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, January 11, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Beijing steps up pressure on Hong Kong over COVID-19 party scandal, Cathay Pacific
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

FAREWELL LETTERS: A TRIBUTE TO THE CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS, BLOGGERS, AND MEDIA OUTLETS WE LOST IN 2021
China Digital Times, January 10, 2022

Hong Kong: Journalists remain defiant despite clampdown on media
Deutsche Welle, January 10, 2022

Hong Kong authorities grill union which held street stalls on Covid-19 and national security law
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2022

香港悼念六四难 王丹筹设纽约纪念馆(Commemorating June Fourth is difficult in Hong Kong; Wang Dan raises money to set up June Fourth museum in New York)
Deutsche Welle, January 11, 2022

狱中人权律师余文生父亲今去世 余文生未获见其父生前最后一面(Imprisoned rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was denied request to see his ailing father, who dies without seeing son for the last time)
Weiquanwang, January 10, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s private tutoring giant disclosed the huge toll of Beijing’s education crackdown
Quartz, January 10, 2022

National security law: Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil defendants sound justice warning after magistrate lines up government body to represent them in subversion trial
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China battles Omicron outbreak weeks before Winter Olympics
The Guardian, January 10, 2022

China locks down third city, raising affected to 20 million
The Washington Post, January 11, 2022

China’s Omicron threat ‘under control’, no lockdown planned for Beijing Winter Olympics, organisers say
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Chinese Authorities’ ‘Inhumane Cruelty’ Again on Display
Human Rights Watch, January 10, 2022

Western-style democracy ‘would doom Hong Kong to chaos’, Chinese officials say
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2022

What Should the Left Do About China?
The Nation, January 11, 2022