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, October 29, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

More than twenty Chinese investors are still missing, days after a police crackdown on a planned protest
Quartz, October 28, 2015
http://qz.com/535086/more-than-twenty-chinese-investors-are-still-missing-days-after-a-police-crackdown-on-a-planned-protest/

Walmart workers in China push for genuine trade union elections
China Labor Bulletin, October 28, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/walmart-workers-china-push-genuine-trade-union-elections

12位流亡台湾藏人至今无法取得合法居留证 (12 Tibetan exiles in Taiwan still cannot get legal residence permit)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/km-10282015093300.html

澳大利亚艺术馆启动艾未未乐高积木捐献点 (Australia’s National Gallery of Victoria sets up Lego drop-off location in response to Ai Weiwei’s call for donations)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 29, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/10/151029_australia_ai_weiwei_lego