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, December 15, 2017

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Communist Party, military among latest to promote Xi Jinping’s political ideology in “thought” centres
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2124406/communist-party-military-among-latest-promote-xi/

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10家习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心(院)成立 (10 research centers and institutes of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era set up across China)
People’s Daily, December 15, 2017
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2017-12/15/nw.D110000renmrb_20171215_2-04.htm

奥威尔的预言与毛时代的回归:严密监控下的中国 (Orwell’s prophecy and retuning of Mao’s era: China under tight surveillance)
Voice of America, December 15, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-state-surveillance-20171214/4164853.html

南京清「餘毒」 銷毁前書記撰序史書 (Nanjing destroys history books prefaced by corrupt former party secretary)
Mingpao, December 15, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171215/s00013/1513275212291

中國佛教協會高僧:十九大報告是當代佛經 已手抄3遍要再抄10遍 (Deputy of Buddhist Association of China says report of 19th party congress is modern-day Buddhist sutra and he will hand-copy it for 13 times)
HK01, December 14, 2017
http://bit.ly/2zdQlPq

China has 41 journalists behind bars amid ever-widening media controls centers
全球关押新闻工作者再创新高 中国排名第二
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-has-41-journalists-behind-bars-amid-ever-widening-media-controls-12142017103536.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/survey-12142017071139.html