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.

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Hong Kong (香港)

Creeping censorship in Hong Kong: how China controls sale of sensitive books
The Guardian, May 19, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/19/censorship-in-hong-kong-how-china-controls-sale-of-sensitive-books

Why Hong Kong is clamping down on creative writing
The Guardian, May 18, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/may/18/why-hong-kong-is-clamping-down-on-creative-writing

Hong Kong pro-government group blasted for predicting pan-democrat decline based on signature drive
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1802560/hong-kong-pro-government-group-blasted-predicting-pan

Pan-dems kept away from Beijing official's meeting
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 19, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150519/news_20150519_56_1100665.htm

袋住先或反“假普选”? (“Take what you can first” or oppose “fake universal suffrage”?)
Deutsche Welle, May 19, 2015
http://www.dw.de/袋住先或反假普选/a-18456316

Related:
香港支持政改組織稱獲得逾百萬個簽名 (HK political reform support group claims to have obtained over 1 million signatures)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 18, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150518_hong_kong_reform_signiture