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.

Wednesday, January 05, 2022

Commentary (评论)

第四權 (The fourth estate)
Ming Pao, January 5, 2022

Excerpt:
新聞自由的環境跟過去已大不相同,大家都心裏有數。太多的「不確定性」,令人如履薄冰,如果說新聞界沒有擔憂,相信只是自欺欺人。(The environment for press freedom is very different from the past, and everyone knows it well. Too much "uncertainty" is making people walk on thin ice. To say the press does not have to worry is, I believe, just deceiving ourselves.)

2022年的命運 (Our fate in 2022)
Ming Pao, January 5, 2022

Excerpt:
躺平、沉默都會引來責難,看來這就是香港人在2022年的命運。(Even lying flat and staying silent will invite censure: this is the fate of the Hong Kong people in 2022)