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 18, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国电信提供苹果中国用户云储存再掀担忧(State-owned China Telecom to provide cloud service for Apple users, privacy concerns loom)
Voice of America, July 18, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-telecom-in-control-of-icloud-data-storage-20180718/4487694.html

Beijing did a tech reality check on its industrial champions. The results were not amazing
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2155862/beijing-did-tech-reality-check-its-industrial-champions-results

Beijing’s new Zaha Hadid-designed airport to showcase latest facial recognition technology
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2155606/beijings-new-zaha-hadid-designed-airport-showcase-latest-facial-recognition

广东劝阻潜在电诈受骗事主15万余人,反诈先锋APP上线(Guangdong uses app to alert users about potential scams)
China News, July 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2273296