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, September 06, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

“不可见的、缺席的”:中国女性对抗暴力与审查的困境
Battling Violence and Censors, Women in China Become ‘Invisible and Absent’

The New York Times, September 6, 2022

Earthquake in China’s Sichuan leads to outcry over covid lockdown
The Washington Post, September 6, 2022

中共二十大前夕 一篇“闭关锁国”研究文章如何引发争议(On eve of the 20th CPC Congress, how a research article on the Qing Dynasty policy of "closing the country" sparks controversy)
BBC News, September 6, 2022

NETIZEN VOICES: OFFICIALS IN CHENGDE BACKTRACK ON MULTI-GENERATIONAL PUNISHMENT FOR COVID SCOFFLAWS
China Digital Times, September 2, 2022

Hong Kong’s new war museum, ‘a base for patriotic education’, opens its doors on Victory Day
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2022

Related:
中大國安課程「認識中國」 段崇智等三任校長親自教授 學習百年屈辱、中國崛起等 [CUHK national security course, “Knowing China,” to be taught by 3 current, former presidents; contents will include 100 years of shame, the rise of China.
inmediahk.net, September 6, 2022

【通識變公社】香港不是殖民地 人權不能影響國家安全 教科書如何變得「政治正確」? (Liberal Studies revamped as Citizenship & Social Development: Hong Kong is not a colony, human rights cannot affect national security—how textbooks have become “politically correct”)
inmediahk.net, September 4, 2022