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 07, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google faces hurdles in China beyond censorship
Wired, August 6, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/google-faces-hurdles-in-china-beyond-censorship/

Related:
A Google-Tencent alliance makes for murky politics—but great business
Quartz, August 7, 2018
https://qz.com/1350165/a-google-tencent-alliance-in-china-makes-for-murky-politics-but-great-business/

On Google’s reported plan to work with Chinese censors
Human Rights in China, August 2, 2018
https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-comment/googles-reported-plan-work-chinese-censors

China: U.S. tech firms risk complicity in abuses
Human Rights Watch, August 7, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/07/china-us-tech-firms-risk-complicity-abuses

Stability prerequisite for China’s internet opening up
Global Times, August 5, 2018
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dQquBOx1jN0J:www.globaltimes.cn/content/1113992.shtml+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Related:
人民日报发推:欢迎Google回归,但前提是要遵守中国法律 (People’s Daily publishes article welcoming Google back, so long as it respects Chinese law)
Sohu.com, August 7, 2018
http://www.sohu.com/a/245673773_473283