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, May 12, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

Extraordinary moment China censors BBC coverage of the Queen's unguarded comments
The Telegraph, May 11, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/11/extraordinary-moment-china-censors-bbc-coverage-of-the-queens-co/

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英女王批習訪問團無禮 《環時》反斥西方媒體「蠻夷」 (The British Queen criticizes Xi’s visiting mission as rude, “Global Times” rebuts Western media as “barbaric”)
Ming Pao, May 12, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160512/s00004/1463033433916