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.

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

In Beijing, doors shut on a bastion of independent ideas
The New York Times, July 11, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/asia/china-unirule-institute.html

Related:
北京天则研究所遭强行封门(Authorities shut down Independent think tank Unirule Institute)
Radio Free Asia, , July 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07112018101128.html

China to its state media: keep calm, don't inflame trade row with U.S.
Reuters, July 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-media/china-to-its-state-media-keep-calm-dont-inflame-trade-row-with-u-s-idUSKBN1K118L

Related:
北京下令官媒不得对特朗普出言不逊(Beijing orders state media not to disparage Trump)
Radio France Internationale , July 11, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180711-北京下令官媒不得对特朗普出言不逊

Apple’s China-friendly censorship caused an iPhone-crashing bug
Wired, July 10, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-china-censorship-bug-iphone-crash-emoji/