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, July 05, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China changes tack on “social credit” scheme plan
Financial Times, July 4, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/f772a9ce-60c4-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895

河北家长抗议校园暴力 两千人联署遭当局追查 (Parents in Hebei protest against school violence, some are investigated by police after two thousand sign petition letter to local gov’t)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07042017092111.html