HRIC Daily Brief

Chinese hackers attack University of Virginia email, cause IT shutdown Examiner.com, August 14, 2015 http://www.examiner.com/article/chi...

C.Y. Leung spends birthday in mainland China amid protests in Hong Kong Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2015 https://www.hongkongfp.com...

天津爆炸击碎了中国中产阶级的“正常国家幻觉” (The Tianjin explosion has shattered the Chinese middle class’s "illusion of a normal country") Qiangwail...

China turns down parole bid from jailed Nobel Peace Laureate Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2015 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/paro...

天津8.12大爆炸55死701傷 津警：網傳只峰背景是謠言 (Tianjin explosion: 55 dead, 701 injured, Tianjin police deny info that Ruihai Int’l Logistics’ legal represen...

被抓律师今安在，有心民众盼回家 (Rights defenders call for vocal support from citizens inside china for lawyers’ release) Voice of America, August 14, 201...

Obama is set to discuss rights issues with China The New York Times, August 14, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/asia/obama-...

OK Supercomputer: China’s Tianhe-1A shut down after Tianjin blast The Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2015 http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarea...

Hong Kong convicts 2 in 2014 cleaver attack on journalist The New York Times, August 13, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/as...

太原南站发生砍人事件？警方：系反恐演习 (Was there a knife attack at Shanxi Taiyuan south train station? Police: No—it was counterterrorism training) Legal Da...

Hong Kong universities must uphold the absolute principle of academic freedom South China Morning Post, August13, 2015 http://www.scmp.c...

北京法院受理家事案件数量逐年上升 矛盾点集中房产 (Family law caseload for Beijing courts Increases year on year, conflicts center upon property) Legal Daily, Augu...

CNN, local Chinese media struggle to report on Tianjin explosion Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2015 https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/0...

Teasing out Ai Weiwei’s endgame, after China lifts a travel ban The New York Times, August 12, 2015 http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/...

淮南兑现拖欠15年国家赔偿金 当事人拒收并要求追责 (Huainan offers to pay 15-year overdue state compensation with interest to come, party involved wants lump-sum an...

第二批139家网警执法账号集中上线, 网上公开巡查执法以来已警示万余人次 (Second batch of 139 Internet police law enforcement accounts go online, more than 10,000 people alread...

Pro-Cantonese groups concerned over China Liaison Office’s presence at school ceremony Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2015 https://www...

警方辟谣北京南站砍人事件:系大连反恐演练视频 (Police deny rumors of Beijing South Railway Station knife attack: Footage allegedly showing incident was actually fr...

China’s political firewall—Mass arrest of lawyers The Diplomat, August 12, 2015 http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/chinas-political-firewall...

Chinese police rule suicide in case of young mother found with seven stab wounds South China Morning Post, August 12, 2015 http://www.sc...