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, September 09, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

报告称维吾尔强迫劳动与近100万家公司有关(Report links Uyghur forced labor to nearly 1 million companies)
Voice of America, September 9, 2022

Related:
Illuminating the Xinjiang Forced Labor Ecosystem
Altana, August, 2022

WeChat warns users their likes, comments and histories are being sent to China
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2022

Patriotism, national security education should make up a quarter of primary schools’ teaching time, Hong Kong Education Bureau says
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2022

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

瑞士就人权问题向中国施压(Switzerland presses human rights concerns with China)
Voice of America, September 9, 2022

Related:
Swiss press human rights concerns with China
Reuters, September 8, 2022

二十大维稳 福建维权人士项锦锋被拘留(Fujian rights activist Xiang Jinfeng is detained, possibly in connection with his online speech)
Weiquanwang, September 9, 2022

Verdict delayed as ailing Chinese rights lawyer refuses to 'confess', plead guilty
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2022

Hong Kong national security law: former vice-chairwoman of June 4 group fails to block transfer of subversion case to High Court
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2022

9 Hong Kong protesters jailed for 3.5 years each over 2019 riot near gov’t headquarters
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2022

涉於交通標誌等貼六四貼紙 中大二年級生被控刑事損壞 (CUHK sophomore charged with criminal damage for putting June 4 stickers on traffic signs)
inmediahk.net, September 9, 2022

理大圍城】20歲女生判入教導所 官指屬「砲灰」今天應明白「何謂醜陋的政治」([Poly-U Siege] 20 year-old girl sentenced to training center; judge says she was “cannon fodder” and should understand from today onwards “what ugly politics is”)
inmediahk.net, September 9, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Public patience with zero-covid is wearing thin in China
The Economist, September 8, 2022

E-shopping fears spur AI law push
The Standard, September 9, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China Ambassador: U.N. Report on Xinjiang Has 'Closed Door of Cooperation’
Reuters, September 9, 2022

China Tightens Travel Restrictions as Covid Fight Intensifies
中国收紧旅行限制,加大力度抗击新冠
The Wall Street Journal, September 8-9, 2022

Twilight of Entrepreneurs in China as More Leave the Country
中国富豪涌现出走潮:当企业家成为中国经济的局外人

The New York Times, September 9, 2022

Is China's bureaucracy holding steady under Xi?
The China Project, September 8, 2022

Thursday, September 08, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Chengdu, Chinese city of 21m, has Covid lockdown extended indefinitely
The Guardian, September 8, 2022

Hong Kong Orders Five-Year-Old Children to Prove Vaccination For Restaurants, Indoor Venues
Bloomberg, September 8, 2022

Hong Kong Education Bureau suggests primary schools spend quarter of teaching time on patriotism, national security education
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2022

Online stores lose shoppers due to data privacy concerns: survey
The Standard, September 8, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

China’s actions in Xinjiang merit special human rights session, UN experts say after explosive report
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2022

Related:
Xinjiang report: China must address grave human rights violations and the world must not turn a blind eye, say UN experts
UN Office of the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights, September 7, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Bind: No Easy Way Out Despite the Cost
中国新冠“清零”困局:代价高昂,进退两难

The New York Times, September 8, 2022

蔡霞教授美国刊文揭示习近平压制不满运作再连任将给中国带来灾难(Professor Cai Xia’s article, published in U.S., reveals Xi Jinping's push for 3rd term will bring disaster to China)
Radio France Internationale, September 7, 2022

Related:
The Weakness of Xi Jinping:How Hubris and Paranoia Threaten China’s Future
习近平的弱点——狂妄与偏执如何威胁中国的未来
Foreign Affairs, September 6-7, 2022

Chow Hang-tung’s Testimony During Preliminary Court Inquiry in the Hong Kong Alliance ‘Incitement to Subversion’ Case
China Change, September 7, 2022

Hong Kong: Children’s Book Authors Convicted
Human Rights Watch, September 7, 2022

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

中共二十大臨近之際,中國部分城市進入「准封城」狀態 (As the 20th CPC Congress approaches, some cities in China have entered a "quasi- locked down" state)
Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2022

China using ‘cognitive warfare’ to intimidate Taiwan, says president Tsai
The Guardian, September 7, 2022

Chinese social media platforms add hidden digital watermarks to track screenshot sharing
GlobalVoices, September 7, 2022

How China Has Added to Its Influence Over the iPhone
The New York Times, September 6, 2022

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

泸定地震后封城,禁止民间救援组织进入震中救灾 (A post-earthquake Luding is in lockdown: Civil society rescue organizations are barred from delivering disaster relief to the epicenter)
NGOCN, September 7, 2022

High (official) crime on the highway: Chen Zijuan’s long journey to a trial of her human rights lawyer husband
NGOCN, September 5, 2022

深圳教会近60名基督徒 离韩赴泰国寻难民庇护 (Nearly 60 Christians from Shenzhen church leave South Korea to seek refugee asylum in Thailand)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2022

Hong Kong therapists guilty of sedition over cartoons of sheep and wolves
The Washington Post, September 7, 2022

Head of Hong Kong journalist group Ronson Chan arrested for obstructing police and public disorder
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2022

Sentence all 47 Hong Kong democrats after trial of those who pleaded not guilty out of ‘fairness,’ prosecution says
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2022

【理大圍城】5人尖沙咀暴動 判監37至48個月 官指另一法官處理相同事件過於寬大 ([Poly-U Siege] 5 sentenced to 37–48 months in prison for rioting in Tsim Sha Tsui; judge accuses another judge of being too lenient in handling the same matter)
inmediahk.net, September 7, 2022

港大宿生會遭禁用校園設施 校媒引消息指因名稱含「港大學生會」字眼 (HKU dormitory student union banned from campus facilities because its name contains the words “HKU student union”)
inmediahk.net, September 7, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Even an Earthquake Can’t Shake China’s Zero-COVID Policy
Foreign Policy, September 7, 2022

Related:
‘They’re not treating us like human beings’: China’s fed-up pandemic workers
Financial Times, September 7, 2022

China’s out-of-control COVID controls
The China Project, September 6, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

四川泸定地震:疫情中能下楼逃生吗?成都说“不要聚集,这只是一场地震” (Sichuan Luding earthquake: Can you escape downstairs during the epidemic? Chengdu says "don't gather, it's just an earthquake")
BBC News, September 7, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Xinjiang report: China must address grave human rights violations and the world must not turn a blind eye, say UN experts
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, September 7, 2022

The Weakness of Xi Jinping
习近平的弱点
Foreign Affairs, September/October, 2022

UN report on China’s abuse of Uyghurs is stronger than expected but missing a vital word: genocide
The Conversation, September 6, 2022

Hong Kong: Conviction of children’s book publishers an absurd example of unrelenting repression
Amnesty International, September 7, 2022

Tuesday, September 06, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Chinese state media chief vows to toe the line for Communist Party’s national congress
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2022

UK will 'bear consequences' of new leader's hard line on China: Chinese state media
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2022

China collecting DNA samples from across Tibet, says rights group
The Guardian, September 5, 2022

Related:
China: New Evidence of Mass DNA Collection in Tibet
Human Rights Watch, September 5, 2022

China's internet censors have a blindspot: Cantonese
Quartz, September 5, 2022

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

China vastly expands use of house arrests under Xi, report finds
The Washington Post, September 6, 2022

Related:
Home Becomes Prison – China’s expanding use of house arrests under Xi Jinping
Safeguard Defenders, September 6, 2022

Hong Kong pastor accused of sedition questions accuracy of police audio recording transcript
Hong Kong Free Press, September 5, 2022

Hong Kong national security law: martial arts coach charged with inciting subversion over alleged role in pro-independence group that taught weapons use
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2022

初選47人案】擬認罪黃之鋒等5人高院應訊 3人冀開審前求情判刑 稱還柙多時感焦慮 ([HK47] 5, including Joshua Wong, appear in Court; 3 make pre-trial representations asking for sentencing due to anxiety over pro-longed detention)
inmediahk.net, September 6, 2022

【12港人】內地服刑鄧棨然去信家人 字跡惹疑 稱至今僅收4封信 ([HK12] Tang Kai-yin, imprisoned in mainland China, says in letter to family members he received 4 letters so far from them; family finds handwriting suspicious)
inmediahk.net, September 5, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China passes new law to tackle growing telecoms and online fraud
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2022

Related:
中华人民共和国反电信网络诈骗法 (Law of the People's Republic of China on Anti-Telecom and Network Fraud)
Xinhua News Agency, September 2, 2022

Hong Kong says it can target anyone in the world after Canadian journalist charged
National Post, August 31, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

“不可见的、缺席的”:中国女性对抗暴力与审查的困境
Battling Violence and Censors, Women in China Become ‘Invisible and Absent’

The New York Times, September 6, 2022

Earthquake in China’s Sichuan leads to outcry over covid lockdown
The Washington Post, September 6, 2022

中共二十大前夕 一篇“闭关锁国”研究文章如何引发争议(On eve of the 20th CPC Congress, how a research article on the Qing Dynasty policy of "closing the country" sparks controversy)
BBC News, September 6, 2022

NETIZEN VOICES: OFFICIALS IN CHENGDE BACKTRACK ON MULTI-GENERATIONAL PUNISHMENT FOR COVID SCOFFLAWS
China Digital Times, September 2, 2022

Hong Kong’s new war museum, ‘a base for patriotic education’, opens its doors on Victory Day
South China Morning Post, September 3, 2022

Related:
中大國安課程「認識中國」 段崇智等三任校長親自教授 學習百年屈辱、中國崛起等 [CUHK national security course, “Knowing China,” to be taught by 3 current, former presidents; contents will include 100 years of shame, the rise of China.
inmediahk.net, September 6, 2022

【通識變公社】香港不是殖民地 人權不能影響國家安全 教科書如何變得「政治正確」? (Liberal Studies revamped as Citizenship & Social Development: Hong Kong is not a colony, human rights cannot affect national security—how textbooks have become “politically correct”)
inmediahk.net, September 4, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

巨大的荒谬 :二十大前的“清零”,一场全面社会管控的提前演练?(Huge absurdity: "Zero-Covid" before the 20th National Congress—a rehearsal for comprehensive social control?)
Initium Media, September 4, 2022

The Chinese Public Doesn’t Know What the Rules Are Anymore
Foreign Policy, September 5, 2022