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.

Monday, April 14, 2014

June Fourth (六四)

Tiananmen 25 years on: the “event” that no one dares remember
The Telegraph, April 13, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10762871/Tiananmen-25-years-on-the-event-that-no-one-dares-remember.html

王光亞認為因六四攻擊內地政治制度不合適 (Beijing deems the use of June Fourth to attack mainland's political system inappropriate)
RTHK, April 13, 2014
rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20140413/news_20140413_55_999303.htm

Twenty-five years after his death, Hu Yaobang still remembered as pragmatic reformist
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1482247/twenty-five-years-after-his-death-hu-yaobang-still-remembered-pragmatic