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.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

不满信息公开被拒, 江西一国企怒告财政部 (Jiangxi SOE denounces Ministry of Finance for refusing to provide Open Government Information)
Duowei, March 14, 2016
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2016-03-14/59724946.html

Xi Jinping brought down a notch by an unlikely agent: A typo
新华社报道出错,称习近平为“中国最后领导人”
The New York Times, March 15, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/world/asia/china-xinhua-typo-xi-jinping.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160315/c15chinatypo/

中国官网疑悄悄拿下习大大彭嫲嫲崇拜热捧词语 (Chinese government official websites quietly take off cult phrases for Xi Jinping and wife)
Radio France Internationale, March 14, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160314-中国官网疑悄悄拿下习大大彭嫲嫲崇拜热捧词语

新华社前编辑公开批评中国网络审查 (Former Xinhua editor openly criticizes China’s Internet censorship)
Radio France Internationale, March 14, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160314-新华社前编辑公开批评中国网络审查

政协83委员吁政府成立百亿基金挽救报业 (83 CPPCC members propose to government to set up billion-dollar fund to rescue the newspaper industry)
Radio France Internationale, March 15, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160315-政协83委员吁政府成立百亿基金挽救报业