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.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s media regulator vows “severe punishment” for TV programs ridiculing state policies
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1977991/chinas-media-regulator-vows-severe-punishment-tv

China films' box office chances hindered by translation woes
China Christian Daily, June 20, 2016
http://chinachristiandaily.com/2016-06-20/society/china-films--box-office-chances-hindered-by-translation-woes_1510.html

China cracks down on foreign-inspired TV programs, sets strict broadcast limits
Shanghaiist, June 20, 2016
http://shanghaiist.com/2016/06/20/foreign-inspired_tv_show_crackdown.php

“Wukan,” once a byword for Chinese democracy, now censored
Foreign Policy, June 20, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/20/china-protest-land-sales-corruption-wukan-once-a-byword-for-chinese-democracy-now-censored/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Rebel village mobilizes again over detention of protest leader
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detention-06202016121706.html

Related:
【烏坎維權】支聯會社民連遊行至中聯辦 要求釋放林祖戀 ([Wukan rights defense] Hong Kong Alliance and League of Social Democrats march to Liaison Office demanding release of Lin Zulian)
Ming Pao, June 21, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160621/s00001/1466493771391

【烏坎維權】汕尾政府點名《蘋果》《端》煽動、策劃、導演 ([Wukan rights defense] Shanwei government points at Apple Daily and Initium Media for inciting, planning, and directing)
Ming Pao, June 21, 2106
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160621/s00004/1466484199448

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese environmental protection agency loses landmark case proving dereliction of duty
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1978358/chinese-environmental-protection-agency-loses-landmark

No cheer for Chinese province as banquet booze ban slapped on officials
Reuters, June 20, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-alcohol-idUSKCN0Z705K

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Fang Binxing on Great Firewall “incompetence”
China Digital Times, June 20, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/fang-binxing-calls-great-firewall-product-incompetence/

China builds world's most powerful computer
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 20, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36575947

Chinese cyber-attacks on targets in US have plummeted, say experts
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1978361/chinese-cyber-attacks-targets-us-have-plummeted-say

Hong Kong (香港)

Chinese crackdown aimed at rooting out Xi opponents, says bookseller
The Guardian, June 20, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/20/chinese-crackdown-rooting-out-xi-opponents-hong-kong-bookseller-lam-wingkee

Chinese crackdown aimed at rooting out Xi opponents, says bookseller
林荣基之子到内地 称没有受监视或骚扰
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1978367/no-one-stalked-me-i-wasnt-disturbed-bookseller-lam-wing
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/155713dd6ee4615/lin-rong-ji-zhi-zi-jin-ru-nei-di-cheng-mei-you-shou-dao-sao-rao

Pro-Beijing protesters attack lawmaker who helped returned bookseller for “destroying” One Country, Two Systems
Hong Kong Free Press, June 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/20/pro-beijing-protesters-attack-lawmaker-helped-returned-bookseller-destroying-one-country-two-system/

法律专家孔杰荣指林荣基案粉碎中国依法治国“童话” (Law expert Jerome Cohen says Lam Wing-kee case crushes “fairy tale" of China’s ruling the country according to law)
Radio France Internationale, June 21, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160621-法律专家孔杰荣指林荣基案粉碎中国依法治国“童话”

《環時》斥「香港國旗設計比賽」是一小撮人的自娛自樂 (Global Times slams “Hong Kong national flag design competition” as a small minority’s self-entertainment)
Ming Pao, June 21, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160621/s00001/1466477408850

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

All in it together: The bookseller’s ordeal in China could happen to any of us
Hong Kong Free Press, June 20, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/20/be-warned-the-booksellers-ordeal-in-china-could-happen-to-any-of-us/