HRIC Daily Brief

China jails two Guangdong rights activists for “subversive” online posts Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/english/news...

China could roll out Chongqing VPN ban, fines nationwide: activists Radio Free Asia, April 3, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china...

Activists plan protests ahead of Chinese President's Mar-a-Lago summit with Trump Radio Free Asia, April 3, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/...

Why one writer is fighting to call China’s Communist Party to account for its wrongdoings South China Morning Post, April 4, 2017 http:/...

New Google Translate app now available in China as company tries to edge back in The Washington Post, March 29, 2017 https://www.washing...

Hong Kong's restive youth prepare for long struggle with Beijing Voice of American, April 4, 2017 http://www.voanews.com/a/hong-kong...

河南公安促江天勇认罪再出新招 江父母被警录制视频劝子认罪 (New “strategy” by Henan public security officers to get Jiang Tianyong to confess: Jiang’s parents videotaped ...

Hello, Big Brother: How China controls its citizens through social media Deutsche Welle, March 31, 2017 http://www.dw.com/en/hello-big-b...

China jails Tiananmen protest veteran for four years after grave visit Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/c...

新疆反恐举措已然违法? (Are counterterrorism measures in Xinjiang against the law?) Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/ya...

林郑月娥获北京任命为香港特首 7月1日就任 (Carrie Lam receives Beijing appointment as CE of Hong Kong, to take office on July 1) Radio France Internationale, ...

The New York Times vs. the “Great Firewall” of China The New York Times, March 31, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/insider/the-n...

China tries man for chat posts using satirical names for President, Chairman Mao Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/engl...

藏传佛教高僧结婚 但称仍是17世噶玛巴 (Tibetan lama to get married, still proclaims to be the 17th reincarnation of the Karmapa Lama) British Broadcasting C...

新疆反恐举措已然违法? (New Xinjiang counterterrorism law obviously unlawful?) Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaoda...

Thousands of polluters in northern China fake emissions data, resist checks South China Morning Post, March 31, 2017 http://www.scmp.com...

新疆对蓄长须、穿蒙面罩袍者颁布新禁令 (New regulation imposed in Xinjiang against “abnormally” long beards and burqas) Deutsche Welle, March 30, 2017 http:...

Can Hong Kong’s next leader satisfy her masters and the public? The Economist, March 30, 2017 http://www.economist.com/news/china/217198...

社会急需保护，谁来保护社会？(Society needs protection, but who will protect it?) Financial Times, March 31, 2017 http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001072...

山东辱母杀人案持续发酵 最高检表态介入 (Heightened public attention towards Shandong murder case where a man attacks and kills mob member after seeing mother b...