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, July 03, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

香港逾6万人七一上街护一国两制促释放刘晓波 (Over 60 thousand march on July 1 in Hong Kong, demanding One Country, Two Systems be protected and the release of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-07022017121949.html

Related:
In Pictures: Organizers say 60,000 attend Hong Kong democracy rally; police say 14,500 attended
Hong Kong Free Press, July 1, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/01/organisers-say-60000-attend-hong-kong-democracy-rally-police-say-14500-attended/

七一香港抗议人士遭袭 有示威者报称被警察殴打 (July 1 protestors claim to be beaten by police)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-07022017142134.html

“We wanted democracy”: is Hong Kong's two-systems experiment over?
The Guardian, June 30, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/30/we-wanted-democracy-after-20-years-of-chinese-rule-is-hong-kongs-dream-over

Is It the 20th anniversary of unification with China…or the fall of Hong Kong?
Global Voices, June 30, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/30/is-it-the-20th-anniversary-of-unification-with-china-or-the-fall-of-hong-kong/

In Pictures: “Schoolmaster” Xi Jinping leaves Hong Kong smarting
Agence France-Presse, July 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/02/pictures-schoolmaster-xi-jinping-leaves-hong-kong-smarting/

Related:
Xi Jinping warns Hong Kong over sovereignty “red line”
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40465359

习近平:“一国两制”在香港遇到了新问题 (Xi Jinping: One Country, Two Systems meets with new problems in Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-40466101

China “humiliating” the UK by scrapping Hong Kong handover deal, say activists
The Guardian, July 1, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/01/china-humiliating-uk-hong-kong-handover-deal

Carrie Lam sworn in as Hong Kong's new leader
Al Jazeera, July 2, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/carrie-lam-sworn-hong-kong-leader-170701010930386.html

香港记协发表《一国围城》言论自由年报忧虑北京加紧对港钳制 (Hong Kong Journalists Association releases annual report “Two Systems Under Siege” concerned that Beijing is tightening control over Hong Kong media)
Radio France Internationale, July 2, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170702-香港记协发表《一国围城》言论自由年报忧虑北京加紧对港钳制

Appeals board upholds police ban on Hong Kong pro-independence party’s Handover eve vigil
Hong Kong Free Press, June 30, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/30/appeals-board-upholds-police-ban-hong-kong-pro-independence-partys-handover-eve-vigil/

一国两制前世今生 香港模式彻底唤醒台湾 (The past and the future of One Country, Two Systems; the Hong Kong model completely awakens Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 30, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-40460294