HRIC Daily Brief

Registration of foreign NGOs crawls past 1% China Digital Times, June 15, 2017 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/06/registration-foreig...

Chinese conglomerate HNA sues exiled tycoon Guo Reuters, June 16, 2017 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-tycoon-idUSKB...

Netizen report: China has a new cybersecurity law Global Voices, June 15, 2017 https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/15/netizen-report-china...

Uyghurs rally around language in face of pressures from China Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/lang...

Huge police crackdown not linked to Hong Kong handover events, officials claim South China Morning Post, June 16, 2017 http://www.scmp.c...

四川民主人士陈云飞看守所再遭酷刑 (Sichuan activist Chen Yunfei is tortured again while in detention center) Voice of America, June 14, 2017 https://www....

Social media users fight back after Weibo censors allegations of sexual abuse at Beijing Film Academy Hong Kong Free Press, June 13, 2017 ...

China’s cult of stability is killing Tibetans Foreign Policy, June 13, 2017 https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/13/self-immolation-and-chi...

Chinese tycoon reportedly caught up in sweeping corruption crackdown The Guardian, June 14, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017...

Muslim Uyghurs in China fined, sent to “study classes” for observing Ramadan Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/english/n...

2014 Occupy protests were the most difficult challenge of my tenure, says Hong Kong chief C.Y. Leung Hong Kong Free Press, June 14, 2017 ...

王全璋父亲被要求回乡办理养老金手续 (709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang’s father asked to return to his hometown in order to continue receiving his pension) Radio F...

Why foreign NGOs are struggling with new Chinese law South China Morning Post, June 13, 2017 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-pol...

这位落马官员被中央双开 党委开会批其令人发指 (Former Lanzhou Municipal Committee secretary Yu Haiyan faces criticism, Central Party Committee deems his transgres...

港媒：习近平访港前后或为十九大定调 (Hong Kong media: Xi Jinping’s speech before or after his visit to Hong Kong will set the tone for the 19th National Part...

中共汹汹封杀网络 言论将全面倒退吗 (If the CCP aggressively shuts down the Internet, will freedom of expression completely regress?) Deutsche Welle, June...

“No such thing as justice” in fight over chemical pollution in China The New York Times, June 12, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/...

Two more Chinese provinces found faking economic data South China Morning Post, June 12, 2017 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/art...

China pollution: Survey finds 70% of firms break regulations British Broadcasting Corporation, June 11, 2017 http://www.bbc.com/news/wo...

Hong Kong fireworks display for 20th handover anniversary sparks controversy over use of simplified Chinese characters South China Morning...