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, January 28, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Exclusive | China says UN human rights chief can visit Xinjiang ‘after Olympics’
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2022

China’s plans for Xinjiang, and what it means for the region’s persecuted Uyghurs – podcast
The Conversation, January 27, 2022

Xi Jinping’s iron grip on power brings new form of corruption, China experts tell US congressional advisory panel
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2022

National security law: ‘press freedom is not absolute,’ Hong Kong police chief Raymond Siu says
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2022

The End of ‘Fight Club’ Was Cut in China. The Pattern Goes Back Decades.
搏击俱乐部》结局遭篡改,中国审查制度再掀争议

The New York Times, January 3, 2022

澳总理微信账号被易名 引发对中共渗透的担忧(Australian PM's WeChat account has been renamed, sparking fears of CPC infiltration)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

中国“一带一路”冒险进入叙利亚可能收获巨大的回报(China's One Belt, One Road venture into Syria may reap huge rewards)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

中国触角伸向非洲各个角落,甚至为所欲为(China reaches tentacles into all corners of Africa, doing whatever it wants in places)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

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

23 Hong Kong democrats facing national security charges return to court for marathon 12-hour session
Hong Kong Free Press, January 28, 2022

More than 100 charged under Hong Kong's national security law amid ongoing crackdown
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2022

4人因非法集結罪成 判囚5個月一星期至6個月(4 sentenced to five to six months in jail for participating in illegal assembly in the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 28, 2022

国际记者联合会要求中国当局立即释放被任意指控的郭飞雄(International Federation of Journalists calls for immediate release of arbitrarily-charged Guo Feixiong)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

Related:
China: Writer Yang Maodong arrested over subversion
International Federation of Journalists, January 28, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

忧危害国安 美FCC撤销中国联通营运授权(FCC revokes China Unicom's license to operate over national security concerns)
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2022

Related:
FCC revokes China Unicom's authorization to operate in U.S.
Reuters, January 27, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing Olympics: Rights groups call for diplomatic boycott
Deutsche Welle, January 28, 2022

全球243个非政府组织敦促各国政府共同外交抵制北京冬奥会(243 NGOs around the world urge governments to join a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics)
Voice of America, January 28, 2022

Related:

Beijing Olympics Begin Amid Atrocity Crimes
暴行未止,北京冬奥开幕
Human Rights Watch, January 27, 2022

For Olympic Sponsors, 'China is an Exception'
The New York Times, January 28, 2022

Winter Olympics: China, having learned the game as 2008 host, now plays by its own rules
South China Morning Post, January 28, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Tennis star Peng Shuai and Professor Gulnar Obul: From captives to actors
GlobalVoices, January 27, 2022

Thursday, January 27, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

The moon, Mars and the return of strongman rule: How China has changed since the 2008 Olympics
The Washington Post, January 27, 2022

Hong Kong’s Contested Academic Freedom
The Diplomat, January 27, 2022

Decision on whether to axe minister over Omicron ‘partygate’ set to reveal how Beijing will enforce accountability among Hong Kong’s new ‘patriotic’ political elite
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2022

以行动声援立陶宛,欧盟在世贸组织起诉中国“歧视性”贸易行为(EU sues China for 'discriminatory' trade practices at WTO in solidarity with Lithuania)
Voice of America, January 27, 2022

中国黑客组织“熊猫使者”遭德国指控:目标瞄准德国制药和科技(Chinese hacker group Panda Messenger is accused by Germany of targeting German pharmaceuticals and technology)
Radio France Internationale, January 27, 2022

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

RTHK under scrutiny for 'censoring' singers
The Standard, January 27, 2022

Hongkonger who displayed posters insulting judges overseeing first national security law trial pleads guilty to sedition
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2022

为保北京冬奥会“完美无缺”中共抓人封嘴限言关号不遗余力(To ensure a "perfect" Beijing Winter Olympics, CPC spares no effort in detaining people, banning speech, shutting down social media accounts)
Voice of America, January 27, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

What could the world learn from China’s AI regulation?
Protocol, January 26, 2022

整體罪案升1.9% 國安法生效至今逾160人被捕(Hong Kong overall crime rate rises by 1.9%; more than 160 arrested since National Security Law came into effect)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 27, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing seals up its Winter Olympics 'bubble' amid growing calls for boycott
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2022

Related:
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Confronting the True Face of the CPC
2022年北京冬奥会:直面中国共产党的真实面目
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2022

中国要求冬奥会参加者必须使用的应用让人害怕中国会在冬奥期间跟踪敏感数据(Required app raises fear among Olympic attendees that their data will be tracked during Games)
Voice of America, January 27, 2022

China’s Xi Jinping meets IOC chief Bach ahead of Winter Olympics
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2022

IOC to meet tennis star Peng Shuai at Beijing Winter Olympics following sexual assault allegations
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2022

The Spotlight Shifted Away From Peng Shuai. Some Players and Fans Want It Back.
澳网再现“彭帅在哪里”:球员和观赛者拒绝遗忘、为其发声

The New York Times, January 27, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Why Pakistan’s Army Wants the U.S. Back in the Region
“巴铁”军方为什么想与中国保持距离?

The New York Times, January 27, 2022

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Lawmakers from UK, EU and other countries call for blacklists over Uygur treatment in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2022

Citing Xinjiang, EU commits to ban forced labour goods but is divided on how to do it
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2022

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

民营企业家、湖北襄大集团董事长张德武一审被判13年,起因组织职工上访(Entrepreneur Zhang Dewu sentenced to 13 years for organizing employees to petition)
Weiquanwang, January 26, 2022

Hong Kong CityU students’ union told to hand over 16 years of audit reports within 2 weeks, or face action
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2022

Ex-lawmaker jailed for 4 months for disclosing identity of Hong Kong police officer under investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Hong Kong plans to introduce long-shelved Article 23 anti-subversion bill to legislature in second half of 2022, security chief reveals
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2022

鄧炳強:將「完善」《官方機密條例》加強反間諜能力(Secretary for Security Chris Tang says Official Secrets Ordinance will be “optimized” to strengthen anti-espionage capability)
inmediahk.net, January 26, 2022

China’s data legislation matures
SupChina, January 26, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Information Controls at the Beijing Olympics: What to Watch For
The Diplomat, January 26, 2022

China restricts activists' social media ahead of Olympics
Agence France-Presse, January 26, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

台湾人权团体疾呼: 冬奥不能洗白中国人权迫害(Taiwan human rights groups: Winter Olympics cannot whitewash China's human rights persecution)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2022

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Uphold China’s unity and socialist society, Xinjiang Communist Party chief tells minority and religious leaders
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2022

China gives 'Fight Club' new ending where authorities win
Agence France-Presse, January 25, 2022

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

湖南民主人士欧彪峰案将于2022年1月27日在湖南株洲看守所开庭,不公开审理(Case of Hunan democracy activist Ou Biaofeng to be heard in Zhuzhou Detention Center on January 27, not open to public)
Weiquanwang, January 24, 2022

被羁押的广东民主人士王爱忠案已到法院 等待开庭(Detained Guangdong democracy activist Wang Aizhong awaits trial)
Weiquanwang, January 24, 2022

A Hong Kong journalist's 'survivor's guilt' amid media clampdown
Deustche Welle, January 25, 2022

港區國安法|鄒家成涉串謀顛覆政權、鄒幸彤涉煽動顛覆 再申保釋均被拒(Owen Chow, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with inciting subversion and Chow Hang-tung, charged with subversion, are denied bail again)
Ming Pao, January 25, 2022

城大稱擔心學生會財務 要求兩週內交16年賬目報告 否則割席及收回會址(CityU to students' union: Submit 16 years of financial reports or lose our support and office space)
inmediahk.net, January 25, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China launches internet ‘purification’ campaign for lunar new year
Financial Times, January 25, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

'Shameless,' former NBC host says of the Olympics returning to Beijing
CNN, January 24, 2022

Taiwan says no officials will go to Beijing Winter Games
Reuters, January 25, 2022

‘A genocide against our people’: Australian Uyghur leader calls for athlete boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
The Guardian, January 24, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

5 animation series on protesting #Beijing2022
Baduicao with Human Rights Watch, January 2022

Related:
A Gold Medal for Censorship in China
Human Rights Watch, January 24, 2022

评论 | 滕彪:奥运洗白与运动员的自由(上)(Teng Biao, Olympic Whitewashing and Athletes' Freedom, Part 1)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2022

维权评论:北京冬奥会,人权劣迹无法擦亮“政治形象”( Beijing Winter Olympics: Human rights abuses cannot burnish "political image")
Weiquanwang, January 25, 2022

Tribute to an ‘Ordinary Chinese Activist’
ChinaFile, January 24, 2022