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.

Thursday, July 07, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

联合国人权理事会通过保障网络自由草案 中国受到国际谴责 (United Nations Human Rights Council passes resolution for protecting Internet freedom, China denounced by international community)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl1-07062016095100.html

China’s communist cadre cradle pledges not to rock party boat after teachers rapped for “spreading Western values”
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1986359/chinas-communist-cadre-cradle-pledges-not-rock-party

China charges Tiananmen massacre alcohol label activists with “inciting subversion of state power”
Hong Kong Free Press, July 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/07/07/china-charges-tiananmen-massacre-alcohol-label-activists-with-inciting-subversion-of-state-power/

Decision, maybe momentous, nears in case China has tried to ignore
南海仲裁对中国的真正考验
The New York Times, July 7, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/07/world/asia/china-hague-philippines-spratlys.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160707/china-hague-philippines-spratlys/