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.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese Citizen Who Documented Wuhan Outbreak Falls Ill in Prison Hunger Strike
The New York Times, August 25, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China schools: 'Xi Jinping Thought' introduced into curriculum
BBC News, August 25, 2021

民间闻官方限售英语教材 家长恐慌忙抢购 (Parents in China panic buy English textbooks fearing rumored restrictions)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2021

中国推动教育 “国进民退” 八部门下令压缩私立学校 (8 departments issue order to further restrict private schools as China shifts focus to public schools)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2021

中国整治饭圈"野蛮生长" 吴亦凡、赵丽颖粉丝团遭关闭禁言 (Fan clubs of Kris Wu and Zhao Liying are shut down as authorities crack down on “uncivilized growth”)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国鼓励生育 “三孩政策” 写入法律 回顾人口政策四个痛点 (A look back on 4 painful spots in China’s population control as “3-child policy” becomes law)
BBC News, August 25, 2021

Rejecting Covid Inquiry, China Peddles Conspiracy Theories Blaming the U.S.
拒绝世卫第二波调查,中国力推美军实验室泄漏阴谋论

The New York Times, August 25, 2021

中国出重拳保护个人信息,维权人士:笑话! (China goes all out on personal information protection; rights activists: What a joke!)
Voice of America, August 25, 2021

An ‘Early Test Case’ for a China-Led World
The Atlantic, August 24, 2021

China eyes $1.4 trillion of minerals with risky bet on Taliban
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 25, 2021

US, China accuse each other of 'bullying' nations
Channel NewsAsia, August 25, 2021

Joe Biden given inconclusive intelligence report on Covid origins
Agence France-Presse, August 25, 2021

不打疫苗就停低保?青海民和县一社区:指标没完成,吓唬吓唬 (No vaccine, no subsidies? Qinghai community’s scare tactic to boost vaccination rate)
The Paper, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong national security police demand info from Tiananmen Massacre vigil organiser
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong group behind annual Tiananmen Square vigil under investigation for suspected collusion with foreign forces
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong Law Society members with establishment ties now dominate its council after liberals suffer election defeat
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021

Related:
律師會改選「親建制派」全勝 鄭若驊:望日後繼續合作(Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng looks forward to working with Law Society following big win by pro-establishment camp)
Stand News, August 25, 2021

Democratic Party chief hits back after Lam says political parties shunning Hong Kong elections are ‘strange’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 25, 2021

過去 3 年 7 職工會自行解散 羅致光:若曾違法,定必嚴肅跟進(7 trade unions disbanded over last 3 years; Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong: Will look into any violations)
Stand News, August 25, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong’s PolyU tells student union to take magazine off shelves over ‘inappropriate’ content
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021

China’s new data privacy law will create fresh challenges for Hong Kong businesses: former privacy chief
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong Gay Games ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ and threat to national security, lawmakers warn
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

Related:
何君堯斥同運會「披著羊皮的狼」 自由黨:看法一致(Pro- Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho slams Gay Games as “a wolf in sheep's skin” that endangers national security)
inmedia.hk, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong student sentenced to more than 2 years in jail for rioting on night of Tiananmen Square vigil
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

Hong Kong creative industry ‘shrouded in worries and fears’ amid chilling effect of ‘red lines’ under national security law
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2021

【禁片年代】「不利國安」影片可禁映 張婉婷:業界好擔憂 學者:審查紅線更模糊(Academic raises concern over vagueness of "unfavorable to national security" film censorship redline)
Stand News, August 25, 2021

Commentary (评论)

拜登的「戰略清晰」並非口誤,美國協防台灣從來不是「要不要」,而是「說不說」 (Biden's “strategic clarity” is not a slip of the tongue; U.S. defending Taiwan is never a “need to or not,” but rather a “say it or not”)
The New Lens, August 25, 2021