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, April 06, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

中国引导民间舆论支持俄罗斯,放大对西方敌对情绪
Bristling Against the West, China Rallies Domestic Sympathy for Russia

The New York Times, April 6, 2022

Chinese state media are using H-1B visas to bypass US journalist visa restrictions
Quartz, April 6, 2022

Tagged on Twitter
China Media Project, April 4, 2022

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

Hong Kong court jails 13 for up to 4 years for rioting at 2019 demo
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2022

Hong Kong national security police arrest 6 accused of acting with seditious intent by disrupting court hearings
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2022

Related:
國安處拘6人涉煽動意圖引起對港司法憎恨 消息指包括職工盟前副主席鄧建華(National Security Department arrests 6, including former Confederation of Trade Unions vice-chair Leo Tang, for inciting hatred against HK Judiciary)
Ming Pao, April 6, 2022

Co-founder of defunct Hong Kong media outlet DB Channel denied bail over calls for int’l sanctions, judgement reveals
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2022

Student expelled from Chinese university over placard protest at campus lockdown
Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2022

社民連中聯辦請願聲援內地維權人士 籲釋放政治犯(League of Social Democrats petitions in solidarity with mainland human rights activists outside China’s Liaison Office, calling for the release of political prisoners)
Ming Pao, April 5, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Hard-liner Who Led Crackdown on Protests Is Favorite to Run Hong Kong
The New York Times, April 6, 2022

Related:
消息:中聯辦領導見選委提及李家超為唯一特首參選人(China’s Liaison Office mentions in meeting with election committee members that John Lee is the sole candidate for Chief Executive election candidate)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 6, 2022

坚持清零 中国多地现“文革式”暴力防疫 (Adhering to the zero-COVID policy, many places in China are experiencing "Cultural Revolution-style" violent epidemic prevention)
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2022

在封锁中的上海,我们活得越来越像一座孤岛
Shanghai Avoided Covid Disaster for Two Years. Now We’re Locked Down.

The New York Times, April 6, 2022

海归清华才女命丧上海医院 民众称"吃饭就象数米一样" (Tsinghua-Silicon Valley talent dies in Shanghai hospital; residents, "We’re counting grains of rice every meal")
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Arrest Data Show National Security Law Has Dealt a Hard Blow to Free Expression in Hong Kong
ChinaFile, April 5, 2022

Hong Kong: ‘Sedition’ arrests after clapping in court a new low for human rights
Amnesty International, April 6, 2022

China: Treatment for Non-Covid Illnesses Denied
Human Rights Watch, April 6, 2022

How China’s Authorities Aim to Control Tibetan Reincarnation
Human Rights Watch, April 6, 2022

Tuesday, April 05, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Beijing anxious for Hong Kong’s chief executive race to produce loyal leader to unite city, quash infighting, stay focused on Covid fight: analysts
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2022

Hong Kong chief executive race 2022: Beijing’s liaison office calls together political elites to discuss candidates, seeks choice ‘within days’
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2022

林郑月娥不争取连任香港特首后 香港将进入"武官治港"新时代?(Will Hong Kong enter a new era of "military officer ruling Hong Kong" after Carrie Lam declines to run for 2nd term?)
Radio of Asia, April 4, 2022

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

山东研究生举牌反对校园防疫政策遭开除 (Shandong graduate student expelled for holding placards opposing campus epidemic prevention policy)
Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2022

"大翻译运动"遭中国批斗 为何从未停止? (Why has the "Great Translation Movement" been criticized by China but never stopped?)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Shanghai puts whole city on lockdown as Covid cases surge
The Guardian, April 5, 2022

上海新增新冠阳性感染者首次破万全市继续封控 官员称“形势极其严峻”(更新版)(Shanghai’s new COVID infections top 10,000 for first time; city in continued lockdown as officials say "situation is extremely serious")
Reuters, April 4, 2022

上海一線抗疫醫生:因封控去世的患者可能比病毒致死的更多,已是醫生共識 (Shanghai doctor on frontline: It’s a consensus among doctors that more patients may die due to lockdown than the virus)
The Initium, April 4, 2022

英法等三十国敦促中国勿将染疫侨民婴幼儿与父母分开 (30 countries incl. Britain, France urge China not to separate infants, young children of infected expatriates from their parents)
Voice of America, April 5, 2022

China’s Covid Strategy Jars With Food Security Goal in Northeast
Bloomberg, April 4, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

How Australian universities are working to counter China's global attacks on academic freedom
Human Rights Watch, April 4, 2022

Some Questions about the Cheng Lei Prosecution
Jeromecohen.net, April 5, 2022

Look to Hong Kong, Not Ukraine, For Signals About China’s Taiwan Plans
The Diplomat, April 5, 2022

How ‘Ascension’ Became the Must-Watch China Documentary of 2022
Sixth Tone, April 5, 2022

我太棒了所以”爱国媒体”要攻击我 (I'm so great that the "patriotic media" is attacking me)
Matters, April 3, 2022

Monday, April 04, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

应对美军海空侦察,中国解放军夜战训练去年爆增三倍(China's PLA's night combat training tripled last year in response to U.S. naval, air reconnaissance)
Voice of America, April 3, 2022

专家:中国有能力将太空用于军事目的(Experts: China has ability to use space for military purposes)
Voice of America, April 2, 2022

China accused of cyber-attacks on Ukraine before Russian invasion
The Guardian, April 2, 2022

How Russia's disinformation on Ukraine is spreading to democratic Taiwan, via China
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2022

反制中国宣传 推特再给中国官媒加添警示标签(Twitter adds warning label to China’s state media to counter its propaganda)
Voice of America, April 3, 2022

US discusses ‘opportunities’ for Taiwan to take part in WHO meeting
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2022

China-EU summit: hopes fade for investment deal as Ukraine war dominates talks
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2022

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

女权记者黄雪琴、独立公益人王建兵已被移送广州市检察院审查起诉(Cases of feminist journalist Huang Xueqin, public interest activist Wang Jianbing have been transferred to the procuratorate for indictment)
Weiquanwang, April 1, 2022

季孝龙:速停运动式防疫 纾困解难发救济!——上海公民为民请命书(In open letter, Shanghai citizen publicly calls for end to zero-COVID policy)
Weiquanwang, April 3, 2022

西藏34天已传3人自焚 人权团体呼吁关注(3 self-immolations in Tibet in 34 days; human rights groups urge attention)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2022

5青年暴動罪成 3人囚51個月至4年半 2人判勞教及教導所 官:自挾理想犧牲他人自由(3 youths are sentenced to more than 4 years, 2 to correctional centre for rioting in 2019 protests; judge: Self-imposed ideals at the expense of others' freedom)
inmediahk.net, April 4, 2022

反修例大專生阻差辦公罪成囚3月上訴 高院維持定罪減刑至9周(High court upholds conviction of university student obstructing police officer in 2019 protests but reduces sentence from 3 months to 9 weeks)
Ming Pao, April 4, 2022

黎智英狱中信:港人压抑的愤怒不会消失(Jimmy Lai's letter from prison: Hong Kong people's suppressed anger will not disappear)
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

兩個法律團體均支持保留終院設海外非常任法官安排(Hong Kong: Both legal groups support keeping overseas non-permanent judges in Court of Final Appeal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 4, 2022

行政長官候選人獲准舉行與選舉相關的聚集(Chief Executive candidates allowed to hold election-related gatherings)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 2, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China reports highest COVID-19 new daily cases since Feb 2020
Channel News Asia, April 3, 2022

China starts Covid-19 mass testing for 25 million Shanghai residents
South China Morning Post, April 4, 2022

解放军医疗队进入上海 继续封城民怨沸腾 专家:疫情变成政治病(PLA medical teams enter Shanghai; public grievances over continued lockdown; experts: Epidemic prevention has become a political disease)
Voice of America, April 4, 2022

美国政府协助中国下载失事东航客机语音记录器并派调查组前往中国(U.S. sends investigation team to China to assist in downloading the voice recorder of crashed China Eastern Airlines plane)
Voice of America, April 2, 2022

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she will not seek second term
The Guardian, April 4, 2022

Related:
林鄭月娥宣布不參選特首 強調不連任唯一考慮是家庭(Carrie Lam announces she will not run for chief executive, emphasizing family is her only consideration for not seeking another term)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 4, 2022

Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: No 2 government official John Lee ‘forming team for possible leadership bid’ as nomination window opens for delayed race
South China Morning Post, April 3, 2022

A legacy cut short or a leader who cultivated her downfall? Political veterans give mixed report card for Hong Kong’s first female leader
South China Morning Post, April 4, 2022

Hong Kong faces brain drain as talent flees ‘zero COVID’ controls
Al Jazeera, April 2, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China’s COVID-19 spike and a clash of civilizations
SupChina, April 1, 2022

Friday, April 01, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

EU pressures China over its stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine
Al Jazeera, April 1, 2022

欧盟说严肃告知北京不要支持俄罗斯 并不要帮助规避西方制裁俄罗斯(EU to Beijing: Do not support Russia or help it to circumvent Western sanctions)
Radio France Internationale, April 1, 2022

China-EU Summit Highlights Diverging Paths
The Diplomat, April 1, 2022

台湾NGO揭露 中国与俄联手在华语世界抹黑乌克兰(Taiwan NGO exposes joint efforts by China, Russia to smear Ukraine in Chinese-speaking world)
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2022

Lockdown Protest Videos Censored in China
Bloomberg, April 1, 2022

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

涉去年10.1燒毀國旗 50歲無業男申保釋再被拒 還柙至4.28再訊(Unemployed man, 50, is denied bail again for burning national flag on national day last year; case adjourned until April 28)
inmediahk.net, April 1, 2022

19年國慶黃大仙堵路暴動罪成 3年輕男女判入教導所(3 young men, women are sentenced to correctional centre for rioting and road blocking on national day in 2019)
Ming Pao, March 31, 2022

英国及美国分别发表涉港报告 香港特区政府:强烈反对不实和荒谬指控所(UK, U.S. issue reports on Hong Kong; HK gov't: Strongly oppose to false and absurd allegations)
Reuters, March 31, 2022

Related:
Six-monthly report on Hong Kong: July to December 2021
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, March 31, 2022

2022 Hong Kong Policy Act Report
U.S. BUREAU OF EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS, March 31, 2022

Satisfaction with Hong Kong’s press freedom drops to record low, poll finds
Hong Kong Free Press, April 1, 2022

“Being a journalist is not a crime”: Profile of Huang Xueqin
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 31, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Hong Kong security law arrests, elections slammed in US State Department report
South China Morning Post, April 1, 2022

Related:
美国国会及行政当局中国委员会发布年度报告(U.S. CECC issues 2021 annual report on China’s human rights conditions, rule of law developments)
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2022

Release Of 2021 Annual Report
U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, March 31, 2022

終審法院9名海外非常任法官表示會繼續留任(9 overseas non-permanent Court of Final Appeal judges say they will stay on)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 1, 2022

Related:
李國能對兩英法官辭任感遺憾 料海外法官參與終審有別往日(Former Chief Justice Andrew Li regrets resignations of 2 UK judges and expects overseas judges will participate differently)
inmediahk.net, April 1, 2022

保安局建議全港懲教所增智慧系統 分析電話內容偵測敏感字(Security Bureau proposes installing smart system to analyze phone content and detect sensitive characters in all correctional institutions)
inmediahk.net, April 1, 2022

Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 21
Hong Kong Free Press, April 1, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Shanghai enters second phase of lockdown in west of city – but Covid-19 restrictions remain in other parts
South China Morning Post, April 1, 2022

Shanghai 'insufficiently prepared' for outbreak
Agence France-Presse, April 1, 2022

新冠疫情:奥密克戎重击上海深圳,中国坚持清零的经济成本有多高(Covid-19 epidemic: Omicron hits Shanghai and Shenzhen hard; how high is the economic cost of China's zero-COVID policy?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 1, 2022

In Hong Kong, China’s Covid Aid Gets the Cold Shoulder
为何许多香港居民不欢迎内地医疗援助

The New York Times, April 1, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Covid, Russia and Economy Put the ‘China Model’ to the Test
新冠疫情、俄罗斯与经济考验中国模式

The New York Times, April 1, 2022

Online posts may not reflect Chinese opinion when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Conversation, March 30, 2022

Thursday, March 31, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

俄军入侵乌克兰后中俄外长首次会晤,王毅称双方发展关系意愿“更为坚定”(Chinese and Russian foreign ministers meet for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine; Wang Yi cites “firmer” mutual willingness to develop relations)
Voice of America, March 31, 2022

Close ties allow Russian propaganda to spread swiftly through China, report claims
The Guardian, March 31, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forges new unity of EU purpose on China
The Financial Times, March 31, 2022

US calls Beijing’s pressure on Taiwan ‘a threat to all democracies’
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2022

肯尼亚得到与华为相关的中国通信电缆(China’s telecom cables linked to Huawei reach Kenya)
Voice of America, March 31, 2022

又有一中国公民因在美参与“猎狐行动”而受到起诉(One more Chinese citizen is indicted for participating in “Operation Fox Hunt” in U.S.)
Voice of America, March 31, 2022

Chinese government pressures scholars to withdraw from online panels at international conference
SupChina, March 30, 2022

Top Chinese ex-official expelled from Communist party in latest purge
The Guardian, March 31, 2022

Related:
Former Chinese official Fu Zhenghua expelled from Party, public office
Xinhua, March 31, 2022

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

Australian journalist Cheng Lei has day in Chinese court but closed-door trial ends with deferred verdict
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2022

Hong Kong national security police quiz ex-leaders of disbanded pro-democracy union – reports
Hong Kong Free Press, March 31, 2022

Related:
警搜職工盟 4前成員包括黃迺元、鄧建華助查(Police search Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions office, question 4 former members)
Ming Pao, March 31, 2022

黃之鋒六四集結案服刑完畢 轉到赤柱監獄還押 等候初選案審訊(Joshua Wong completes June Fourth unauthorized assembly sentence, is transferred to Stanley Prison to await primary election trial)
HK01, March 29, 2022

西藏流亡政府:青海玉树发生藏人自焚事件(Tibetan government in exile reports Tibetan self-immolation in Yushu, Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2022