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, July 12, 2013

Political and Economic Reforms

习近平:使红色江山永远不变色 (Xi Jinping: we should never change the color of the red country)
CCTV, July 12, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/qunzhongluxian/content-3/detail_2013_07/12/27455823_0.shtml

Related Weibo:
吴祚来, July 12, 2013
[红色江山,人民的江山,党的江山,权贵的江山,绿色江山,黄色江山,雾色江山,灰色江山。你喜欢哪种颜色江山?江山是谁的?](Red country, people’s country, Party’s country, elite’s country, green country, yellow country, smog country, and gray country. Which color of the country do you like? Whose country is it anyway?)
http://weibo.com/1093622153/zFGQ8Fu8F

世外桃源独行者-超人, July 12, 2013
[不谈法律,连最起码的人道都没有,这就是红色江山] (Even the most basic humanitarianism is lacking—not to mention law—this is what a red country is about)
http://weibo.com/3216864211/zFHgWf0lZ