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, May 05, 2014

Society (社会)

Shanghai laments loss of TV show in local dialect
卫视停播方言节目,上海观众失望
The New York Times, May 5, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140505/c05shanghai/dual/

团员人数一年减少40万 共青团光环褪色?(Communist Youth League members decrease by 400,000; is the Youth League’s “halo” fading?)
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/jp-05042014133825.html