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.

Monday, September 10, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Why Beijing will sacrifice its middle class in trade war with Donald Trump
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/china-economy/article/2163165/why-beijing-will-sacrifice-its-middle-class-trade-war

Hong Kong must bravely confront the problems of “one country, two systems”
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2163267/hong-kong-must-bravely-confront-problems-one

Clean out your wardrobes: Hong Kong Occupy activist convicted partly on the evidence of his shirt
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/09/clean-wardrobes-hong-kong-occupy-activist-convicted-evidence-shirt/

周日話題﹕709,中國法治史黑暗的一章 (709: the darkest chapter in China’s rule of law)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180909/s00005/1536430176205

What to say when you’re a Chinese Communist Party official
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/08/say-youre-chinese-communist-party-official/

Bolder plans on schools, health and tax needed for Chinese to benefit from reforms
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2163248/bolder-plans-schools-health-and-tax-needed-chinese-benefit-reforms

When freedom takes some strange forms in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2163374/when-freedom-takes-some-strange-forms-hong-kong

废除死刑路漫漫 (Abolishing death penalty is a long, winding road)
Deutsche Welle, September 8, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34Uue