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, October 17, 2017

Access to Information (信息公开)

China's “stability maintenance” agents move to silence critics before party congress
The Guardian, October 17, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/17/china-communist-party-congress-agents-stifle-activists

China state media attacks Western democracy ahead of Congress
Reuters, October 17, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-politics/china-state-media-attacks-western-democracy-ahead-of-congress-idUSKBN1CM0AB

Related:
Enlightened Chinese democracy puts the West in the shade
Xinhua News Agency, October 17, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/19thcpcnationalcongress/2017-10/17/content_33364425.htm

China criticized for failing to grant Hong Kong journalists and media outlets access to key Congress meeting
Hong Kong Free Press, October 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/16/china-criticised-failing-grant-hong-kong-journalists-media-outlets-access-key-congress-meeting/

To inspire young Communists, China turns to "Red Army" schools
中国欲重塑思想政治教育,设立“红军小学”
The New York Times, October 16, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171016/china-schools-propaganda-education/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171016/china-schools-propaganda-education/