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, December 08, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

彭博中国籍员工被拘留满一年 至今仍下落不明(Bloomberg Chinese employee has been detained for one year with her whereabouts still unknown)
Radio France Internationale, December 7, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

“THIS TIME, I STAND WITH THE WTA,” AKA “THE WOMEN’S TABLELESS PING PONG ASSOCIATION”
China Digital Times, December 7, 2021

China is biggest captor of journalists, says report
BBC News, December 8, 2021

调查:中国新闻业大跃退成“讯息黑洞” 恐成世界威胁(Investigation: China's journalism retreats into "information black hole," may constitute threat to the world)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2021

Related:
An unprecedented RSF investigation: The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in China
Reporters Without Borders, December 7, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese social media users slam state media for failure to expose sex abuses
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Decoding Xi Jinping
Foreign Affairs, December 8, 2021

Ahead of Biden’s Democracy Summit, China Says: We’re Also a Democracy
北京发布《中国的民主》白皮书反击拜登“民主峰会”

The New York Times, December 8, 2021

无声的镇压 人权团体指控中共系统性剥夺被告法律权益(Silent suppression: human rights group accuses CPC of systematically depriving defendants of their legal rights)
Voice of America, December 8, 2021

Related:
Access Denied 3: China’s Legal Blockade
Safeguard Defenders, December 7, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China to tighten rules for tech companies seeking foreign funding
Financial Times, December 8, 2021

Apple’s ugly China deal mostly bought time
Reuters, December 8, 2021

苹果与中共千亿秘密协议曝光,舆论哗然(Apple and CPC's $275 billion secret deal causes uproar in public opinion)
Voice of America, December 8, 2021

Related:
Inside Tim Cook’s Secret $275 Billion Deal with Chinese Authorities
The Information, December 7, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics, citing human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, December 8, 2021

How Many Countries Will Follow the U.S. Official Snub of Beijing's Olympics
The New York Times, December 7, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Barring legal aid recipients from choosing own lawyer could breach Hong Kong’s Basic Law and Bill of Rights, barristers say
Hong Kong Free Press, December 8, 2021

男子穿「HongKonger」黃傘衛衣被拒入庭 稱為查證是否有人「揸住雞毛當令箭」 涉撞傷女保安被捕(Man wearing jacket with "HongKonger" logo and yellow umbrella graphic is denied entry to court)
Ming Pao, December 8, 2021

Hong Kong press freedom is in ‘free fall’ as China’s journalism crackdown goes global, says Reporters Without Borders
Hong Kong Free Press, December 8, 2021

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Court in China's Chengdu jails veteran rights activist on 'trumped-up charge'
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2021

中國異議人士郭飛雄傳失聯 在美癌末妻籲中方放行 (Chinese dissident Guo Feixiong is reportedly out of contact; wife in U.S. suffering from late-stage cancer urges China to let him go)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

女律师坚持改进中国女权,在美获奖 (Chinese lawyer Guo Jianmei wins Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for advancing women's rights in China)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

习近平重申宗教中国化 被批实质是"宗教党化" (Xi Jinping’s renewed emphasis on “sinicization” of religion is criticized as “party-ization” of religion in fact)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Microsoft Seizes 42 Websites From a Chinese Hacking Group
微软从中国黑客组织手中夺取42个网站

The New York Times, December 7, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Biggest pro-democracy party stiffens stance on Hong Kong’s ‘patriots-only’ election
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2021

The young and the restless: first-time Legco candidates put Hong Kong’s ageing functional constituency lawmakers in crosshairs
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2021

【立法會爭位】香港民研:36% 受訪者傾向不投票 投票意欲創歷年民調新低(Survey shows 36% of respondents are inclined not to vote in LegCo election, a record low)
Stand News, December 7, 2021

Related:
HKPOP releases the results of a new round of LC Election Survey, popularities of CE and Secretaries of Departments as well as Five Core Social Indicators along with GGPI
香港民研發放新一輪立法會選舉調查結果、特首及司長民望數字、五項核心社會指標以及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, December 7, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Peng Shuai, Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, Covid – the issues overshadowing Beijing Olympics
Agence France-Presse, December 7, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: China criticises US diplomatic boycott
BBC News, December 7, 2021

Related:
Beijing Olympics: What can a diplomatic boycott achieve?
外交抵制北京冬奧:美國這招能達到什麼效果?
Deutsche Welle, December 6, 2021

美国宣布外交抵制北京冬奥会 背后意味着什么 (What is the meaning behind U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics?)
BBC, December 7, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s National Security Law Made Amnesty International’s Departure All But Inevitable
ChinaFile, December 6, 2021

谁让习主席成了国际笑柄 (Who made Xi into the butt of an international joke?)
Radio France Internationale, December 7, 2021

北京为香港选举设政治规矩 评论:借此宣示中国式“民主” (Commentators: Beijing is using a Hong Kong election bound by political rules to promote Chinese style "democracy")
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2021

中國「硬核防疫」充滿《美麗新世界》般的魔幻,利用科學理性的手段鍛造「人間鐵籠」 (China's hardcore epidemic prevention is full of Brave New World-style magical illusions, using scientific and rational means to create “human cages”)
The News Lens, December 7, 2021

Monday, December 06, 2021

Macao (澳门)

Beijing’s top envoy in Macau given new role in ‘safeguarding national security’ – state media
Agence France-Presse, December 4, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China attacks ‘US-style democracy’ prior to Biden summit
The Guardian, December 6, 2021

中国多地延长产假至半年 女性“职场歧视”或加剧 (Multiple regions in China extend maternity leave up to 6 months; many fear it may intensify “workplace discrimination”)
BBC, December 3, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

New Wave of Persecution Against Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Must Sound the Alarm
China Human Rights Defenders, December 6, 2021

维权人士郭飞雄妻子在美病危 国际呼吁北京准许郭探视 (Wife of rights defender Guo Feixiong is critically ill in the U.S.; international community urges Beijing to allow Guo to visit her)
Voice of America, December 6, 2021

四川维权人士陈云飞昨被当局构陷获刑4年 (Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei was sentenced to 4 years in prison yesterday)
Weiquanwang, December 4, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China tightens control of religion, with focus on national security
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2021

Peng Shuai and the Real Goal of Chinese Censorship
Wired, December 5, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

White House announces US diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
CNN, December 6, 2021

Beijing 2022 Olympics: China warns it will respond if US announces diplomatic boycott
Reuters, December 6, 2021

Europe hesitant over calls to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2021

外交抵制冬奥呼声高 20国拒签奥运休战协议 (As calls for diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics intensify, 20 countries refused to sign on to the “Olympic Truce” resolution)
Radio France Internationale, December 4, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

晚報:《華爾街日報》社評提出港人杯葛選舉,港府揚言保留採取行動權利(HKSAR gov't says it reserves the right to take action against Wall Street Journal for opinion piece urging Hong Kong people to boycott election)
Initium Media, December 6, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ
Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2021

Hong Kong protests: Telegram group operator jailed for nearly 5 years over incitement offences tied to 2019 clashes
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2021

【支聯會案】鄒幸彤第 9 次被拒保釋(HK Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung is denied bail for the ninth time)
Stand News, December 6, 2021

70 secondary schools include national education plans in annual pitches to parents in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2021

鄒幸彤獲頒「中國傑出民主人士獎」:香港發生的一切是對世界的警號(Chow Hang-tung, honored with Chinese Democratic Education Foundation's Award for Distinguished Democracy Activists, says: All that happened in Hong Kong is a warning sign to the world)
Stand News, December 6, 2021