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 03, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Remaking China’s civil society in the Xi Jinping era
ChinaFile, August 2, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/remaking-chinas-civil-society-xi-jinping-era

Outgoing UN rights chief: No regrets for speaking up
Washington Post, August 3, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-rights-chief-defends-speaking-out-against-rights-abuses/2018/08/02/3c40fe6a-96c1-11e8-818b-e9b7348cd87d_story.html?utm_term=.f60eb2386940

China’s AI giants can’t say no to the Party
Foreign Policy, August 2, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/02/chinas-ai-giants-cant-say-no-to-the-party/

China’s controversies create cracks in Xi’s facade
Financial Times, August 3, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/bf0227a2-96e4-11e8-b67b-b8205561c3fe

China finds things hard to contain in and out
The Standard, August 3, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=198658&sid=5&sid=5

中式「自 high」的代價(Price of China’s self-claimed success)
The Stand News, August 3, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/中式-自-high-的代價/