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, June 04, 2013

June Fourth

Elite in China Molded in Part by Tiananmen
The New York Times, June 03, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/world/asia/chinas-new-leadership-has-ties-to-tiananmen-era.html

U.S.-China Summit: Calls for 'Robust' Discussion of Human Rights on Tiananmen Square Anniversary
The Daily Telegraph, June 04, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10097243/US-China-summit-calls-for-robust-discussion-of-human-rights-on-Tiananmen-Square-anniversary.html

Related:
美国会64听证会吁奥习会谈人权 (U.S. Congress Hearing Urges Obama to Raise June Fourth with Xi in Friday Meeting)
Voice of America, June 04, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-congress-20130604/1674650.html

Chinese Evade Censors, as HK Journalists Stopped at Tiananmen
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1253135/chinese-evade-online-censors-remember-tiananmen

香港维园六四烛光晚会因暴雨提前结束 (Candlelight Vigil in Victoria Park Ends Early Due to Sudden Storm)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 04, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130604_64_hk.shtml

澳門有約4百人參與六四燭光晚會 (Nearly 400 Join June Fourth Candlelight Vigil in Macao)
Radio Television Hong Kong , June 04, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130604/news_20130604_55_926429.htm

多伦多举行“六四”24周年烛光悼念会 (Candle Light Vigil on 24th Anniversary of June Fourth Held in Toronto)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/to-06032013131410.html

旧金山华人举行音乐会和烛光晚会纪念”六四“24周年 (San Francisco Holds Candlelight Vigil and Concert on 24th Anniversary of June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ck-06032013095703.html