The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China approves sweeping Security Law, bolstering communist rule
The New York Times, June 29, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/world/asia/china-approves-sweeping-security-law-bolstering-communist-rule.html

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中华人民共和国国家安全法全文发布 共7章84条 (National Security Law of the People's Republic of China)
Xinhua, July 1, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqcj/zgjj/2015-07-01/content_13912103.html

The truth about China's New National Security Law
The Diplomat, July 1, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/the-truth-about-chinas-new-national-security-law/

中国正式通过“国安法”:首次纳入港澳 (China officially passes National Security Law, Hong Kong and Macau included for first time)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150701_china_national_security_law

河南洛宁港资企业欠薪数月引发千人工潮 (Over 2000 Henan workers strike over backed wages)
Radio Free Asia, July 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07012015103048.html

中共党庆日成集访日 逾万访民七一聚集北京 (Nearly 10 thousand petitioners protest across Beijing on 94th anniversary of CPC)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-07012015113509.html