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, April 25, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Workers on strike at Dongguan factory that once hosted Hu Jintao
China Labor Bulletin, April 22, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/workers-strike-dongguan-factory-once-hosted-hu-jintao

China trash incinerator project called off after protest
Washington Post, April 22, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-trash-incinerator-project-called-off-after-protest/2016/04/22/8a016b98-0853-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_story.html

律师来了 上访少了(关注改革“最后一公里”) (Lawyers have come, petitions have reduced (Attention to “the last mile” of reforms))
People’s Daily, April 24, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0424/c1001-28299814.html

习近平要求中国“坚持社会主义宗教理论” (Xi Jinping insists that China “stick to religious theories of Socialism”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 24, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/04/160424_china_religion_xi