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.

Friday, July 22, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese officials begin to dismantle Tibetan study site
The New York Times, July 22, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/07/22/world/asia/ap-as-china-tibetan-monastery.html

Related:
中共強拆最大藏傳佛學院 (CPC forcibly demolishes the largest Tibetan Buddhist learning site)
Apple Daily, July 22, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20160722/19705170

My nationalism, and don’t you forget it. Xi Jinping tries to contain public fury over the South China Sea
The Economist, July 23, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21702527-xi-jinping-tries-contain-public-fury-over-south-china-sea-my-nationalism-and-dont-you