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.

Friday, August 16, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China releases white paper on vocational education and training in Xinjiang
Xinhua, August 16, 2019

White House appoints Uygur-American Elnigar Iltebir to top China policy advisory job
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

前媒体人张贾龙妻子:丈夫被抓犹如“晴天霹雳” (Zhang Jialong’s wife speaks out on his detention: “It was a bolt from the blue”)
Deutsche Welle, August 15, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Hong Kong protests: Brand “witch hunt” takes over Chinese internet
BBC News, August 15, 2019

Related:
The People’s Daily wants to censor Amazon
SupChina, August 16, 2019

Chinese youth, fed “officially sanctioned fake news,” vilify Hong Kong peers
The Washington Post, August 15, 2019

Related:
China steps up information war targeting Hong Kong protests, media
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Five more foreign NGOs de-register representative offices
The China NGO Project, August 15, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

US Congress support for Hong Kong protests adds to pressure on White House to take firmer stance towards Chinese government
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2019

Related:
Trump’s Hong Kong caution isolates him from Congress, allies and advisers
The New York Times, August 15, 2019

Why Chinese officials imagine America is behind unrest in Hong Kong
The Economist, August 15, 2019

Tibetan horse-race festival draws large crowds, undercover police
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese champion Huawei under fire for calling Taiwan a country
Bloomberg, August 15, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Blindsided: Why does Beijing keep getting Hong Kong wrong?
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2019

It’s not the economy, stupid: Hong Kong lawmakers and laymen say goodies won’t cool political heat or desire to protest
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2019

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s poetic call for peace blocked on Chinese social media
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2019

卧底阴霾下的抗争:示威者见招拆招?(Protesters tell account of suspected undercover police officer at airport)
Deutsche Welle, August 15, 2019

Existing Hong Kong law can put end to crisis, Beijing’s legal advisers say
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong protests: Envoy says China has “power to quell unrest”
The Guardian, August 15, 2019

Police ban marches as Hong Kong readies for 11th weekend of mass anti-government protests
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong police say 748 arrested during summer’s anti-gov’t protests, as weekend demos banned again
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2019

Hong Kong police watchdog says force turned down requests for information on handling of anti-government protests
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019

“Disgusted” Hong Kong civil servants warn of strike in second petition to government over handling of protests
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2019

Jailed Hong Kong Umbrella Movement leader Benny Tai released on bail pending appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2019

Arrested protesters accuse police of ill-treatment in detention and denial of access to lawyers
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2019

What are Beijing’s best options for ending Hong Kong protests?
The Christian Science Monitor, August 15, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong response “won't repeat” Tiananmen: Chinese state media
Agence France-Presse, August 16, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Seeing through the violence
China Media Project, August 15, 2019

Hong Kong: The orchid and the great stone wall
The Diplomat, August 15, 2019

Beijing is moving to stamp out the Hong Kong protests – but it may have already lost the city for good
The Conversation, August 15, 2019

Some thoughts on China’s response to Hong Kong’s protests
Jerome A. Cohen, August 15, 2019

”The bravest lawyer in China” – Gao Zhisheng
Jerome A. Cohen, August 15, 2019