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.

Monday, February 06, 2017

Commentary (评论)

特首選舉民調(1月底) (Polling data on the CE election (end of January))
InmediaHK, February 5, 2017
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1047414

Why’s Beijing so worried about Western values infecting China’s youth?
ChinaFile, February 4, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/features/whys-beijing-so-worried-about-western-values-infecting-chinas-youth

Donald Trump is making China great again
The Guardian, February 3, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/03/donald-trump-making-china-great-again-xi-jinping

The top 10 Weibo posts on international affairs censored by China in 2016
Hong Kong Free Press, February 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/04/top-10-weibo-posts-international-affairs-censored-china-2016/

The dire consequences of the imprisonment of Ilham Tohti
China Change, February 5, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/02/05/the-dire-consequences-of-the-imprisonment-of-ilham-tohti/