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.

Thursday, January 04, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

A saucy app knows China's taste in news. The censors are worried.
被指传播色情低俗信息,今日头条遭整改
The New York Times, January 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/business/china-toutiao-censorship.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180103/china-toutiao-censorship/

汇聚奋进新时代开启新征程的磅礴伟力——2017年宣传思想文化工作综述 (Summary of work on propaganda, ideology, and culture in 2017: 520,000 people listened to lectures on Xi Jinping Thought in person and 21 million did online)
Xinhua News Agency, January 2, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/02/c_1122200644.htm