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 24, 2018

Commentary (评论)

缅甸佤邦打压基督教,或因中国授意防范西方势力 (Myanmar crackdown on Christianity might be on China’s orders)
Voice of America, September 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/uwsa-20180923/4583877.html

China’s lack of “supervision by public opinion”: What happens when press control is too effective?
Hong Kong Free Press, September 23, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/23/chinas-lack-supervision-public-opinion-happens-press-control-effective/

Express Rail Link: Handy for trips to places without airports, slow and dear to anywhere else
Hong Kong Free Press, September 22, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/22/express-rail-link-handy-trips-places-without-airports-slow-dear-anywhere-else/

Signs of China (2)
China Change, September 22, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/09/22/signs-of-china-2/

Muslims in Xinjiang are facing human rights abuses: time for China scholars to break the silence
South China Morning Post, September 20, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2164698/muslims-xinjiang-are-facing-human-rights-abuses-time-china-scholars

Related:
百名西方学者联署呼吁为维族人发声 (Two China scholars urge their counterparts from around the world to break silence on Uyghurs)
Radio France Internationale, September 20, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/20180920-muslims-xinjiang-are-facing-human-rights-abuses-time-china-scholars-break-silence