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, October 14, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

Speak not of lawyers speaking out
China Media Project, October 12, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/10/12/39999/

China cracking down on rumor-mongering in property market
Bloomberg, October 13, 2016
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-13/china-steps-up-crackdown-on-rumor-mongering-in-property-market

China warns “hostile forces” trying to undermine military reform
Reuters, October 13, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence-idUSKCN12E07Y

The absurd face of China’s censorship: Bookstore tears out Taiwan page from Webster’s
The Washington Post, October 13, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/13/the-absurd-face-of-chinas-censorship-bookstore-tears-out-taiwan-page-from-websters/

China’s Internet censors target video viewers’ live comments
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2027764/not-lot-laughs-chinas-internet-censors-target-comments

China to free up Internet for those attending 2022 Olympics
Hong Kong Free Press, October 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/13/china-free-internet-attending-2022-olympics/

“Kiss the boss” video highlights risks of a “post-truth” China
“女员工排队吻老板”和一个“后真相”的中国
The New York Times, October 14, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/world/asia/china-kiss-the-boss-video.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161014/china-kiss-the-boss-video/