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, February 12, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

微视频 | 人民领袖 (China Central Television airs series about Xi Jinping titled “People’s Leader” ahead of Chinese New Year)
People’s Daily, February 11, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0211/c1001-29817329.html

西单大悦城砍人案速被屏蔽 网民抱怨 (Information of deadly knife attack in central Beijing quickly censored despite netizen criticism)
Radio France Internationale, February 11, 2018
http://bit.ly/2nQhVMw

Related:
Under control, nothing to see here
China Media Project, February 11, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/02/11/controls-quickly-follow-beijing-mall-attack/

遴选5000个影厅组成“人民院线” “专厅专用”保证放映阵地 (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television selects 5,000 cinemas dedicated to propaganda content)
Engroup.cn, February 9, 2018
http://www.entgroup.cn/news/Policies/0944937.shtml

刘冰洋一审刑事判决书 (Liu Bingyang, 25, receives 3 years of suspended sentence in Henan for selling VPN online)
China Judgements Online, December 28, 2017
http://wenshu.court.gov.cn/content/content?DocID=36f0191f-c617-4796-a271-a85600c6ad27