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, May 17, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong security tightened as top Chinese official visits
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36309063

Related:
Journalist groups and lawmaker slam reporting curbs for top Chinese official visit
Hong Kong Free Press, May 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/16/journalist-groups-and-lawmaker-slam-reporting-curbs-for-top-chinese-official-visit/

张德江抵达香港 "我要真普选"标语相迎 (Zhang Dejiang arrives Hong Kong, meets with big banner of “I Want Genuine Universal Suffrage”)
Deutsche Welle, May 17, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/张德江抵达香港-我要真普选标语相迎/a-19261832

【張德江訪港】示威區只見建制團體迎賓 女子欲向車隊抗議遭十數警圍 ([ZDJ visiting HK] Only pro-establishment groups are in demonstration area to welcome guest, a woman trying to approach the motorcade to protest surrounded by dozen of policemen)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160517/s00001/1463467228636

【張德江訪港】想借沙士領功 在港人傷口灑鹽 ([ZDJ visiting HK] Attempting to claim achievement from China’s work during SARS, Zhang “sprays salt on Hongkongers’ wound”)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160517/s00022/1463461026861

Photos: Hong Kong protestors are already clashing with police as a top Chinese official visits
Quartz, May 17, 2016
http://qz.com/685947/photos-hong-kong-protestors-are-already-clashing-with-police-as-a-top-chinese-official-visits/

China says some in U.S. trying to “disturb” Hong Kong
Reuters, May 13, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-hongkong-idUSKCN0Y40W8