HRIC Daily Brief

On this day — May 3, 1989: Journalists petition: Journalists draft a petition to the Party Central Committee asking for a dialogue with the...

Chinese vaccine activist formally arrested, will likely face jail over campaign Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2019 中法启动法律和司法对话机制 (China signs ...

无国界记者呼吁披露人民日报前高层坠楼内幕 (Reporters Without Borders urges proper disclosure of facts on suicide of former editor of People’s Daily’s News Front...

五四百年来临 北大多位左翼学生劳动节实习遭集体失踪 (5 Peking University students have disappeared since the eve of Labor Day) Voice of America, May 2, 2019 Relate...

The Communist Party grapples with a momentous anniversary The Economist, May 2, 2019 Party loyalty in China helps private companies get...

Pro-establishment lawmakers urge Carrie Lam to back down on controversial extradition bill; adviser says safeguards can be added South Chi...

「漢文化圈」就是「中國的」，這種看法不但錯誤，而且有害 (Viewing the Sinosphere as belonging to China is not only wrong, but harmful) The News Lens, May 3, 2019 五四运动...

【六四30周年】30 位記者拍片親述見聞　有記者憶槍聲激動痛哭 (“I am a journalist. This is my June Fourth story”: 30 journalists film videos recounting their memories of ...

How mass surveillance works in Xinjiang, China: “Reverse engineering” police app reveals profiling and monitoring strategies Human Rights ...

China hands death, suspended death sentences to Canadian, US citizens Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2019 Related: Chinese court sentences Am...

Xi repeatedly urges China’s youth to follow the CCP The Diplomat, May 2, 2019 Related: President Xi's May Fourth speech to youth “...

Six Marxist students vanish in China in the lead up to Labor Day CNN, May 2, 2019 Taiwan rights groups call on Beijing to allow visits t...

Beijing “loses all hope for Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen” as she rallies Washington South China Morning Post, May 2, 2019 昔五四運動起點 今愛國教育「課室」 參觀北...

“Striding across the Pacific”: Huawei’s identity problem The New York Times, May 1, 2019 China’s Tencent pitches vision of artificial i...

Hong Kong elites and celebrities come together in patriotic anthem video for People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary South China Mor...

1919 to 2019: A century of youth protest and ideological conflict around May 4 SupChina, May 1, 2019 The true cost of signing up with H...

30 years ago: Leaders meet with students China Digital Times, April 30, 2019 China’s Xi looks to stoke nationalism as Tiananmen anniversa...

“Truth hidden in the dark”: Chinese international student responses to Xinjiang SupChina, May 1, 2019 China’s Xinjiang an “enormous risk...

Three Tibetans are detained for calling for Panchen Lama's release Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2019 Labor editors “at risk of torture”...

Chinese media warn WeChat group admins: “You can be arrested for what happens in your group chat” What’s On Weibo, May 1