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, December 07, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong legislative meeting halted as democrats protest changes to house rules
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/07/hong-kong-legislative-meeting-halted-democrats-protest-changes-house-rules/

Four convicted of unlawful assembly and assault over activist Nathan Law’s airport attack
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/07/four-convicted-unlawful-assembly-assault-activist-nathan-laws-airport-attack/

Judge postpones sentencing of Hong Kong democracy activist
Associated Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-activist-wong-faces-new-court-sentence/2017/12/07/ec10c120-db0c-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html

Little difference between students using Cantonese or Mandarin as medium to learn Chinese – int’l study
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/07/little-difference-students-using-cantonese-mandarin-medium-learn-chinese-intl-study/

Related:
Teaching Chinese in Mandarin blamed as Hong Kong pupils struggle with higher level reading skills
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2123208/teaching-chinese-mandarin-blamed-hong-kong-pupils-struggle

Taiwanese writer Chang Tieh-chih says he was denied entry to Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, December 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/06/taiwanese-writer-chang-tieh-chih-says-denied-entry-hong-kong/

Related:
台湾知名文化人张铁志为何不能入境香港? (Why couldn’t renowned Taiwanese intellectual Chang Tieh-chih enter Hong Kong?)
British Broadcasting Company, December 6, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-42251825

Six pan-dems enter primary race to contest two seats in Hong Kong LegCo by-election
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2123005/six-pan-dems-primary-race-contest-two-seats-hong-kong-legco