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, August 30, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China holds firm on Xinjiang as neighbouring Afghanistan poses security concerns
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

Shein: China fashion giant investigates 'false' anti-Uyghur job ads
BBC News, August 28, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

“国际强迫失踪者日” 台湾民间团体呼吁:让李明哲回家(International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: Taiwan civil society groups urge China’s authorities to release Taiwanese pro-democracy activist Lee Ming-che)
Voice of America, August 30, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese university appears to ask for lists of LGBTQ+ students for ‘investigation’
The Guardian, August 29, 2021

曾为狱中良心犯呼吁的四川公民肖春在福建被秘密审判 获刑4年 已送监服刑(Xiao Chun, Sichuan citizen who had advocated for prisoners of conscience, is sentenced to 4 years in prison in secret trial in Fujian)
Weiquanwang, August 29, 2021

案律师会见通报:出现幻听,需要长期服药,不后悔发声,坚信自己无罪(Report on lawyer’s first meeting with feminist and rights defender Li Qiaochu now nearly 7 months in detention: She hears things, needs long-term medications, doesn’t regret speaking out, and firmly believes in her innocence)
Weiquanwang, August 28, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国劳动市场“就业难招工难” 结构性矛盾日趋严重(Difficulties in finding jobs and workers in China's labor market highlight worsening structural contradictions)
Voice of America, August 30, 2021

Intelligence Review Yields No Firm Conclusion on Origins of Coronavirus
美新冠溯源报告部分解密,未就病毒起源下定论

The New York Times, August 30, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s Celebrity Culture Is Raucous. The Authorities Want to Change That.
中国扩大网络审查,整顿“饭圈”文化

The New York Times, August 30, 2021

网信办整改动作频频 不准“唱衰中国经济”( In flurry of actions, Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission bans "maligning China's economy")
Deutsche Welle, August 30, 2021

Related:
国家网信办启动清朗·商业网站平台和“自媒体”违规采编发布财经类信息专项整治(Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission of China launches special purification campaign to rectify illegal acquisition, editing, and publication of financial information by commercial website platforms and “self-media”)
Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, August 27, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s Generation N: the young nationalists who have Beijing’s back
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing has a new legal architecture for sweeping control over user data
Quartz, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union amends constitution to speed up disbandment under government pressure
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2021

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‘I’ve got evidence’: Hong Kong police chief warns political groups disbanding will not help if they have broken the law
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong children’s books trio remanded in custody after being charged with conspiracy to distribute seditious material
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

曾任支聯會核數師 何鐵文蘇漢章梁樹賢會計師行:今年1月已辭任(Pro-Beijing Hong Kong daily questions Hong Kong Alliance's auditors on handling of funds involved in "collusion with foreign forces")
Ming Pao, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong director accused of flouting Covid-19 rules over screening to take case to court instead of paying fine
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

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區議員在辦事處舉行電影放映會 食環署稱將作檢控(Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to pursue criminal prosecution of district councilor organizing film screening in office)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 28, 2021

《幻愛》放映會被發限聚令告票 導演周冠威:冇恐懼 分享電影 樂在其中(Director Kiwi Chow among those given violation tickets for joining film screening, says he has no fear and feels joy of sharing movie)
Stand News, August 28, 2021

Why Hong Kong’s Democratic Party is not worried about its future despite unseating of sole opposition lawmaker
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2021

Hong Kong independent bookstore Bleak House Books to close
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2021

A virtual Noah’s Ark: Hongkongers race to archive democracy movement amid city-wide purge
Agence France-Presse, August 28, 2021

Hong Kong protests: student faces up to 7 years in jail after pleading guilty to rioting over role in PolyU siege
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

2人參與反國歌法示威分別判社服令及監禁7個月(2 sentenced to community service and 7 month in jail, respectively, over 2020 anti-National Anthem Law protest)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 28, 2021

Hong Kong is eighth safest city in world overall, but ranks badly when it comes to personal and environmental security
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2021

Hong Kong Newspaper Treated as Agent of Foreign State in US
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2021

Commentary (评论)

China’s Foreign Policy: Inflexibility Rules
The Diplomat, August 29, 2021