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.

Friday, August 24, 2018

Commentary (评论)

We need to be careful about how we use the word “Chinese”
China File, August 23, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/we-need-be-careful-about-how-we-use-word-chinese

美參議員將提「反斷交法案」:不只為了台灣,更防中國「有機可乘」(U.S. senator to propose “Taiwan Act 2018”: Not just for Taiwan, but also to guard against China)
The News Lens, August 24, 2018
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/102661

American moral indifference to human rights in China
Intermountain Jewish News, August 23, 2018
https://www.ijn.com/american-moral-indifference-to-human-rights-in-china/

從前他們追着人做結紮,如今他們求着人生二胎 (They used to chase people to do ligation, and now they’re begging them for a second child)
Initium, August 22, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180824-mainland-birth-control-staff/

中国的精神卫生、强制收治和任意拘留 (Mental health, compulsory treatment, arbitrary detention in China)
Ftchinese, August 24, 2018
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001079108?full=y