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.

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Commentary (评论)

观点:中国学者不应再做错误生育政策的吹鼓手 (Opinion: Chinese scholars should not again advocate wrong birth policy)
BBC, August 21, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/45255411

Reflections of a Chinese reporter in foreign media
Sup China, August 21, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/08/21/reflections-of-a-chinese-reporter-in-foreign-media/

人权主席警告 五大国造成联合国失能 (U.N. human rights chief says Security Council members risk U.N.’s survival)
Deutsche Welle, August 21, 2018
CH: https://www.dw.com/zh/人权主席警告-五大国造成联合国失能/a-45151510?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp
EN: https://www.dw.com/en/un-human-rights-chief-says-security-council-members-risk-uns-survival/a-45150493

Not all about the money: Why the one child generation isn’t keen on having more babies
What’s On Weibo, August 21, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com. Read more at: https://www.whatsonweibo.com/op-ed-not-all-about-the-money-why-the-one-child-generation-arent-keen-on-having-more-babies/

There's Jim Crow in China, but no one seems to care
Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2018
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-china-jim-crow-20180821-story.html#

Why Is the NBA in Xinjiang?
Slate, August 20, 2018
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/08/xinjiang-the-nba-is-running-a-training-camp-in-the-middle-of-one-of-the-worlds-worst-humanitarian-atrocities.html