HRIC Daily Brief

Christian rights lawyer disappears after retracting “forced” statement Radio Free Asia, September 1, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/english/new...

Behind China’s Anbang: Empty offices and obscure names 起底安邦股东：空办公室里的壳公司 The New York Times, September 2, 2016 EN: http://www.nytimes.co...

Rights activist “takes refuge” in U.S. embassy in Beijing: Relatives Radio Free Asia, September 1, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/...

Chinese journalist held on “picking quarrels” charge beaten by prison guards, says lawyer Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2016 https:...

The race card. The leader of a troubled western province has been replaced. He will not be missed by its ethnic Uighurs The Economist, Sep...

As Hong Kong goes to the polls, why isn’t the Communist Party on the ballot? Quartz, September 1, 2016 http://qz.com/770620/as-hong-kong...

What can we expect from China at the G20? ChinaFile, September 1, 2016 http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/what-can-we-expect-china-g2...

七类情形检察机关应当予以救助 (7 circumstances where procuratorial organs shall provide legal aid) Procuratorate Daily, August 31, 2016 http://newspape...

Chinese school with mass illness is deemed safe, but many doubt findings 常州学校“毒地”调查：官方结论遭质疑 The New York Times, September 1, 2016 EN: h...

Beijing student takes on sexual harassment with “awareness map” Global Times, August 31, 2016 http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1003949....

冒名顶罪行不通, 兄弟之名归本位 (Impersonating someone else to commit a crime will get you nowhere: A younger brother, incorrectly sentenced for his elder ...

China sets new tone in drafting cybersecurity rules: Allows Microsoft, Cisco, other foreign tech companies join influential Technical Commit...

中国进军中亚时谁袭击了吉尔吉斯中国使馆 (At a time when China is advancing into Central Asia, who attacked the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan?) Voice of Americ...

Two years after the Occupy protests, Hong Kong’s divided democracy movement challenges Beijing in the polls Quartz, September 1, 2016 ht...

Obama goes to Hangzhou China Change, September 1, 2016 https://chinachange.org/2016/09/01/obama-goes-to-hangzhou/ Interview: Jerome Co...

Police in China push for trial of Tibetan education advocate 接受时报采访惹怒当局，藏语教育倡导者或受审 The New York Times, August 31, 2016 EN: http://www.n...

Banned on Chinese TV: “Western lifestyles,” cleavage and time travel Cable News Network, August 31, 2016 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/...

国家社会组织管理局成立, 非法社会组织将被取缔 (State Social Organizations Management Bureau established, unlawful social organizations will be shut down) Sina N...

Chinese dissidents urge Obama to press Xi Jinping on human rights at G20 The Guardian, August 31, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/world...

虚商渠道混乱, 网上身份信息公开售, 开卡软件“无限开卡” (Channels for virtual operators are chaotic, but identity information is being openly sold online, SIM activat...