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, January 05, 2015

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Facebook and Beijing
The Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-and-beijing-1420155729

Xi’s crackdown on corruption has hit the obvious targets
Financial Times, January 1, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/32b90fd8-8129-11e4-b956-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3NxeZNIQg

Related:
美国教授孔杰荣:习近平“反腐”背后隐藏危机 (U.S. professor Jerome A. Cohen: crisis lies in Xi Jinping’s “anti-corruption” campaign)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/jz-01022015111525.html

为什么反宪政没有未来?(Why does anti-constitutionalism have no future?)
Financial Times, January 5, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001059920

令计划落马 反映人脉关系不再是贪官保护伞 (Ling Jihua’s dismissal: personal connections and “guanxi” no longer guarantee protection)
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/45506/ling-ji-hua-luo-ma-fan-ying-ren-mai-guan-xi-bu-zai-shi-tan-guan-bao-hu-san

马岳:雨伞运动后,政党与议会功能会慢慢减退 (Ma Ngok: After the “Umbrella Revolution” political parties and parliamentary functions will slowly decline)
Radio France Internationale, December 30, 2014
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20141223-马岳:香港占领运动意义