HRIC Daily Brief

China to prosecute former official “obsessed with divination” Channel NewsAsia, August 9, 2018 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia...

Can China fix its propaganda problem? The Diplomat, August 10, 2018 https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/can-china-fix-its-propaganda-problem...

Chinese Hui Muslims rally to protect Weizhou Grand Mosque from government’s wrecking balls South China Morning Post, August 9, 2018 http...

Ai Weiwei’s studio is demolished Economist, August 9, 2018 https://www.economist.com/china/2018/08/11/ai-weiweis-studio-is-demolished ...

Why internet users chose Baidu over Google when it was in China Quartz, August 9, 2018 https://qz.com/1352137/why-internet-users-chose-b...

Ecuador’s all-seeing eye is made in China Foreign Policy, August 9, 2018 https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/09/ecuadors-all-seeing-eye-is...

Public broadcaster RTHK bans staff from airing pro-independence activist’s press club speech Hong Kong Free Press, August 9, 2018 https:...

Bodies in Birmingham exhibition could be executed Chinese prisoners, says doctor The Guardian, August 8, 2018 https://www.theguardian.co...

Chinese intellectuals urged to toe the party line after pushbacks on policy South China Morning Post, August 8, 2018 https://www.scmp.co...

被指不实信息 疫苗家长公布受害者名单 (In China, parents of vaccine-sickened children call for answers) Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2018 CH: https://www.rfa...

China vaccine scandal spreads as it recalls defective products which may have been sold overseas The Independent, August 8, 2018 https:/...

Google's China plans: Backtrack and backlash The Diplomat, August 8, 2018 https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/googles-china-plans-backtr...

Trade war puts dent in Beijing’s plan to turn Hong Kong and surrounding cities into new Silicon Valley South China Morning Post, August 8,...

China doesn’t want to play by the world’s rules Foreign Policy, August 8, 2018 https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/08/china-doesnt-want-to...

More Xinjiang residents sent to re-education camps China Digital Times, August 7, 2018 https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/08/more-xinjiang...

早報：微信公號「土逗公社」、「削美麗」發布女工 MeToo 文章後被封號 (Civil society WeChat accounts banned after reblogging #MeToo article) The Initium, August 7, 2018 ht...

The People’s Daily: “Giving birth is not only a family matter but also a national issue” SupChina, August 7, 2018 https://supchina.com/2...

警24小時駐守 廠區嚴管堪比軍營 (Police stationed around the clock at faulty vaccine factory) Ming Pao, August 7, 2018 https://news.mingpao.com/pns/daily...

Google faces hurdles in China beyond censorship Wired, August 6, 2018 https://www.wired.com/story/google-faces-hurdles-in-china-beyond-cen...

U.S. firms’ sales to China’s police: Sales may not break the law – but are they defensible? Human Rights Watch, August 6, 2018 https://w...