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, March 10, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

China blocks VPN services that let users get round its “Great Firewall’ during big political gatherings in Beijing
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1922677/china-blocks-vpn-services-let-users-get-round-its-great

What Chinese media mustn’t cover at the “2 Sessions”
两会期间哪些新闻不能报道
The New York Times, March 10, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/world/asia/china-news-censorship-two-sessions.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160310/c10chinalist/

Caixin “won't comment” on deletion of anti-censorship article
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/caixin-wont-comment-on-deletion-of-anti-censorship-article-03092016113543.html

Without a trace: South China Morning Post’s Chinese social media accounts eliminated
Hong Kong Free Press, March 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/09/without-a-trace-south-china-morning-posts-chinese-social-media-accounts-eliminated/

Charted: China’s Great Famine, according to Yang Jisheng, a journalist who lived through it
Quartz, March 10, 2016
http://qz.com/633457/charted-chinas-great-famine-according-to-yang-jisheng-a-journalist-who-lived-through-it/