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, September 26, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China wants the world to stay silent on Muslim camps. It’s succeeding.
The New York Times, September 25, 2019

Uyghur exile safely returns to Turkey after facing deportation to China from Moroccan authorities
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

TikTok – Yes, TikTok – is the latest window into China’s police state
Wired, September 25, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Shuping Wang, whistleblower who exposed China’s HIV/AIDS crisis, dies at 59
Washington Post, September 26, 2019

China says it is investigating ‘missing’ Taiwanese scholar Tsai Chin-shu on security grounds
Agence France-Presse, September 25, 2019

Related:
20年來推動兩岸交流、「藍到底」學者蔡金樹,遭證實危害中國「國家安全」被捕 (China confirms scholar Tsai Chin-Shu, missing since July 2018, was arrested in Xiamen for endangering national security)
The News Lens, September 25, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Academic censorship, at home and abroad
China Digital Times, September 25, 2019

人民日報批評Twitter為「港獨」站台 (People’s Daily criticizes Twitter for “backing Hong Kong independence”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 25, 2019

Chinese government employees gripe about forced travel to North Korea
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

Can Taiwan control China’s keyboard warriors? Both want to crack down on online propaganda, but for different reasons
Financial Times, September 25, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

《逆權公民》社區放映遍地開花,當年韓國今日香港觀眾噙淚 (Hong Kong citizens organize community viewings of “1987: When the Day Comes” to learn from Korea’s experience)
Stand News, September 26, 2019

Exiled Hong Kong protesters forced to demonstrate from abroad
Deutsche Welle, September 25, 2019

【影片】反送中延燒台灣校園傳衝突:東吳、義守大學後,文化大學連儂牆也遭毀 (Mainland students in Taiwan’s Chinese Culture University attack supporters of Hong Kong protests over Lennon Wall)
The News Lens, September 26, 2019

Revisiting Tibetan self-immolations
China Digital Times, September 25, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Vietnam confronts China, alone: Hanoi has not found as much support as it hoped for despite its bold confrontation of Beijing in the South China Sea
The Diplomat, September 26, 2019

Related:
Vietnam closes bidding on highway project, refusing investments from China
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

Busts of leaders a hit in China's porcelain capital ahead of key anniversary
Reuters, September 25, 2019

Czech intelligence blames China for major cyber attack
Agence France-Presse, September 26, 2019

Will Washington agree on new Hong Kong human rights and democracy act?
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

China mobilizes the 'masses' to join nationwide security ops ahead of Oct. 1
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

抵制中国“恶性影响”,争取民主是21世纪关键之战 (U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan: Countering China’s “malignant influence” and striving for democracy are the key battles of the 21st century)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

A blueprint for consolidating power: China exports Xi Jinping Thought to Nepal
Eleven Myanmar, September 25, 2019

Marshall Islands confirms diplomatic support for Taiwan
Associated Press, September 25, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing
The Guardian, September 25, 2019

China’s tech giants pledge allegiance ahead of national day
Inkstone, September 25, 2019

Court harnesses the social power of WeChat to shame debtors
Sixth Tone, September 25, 2019

Alibaba is testing a new social networking app, Real
TechNode, September 25, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Protesters make plans to ‘mourn’ National Day with marches, legally approved or not
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong Court of Appeals calls for immediate review of laws and policies that discriminate against same-sex relationships
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Controversial Hong Kong website Dim Sum Daily linked to company owned by man wanted in Malaysia over 1MDB scandal
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

China envoy rules out more concessions to Hong Kong protesters ahead of Carrie Lam’s public ‘dialogue’
Agence France-Presse, September 26, 2019

Related:
Carrie Lam holds her first community dialogue and participants are banned from carrying umbrellas, gas masks and helmets as police keep a low profile
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

3封流亡台灣港人家書:「連儂牆前,我淚流滿面,但無法放聲大哭」 (Letters home from three protesters who fled to Taiwan)
The News Lens, September 25, 2019

【逆權運動】教師出題考「警黑勾結」成語 教局轟散播仇恨或釘牌 (Education Bureau addresses using of “police-triad collusion” idiom in language quiz, warns against teachers propagating “hate speech”)
Apple Daily, September 25, 2019

Private line linking to a Shenzhen court installed by a Hong Kong police intelligence division
Factwire, September 25, 2019

‘Grandpa Chan’ protest mediator says Hong Kong police pepper-sprayed him without warning
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2019

13-year-old among several arrested at Mong Kok protest
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2019

Related:
【睇片】防暴警凌晨太子拘捕多人 一青年被制服後仍遭警棍毆打 (Police arrest many at Prince Edward MTR station, beat protester after subduing him )
Stand News, September 25, 2019

Hong Kong protesters on meeting their housing dreams: yes, thank you, but we want genuine universal suffrage too
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

Commentary (评论)

It’s #MeToo and all of us: Hongkongers will not accept oppression, subjugation or sexual violence
Hong Kong Free Press, September 26, 2019

香港的“半民主”模式和“中间道路” (The Basic Law’s “half democracy” model for Hong Kong keeps us stuck in the “middle road”)
The New York Times, September 26, 2019

是兩極化還是一面倒? 當下香港民意的共識(文:李立峯)(Polarized or unanimous: What is the current consensus of the Hong Kong people?)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2019

香港騷亂的幾個問題(二):西方不再需要香港 (Questions on Hong Kong’s unrest: What happens when the West does not need Hong Kong anymore?)
The News Lens, September 26, 2019

匿名、素人、內部勢力:「無大台」運動中的即時資訊台 (Who are the anonymous “internal forces” providing instant information for the leaderless movement?)
The Initium, September 25, 2019

China Central Television: A long-standing weapon in Beijing’s arsenal of repression
The Diplomat, September 25, 2019

「光復香港」百日宣言
Liberate Hong Kong, The Hundredth Day Declaration: Our Resolute Fight for Universal Suffrage and Battle against State Violence)

Stand News, September 25, 2019

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Incarceration of Christians and Han Chinese in Xinjiang shows broad reach of forced indoctrination campaign
The Globe and Mail, September 24, 2019

China calls on Washington to cancel Xinjiang meeting
Associated Press, September 24, 2019

US calls on UN to demand unfettered access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of rights abuses
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Interview: 'As soon as I was taken inside, I knew it was a prison'
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Interview: ‘Video is a very stark reminder of how manicured choreographed access to Xinjiang [has been]’
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Democracy activist who called for Chinese president’s resignation dies in police custody
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Anti-discrimination activists detained for two months in widening crackdown
China Labour Bulletin, September 24, 2019

山东异议人士于新永影射习近平被羁押16个月 (Shandong dissident detained without trial for 16 months after being arrested for insulting Xi Jinping)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s threats to academic freedom ‘pose risks’ to foreign partners
Times Higher Education, September 24, 2019

Related:
Obstacles to Excellence: Academic Freedom & China’s Quest for World Class Universities
Scholars at Risk, September 24, 2019

Party theory learning app invites 60 users to Beijing celebrations
Global Times, September 24, 2019

A bald-faced lie from New Zealand’s biggest Chinese newspaper
SupChina, September 24, 2019

China switches off costume dramas ahead of national day
Financial Times, September 24, 2019

CPC leadership discusses patriotic education, Party school rules
Xinhua, September 24, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

'Mommy don't go to work': sexist children's song prompts outcry in China
The Guardian, September 24, 2019

CBI video: A fairytale spin on the harsh realities of left-behind children
China Film Insider, September 24, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

UN chief warns of a world divided between US and China
Associated Press, September 24, 2019

European businesses urge EU to take ‘defensive’ measures against China’s state-owned enterprises
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2019

Related:
European chamber report joins calls for 'competitive neutrality' and SOE reform to sustain China's development
European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, September 24, 2019

15,000 personnel will be in military parade celebrating PRC's 70th founding anniversary
China Global Television Network, September 24, 2019

Related:
Ahead of huge parade, China complains of 'strange logic' about its military
Reuters, September 24, 2019

Report: The Party leads on everything: China’s changing governance in Xi Jinping’s new era
MERICS, September 24, 2019

China is killing religious and ethnic minorities and harvesting their organs, UN Human Rights Council told
Independent, September 24, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

国际标准话语权:中国主导5G的王牌?(China holds “discourse power” on international standards on 5G network development)
Voice of America, September 25, 2019

Chinese hackers who pursued Uighurs also targeted Tibetans: researchers
Reuters, September 24, 2019

Related:
Missing Link: Tibetan groups targeted with 1-click mobile exploits
Citizen Lab, September 24, 2019

Lawyers predict extradition case for Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou could take up to a decade and set Charter precedent
Star Vancouver, September 23, 2019

Malaysia's 5G plan a potential boon for China's Huawei
Reuters, September 24, 2019

TikTok’s in-video search function (and how to activate it)
What’s On Weibo, September 24, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Disband Hong Kong’s police force? Online poll shows most in favour of move
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

‘Freedom is in our mind’: Why Hong Kong protests are still escalating
Christian Science Monitor, September 24, 2019

香港示威“私了”风起:以武制暴或以暴易暴?(Emerging trend of protesters taking matters into their own hands: Defense or retribution?)
Deutsche Welle, September 24, 2019

蘋果日報女記者遭四人伏擊 拳打腳踢 多處受傷 (Apple Daily reporter attacked after doxxing site revealed her identity)
Stand News, September 24, 2019

Related:
Reporter at Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily paper attacked by four men
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2019

Trump at UN offers his most forceful support for Hong Kong yet
Vox, September 24, 2019

Related:
Video: Beijing must protect Hong Kong’s way of life and honour Handover deal, Donald Trump tells UN
Agence France-Presse, September 25, 2019

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to lead delegation to Beijing ahead of National Day celebrations
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2019

荃灣海濱浮屍 數百人自發悼念 街坊不信任警方政府 指疑點重重 (Hundreds attend commemoration in Tsuen Wan as yet another corpse discovery spreads cynicism, distrust)
Stand News, September 24, 2019

Hong Kong man charged for ‘publicly mutilating’ Chinese national flag in Sha Tin - third protester to face flag-defiling charges
South China Morning Post, September 24, 2019

【9.22和你塞】15歲童藏兩張八達通 貿易署主任有防護工具同被捕 (15-year-old boy arrested on theft charges for having multiple transit cards)
HK01, September 24, 2019

Commentary (评论)

從白色恐怖到血色恐怖,一切很正常 (From white terror to bloody terror, why are we surprised?)
Stand News, September 25, 2019

China has destroyed Uighur families, including mine. Guterres must act
The Guardian, September 24, 2019

Are Chinese and Western perspectives incompatible in our post-truth times?
SupChina, September 24, 2019

U.S. terrorism policy paved the way for China’s repression
Foreign Policy, September 24, 2019

Will Beijing’s Taiwan strategy backfire? China’s strategy of global diplomatic isolation will harm Chinese interests in the long-run
The Diplomat, September 24, 2019

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

At U.N., Trump pushes religious freedom at event slamming China over Uighurs
Reuters, September 23, 2019

China footage reveals hundreds of blindfolded and shackled prisoners
The Guardian, September 23, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

维权人士看守所猝死, 妻子哭诉“中国太黑暗” (Rights defender Wang Meiyu dies in detention center, no cause of death given to wife who says, “China is so dark”)
Voice of America, September 24, 2019

Taiwan activist's wife calls on China to allow him home for funeral
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2019

Chinese rights activist detained after supporting Hong Kong protests
Radio Free Asia, September 23, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

统一战线70年:党外知识分子统战工作砥砺前行,开拓奋进 (70 years of United Front: Party members must learn to befriend intellectuals, find common denominator to win them over)
The Paper, September 24, 2019

Ofcom investigates CGTN over coverage of Hong Kong protests
The Guardian, September 23, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Queens in the People’s Republic: a night in Beijing’s tiny but growing drag scene
Hong Kong Free Press, September 24, 2019

還原「反送中」抗爭現場奪國際攝影大獎ㅤ陳一:是時代的選擇 (“The Unforgettable Wound of Hongkonger” photograph takes prize at International Photography Awards)
Stand News, September 23, 2019