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, February 16, 2015

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The fascinating truth behind all those “great firewall of China” headlines
The Guardian, February 14, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/14/truth-behind-great-firewall-of-china-headlines

China’s fear of the web
The Washington Post, February 15, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/isolated-by-chinas-fear-of-the-web/2015/02/15/97a58cfe-b230-11e4-886b-c22184f27c35_story.html

观察:中国户籍改革的根本触及政治制度 (Observation: the root of China’s Hukou reform involves change of political system)
British Broadcasting Corporation February 16, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/02/150216_china_hukou