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, March 26, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China imposes sanctions on UK MPs, lawyers and academic in Xinjiang row
The Guardian, March 26, 2021

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新疆人权:中国制裁英国的人与事和关键点(Human Rights in Xinjiang: People, events, key points in China's sanctions on Britain)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 26, 2021

Netizen Voices: “Don't support Xinjiang Cotton, support Xinjiang people instead”
China Digital Times, March 25, 2021

People in China Left Wondering, ‘What Happened in Xinjiang?’
Human Rights Watch, March 25, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan reports largest incursion yet by Chinese military aircraft
March 26, 2021

反制中国《海警法》 美台签海巡备忘录(U.S.,Taiwan sign maritime patrol memorandum to counter China's Maritime Police Law)
Deutsche Welle, March 26, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

How China’s supreme court tried to open up the legal ‘black box’ to let in the light
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2021

抵抗拆迁被指妨碍公务 重庆四人遭重判(Four demolition resisters in Chongqing receive heavy sentences for “hindering official duties”)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

欧洲国际问题权威学者就制裁发表联署声明(Prominent European scholars on international affairs issue joint statement on China’s sanctions)
Deutsche Welle, March 25, 2021

Related:
Statement by European Research Institute Directors
The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, March 25, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Winter of discontent: Will countries boycott China’s Olympics in 2022?
The Economist, March 27, 2021

At China’s Borders, “Vaccine Passports” Just Got Real
Foreign Policy, March 25, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Exclusive | Hong Kong’s Election Committee will control Legislative Council with bulk of its own candidates, but it could pick non-members to be its lawmakers, says pro-Beijing heavyweight
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2021

Related:
Survey finds declining confidence in Hong Kong’s democracy, rule of law and stability amid promise of ‘patriots’ ruling city
Hong Kong Free Press, March 26, 2021

保安局、懲教署及警方未有透露李宇軒羈押地點(Police, Security Bureau, Correctional Services Department continue to conceal Andy Li’s detention location)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 25, 2021

【7.1 闖立會案】王宗堯劉頴匡鄒家成等 14 人被控暴動 延至 2023 年開審(Cases of 14 charged with rioting over occupying Legislative Council in 2019 won’t be heard until May 2023)
Stand News, March 26, 2021

【理大圍城】10人被控非法集結 准保釋待轉介至區院(10 charged with illegal assembly over PolyU protests in 2019 granted bail by court)
inmediahk.net, March 26, 2021

【清算港台】處長等高層再有新指示 《鏗鏘集》《鏗鏘說》下集由綜合節目、文教及康體組負責 (New head of Radio Television Hong Kong replaces host of “Hong Kong Connection” believed to sympathize with protestors)
Stand News, March 26, 2021

Canada calling? Hong Kong residents shift billions abroad after clampdown
Reuters, March 26, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Can the US and China Agree to Disagree?
The Diplomat, March 26, 2021

Abandoning Criticism of China’s Government Isn’t the Right Way to End Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S.
ChinaFile, March 25, 2021

We Need to Put a Name to This Violence
我们该如何谈论这些针对亚裔的袭击

The New York Times, March 26, 2021

广州番禺一村委会遭自杀性爆炸 分析:社会矛盾激化的产物(Analysis of suicide bombing attack on a village committee in Panyu, Guangzhou: A product of intensified social conflict)
Voice of America, March 26, 2021

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Why Are China’s Consumers Threatening to Boycott H&M and Other Brands?
The New York Times, March 25, 2021

H&M Faces Boycott in China Over Stance on Treatment of Uyghurs
H&M因拒用新疆棉花在华遭抵制

The New York Times, March 25, 2021

耐克新疆声明在中国社媒引发风暴(Nike's statement on Xinjiang triggers social media storm in China)
Voice of America, March 25, 2021

Related:
Nike faces social media storm in China over Xinjiang statement
Reuters, March 24, 2021

Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)

Mongolians in China Face 'Cultural Genocide' as Language, Culture Swept Aside: Group
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

“学术自由指数”中国排名垫底 香港低过俄罗斯("Academic Freedom Index": China ranks bottom, Hong Kong lower than Russia)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s ‘blatant coercion’ of Australia is a lesson for the world, says Antony Blinken
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 25, 2021

US-EU announce dialogue on China; Nato pledges to work with Japan, other Asia-Pacific nations to counter Beijing
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2021

《自然》曝光造假论文“产业化” 大部分来自中国("Nature" exposes "industrialization" of fake papers, sourced mainly from China)
Radio Free Asia, March 24, 2021

Related:
The fight against fake-paper factories that churn out sham science
Science, March 23, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Australian ministers targeted in Telegram phishing scam aimed at revealing details of Hong Kong activists
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2021

China-based hackers used Facebook to target Uighurs abroad with malware
Reuters, March 24, 2021

Related:
脸书:中国骇客利用假冒手法侵入维吾尔人电脑手机(Facebook: Chinese hackers used counterfeit ploy to hack into Uyghur computers, phones)
Voice of America, March 25, 2021

China mulls new state-backed firm to oversee tech data: Report
Al Jazeera, March 25, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

鍾翰林涉分裂國家洗黑錢等4罪保釋被拒 還押至6月再訊(Court denies bail to former Studentlocalism convenor Tony Chung charged with alleged secession and money laundering)
Ming Pao, March 25, 2021

被控 4 項煽動行為罪 「傑斯」高院申保釋被拒(Bail denied by High Court to Internet radio host Giggs’ Wan Yiu-sing with 4 charges of sedition)
Stand News, March 25, 2021

Police say most of eight fugitives sent back to Hong Kong from mainland China refusing counsel, lawyer claims
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2021

Hong Kong legislature tightens curbs on unruly members even though there are none left
Hong Kong Free Press, March 25, 2021

本台查詢李宇軒下落 懲教署稱不會就個別個案作出評論(Andy Li has not been seen since return to Hong Kong; Correctional Services Department declines to comment on individual cases)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 25, 2021

修訂議事規則決議案通過 行為極不檢點議員將暫停職務(Legislative Council passes rules amendment proposal; lawmakers can be suspended for misconduct)
Stand News, March 25, 2021

Related:
Resolution (Under Article 75 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China)
決議 (根據《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區基本法》第七十五條)
HKSAR Legislative Council, March 25, 2021

建制派選舉呈請勝訴 高院裁定李軒朗非妥為當選 第二名民主派區議員被 DQ(A second pro-democracy district councillors disqualified after pro-establishment party won High Court election petition)
Stand News, March 25, 2021

Hong Kong court grants justice department request to allow ‘joint enterprise’ prosecutions in riot, unlawful assembly cases
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2021

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【赴湯杜火案】上訴庭:「合謀犯罪」原則適用於暴動罪 不在場者同可被控(Court of Appeal: “Joint enterprise” legal principle is applicable to rioting; those not physically present can face same charges)
Stand News, March 25, 2021

Exclusive: Hong Kong tells foreign governments to stop accepting special British passport
Reuters, March 25, 2021

Commentary (评论)

China’s EU Sanctions Are the Latest Proof: Beijing Doesn’t Understand Democracies
The Diplomat, March 25, 2021

Why Authoritarians Love the Olympics
Foreign Affairs, March 25, 2021

Beijing’s Schadenfreude Over the Capitol Riots Conceals Deep Anxiety
Foreign Policy, March 24, 2021

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

“北京在缓慢摧毁维吾尔民族” 新疆出生率暴跌的背后 (“Beijing is slowly destroying Uyghurs”—What's behind Xinjiang's declining birth rate?)
Voice of America, March 24, 2020

H&M's Xinjiang cotton ban sparks China backlash
Radio France Internationale, March 24, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

‘We’re in it together’, Antony Blinken tells Nato after flurry of China sanctions
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2021

专访:欧盟对华"能合作就合作,须对抗则对抗" (MEP Michael Gahler on EU's approach to China: "Cooperate when possible, compete when needed and confront when necessary.")
Deutsche Welle, March 23, 2021

China slams U.S. over racism, inequality, pandemic response
Associated Press, March 24, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong police charge activist Andy Li under security law after release from Chinese prison
Hong Kong Free Press, March 24, 2021

Exclusive | Political neutrality does not mean supporting neither side, Hong Kong minister says
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2021

Hong Kong protests: part of legal bid against first police use of tear gas on demonstrators ‘reasonably arguable’, court says
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2021

Hong Kong teachers, school administrators responsible for ensuring materials ‘correct, impartial’; education minister pledges oversight
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2021

教育局接269社會動亂相關專業失德投訴 取消兩教師註冊 52教師收譴責信或書面警告(Education Bureau received 269 social movement-related complaints, cancelled 2 teachers' registration and issued reprimand or warning letters to 52)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2021

Related:
LCQ4: Ordering teachers alleged to have breached law to be suspended from duties
立法會四題:着令涉嫌違法教師停職
HKSAR Legislative Council, March 24, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

China threat to invade Taiwan is 'closer than most think', says US admiral
The Guardian, March 23, 2021

Commentary (评论)

How to engage with China over its treatment of Uyghurs
The Conversation, March 23, 2021