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.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Detainee Says China has Secret Jail in Dubai, Holds Uyghurs
Associated Press, August 17, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Imprisoned Chinese citizen journalist not well, lawyer says
Associated Press, August 17, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China is policing speech that supports “living with Covid”
Quartz, August 17, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s Digital Nationalism and Activism
The Diplomat, August 17, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国怒放的民族主义 - 告密,揪叛徒愈演愈烈 (China's explosive nationalism: Intensified reporting on and catching of traitors)

“共存说”被网暴后论文又遭举报 张文宏得罪了谁? (Why do Chinese netizens attack Zhang Wenhong for raising the “coexistence [with COVID-19] theory”? )
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

明星又遭爱国主义铁拳? 张哲瀚游靖国神社丢代言 (Another celebrity kicked by nationalism? Yasukuni Shrine visit costs Zhang Zhehan all of his sponsors)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

那些被中国制裁的境外势力都做了什么? (What has those foreign forces sanctioned by China done?)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s new draft rules to further tighten control on tech sector
Al Jazeera, August 17, 2021

內地部門稱信息設施營運產生的個人重要數據應存儲境內 (Mainland authorities announce requirement to store in China sensitive personal data generated in the course of operation of information facilities)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 18, 2021

Chinese tech entrepreneurs grow wary of foreign funding
Financial Times, August 17, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Calls intensify for a boycott of Beijing 2022
SupChina, August 16, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Leader: Groups Crossing 'Red Lines' Should Disband
Associated Press, August 17, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong security chief warns disbanded teachers’ union and protest organiser can still be investigated for crimes
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2021

How did Chinese propaganda force Hong Kong's largest teachers union to disband?
GlobalVoices, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong leader warns top legal body to stay out of politics
Agence France-Presse, August 17, 2021

言語治療師總工會接「擬取消職工會登記通知書」(General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists receives notice of registration cancellation from Labour Department)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam reveals government has opened talks on implementing China’s anti-sanctions law, but timetable for enacting this year ‘extremely tight’
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

Related:
China or the US: Hong Kong firms could soon face difficult choice
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2021

China’s anti-sanctions law raises risks for global banks and financial firms in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong activist Tong Ying-kit to challenge national security case verdict and 9-year jail term
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2021

Beijing officials to host first seminar for Hong Kong lawmakers at Legislative Council, brief on 14th five-year plan
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2021

Hong Kong's Population Falls For Second Year Running Amid Exodus
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

Related:
Brain drain both a boon and a curse
The Standard, August 17, 2021

張崑陽宣布留美申政庇 將於約翰霍普金斯大學讀碩士(Activist Sunny Cheung, in self-exile, applies for political asylum in U.S., to pursue graduate studies at Johns Hopkins)
Stand News, August 17, 2021

以永久離港為由提早提取強積金申索金額按年升兩成七(Total amount of Provident Fund withdrawal due to "permanently leaving HK" increased by 27%)
Stand News, August 17, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Journalists call for the release of Cheng Lei who has spent a year in detention in China
GlobalVoices, August 17, 2021

中共不承認「內卷」,更不容忍青年「躺平」退出這場倖存者遊戲 (CPC denies "involution," does not tolerate young people’s exiting the survival game by “lying flat”)
The News Lens, August 17, 2021

In China, ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Is the Only Accepted Religion
The Diplomat, August 17, 2021