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, January 14, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

The law school stands its ground as HK’s democracy icons debate the city’s future
Hong Kong Free Press, January 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/13/the-law-school-stands-its-ground-as-hks-democracy-icons-debate-the-citys-future/

【施政報告】提「一帶一路」40次 田北俊:李波一次都唔提,唔關心一國兩制架? ([Policy address] Lawmaker James Tien on CY Leung’s mentioning of “One Belt One Road” 40 times: Not even a mentioning about Lee Bo, is One Country Two Systems not a concern?)
Mingpao, January 13, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160113/s00001/1452675642568

Related:
Hong Kong Legco president urges Beijing to reassure “one country, two systems” still intact in wake of missing bookseller case
South China Morning Post, January 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1900497/hong-kong-legco-president-urges-beijing-reassure-one-country

Pro-Beijing lawmaker calls on Hong Kong chief executive to demand answers from mainland China over missing booksellers
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1901113/pro-beijing-lawmaker-calls-hong-kong-chief-executive-demand

Page One bookstore pulls sensitive titles from shelves but says memo to staff was a hoax
Hong Kong Free Press, January 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/13/page-one-bookstore-pulls-sensitive-titles-from-shelves-but-says-memo-to-staff-was-a-hoax/

Publisher suspends launch of dissident’s new book on Xi Jinping due to “fear and pressure”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 12, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/12/publisher-suspends-launch-of-dissidents-new-book-on-xi-jinping-due-to-fear-and-pressure/