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.

Thursday, August 06, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

China jails hacker for 12 years over anti-government broadcast
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11785003/China-jails-hacker-for-12-years-over-anti-government-broadcast.html

人权组织敦促中国修改网安法草案 (Human rights group calls on China to revise proposed cybersecurity draft law)
Voice of America, August 6, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hrw-china-revised-cybersecurity-law-20150805/2902936.html

China’s cities keep mum in deep fog of debt
The Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/08/05/chinas-cities-keep-mum-in-deep-fog-of-debt/