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, August 25, 2017

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国裁判文书网总访问量破百亿 (Total traffic of China Judgments Online over 10 billion)
Supreme People’s Court of the PRC, August 24, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-57042.html

Canadian journalist briefly detained in Xinjiang
China Digital Times, August 24, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/canadian-journalist-briefly-detained-xinjiang/

At Beijing book fair, publishers admit to self-censorship to keep texts on Chinese market
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2108095/beijing-book-fair-publishers-admit-self-censorship-keep