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, April 28, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

参会者谈感受:习近平讲话勾勒网信工作大战略 (Attendees of Cybersecurity and Informatization Conference discuss their impressions: Xi Jinping's speech sketches out grand strategy for cyberspace affairs work)
Legal Daily, April 21, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0420/c1001-28291806.html

Joint report to the European Parliament and the Council: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Annual Report 2015
European Commission, April 26, 2016
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=JOIN:2016:10:FIN

“Let’s fight together”: Hong Kong journalists welcome BBC Chinese service staff to city amid editorial independence fears
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1939390/lets-fight-together-hong-kong-journalists-welcome-bbc

Related:
香港学者谈BBC中文部迁港之影响 (Hong Kong journalist discusses the impacts of BBC’s plan to move Chinese service to Hong Kong)
Voice of America, April 28, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-hongkong-bingquan-lv-20160427/3305096.html

Watchdog cites missing bookseller case and SCMP acquisition in annual press freedom report
Hong Kong Free Press, April 28, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/28/watchdog-cites-missing-bookseller-case-and-scmp-aquisition-in-annual-press-freedom-report/