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, August 29, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

“Liberate Hong Kong”: pre-election calls for independence from China grow
The Guardian, August 26, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/26/liberate-hong-kong-calls-independence-china-elections-loom

Frustration and fear in divided Hong Kong
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-37190921

How Beijing’s breach of “One Country Two Systems” gave birth to the Hong Kong independence movement
Global Voices, August 27, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/08/27/how-beijings-breach-of-one-country-two-systems-gave-birth-to-the-hong-kong-independence-movement/

Hong Kong's rooftop rebels
Al Jazeera, August 28, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2016/08/hong-kong-rooftop-rebels-160828085013077.html