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.

Friday, January 28, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Exclusive | China says UN human rights chief can visit Xinjiang ‘after Olympics’
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2022

China’s plans for Xinjiang, and what it means for the region’s persecuted Uyghurs – podcast
The Conversation, January 27, 2022

Xi Jinping’s iron grip on power brings new form of corruption, China experts tell US congressional advisory panel
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2022

National security law: ‘press freedom is not absolute,’ Hong Kong police chief Raymond Siu says
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2022

The End of ‘Fight Club’ Was Cut in China. The Pattern Goes Back Decades.
搏击俱乐部》结局遭篡改,中国审查制度再掀争议

The New York Times, January 3, 2022

澳总理微信账号被易名 引发对中共渗透的担忧(Australian PM's WeChat account has been renamed, sparking fears of CPC infiltration)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

中国“一带一路”冒险进入叙利亚可能收获巨大的回报(China's One Belt, One Road venture into Syria may reap huge rewards)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

中国触角伸向非洲各个角落,甚至为所欲为(China reaches tentacles into all corners of Africa, doing whatever it wants in places)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

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

23 Hong Kong democrats facing national security charges return to court for marathon 12-hour session
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2022

More than 100 charged under Hong Kong's national security law amid ongoing crackdown
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2022

4人因非法集結罪成 判囚5個月一星期至6個月(4 sentenced to five to six months in jail for participating in illegal assembly in the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 28, 2022

国际记者联合会要求中国当局立即释放被任意指控的郭飞雄(International Federation of Journalists calls for immediate release of arbitrarily-charged Guo Feixiong)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

Related:
China: Writer Yang Maodong arrested over subversion
International Federation of Journalists, January 28, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

忧危害国安 美FCC撤销中国联通营运授权(FCC revokes China Unicom's license to operate over national security concerns)
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2022

Related:
FCC revokes China Unicom's authorization to operate in U.S.
Reuters, January 27, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing Olympics: Rights groups call for diplomatic boycott
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2022

全球243个非政府组织敦促各国政府共同外交抵制北京冬奥会(243 NGOs around the world urge governments to join a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

Related:

Beijing Olympics Begin Amid Atrocity Crimes
暴行未止,北京冬奥开幕
Human Rights Watch, January 27, 2022

For Olympic Sponsors, 'China is an Exception'
The New York Times, January 28, 2022

Winter Olympics: China, having learned the game as 2008 host, now plays by its own rules
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Tennis star Peng Shuai and Professor Gulnar Obul: From captives to actors
GlobalVoices, January 27, 2022