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, October 08, 2014

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong’s Leader, on the Protests
The New York Times, October 8, 2014
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/opinion/hong-kongs-leader-on-the-protests.html?referrer=&_r=2

Related:
Who Will Stand With Hong Kong?
The New York Times, October 3, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/04/opinion/martin-lee-hong-kongs-great-test.html

Letter to Hong Kong students: tonight I picked a side
Asia Literary Review, October, 2014
http://www.asialiteraryreview.com/letter-hong-kong-students-tonight-i-picked-side

To stamp out pollution and corruption, China could start with legal reform
The Wall Street Joural, October 8, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/10/08/to-stamp-out-pollution-and-corruption-china-could-start-with-legal-reform/

内地民众漠然看待香港占中风波 (Mainlanders view Hong Kong’s Occupy Central with indifference)
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/39667/nei-di-min-zhong-mo-ran-kan-dai-xiang-gang-zhan-zhong-feng-bo

占中风波后 北京香港关系走向何方?(What will happen to China-Hong Kong relations after Occupy Central?)
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/39585/zhan-zhong-feng-bo-hou-bei-jing-xiang-gang-guan-xi-zou-xiang-he-fang