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, January 29, 2014

Information Control (信息控制)

New York Times journalist forced to leave China after visa row
The Guardian, January 29, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/new-york-times-journalist-leave-china-visa

悬崖上的中国新闻自由 (Press freedom deteriorates further, according to International Federation of Journalists)
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2014
dw.de/p/1AyZj

See report:
Back to Maoist Future
媒体悬崖
International Federation of Journalists, January 2014
EN: asiapacific.ifj.org/assets/docs/114/167/c08fd72-9f00ea7.pdf
CH: asiapacific.ifj.org/assets/docs/245/103/7c6def5-a087167.pdf