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, June 28, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

陈一新:应对国家政治安全风险挑战“一二三四五”对策 (CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary highlights cyberspace as one of two strategic battlefields for safeguarding national and political security)
Chang An Jian (WeChat), June 28, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/28/content_7580239.htm?node=5955

衡水一中邯郸分校回应校门停放坦克争议:加强爱国主义教育 (Hengshui high school places 2 tanks at school gate to strengthen patriotic education)
The Paper, June 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2223688

Mao 101: inside a Chinese classroom training the communists of tomorrow
The New York Times, June 28, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/world/asia/chinese-classrooms-education-communists.html

Exclusive: China rejects US request for talks on airline website dispute
Channel NewsAsia, June 28, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/china-rejects-us-request-for-talks-on-airline-website-row-10478962

The one person in China who can’t talk about soccer during The World Cup
SupChina, June 27, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/06/27/the-one-person-in-china-who-cant-talk-about-soccer-during-the-world-cup/