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, May 07, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

How China censors its Internet and controls information, from Great Firewall to 50 Cent Army: two new books explain
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2144692/how-china-censors-its-internet-and-controls-information-great-firewall

WeChat has blocked 500 million postings in fight against fake news
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2144900/wechat-has-blocked-500-million-postings-fight-against-fake-news

On this Chinese TV show, participants have nothing to lose but their chains
“马克思是对的”,中共向千禧一代灌输“正统”思想
The New York Times, May 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/world/asia/china-karl-marx-xi-jinping.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180507/china-karl-marx-xi-jinping/

Related:
Living Marxism: the Chinese Communist party reasserts control
Financial Times, May 6, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/766d2a42-419d-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b