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.

Friday, June 20, 2014

Hong Kong (香港)

More than 350,000 vote in Occupy Central's electoral reform poll: organiser
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1536748/electronic-poll-electoralreform-opens-despite-billions-cyberattacks

Related:
Opponents of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central envision chaos
香港反“占中”团体警告公民抗命将致城市瘫痪
The New York Tims, June 20, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140620/c20hongkong/dual/

Hong Kong and China: a showdown looms
The Economist, June 19, 2014
www.economist.com/news/leaders/21604565-chinas-most-prosperous-city-becoming-dangerously-polarised-showdown-looms