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, October 04, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆和田逾百维吾尔族被扣查 罪名 : 消极对待国庆(More than 100 Uyghurs in Hotan, Xinjiang are detained for investigation; their offense: passivity on National Day)
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

美国吁北京停止挑衅后 解放军再出动56架次扰台刷新纪录(After U.S. urges Beijing to stop its provocation, PLA dispatches 56 planes into Taiwanese airspace, setting new record)
Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese citizen journalist held incommunicado after COVID reporting reappears
GlobalVoices, October 4, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Chinese blogger rails against Communist Party enemies and rattles business, intellectuals with reminders of past
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

专家警告:中国未来5年或频繁出现更严重缺电(Experts warn worsening power shortage in China in next 5 years)
Radio France Internationale, October 4, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese AI gets ethical guidelines for the first time, aligning with Beijing’s goal of reining in Big Tech
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2021

China tightens political control of internet giants
Associated Press, October 4, 2021

Related:
网络安全、反垄断、再分配:中共加强控制互联网巨头(Cybersecurity, antitrust, redistribution: CPC strengthens control of Internet giants)
Deutsche Welle, October 4, 2021

China’s plan to block export of ‘core’ data raises questions over implementation
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021

美参议员:领英封禁美国记者的中国页面是对中共“公然绥靖”(U.S. Senator: LinkedIn’s blocking of U.S. journalists’ China pages is ‘blatant appeasement’ of CPC)
Voice of America, October 2, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Beijing Winter Olympics: organisers feel ‘great pressure in epidemic prevention and control’
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

National security law: Hong Kong’s biggest opposition trade union votes by overwhelming majority to disband
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong Security Bureau warns disbanded groups will remain criminally liable, after pro-democracy union coalition folds
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021

香港職業治療師工會通過解散動議 即時啟動相關程序兩周後停運(Union of Hong Kong Occupational Therapists passes disbandment resolution, to cease operation in two weeks)
Ming Pao, October 4, 2021

Hong Kong activists stage demonstrations worldwide during China’s national day
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021

Related:
Hongkongers in Taiwan Spray Chinese Leader's Portrait Black on Day of Oct. 1 Protests
Radio Free Asia, October 1 2021

Hong Kong officials urged to speed up delivery of Article 23 security law to counter foreign interference
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021

Related:
New Hong Kong security law – Article 23 – will only affect ‘a small group of people,’ says top official
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021

Exclusive | No timetable for Hong Kong anti-sanctions law, finance chief Paul Chan says
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2021

Third group of Hong Kong district councillors take oath of office, but questions remain over how many will be unseated
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2021

Related:
監誓人對16名區議員今日宣誓有效性存疑問(Oaths of 16 district councilors questioned by authorities)
inmedia.hk, October 3, 2021

陳珮明宣誓前請辭 公民黨區議員歸零(Shatin district councilor Mike Chan resigns before oath-taking, leaving Civic Party with zero representation)
inmedia.hk, October 3, 2021

區議員宣誓|余浚寧宣布已辭任西貢區議員(Sai Kung district councillor Tsunning Yu resigns before oath-taking)
Ming Pao, October 4, 2021

民主黨黃凱盈缺席宣誓 曾列初選林卓廷名單第二位(Democratic Party district councilor of Northern district Irene Wong absent from oath-taking ceremony)
inmedia.hk, October 4, 2021

Hong Kong lawyers create court database of protest-related cases in bid to safeguard rule of law
Hong Kong Free Press, October 3, 2021

Commentary (评论)

《尚气》获全球赞誉却踢到中国民族主义铁板(Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi wins global praise but is shunned in China amid rising nationalism)
Voice of America, October 4, 2021