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, November 11, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国官媒继续借大选抨击美政治体制 (Chinese state media continues to use the presidential election to attack U.S. political system)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yf3-11102016104014.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China holds elections
The Economist, November 10, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21709975-only-way-it-likes-them-china-holds-elections

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China sentences former police chief to death for sinful, cruel murder
Reuters, November 11, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime-idUSKBN1360BR

China, rocked by fresh blasts, jails 49 over Tianjin disaster
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tianjin-blast-11102016160555.html

中国与联合国:不断深化的合作 (China and the UN: Continuously deepening collaboration)
People’s Daily, November 11, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/1111/c1001-28852920.html

英媒:孟宏伟领导国际刑警组织令人权团体忧虑 (British media: Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei to head Interpol, rights groups worried)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 11, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2016/11/161111_press_review

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China adopts a tough cyber-security law
The Economist, November 10, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21710001-foreign-firms-are-worried-china-adopts-tough-cyber-security-law

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Xi Jinping vows to fight separatism and any attempts to split territory from China
South China Morning Post, November 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2045110/xi-jinping-vows-fight-separatism-and-any-attempts-split

Hong Kong (香港)

Why did Beijing slap down Hong Kong separatists? To make a point
觸及「核心利益」,北京對香港不惜殺一儆百
The New York Times, November 10, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/world/asia/china-hong-kong-independence.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161110/china-hong-kong-independence/zh-hant/

8 more pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong may lose seats
又有8名香港立法會議員被指宣誓心不誠
The New York Times, November 11, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/world/asia/china-hong-kong-oath.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20161111/china-hong-kong-oath/zh-hant/

Students protest Basic Law interpretation during visit from former secretary of justice
Hong Kong Free Press, November 10, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/10/students-protest-basic-law-interpretation-visit-former-secretary-justice/

彭定康月底港大談香港前途大學管治 (Former Governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten to talk about future of Hong Kong and university governance end November)
Ming Pao, November 11, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20161111/s00001/1478849533434

Hong Kong venue cancels screening of protest film, citing political concerns
The New York Times, November 11, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/world/asia/china-hong-kong-oath.html

Commentary (评论)

Thank you Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-Ching for doing exactly what I voted for you to do
Hong Kong Free Press, November 10, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/10/thank-you-baggio-leung-and-yau-wai-ching-for-doing-exactly-what-i-voted-for-you-to-do/

Hong Kong’s protest leaders demand self-determination
The Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kongs-protest-leaders-demand-self-determination-1478721911

From local identity to the pursuit of independence: The changing face of Hong Kong localism
Hong Kong Free Press, November 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/11/from-local-identity-to-the-pursuit-of-independence-the-changing-face-of-hong-kong-localism/

How Hong Kong’s courts interpret Beijing’s interpretation of the Basic Law may yet surprise
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2044385/how-hong-kongs-courts-interpret-beijings-interpretation

Hong Kong courts should reject Beijing’s Basic Law ruling, says legal heavyweight
Hong Kong Free Press, November 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/11/hong-kong-courts-should-reject-beijings-basic-law-ruling-says-legal-heavyweight/

“An epochal change”: what a Trump presidency means for the Asia Pacific region
The Guardian, November 10, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/10/an-epochal-change-what-a-trump-presidency-means-for-the-asia-pacific-region

拒絕當權者的思維 (Reject the thinking of those in power)
InMedia HK, November 11, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1045770