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, December 04, 2017

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s newest propaganda weapon: WeChat stickers
Quartz, December 4, 2017
https://qz.com/1145696/china-communist-partys-newest-propaganda-weapon-wechat-stickers/

Xi Jinping renews “cyber sovereignty” call at China’s top meeting of Internet minds
South China Morning Post, December 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2122683/xi-jinping-renews-cyber-sovereignty-call-chinas-top

Related:
China’s top ideologue calls for tight control of Internet
The New York Times, December 3, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/world/asia/china-internet-censorship-wang-huning.html