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 15, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

US House passes final version of China bill that bans all Xinjiang imports over forced labour
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2021

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美众院通过《防止强迫维吾尔人劳动法》 下一步待参院表决(U.S. House passes The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act)
Voice of America, December 15, 2021

How an independent tribunal came to rule that China is guilty of genocide against the Uyghurs
The Conversation, December 14, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

数据显示上千西藏政治犯被关押,海外藏人呼吁国际抵制北京冬奥(Statistics show that thousands of Tibetan political prisoners; overseas Tibetans call for international boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, December 15, 2021

藏族僧人因传播达赖喇嘛书籍和讲经获刑五年(Tibetan monk is sentenced to 5 years in prison for disseminating Dalai Lama books, lectures)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Court in China's Guangxi jails lawyer for 'subversion' over slogan
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2021

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广西律师陈家鸿煽动颠覆国家政权罪成判囚三年(Guangxi human rights lawyer Chen Jiahong is sentenced to 3 years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power”)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

WHY CHINA RAGED OVER AMERICA’S “SUMMIT FOR DEMOCRACY”
China Digital Times, December 14, 2021

Blinken, in Indonesia, Stresses Soft Power to Counter China
布林肯访问东南亚,强调软实力制衡中国

The New York Times, December 15, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese nationalists have a new target: Lenovo
Protocol, December 14, 2021

美媒:三千页简报曝光 华为参与中国监控计划(U.S. media: 3,000-page briefing exposes Huawei's participation in China's surveillance program)
Deutsche Welle, December 15, 2021

Related:
Documents link Huawei to China’s surveillance programs
The Washington Post, December 14, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

北京冬奥:外交抵制到底会有多大影响(Beijing Winter Olympics: How much impact will the diplomatic boycott have?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 14, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Stringent national security bail threshold applicable to other offences, Hong Kong’s top court rules
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2021

立法會選舉|廉署再拘4人涉煽惑投白票及不投票 消息稱包括前中大學生會會長蘇浚鋒 (Independent Commission Against Corruption arrests another 4, including former CUHK student union chair Jacky So, for inciting others to cast blank vote or not vote)
Ming Pao, December 15, 2021

Hong Kong court orders winding up of Jimmy Lai’s Next Digital media group, parent company of Apple Daily
South China Morning Post, December 15, 2021

88,000 Hong Kongers apply for new British resettlement visa
Hong Kong Free Press, December 15, 2021

Is Hong Kong’s judicial independence hanging in the balance? British foreign minister suggests it is, drawing swift rebuke from Beijing
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2021

Related:
Six-monthly report on Hong Kong: January to June 2021
UK government, December 14, 2021

無國界記者籲港府釋放黎智英、何桂藍 指中共再展噤聲的決心(Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of Jimmy Lai and Gwyneth Ho, slams CPC’s “determination to silence”)
inmedia.hk, December 14, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong: Two detained press freedom defenders, including Jimmy Lai, given new prison sentences
Reporters Without Borders, December 14, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Chinese Authorities Double Down on Tibetan Reincarnations
Human Rights Watch, December 15, 2021

Its Human Rights Record in Question, China Turns to an Old Friend
国际奥委会与中国:一对共生互利的“老朋友”

The New York Times, December 15, 2021

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Curious case of a map & a 'disappearing' Taiwan minister at US democracy meet
The Times of India, December 14, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Chinese regulator punishes Weibo for allowing ‘forbidden’ information on its platform
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Big New Idea
The Atlantic, December 14, 2021

As trial begins for Harvard professor accused of lying about China ties, US ‘China Initiative’ faces renewed scrutiny
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2021

困在印尼苏拉威西岛的中国工人(Chinese workers trapped in Sulawesi, Indonesia)
The Paper, December 13, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

微软领英(LinkedIn)中国服务战略转型,全新应用“领英职场”上线【领英职场将不再涵盖用户原创内容的发布与互动功能】(LinkedIn transforms its China service strategy: new application "LinkedIn Workplace" will no longer provide publishing and interactive functions for original content from users])
IT Home, December 14, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog makes first ever arrest over doxxing
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2021

Hong Kong election staff told to avoid wearing yellow masks, voters advised to cover slogans on clothing
Hong Kong Free Press, December 14, 2021

譚得志涉發表煽動文字案 明年2月22日裁決 控方稱不承認中共地位即違法(In Tam Tak-chi’s sedition case, prosecution says non-recognition of CPC’s status breaches the law; case adjourned until February 22 next year)
Ming Pao, December 14, 2021

【羊村繪本案】終院:國安嚴格保釋標準適用非國安法罪行(In case of speech therapists union members charged with sedition, Court of Final Appeal rules national security bail standard is applicable to non-national security offences)
inmedia.hk, December 14, 2021

鄒幸彤涉煽動顛覆國家政權罪 第10次申保釋被拒(HK Alliance former vice-chair Chow Hang-tung charged with inciting subversion is denied bail for the 10th time)
Ming Pao, December 14, 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defends government’s history teaching policy amid Nanking massacre video controversy
South China Morning Post, December 14, 2021

英国就香港问题斥责中国(UK rebukes China over Hong Kong issues)
Zao Bao, December 14, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

China Turns to Olympic Committee as Peng Shuai Scandal Lingers
The New York Times, December 14, 2021

Commentary (评论)

谢燕益:没有私心就不会有恐惧——梁小军律师吊照听证代理词(Lawyer Xie Yanyi: Where there are no selfish motives, there will be no fear—Opinion on the hearing of revocation of lawyer Liang Xiaojun's license)
Weiquanwang, December 14, 2021

Monday, December 13, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uyghur genocide report ‘deeply disturbing,’ says UN
Agence France-Presse, December 13, 2021

US sanctions Chinese AI firm SenseTime, Xinjiang officials, citing human rights abuses
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China places lawyers, activists under house arrest on Human Rights Day
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2021

Jailed Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan explains motivations in pre-arrest videos
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2021

广西维权律师陈家鸿律师煽颠案将于2021年12月14日上午开庭宣判(Guangxi Human Rights lawyer Chen Jiahong's incitement case will be tried on December 14, 2021)
Weiquanwang, December 13, 2021

天津公开退党第一人、维权人士张兰英涉嫌“寻衅滋事”案将于2021年12月17日在天津市南开区法院开庭审理(Rights activist Zhang Lanying—the first person in Tianjin to quit the CPC—will be tried at Nankai District Court, Tianjin, for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" on December 13)
Weiquanwang, December 13, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

International media watchdog digs into the ‘great leap backwards’ of journalism in China
GlobalVoices, December 10, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

欧盟驻华代表团国际人权日发表声明 关切中国人权问题( On International Human Rights Day, EU delegation to China issues statement of concern over China's human rights problems)
Radio Free China, December 13, 2021

Related:
Statement of the EU Delegation to China on the International Human Rights Day
Delegation of the European Union to China, December 10, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Douban punished for weak censorship, pulled from app stores
SupChina, December 10, 2021

Alibaba Fires Female Employee Who Accused Then-Supervisor of Sexual Assault
The Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2021