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.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

China's Reach & Internal Control (中国:内控与外扩)

Meta Removes Chinese Effort to Influence U.S. Elections
The New York Times, September 27, 2022

Return to Dust, Chinese hit film about rural hardships, disappears from streaming platforms
The Guardian, September 28, 2022

Chinese regulator pushes for broadcast delay of all online concerts and shows, tightening censorship of live-streamed content
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2022

跨国镇压数字化 自由之家忧中俄借国际组织强化長臂管轄 (Digitalization of transnational repression: Freedom House worries that China and Russia use international organizations to strengthen long-arm jurisdiction)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

Exclusive | TikTok’s owner ByteDance to add four directors to expand its board to nine amid growing US scrutiny over the app’s Beijing link
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2022

Apple shifts some iPhone 14 production from China to India
The Guardian, September 27, 2022

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

深圳沙尾村多次封控引爆抗议 警民街头冲突(Multiple lockdowns of Shenzhen Shawei Village have led to protests and street clashes between police and civilians)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2022

西藏封控 逾七百人被控造谣挨罚重演“李文亮悲剧”(More than 700 people are punished in Tibet for “spreading rumors about the pandemic” in a replay of the "Li Wenliang tragedy")
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2022

Hong Kong activist Benny Tai ‘neutral’ on sentencing timeline in subversion case as 16 co-defendants sit in on hearing
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2022

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai appeals against failed bid to block police from searching his phones
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2022

Cardinal Joseph Zen, 5 others have case to answer over protest fund, Hong Kong magistrate rules
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2022

National security police arrest 2 Hong Kong men for allegedly publishing seditious social media posts
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China replicates Beijing Olympic 'bubble' for rare sports event
Agence France-Presse, September 28, 2022

China president Xi Jinping reappears on state TV amid rumours over absence
Associated Press, September 27, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Does UN Resolution 2758 support ‘one China’?
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2022