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.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

Foreign authors warned about book censorship in China
The Guardian, May 21, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/21/foreign-authors-warned-about-book-censorship-in-china

Related:
Liu Xiaobo is locked up in China, and locked out of the translation of a Paul Auster novel
The New York Times, May 21, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/liu-xiaobo-is-locked-up-in-china-and-locked-out-of-the-translation-of-a-paul-auster-novel/

美国作家团体:英文书中译版被擅自删改 (PEN American Center reports unauthorized content deletion from Chinese translations of English books)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 21, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2015/05/150521_usa_books_china_censorship

Censorship and conscience: foreign authors and the challenge of Chinese censorship
Pen American Center, May 20, 2015
http://www.pen.org/censorship-and-conscience

Hackers leak files showing inner workings of “China's 50-cent army”
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/files-05202015150018.html

Chinese military declares the internet an ideological “battleground”
The Diplomat, May 21, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/chinese-military-declares-the-internet-an-ideological-battleground/

Related:
China to boost internet speeds amid move to purge “hostile forces”
The Financial Times, May 21, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/42aec046-ff6d-11e4-84b2-00144feabdc0.html

What’s up with the PLA?
China Media Project, May 21, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/05/21/38822/