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, August 11, 2016

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Notable & quotable: China’s Olympic prisoners
The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-chinas-olympic-prisoners-1470783346

China’s anti-Western show trials
The Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-anti-western-show-trials-1470848088

Which app is more secure: Telegram or Whatsapp?
Forbes, August 10, 2016
http://www.forbes.com/sites/leonhardweese/2016/08/10/which-app-is-more-secure-telegram-or-whatsapp/#4b9b6bac6d50

Ai Weiwei’s animal heads offer critique of Chinese nationalism
艾未未的十二生肖兽首:反思民族主义
The New York Times, August 8, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/world/asia/china-ai-weiwei-zodiac.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160811/china-ai-weiwei-zodiac/