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.

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Commentary (评论)

Liu Xia: A woman whose existence is an embarrassment to China
EJ Insight, August 14, 2017
http://www.ejinsight.com/20170814-liu-xia-a-woman-whose-existence-is-an-embarrassment-to-china/

Why Hong Kong’s justice minister Rimsky Yuen is so sanguine about joint checkpoint for express rail link
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2104469/why-hong-kongs-justice-minister-rimsky-yuen-so-sanguine

Cybersecurity Law gets its first big investigation
China Media Project, August 11, 2017
http://cmp.hku.hk/2017/08/11/chinas-cac-investigate-wechat-weibo-baidu-tieba/