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, March 02, 2015

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

China censorship sweep deletes more than 60,000 Internet accounts
Reuters, February 27, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/27/us-china-internet-censorship-idUSKBN0LV16S20150227

袁志偉聘民建聯前總幹事 主責本地政治新聞審稿 (Ex DAB chief committee member employed as local political news editor of Hong Kong’s largest TV broadcaster)
Mingpao, March 2, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins1503021425255204546