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, February 09, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

教育部:对有违反师德行为研究生导师,实行一票否决 (Ministry of Education says supervisor of postgraduate students should have ethics and maintain socialist ways of teaching, offenders will be punished)
The Beijing News, February 9, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/02/09/475946.html

Sponsors flee Chinese rap acts amid fears of censors crackdown
Agence France-Presse, February 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2132549/sponsors-flee-chinese-rap-acts-amid-fears-censors-crackdown

国家新闻出版广电总局重拳出击 整治网上低俗视听节目 (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television hammers “vulgar” content on online video platforms)
People.com.cn, February 8, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0208/c1001-29814289.html