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, November 10, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

15 lawmakers treated oath-taking as “ceremony of insults,” says China Liaison Office legal chief
Hong Kong Free Press, November 9, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/09/15-lawmakers-treated-oath-taking-ceremony-insults-says-china-liaison-office-legal-chief/

京官炮打司法界 評論批藉機壓低香港一制底線 (Beijing official bombs Hong Kong judicial sector, some denounce this as attempt to lower Hong Kong's bottom line of "Two Systems")
Radio France Internationale, November 10, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161110-京官炮打司法界-評論批藉機壓低香港一制底線

Taiwan's ruling party urges China to respect Hong Kong's democratic aspirations
Reuters, November 8, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-taiwan-idUSKBN1340GX

加国”港加联”团体抗议中国人大对香港基本法的解释 (Canadian group Canada Hong Kong Link protests NPC’s interpretation of Hong Kong Basic Law)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/zw-11092016101502.html

How a word, “Chee-na,” renewed a crisis between Beijing and Hong Kong
The New York Times, November 10, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/world/asia/china-hong-kong-oath.h tml

港特首参选人胡国兴不担心释法掀人治 吁人大“有权慎用” (Chief executive candidate Woo Kwok-hing doesn’t worry that the interpretation would turn into rule of man, calling on NPC to “carefully exercise power”)
Radio Free Asia, November 9 , 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-11092016112105.html

议员批评梁振英借人大释法激化矛盾博取连任 (Lawmakers criticize CY Leung’s manipulation of NPC law interpretation for intensifying conflicts, attempting to seek another term of office)
Radio Free Asia, November 9 , 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-11092016112031.html

【回應釋法】團體周日遊行撐釋法 籲參加者小心被插贓有錢收 ([Response to NPC law interpretation] A group organizes march to support the interpretation on Sunday, reminding participants to be aware of being falsely accused for being paid)
Ming Pao, November 10, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161110/s00001/1478753955358