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, March 27, 2014

Information Control (信息控制)

有偿删帖的“黑色利益” (“Black profits” of the online post-deleting industry)
Beijing News, March 26, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/graphic/2014/03/26/310739.html

Related:
北京网警删贴获利百万 中国舆论管制现状曝光 (Internet police officer received kickbacks for online censorship)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/jz-03262014150353.html

Ex-Bloomberg editor tells why he left
彭博编辑离职因一篇涉万达报道而起
The New York Times, March 26, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140326/c26bloomberg/dual/

Chinese police detain suspect after rumor sparks rural bank run
Reuters, March 27, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-china-banking-rumour-idUSBREA2Q05O20140327?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Senior information official leaps six floors to his death, sources say
South China Morning Post, March 27, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1458062/senior-information-official-leaps-six-floors-his-death-sources-say

Related:
Minitrue: information official Li Wufeng’s death
China Digital Times, March 26, 2014
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/03/minitrue-information-official-li-wufengs-death/