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.

Thursday, November 10, 2022

China's Reach & Internal Control (中国:内控与外扩)

健康码2025年要普及 就像《黑镜》里的积分系统?(Proposal to make health codes a nationwide requirement by 2025 stirs public anger and fear)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2022

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关于印发“十四五”全民健康信息化规划的通知(Notice on Printing and Distributing the "14th Five-Year" National Health Informatization Plan)
National Health Commission of PRC, November 9, 2022

中国销售的苹果手机AirDrop功能遭到限制(AirDrop functionality restricted on iPhones sold in China)
Deutsche Welle, November 10, 2022

Lawmakers call on officials to boldly promote national pride, approve motion urging Hong Kong government to encourage learning about Xi Jinping’s 20th party congress report
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

拜登确定与习近平会晤 欲设立“红线”(Biden confirms meeting with Xi Jinping to lay down "red line")
Deutsche Welle, November 10, 2022

Exclusive | Germany’s ‘China City’ Duisburg cuts ties with Huawei, citing Beijing’s relations with Russia
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2022

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Germany Blocks 2 Foreign Investment Deals, Taking a Firmer Line on China
德国阻止两笔涉中资交易,警惕过度依赖中国

The New York Times, November 10, 2022

China ‘increasingly disruptive global power’, says Canadian foreign minister
The Guardian, November 9, 2022

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加拿大外长警告企业不要和中国卷入太深(Canada's foreign minister warns businesses against deepening involvement with China)
Deutsche Welle, November 10, 2022

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

人权捍卫者董广平越南失踪 家属紧急呼吁(Family of human rights defender Dong Guangping missing in Vietnam calls for urgent attention)
Radio Free Asia, November 10, 2022

Hong Kong jails first person for insulting national anthem
Agence France-Presse, November 10, 2022

三人涉「反極權遊行」暴動罪成 官拒接納到場錄音、因塞車途經現場等辯解(3 are convicted of rioting in "anti-totalitarianism" protests in 2019; judge rejects recording at the scene and traffic jams as defense)
Ming Pao, November 10, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s zero-Covid policy under growing strain as cases continue to spread across country
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2022

6 pro-establishment hopefuls given green light to run in by-election to fill 4 seats in Hong Kong legislature
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Xi Jinping tells China’s army to focus on preparation for war
The Guardian, November 9, 2022

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习近平:全面加强练兵备战(Xi Jinping: Comprehensively strengthen military training, preparation for war)
Deutsche Welle, November 10, 2022

China’s Great ‘Zero-Covid’ Guessing Game
习近平什么时候会放弃“清零”?

The New York Times, November 10, 2022

Plan to amend Hong Kong extradition bill ‘was correct’ despite mass protests, says ex-leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, November 10, 2022

China Was an Issue in the US Midterms, Especially in Attack Ads
The Diplomat, November 9, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

How to Stop China Killing Human Rights at the U.N.
Foreign Policy, November 9, 2022

The Weakness Behind China’s Strong Façade
Foreign Affairs, November 10, 2022

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

China's Reach & Internal Control (中国:内控与外扩)

Chinese authorities ‘drop EU council chief’s speech criticising war in Ukraine’
The Guardian, November 9, 2022

早報:據報駐港國安公署5億買下九龍豪宅,其經費來自中央財政(Chinese National Security Agency in Hong Kong bought luxury complex in Kowloon for HK$500 million with mainland funding)
Initium Media, November 9, 2022

Young protesters undergo military training, patriotic education in Hong Kong prisons
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

EUROPE REBUFFS CHINA’S INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS
China Digital Times, November 8, 2022

US semiconductor ban targets highest of Chinese high tech
The Christian Science Monitor, November 8, 2022

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

福建人权捍卫者范燕琼女士呼吁福州当局立即解除封控遭威胁(Fujian human rights defender Fan Yanqiong is threatened for calling on Fuzhou authorities to immediately lift lockdown measures)
Weiquanwang, November 9, 2022

石家庄公民卢廷阁:交通事故“清零”公开建议(Shijiazhuang citizen Lu Tingge: Public suggestion for preventing traffic accidents due to zero-COVID policy)
Weiquanwang, November 9, 2022

Hong Kong national security law: appeal court upholds move to allow top UK lawyer to join Jimmy Lai’s defence team in light of ‘clear’ public interest
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2022

民主派初選案17人否認控罪 排期明年1月17日預審(17 people in pro-democracy primary election case deny charges, scheduled for pre-trial on January 17 next year)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 9, 2022

律政司檢控主任提六四、批評警方受紀律研訊 不滿研訊安排提司法覆核(DoJ prosecutor files for judicial review of dep’t disciplinary action against her for mentioning June Fourth, criticizing police)
Ming Pao, November 9, 2022

周梓樂逝世三周年 市民尚德停車場悼念遭警要求離開(Mourners commemorating Alex Chow, HKUST student who died falling from parking lot in 2019 protests, are asked to leave parking lot by police)
Inmediahk, November 8, 2022

新任廣播處長接受鄧炳強訪問 稱港台應與警隊合作無間(In interview with Secretary for Security Chris Tang, new Director of Broadcasting says RTHK should cooperate with police force)
Inmediahk, November 8, 2022

4人涉藉公開活動煽惑他人不投票或投白票遭廉署起訴(4 are charged by ICAC for inciting others not to vote or to cast invalid vote)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 9, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Why China’s local officials will remain caught in zero-Covid ‘paradox’
South China Morning Post, November 9, 2022

Chinese health ministry won't release lockdown suicide statistics amid COVID-19 surge
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

陷入“政治抑郁”的中国商界精英
China’s Business Elite Sees the Country That Let Them Thrive Slipping Away

The New York Times, November 8, 2022

中国中产想方设法"润出去" 乌克兰、瓦努阿图成新选项 (China's middle class is trying to "run out"; Ukraine and Vanuatu become new options)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2022

赵紫阳秘书鲍彤去世 终年90岁(Zhao Ziyang's secretary Bao Tong dies at age of 90)
Radio Free Asia, November 9, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

The Return of Red China
Foreign Affairs, November 9, 2022

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

China's Reach & Internal Control (中国:内控与外扩)

Huawei tapped by China’s cyberspace watchdog to further Xi Jinping’s tech self-sufficiency drive
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2022

中国新冠疫情日破七千再创新高 郑州居民出社区须要政审 (China logs 7,000 new COVID cases per day at new high; Zhengzhou residents need political review to leave community)
Radio Free Asia, November 8, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

Trudeau accuses China of 'aggressive' election interference
BBC News, November 8, 2022

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

"长沙富能案"家属施明磊联署呼吁:停止强迫劳动 (Shi Minglei, family member of the "Changsha Funeng Case," calls for end to forced labor)
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2022

Hong Kong police seize secretary of aid fund for democracy protesters
The Guardian, November 8, 2022

Hong Kong’s largest press group ‘disappointed and worried’ over Bao Choy appeal ruling
Hong Kong Free Press, November 8, 2022

初選案主控人選未定 控方案情未獲共識惹官質疑(Prosecutor of primary election case has not yet been chosen; judge questions lack of consensus on case facts by prosecution)
Inmediahk, November 8, 2022

支聯會拒交資料案 控方援引2010年學聯代表講話 指六四晚會嘉賓發言危害國安(In HK Alliance case of failing to submit information to police, prosecution argues speeches at June Fourth vigils endangered national security, citing 2010 speech by Student's Union of Higher Institutions representative)
Inmediahk, November 7, 2022

口岸爆炸品案 7人被加控可囚終身爆炸罪 成反修例第二宗《反恐佈主義》案(In 2nd Anti-Terrorism case from the Anti-ELAB protests, 7 are charged with bombing with maximum sentence of life imprisonment)
Inmediahk, November 7, 2022

Defence lawyer asks Hong Kong court to pull plug on sedition trial of 2 ex-chiefs of Stand News
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Proposed cybercrime law needs long reach to cover offences outside Hong Kong, compel tech giants to cooperate: legislators
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

中国内蒙患“焦虑障碍”女子封控中坠楼身亡 “过度防疫”频遭病诟 (China's Inner Mongolian woman suffering from "anxiety disorder" falls to her death during lockdown; "excessive epidemic prevention" frequently criticized)
BBC News, November 7, 2022

鄭州富士康「逃疫」潮:工廠內外,被疫情撕裂的兩個世界 (Zhengzhou Foxconn's "epidemic escape" tide: Inside and outside the factory—world torn in two by the epidemic)
Initium Media, November 6, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China’s Zero-COVID Policies Are Stirring Xenophobia
Foreign Policy, November 7, 2022

中国新修订的妇女权益保障法的具体落实和监督面临挑战 (Implementation and supervision of China's newly revised Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests face challenges)
Voice of America, November 8, 2022