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.

Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Environment (环境)

Beijing hopes to keep skies bluer for regional forum
北京欲保APEC会议期间蓝天
The Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2014
EN: blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/06/beijing-hopes-to-keep-skies-bluer-for-regional-forum/?mod=WSJBlog
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20140806/ren093410.asp

China to ban all coal use in Beijing by 2020
Associated Press, August 5, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-to-ban-all-coal-use-in-beijing-by-2020/2014/08/05/008d415e-1c7b-11e4-9b6c-12e30cbe86a3_story.html