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, August 21, 2017

Access to Information (信息公开)

陸歌曲情定揚州下架 疑諷江澤民 (Rap song making Jiang Zeming innuendo is banned in China)
Central News Agency, August 20, 2017
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/201708200072-1.aspx

Cambridge University Press censorship “exposes Xi Jinping's authoritarian shift”
The Guardian, August 20,2017
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/20/cambridge-university-press-censorship-exposes-xi-jinpings-authoritarian-shift

Related:
Editor fears chilling effect after articles blocked in China
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2107491/editor-fears-chilling-effect-after-articles-blocked

Don't like our rules? Then leave, China newspaper says after journal censored
Reuters, August 21, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-journal-idUSKCN1B103J

China bans sensitive, long, and “weird” company names
China Digital Times, August 18, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/china-bans-long-weird-sensitive-company-names/