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, December 01, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

【回鄉證解禁】何君堯指中央以前怯懦 現有了自信肯定傳統泛民「愛國不搞港獨」 (Lawmaker Junius Ho on the lifting of “Home Return Permit” ban: The central government was timid in the past, but now confident enough that traditional Hong Kong pan-dems “are patriotic and wouldn’t advocate independence”)
Ming Pao, December 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161201/s00001/1480567025762

Related:
民主党调查:港独并非主流意见 (Democratic Party’s survey: Hong Kong independence is not the majority opinion)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-11302016102308.html

Lau Siu-lai says Hong Kong government’s case against her “political persecution”
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2050405/lau-siu-lai-says-hong-kong-governments-case-against-her

Beijing’s interpretation of Hong Kong Basic Law to apply retroactively
The Diplomat, December 1, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/beijings-interpretation-of-hong-kong-basic-law-to-apply-retroactively/

English-language China news and commentary site The Nanfang closes citing commercial pressure
Hong Kong Free Press, December 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/01/english-language-china-news-and-commentary-site-the-nanfang-closes-citing-commercial-pressure/

Pro-independence activists in Taiwan and Hong Kong colluded to stir trouble, says Beijing
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2050399/pro-independence-activists-taiwan-and-hong-kong