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 29, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

美众议院通过修正案阻止中国地图包含台湾(U.S. House passes bill banning purchase of China's maps that include Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, July 29, 2021

Related:
US House passes bill banning purchase of maps depicting Taiwan as part of China
Taiwan News, July 29, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

China Is Using Tibetans as Agents of Empire in the Himalayas
Foreign Policy, July 28, 2021

What message was Xi Jinping trying to send on his visit to Tibet?
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

As China Reins In Private Sector, Another Businessman Gets 18 Years
中国加强对商界管控,农民企业家孙大午被判18年监禁

The New York Times, July 29, 2021

Related:
Statement of the Dawu Legal Team on the Verdict and Sentences in the Dawu Case
China Change, July 28, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

“在中国,自由都是表面的”:一位逃离墙国的美国网红("In China, freedom exists only on the surface": American Internet celebrity who escaped from the walled country)
Voice of America, July 29, 2021

郑州人:为什么不能拍摄?为什么不能将真相告诉公众?(Zhengzhou native: Why can't it be filmed? Why can't the truth be told to the public?)
Radio France Internationale, July 29, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China Cracks Down On Its Tech Giants. Sound Familiar?
Wired, July 29, 2021

Related:
China’s misguided crackdown on business
Financial Times, July 29, 2021

Is China Killing Its Golden Tech Goose?
Protocol, July 28, 2021

China’s Sputnik Moment?
Foreign Affairs, July 29, 2021

Invest in China, but Without Illusions
投资中国,但不要抱有幻想

The New York Times, July 29, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

National security law: scholars, legal experts warn ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ slogan ‘very risky’ in wake of secession conviction
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021

Related:
High Court ruling involving Hong Kong protest slogan not binding in sedition case, judge says
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021

【譚得志被控煽動】控方詳列街站言論 指曾喊「光時」171 次 辦「健康工作坊」無健康訊息(In ex-lawmaker Tam Tak-chi's sedition case, prosecution says he shouted "Liberate Hong Kong" slogan 171 times in public gatherings)
Stand News, July 29, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: High Court judges in first sentencing reject prosecution call to follow legal principles from mainland China
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021

Related:
Lawyer for Hong Kong Protester Asks Court for Shorter Term
Associated Press, July 29, 2021

Two arrested over online calls for boycotts, threats against Hong Kong broadcaster TVB
Hong Kong Free Press, July 29, 2021

信報創辦人林行止宣布擱筆:在大環境仍有選擇自由之下作出的自由選擇(Hong Kong Economic Journal founder Lam Hang-chi ends his column: A free decision made when such decisions are still possible)
Stand News, July 29, 2021

Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union quits alliance behind annual Tiananmen Square vigil, citing ‘worsening situation’
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021

Hong Kong protests: judiciary lifts rare ban imposed on judge barred from cases linked to 2019 unrest
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021

英政府開放網上申請 「極度貧窮」BNO 人士可領政府資助(UK gov't opens application for subsidies for "extremely poor" BNO passport holders)
Stand News, July 29, 2021

Commentary (评论)

More clarity required following judgment in first Hong Kong security law trial
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2021