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, December 23, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

成都人权活动人士黄琦被泄密罪批捕 (Formal arrest approved for Huang Qi, founder of “64 Tianwang” website, on charge of “leaking state secrets”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 21, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38404043

“No ghosts. No gay love stories. No nudity”: tales of film-making in China
The Guardian, September 22, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/22/tales-of-film-making-in-china-hollywood-hong-kong

Chinese propaganda video warns of West’s “devilish claws”
中国网络热传视频渲染“颜色革命”威胁
The New York Times, December 22, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/world/asia/china-video-communist-party.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161223/china-video-communist-party/zh-hant/