HRIC Daily Brief

Thursday, September 08, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Report: China accelerates global campaign to sway foreign media
自由之家报告:北京扩大对全球媒体影响力 台湾最受其害
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2022

Related:
Beijing's Global Media Influence 2022: Authoritarian Expansion and the Power of Democratic Resilience
Freedom House, September, 2022

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

人权团体揭露:习近平治下中国数十万人被软禁(Safeguard Defenders report: Hundreds of thousands put under house arrest in Xi Jinping’s China)
Radio France Internationale, September 7, 2022

Related:
Home Becomes Prison – China’s expanding use of house arrests under Xi Jinping
Safeguard Defenders, September 6, 2022

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil group was merely exercising freedom of speech, court hears in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2022

Related:
支聯會顛覆案 辯方稱支聯會成立30年從無被指非法 「令國家唔高興」不構成犯罪 (Defense by Tiananmen vigil group: Group has never been accused of illegal actions in its 30-year existence; “making the state unhappy” is not a crime)
inmediahk.net, September 8, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Chengdu, Chinese city of 21m, has Covid lockdown extended indefinitely
The Guardian, September 8, 2022

Hong Kong Orders Five-Year-Old Children to Prove Vaccination For Restaurants, Indoor Venues
Bloomberg, September 8, 2022

Hong Kong Education Bureau suggests primary schools spend quarter of teaching time on patriotism, national security education
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2022

Online stores lose shoppers due to data privacy concerns: survey
The Standard, September 8, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China’s actions in Xinjiang merit special human rights session, UN experts say after explosive report
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2022

Related:
Xinjiang report: China must address grave human rights violations and the world must not turn a blind eye, say UN experts
UN Office of the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights, September 7, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Bind: No Easy Way Out Despite the Cost
中国新冠“清零”困局:代价高昂,进退两难

The New York Times, September 8, 2022

蔡霞教授美国刊文揭示习近平压制不满运作再连任将给中国带来灾难(Professor Cai Xia’s article, published in U.S., reveals Xi Jinping's push for 3rd term will bring disaster to China)
Radio France Internationale, September 7, 2022

Related:
The Weakness of Xi Jinping:How Hubris and Paranoia Threaten China’s Future
习近平的弱点——狂妄与偏执如何威胁中国的未来
Foreign Affairs, September 6-7, 2022

Chow Hang-tung’s Testimony During Preliminary Court Inquiry in the Hong Kong Alliance ‘Incitement to Subversion’ Case
China Change, September 7, 2022

Hong Kong: Children’s Book Authors Convicted
Human Rights Watch, September 7, 2022

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