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, September 08, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

How China’s public saw the Beijing parade
China Digital Times, September 4, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/how-chinas-public-saw-the-beijing-parade/

Tale of two parades as ordinary Chinese barred from display
Taipei Times, September 4, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/09/04/2003626933

Tianjin blasts: plans to turn site into “eco park” mocked on Chinese social media
The Guardian, September 6, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/06/tianjin-blasts-plans-to-turn-site-into-eco-park-mocked-on-chinese-social-media

山东爆炸官称家属情绪稳定新华社批“不是人话” (Xinhua: Official claim that families of Shandong explosion victims are in a “stable mood” is inhumane)
Radio France Internationale, September 8, 2015
中国/20150908-山东爆炸官称家属情绪稳定新华社批“不是人话”

Chinese activist incommunicado after teaching people how to win votes
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-09042015101411.html

Related:
姚立法QQ群普法讲座开课前被带走 (Yao Lifa taken away right before beginning his popular online legal knowledge lecture in a 400-member QQ group)
Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-09042015103453.html

We want you: Chinese anti-graft watchdog seeks public tip-offs on corrupt officials
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1855859/we-want-you-chinese-anti-graft-watchdog-seeks-public

Chinese rights activists step up calls for action ahead of President's trip
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rights-activists-step-up-calls-for-action-ahead-of-presidents-trip-09032015112212.html

任建峰:致張凱律師的公開信 (Convener of Progressive Lawyers Group Yam Kin Fung: Open letter to lawyer Zhang Kai)
Mingpao, September 4, 2015
http://bit.ly/1JDix9x

Guangdong activists who made lawyer T-Shirts “harmed state security”
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyers-09072015213312.html