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New Rules Tighten Control on Use of News Information (HRIC Translation)
A set of rules aimed at countering the “abuse” of information obtained by news personnel in the course of news gathering and other related professional activities went into effect on June 30, 2014. (See HRIC’s English translation below.) The rules, issued by the State Administration of Press,...
July 22, 2014
HRIC Bulletin
Holding on to Freedom on Hong Kong’s Long Road to Democracy
[Translation by Human Rights in China] In the 1970s, an article in Undergrad —a periodical published by the Student Council of the University of Hong Kong (HKU)—resonated with many people with its description of Hong Kong as a “free yet undemocratic” city. Although people argued over whether Hong...
July 25, 2014
China Rights Forum
Urgent Appeal: Release Yao Wentian, Editor-In-Chief of Morning Bell Press, Defend Press Freedom in Hong Kong
Yao Wentian, editor-in-chief of the Hong Kong-based, Morning Bell Press, was arrested and held in Shenzhen for three months. Authorities accused Yao of carrying contraband, but those familiar with the circumstances believe that his arrest is related to the upcoming publication of a book that...
January 21, 2014
Citizens' Square
Yao Wentian
Chinese Voices
In 1983, I spent five weeks traveling around China with my family on our first visit to the country. In those days, less than a decade after the death of Mao Zedong and the end of the Cultural Revolution, people were still wary of speaking to foreigners. Although my young daughter and I attracted...
December 30, 2013
China Rights Forum
You Can Expunge the World, but Not Dignity
January 7, 2013 [English translation by Human Rights in China]
January 7, 2013
China Rights Forum
Southern Weekly Incident: The Rise of Civil Disobedience in China
Gao Wenqian HRIC Senior Policy Advisor Excerpt ：
January 11, 2013
China Rights Forum
A Book Review by Andrew J. Nathan
November 26, 2012
China Rights Forum
Liu Xiaobo
Writing for the Freedom of Others
Acceptance Speech, Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage 2012 Warsaw, Poland, May 11, 2012
July 3, 2012
China Rights Forum
“The Press Must Be Free!”
Open letter by retired senior party cadres On October 11, 2010, just three days after the Nobel Peace Prize was announced, Li Rui, Mao’s former secretary, along with 22 other senior party cadres, wrote an open letter to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee requesting that the freedoms...
January 26, 2011
China Rights Forum
Next Question Please: China’s Contentious Relationship with the International Media
A veteran journalist describes how the Chinese authorities limit foreign reporting in China, even as the government spends huge sums of money in getting the “true” story out to the international community. An American friend who has been working in public relations in China for many years recently...
October 29, 2010
China Rights Forum

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