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.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

马英九:中共自称领导抗战令人遗憾 (Ma Ying-jeou: CPC’s claim to have led the War of Resistance is regrettable)
Voice of America, September 2, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ma-yingjiu-20150902/2941896.html

“If China is not to blame, then who is?”
China Digital Times, September 1, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/if-china-is-not-to-blame-then-who-is/

Related:
Call for Chinese authorities to free reporter detained over “false” stock market crash story
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1854427/call-chinese-authorities-free-reporter-detained-over

“Authorities should deliver an honest explanation”: First comments by Tianjin’s ex-party boss—now current vice-premier—on disaster response
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1854385/state-media-carries-comments-first-time-tianjins-ex

3 Chinese missiles to look out for during the September 3 parade
The Diplomat, September 2, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/revealed-chinas-secret-censorship-instructions-for-its-military-parade/

Related:
Beijing closes down, while schools are told to praise Party ahead of war parade
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/shutters-09012015115321.html

娱乐节目为纪念抗战让路 中国观众表示不满 (Chinese audience unhappy that War of Resistance remembrance programs will be broadcast instead of entertainment)
Deutsche Welle, September 1, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/娱乐节目为纪念抗战让路-中国观众表示不满/a-18687766