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.

Thursday, March 31, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

俄军入侵乌克兰后中俄外长首次会晤,王毅称双方发展关系意愿“更为坚定”(Chinese and Russian foreign ministers meet for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine; Wang Yi cites “firmer” mutual willingness to develop relations)
Voice of America, March 31, 2022

Close ties allow Russian propaganda to spread swiftly through China, report claims
The Guardian, March 31, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forges new unity of EU purpose on China
The Financial Times, March 31, 2022

US calls Beijing’s pressure on Taiwan ‘a threat to all democracies’
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2022

肯尼亚得到与华为相关的中国通信电缆(China’s telecom cables linked to Huawei reach Kenya)
Voice of America, March 31, 2022

又有一中国公民因在美参与“猎狐行动”而受到起诉(One more Chinese citizen is indicted for participating in “Operation Fox Hunt” in U.S.)
Voice of America, March 31, 2022

Chinese government pressures scholars to withdraw from online panels at international conference
SupChina, March 30, 2022

Top Chinese ex-official expelled from Communist party in latest purge
The Guardian, March 31, 2022

Related:
Former Chinese official Fu Zhenghua expelled from Party, public office
Xinhua, March 31, 2022

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

Australian journalist Cheng Lei has day in Chinese court but closed-door trial ends with deferred verdict
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2022

Hong Kong national security police quiz ex-leaders of disbanded pro-democracy union – reports
Hong Kong Free Press, March 31, 2022

Related:
警搜職工盟 4前成員包括黃迺元、鄧建華助查(Police search Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions office, question 4 former members)
Ming Pao, March 31, 2022

黃之鋒六四集結案服刑完畢 轉到赤柱監獄還押 等候初選案審訊(Joshua Wong completes June Fourth unauthorized assembly sentence, is transferred to Stanley Prison to await primary election trial)
HK01, March 29, 2022

西藏流亡政府:青海玉树发生藏人自焚事件(Tibetan government in exile reports Tibetan self-immolation in Yushu, Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

外交部批英國打「法官牌」 圖以政治手段破壞香港司法(China's foreign ministry criticizes UK for playing the "judge card" to undermine Hong Kong's judiciary by political means)
Ming Pao, March 31, 2022

Related:
特首:有合理理由懷疑兩名法官辭任有政治考慮(Chief Executive: There are reasonable grounds to suspect political consideration in resignations of 2 UK judges)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 31, 2022

大律師公會質疑兩終院非常任法官辭任或涉政治壓力 籲公眾對港法治保持信心(Hong Kong Bar Association suspects political pressure in resignations of 2 non-permanent judges, urges public to maintain confidence in HK's rule of law)
Ming Pao, March 31, 2022

Statement of the Hong Kong Bar Association on the Resignation of UK Supreme Court Judges as Non-Permanent Judges of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Hong Kong Bar Association, March 30, 2022

Australian, Canadian judges to stay on Hong Kong top court after 2 UK judges quit citing security law
Hong Kong Free Press, March 31, 2022

China has very few women in power despite a commitment to gender equality
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

In an industrial Chinese province, some workers say they’ve been quarantined in the hospitals they were building.
吉林疫情告急,援建方舱医院农民工境遇引发关注

The New York Times, March 31, 2022

In Hong Kong, China’s Covid Aid Gets the Cold Shoulder
The New York Times, March 31, 2022

Commentary & Analysis, 评论与分析

李承鹏:有些事要写进历史的,有些人,已不像人(Li Chengpeng: Some things need to be written into history; some people no longer seem human)
Yibao, March 28, 2022