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, February 18, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

World Bank unit is financing Chinese companies that appear to employ forced laborers, report says
The Washington Post, February 18, 2022

Related:
Financing & genocide: Development finance and the crisis in the Uyghur Region
Atlantic Council, February 16, 2022

中国战略关注:支持俄罗斯共同反对北约扩张 但在乌克兰问题上“谨慎行事”(China's strategy: Support Russia to jointly oppose NATO expansion but “proceed with caution” on Ukraine)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 18, 2022

Bots and Fake Accounts Push China’s Vision of Winter Olympic Wonderland
中国如何讲好冬奥故事:机器人、虚假帐户与“水军”

The New York Times, February 18, 2022

中国似乎希望修改二战后的世界秩序标准,并强加自己的标准(China appears to hope to revise standards of the post-WWII world order and impose its own)
Radio France Internationale, February 18, 2022

China censors Swiss embassy’s Weibo post on missing human rights lawyer
Swissinfo, February 18, 2022

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

818流水式集會案|黎智英、梁國雄、李卓人等8民主派提上訴 排期11月審理(Jimmy Lai, Leung Kwok-hung, Lee Cheuk Yan and 5 other pro-democrats appeal against their convictions and sentencing over an unlawful assembly in 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, February 17, 2022

德驻华使馆就许志永被抓两周年发微博(German embassy in China posts tweet on 2nd anniversary of Xu Zhiyong's arrest)
Deutsche Welle, February 18, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

中国规定中小学聘用公检法人员 强制进行思想政治洗脑(China to send public prosecutors, law enforcement personnel into primary and secondary schools to enforce ideological and political brainwashing)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2022

Related:
《中小学法治副校长聘任与管理办法》颁布 5月1日起实施("Measures for the Appointment and Management of Vice Principals of the Rule of Law in Primary and Secondary Schools" is promulgated and will be implemented on May 1)
People’s Daily, February 17, 2022

China’s “zero-covid” policy doubles as a loyalty test
The Economist, February 19, 2022

China’s foreign listing regulations that mandate cybersecurity reviews apply to Hong Kong, experts say
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2022

Hong Kong postpones chief executive election to May 8 amid Covid-19 surge
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2022

阿里腾讯百度等多家中国网络平台被美国列入恶名市场(Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and many other Chinese online platforms are added to U.S. "Notorious Markets List")
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 18, 2022

Related:
Alibaba and Tencent sites added to US 'Notorious Markets List'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 18, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

北京冬奥:组委会发言人指人权侵害相关报道是“谎言”(Beijing Winter Olympics: China’s Olympics Organizing Committee spokeswoman says reports about human rights violations in China are "lies")
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 18, 2022

IOC chief Bach chides Beijing Olympics organisers over Taiwan, Xinjiang comments
Agence France-Presse, February 18, 2022

Olympic sponsor Airbnb profits from Xinjiang, Tibet listings
Agence France-Presse, February 18, 2022

Chinese public outcry over chained woman in video spurs provincial-level probe
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China: Censorship Mars Beijing Olympics
Human Rights Watch, February 18, 2022

The UN Shouldn’t Let the Olympics’ Celebration of Uyghur Repression Go Unchallenged
The Diplomat, February 17, 2022

“丰县八孩铁链女”的六个警示(6 Warnings from the Feng County's chained 8-child mother case)
Financial Times, February 18, 2022

作为中国社会镜像的八孩母事件及治理危机(8-child mother incident as a mirror of Chinese society and governance crisis)
Financial Times, February 18, 2022

Thursday, February 17, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

An alleged Chinese interference plot stirs fears — and smears — ahead of Australian elections
The Washington Post, February 17, 2022

中国2022全方位增加太空活动:发射至少140个航天器并完成空间站(China to fully increase space activities in 2022: Launch at least 140 spacecraft and complete space station)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 17, 2022

World Bank accused of ‘funding campaign of repression’ in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2022

Related:
Financing & genocide: Development finance and the crisis in the Uyghur Region
Atlantic Council, February 16, 2022

China's high-tech repression of Uyghurs is more sinister — and lucrative — than it seems, anthropologist says
CBC/Radio-Canada, February 17, 2022

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

Hong Kong singer Tommy Yuen charged over allegedly seditious social media posts
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2022

民主派初選47人案|20被告法律爭議完成裁決 押後至2月28日及3月4日(Legal disputes settled in case of 47 pro-democracy figures charged under National Security Law; case adjourned until February 28,March 4)
Ming Pao, February 17, 2022

警方要求職工盟執委及前執委 提交組織運作等資料(Police request former committee members of disbanded Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions to submit information regarding its operations)
inmediahk.net, February 17, 2022

‘Resist till the end’: City University of Hong Kong students’ union seeks to operate off campus following eviction
Hong Kong Free Press, February 16, 2022

CECC要求亚马逊公司赔偿因披露其供应商侵犯劳工而入狱的中国维权人士(CECC asks Amazon to compensate Chinese rights activist jailed for revealing labor abuses by its suppliers)
Voice of America, February 17, 2022

公民联署:彻查“徐州铁链女事件”,保障公民免于恐惧的自由的呼吁(Citizens’ joint letter calls for thorough investigation into case of Xuzhou chained woman to protect freedom from fear)
Weiquanwang, February 17, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Xi Jinping urges China to arm itself with stronger laws and better lawyers for ‘international struggle’
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing 2022: Local organizing committee dismisses human rights concerns
Deutsche Welle, February 17, 2022

Related:
The International Olympic Committee and China are using politics to obscure human rights abuses
The Conversation, February 16, 2022

江苏省称要调查 丰县铁链母亲事件有望水落石出?(Jiangsu provincial gov’t says it will investigate chained mother case in Feng County; will the truth be told?)
Deutsche Welle, February 17, 2022

中国人还是美国人,这是一个问题(Is she Chinese or American?—that is the question)
Financial Times, February 17, 2022

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

ILO REPORTS “DEEP CONCERNS” ABOUT LABOR COERCION, DISCRIMINATION IN XINJIANG
China Digital Times, February 15, 2022

Related:
Application of International Labour Standards 2022: Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
International Labour Organization, February 10, 2022

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

香港民研:林鄭民望逾三成市民評零分 「出入境自由」創1997年後新低(Survey: 34% of respondents give Carrie Lam a zero; perception of freedom to enter or leave Hong Kong hits record low since 1997)
inmediahk.net, February 15, 2022

Related:
HKPORI releases CE popularities Social and Freedom Indicators along with GGPI
香港民研發放特首民望數字社會及自由指標以及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, February 15, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Journalists warn of chilling impact of Hong Kong's planned 'fake news' law
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Swedish skater says China's hosting of Olympics 'extremely irresponsible' amid human rights abuses
Taiwan News, February 15, 2022

NBC is nearly mum on China abuses in its wall-to-wall Olympics coverage
Washington Post, February 15, 2022

A record number of out LGBTQ+ Olympians are competing. China doesn’t want to talk about it.
19thnews.org, February 15, 2022

CHINA DEFENDS WINTER OLYMPICS WITH TWITTER TIRADES AND INFLUENCER DEALS
China Digital Times, February 15, 2022

为八孩母"断链"—— 中国艺术家在行动("Breaking the chain" for mother of 8: Chinese artists in action)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2022

Commentary & Analysis, 评论与分析

女权角度谈谷爱凌现象:民族主义扩张新阶段的“女性赋权”("Female empowerment" in the new stage of nationalist expansion—the Eileen Gu phenomenon seen from the feminist perspective)
Matters, February 12, 2022

谷爱凌对比徐州八孩母亲小花梅,女权舆论的左右手互搏 | 兼论精英女权的画地为牢(The cases of Eileen Gu and Xuzhou chained woman reveal the limitation of the elite feminist perspective)
Matters, February 15, 2022

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Fears of online censorship in Hong Kong as rights group website goes down
The Guardian, February 15, 2022

CNN runs questionable pro-Olympics ad with content from China’s state-run media
New York Post, February 14, 2022

Related:
A Winter Sporting Event like No Other (content by Xinhua News Agency)
CNN, undated

Weibo censored a famous novelist who voiced her anger over China’s inhumanity to women
Quartz, February 14, 2022

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

美国驻华使领馆呼吁中国停止打压维权律师(U.S. embassy in Beijing calls on China to stop the crackdown on human rights lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2022

“广东著名人权捍卫者王爱忠案将于2022年4月12日在广州第31法庭开庭审理(Wang Aizhong, well-known Guangdong rights defender, will stand trial in Guangzhou April 12)
Weiquanwang, February 14, 2022

Hong Kong singer arrested on suspicion of acting with seditious intent and money laundering
Hong Kong Free Press, February 15, 2022

2 plead guilty to inciting others to cast invalid ballots in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council poll
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2022

城大學生會撤出校園 會長:時代不再容許學生會存在(CityU Students’ Union leaves campus; chairman: the time no longer allows the existence of student unions)
inmediahk.net, February 15, 2022

Ex-leaders of Hong Kong’s defunct Tiananmen vigil group see transfer of national security case to High Court delayed
Hong Kong Free Press, February 14, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s population crisis could give women greater reproductive rights, but hurdles remain
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Uyghur torch bearer dropped from China’s relay team
SupChina, February 14, 2022

“徐州丰县八孩铁链女”事件引发全民关注 北大毕业100名学子今实名联署公开信 呼吁中央彻查徐州事件 给人民以真相 还社会予公正(In open letter, 100 Peking University alumni sign in their real names to urge gov’t to thoroughly investigate incident of chained Xuzhou woman)
Weiquanwang, February 15, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

谷爱凌与小花梅,谁代表着真实的中国?
Who Is the Real China? Eileen Gu or the Chained Woman?

The New York Times, February 15, 2022