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, October 14, 2016

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Getting rights wrong
The World of Chinese, October 13, 2016
http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2016/10/getting-rights-wrong/

A crack of daylight enters Chinese court proceedings
Foreign Policy, October 12, 2016
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/10/12/a-crack-of-daylight-enters-chinese-court-proceedings-live-streaming-transparency-reform-doubts/

Why Chinese women still can’t get a break
“剩女”歧视和家庭压力之间:中国女性的两难
The New York Times, October 16, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/why-chinese-women-still-cant-get-a-break.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20161013/why-chinese-women-still-cant-get-a-break/

I’m no China cheerleader, but Hong Kong lawmakers’ use of a racial slur was offensive and unnecessary
The Los Angeles Times, October 14, 2016
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-michelle-obama-trump-20161013-snap-story.html

建制派失去的是公民社會(文:甘文鋒) (What the pro-establishment camp lost is the civil society)
Ming Pao, October 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161014/s00022/1476406290521

立法會秘書處的中立去了哪裏? (Where gone the neutrality of the LegCo Secretariat?)
InMedia HK, October 14, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045164a