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, September 28, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's feminists will mark women's conference with deafening silence
The Guardian, September 26, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/26/chinas-feminists-will-mark-womens-conference-with-deafening-silence

Xi Jinping criticised as “shameless” for touting China's record on rights for women at United Nations
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1861984/xi-jinping-criticised-touting-chinas-record-rights

Related:
习近平访联合国之际希拉里批评抓捕女权人士 (Hillary Clinton criticizes China for its arrest of women’s rights activists during Xi’s visit to the U.N.)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/2015/09/150928_us_china_clinton_feminist

Beijing says Clinton “biased” on Chinese women's issues
Voice of America, September 28, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/ap-chinese-paper-compares-clinton-to-trump-for-tweet-about-xi/2982168.html

As Xi leads summit at the U.N., images of detained Chinese women stare from across the street
记者手记:习近平女权讲话和被拘禁的中国女性
The New York Times, September 28, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20150928/c28freethe20/dual/

Related:
Xi at the U.N.: Women’s rights, human rights
China Digital Times, September 28, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/xi-at-the-u-n-womens-rights-human-rights/

China Feminist Five - "Do you hear the women sing" [Video]
YouTube, September 21, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsTKYlBpW64