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.

Monday, July 26, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang’s exports to the EU boom, despite political concerns over forced labour
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2021

INSIDE XINJIANG’S GROWING CARCERAL STATE
China Digital Times, July 23, 2021

解读新疆:著名维吾尔民俗学教授热依拉.达吾提遭判刑(Further details on the prosecution and imprisonment of well-known Uyghur folklore professor Reyila Dawuti)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Guangdong Dissident Poet Commits Suicide Amid Ongoing Police Surveillance
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2021

常玮平案通报:拒绝律师会见的要求 看守所不让存钱存物(Rights lawyer Chang Weiping is denied access to his lawyers; detention center refuses to accept money and belongings for him by his family)
Weiquanwang, July 26, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

As China Rolled Out Its COVID-19 Shots, Victims of Earlier Vaccine Scandals Vanished
The Diplomat, July 24, 2021

Foreign journalists harassed by Chinese citizens over Zhengzhou flooding coverage
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing urges Washington to stop 'demonising' China as US official visits
Agence France-Presse, July 26, 2021

China sanctions former US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, others
Al Jazeera, July 23, 2021

Two Chinese ‘agents’ charged in US for targeting Beijing opponents
Agence France-Presse, July 24, 2021

As China Boomed, It Didn’t Take Climate Change Into Account. Now It Must.
中国开始应对气候变化是否为时已晚?

The New York Times, July 26, 2021

美国会两党报告:美国防供应链需设法摆脱对“对手国家”中国的依赖(U.S. Congress bipartisan report: U.S. defense supply chain needs to rid dependence on "rival country" China)
Voice of America, July 24, 2021

Related:
REPORT OF THE DEFENSE CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN TASK FORCE
U.S. House, July 22, 2021

中国拒绝接受调查计划后 世卫组织敦促各国在病毒溯源问题上共同合作(After China refuses to accept investigation plan, WHO urges all countries to collaborate on virus origin)
Voice of America, July 24, 2021

Related:
WHO urges collaboration on virus origin after China rejects inquiry plan
Reuters, July 23, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

US-China tech war: Beijing calls on Chinese firms to ‘seize overseas opportunities’ in race for self-reliance
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organiser to plead guilty after being slapped with summons over June 4 museum
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organiser to plead guilty after being slapped with summons over June 4 museum
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

Former Hong Kong law professor, activist Benny Tai hit with charges over 2016 Legislative Council race expenses
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, ex-lawmaker to contest incitement charges stemming from banned Tiananmen vigil
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021

Hong Kong protests: teen who was among 12 fugitives detained in Shenzhen sentenced to time in training centre for flight attempt, petrol bomb
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

香港言語治療師總工會三名幹事昨晚獲准保釋候查(Three speech therapists union officers granted bail on national security charges for publishing children's books)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 24, 2021

譚得志涉發表煽動文字等14罪 控方稱或因應唐英傑案修訂控罪 官准押後周四再審訊(Judge adjourns trial of ex-lawmaker Tam Tak-chi until Thursday as prosecution seeks to amend charges based on first national security case)
Ming Pao, July 26, 2021

前大埔區議員及議助認非法集結及襲警等三罪 判囚三個月(Former pro-democracy Tai Po District Councillor and assistant plead guilty to participating in unauthorized assembly and assaulting police; assistant gets three months jail sentence)
inmedia.hk, July 26, 2021

袁嘉蔚鄒幸彤被罰囚水飯房 邵家臻批懲教署「最嚴格標準針對政治犯」(Pro-democracy activists Tiffany Yuen and Tonyee Chow kept in solitary for days over alleged violations of prison rules)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2021

Billionaires and a Hong Kong bank chief handed seats on powerful new election body
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021

No spectacle, no fireworks: Legco is getting work done, but Hongkongers are losing interest without opposition sound and fury
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2021

Hong Kong Baptist University makes national security education compulsory and a graduation requirement
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

Related:
浸大新學年不代收會費 學生會:或減人手或停運合作社(Baptist University stops collecting membership fees for its students' union, forcing it to reduce staff or shutter its cooperative)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 26, 2021

【圖書館戰爭】《文匯》批法律童書「損害年輕人守法意識」 圖書館翌日下架(Public library takes down children's book about law day after criticism by pro-Beijing newspaper)
Stand News, July 24, 2021

Hong Kong Olympic badminton player speaks up after black jersey ‘strongly condemned’ by pro-Beijing politician
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s press freedom clampdown echoes around the world
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2021

Sheep, wolves, and the Hong Kong government’s epidemic of ‘so called’
Hong Kong Free Press, July 24, 2021

China’s wolf warrior approach is here to stay, says writer Peter Martin
The Hindu, July 25, 2021

In Their Own Words (引言)

“All sins and evils will have their due conclusions. This is the historical trend of the progress of human freedom and will not be changed because dark clouds temporarily obscure the light. True light is never without times of darkness but will never be concealed by darkness.”

Ye Du (pen name of the mainland Chinese writer Wu Wei (吳偉 ))
(From his letter dated July 13, 2021 proposing marriage to his girlfriend Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, vice chairperson of the Hong kong Alliance, currently in custody awaiting trial on allegedly publicizing unlawful assembly in connection with the banned June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong. The letter was published in the Ming Pao supplement, July 25, 2021.)

“所有的罪与恶都一定会有应有的结局,这人类自由进步的历史大势,不会因为乌云暂时遮挡了光明而改变,真正的光明决不是没有黑暗的时间,但永不会被黑暗所掩蔽。”

——野渡(中国大陆作家)
(香港支联会副主席邹幸彤被捕还押,其身处中国大陆的男友、本身是维权作家的野渡在给她的信中倾诉思念并求婚。香港《明报》副刊,2021年7月25日)