticizes book as defaming Mao, author asks for a debate)
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/china/14964/guan-fang-xue-zhe-pi-chou-hua-mao-zuo-zhe-ge-yang-xia-zhan-shu-bian-lun

我国首部新闻记者培训教材出版 具4个鲜明特点 (China makes “ideological education” a requirement for renewing journalist certificate)
People’s Daily, October 22, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1022/c1001-23285160.html