HRIC Daily Brief

维权律师王全璋之妻李文足短暂被拘后获释 (Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, released after short detention during her march advocating for husband)...

江雪：微信个人帐号被封记 (WeChat account of independent investigative journalist shut down) The Initium, April 10, 2018 https://theinitium.com/arti...

China’s #MeToo: How a 20-year-old rape case became a rallying cry 北大高岩事件助推中國「我也是」運動 The New York Times, April 9, 2018 EN: https://www....

China's Xi urges Taiwan business community to shun independence Reuters, April 10, 2018 https://goo.gl/h1pPSE Related: China dem...

Help detained bookseller and improve domestic workers’ rights, Hong Kong told in submission to UN South China Moring Post, April 10,...

India and China: lessons on how not to tackle inequality The Conversation, April 10, 2018 https://theconversation.com/india-and-china-le...

內地維權律師王全璋妻子於天津疑遭國保帶走音訊全無 (Wife of detained rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang reportedly taken by police in Tianjin, remains incommunicado) Rad...

China isn’t happy about its newest Internet stars: Teenage moms The New York Times, April 6, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/te...

Beijing court tells employers to resolve labor disputes through negotiation China Labor Bulletin, April 9, 2018 http://www.clb.org.hk/c...

Hong Kong cardinal seeks conservative help to block a Vatican-China deal Reuters, April 8, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope...

A Chinese e-commerce giant is becoming a major investor in facial-recognition technology Quartz, April 9, 2018 https://qz.com/1247511/a...

In Pictures: Supporters of embattled academic Benny Tai rally to protect free speech in Hong Kong Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2018 h...

人民日报海外版：遏制“港独”需要落下实锤 (People’s Daily: Keeping a check on “Hong Kong independence” needs “action in accordance with the law”) People’s Dai...

监察全覆盖彰显震慑力 (Total coverage: Detention under Supervision Law sends shockwaves across the country) People’s Daily, April 6, 2018 http://p...

China’s media watchdog takes a tough line on content uploaded to popular sites Abacus, April 5, 2018 https://www.abacusnews.com/big-gun...

Sanitation workers are out on strike again in China China Labor Bulletin, April 6, 2018 http://www.clb.org.hk/content/sanitation-worker...

Life in a “coffin home”: how poverty drove six elderly men in China to share a 161 sq ft room South China Morning Post, April 6, 2018 ht...

Ex-Google executive opens a school for AI, with China's help Wired, April 5, 2018 https://www.wired.com/story/ex-google-executive-op...

Taiwan is again becoming a flashpoint between China and America The Economist, April 5, 2018 https://www.economist.com/news/asia/2174004...

“Worst precedent since handover”: Lawyers hit out at gov’t’s legal justification for joint checkpoint rail plan Hong Kong Free Press, Apr...