HRIC Daily Brief

China’s police state goes global, leaving refugees in fear Agence France-Presse, July 23, 2019 China goes on media offensive to defend ...

章詒和赴書展返京遭海關扣查 成名作被當非法出版物 遭「沒收」一箱書 (Mainland writer detained, questioned after attending Hong Kong book fair; publication declared illegal, ...

林榮基留台簽證延至10月　正籌備在西門町開書店 (With visa stay extended until October, Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee plans to open new bookshop in Taiwan by en...

UK will monitor Hong Kong probe into assaults against protesters; internal police inquiry “not sufficient” Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, ...

Huawei helped North Korea build wireless network and secretly collected Czech data, separate reports say as Western nations consider 5G ban...

“Where were the police?” Hong Kong outcry after masked thugs launch attack The Guardian, July 22, 2019 Related: 王永平形容元朗暴力事件是有預謀及有計劃「恐怖...

何白：警黑合作是唯一不可抗拒的推論 (Collaboration between police and triad is the only logical conclusion to draw from the Yuen Long attacks) Inmediahk.net,...

China says Xinjiang “inseparable” despite attempts to distort history Reuters, July 21, 2019 Related: Uygurs in Xinjiang didn’t choose...

Yang Hengjun: Australia “deeply disappointed” at criminal detention of writer in China The Guardian, July 19, 2019 Related: Yang Hengj...

Pro-China Hong Kong protester calls BBC reporter “fake news” during broadcast BBC, July 20, 2019

Migrant workers forced out as one of Shenzhen’s last “urban villages” faces wrecking ball South China Morning Post, July 22, 2019 A new ...

“I refused to go to Seoul”: One relative exposes the CCP’s plot Bitter Winter, July 22, 2019 Deal for naval outpost in Cambodia further...

How China’s persecuted people are paying the price for Johannesburg’s sense of security Daily Maverick, July 21, 2019 Chinese corner: T...

As it happened: Hong Kong police fire rounds of tear gas in heart of city, while violence breaks out in Yuen Long South China Morning Post,...

On the “Yuen Long Dark Night” mob attacks on July 21, 2019 The Office of Raymond Chan, Member of the Legislative Council, Hong Kong, July ...

Saudi Arabia defends letter backing China’s Xinjiang policy Reuters, July 18, 2019 Related: China is building a global coalition of hum...

Yang Hengjun: Australian writer detained in China expected to be charged, lawyer says The Guardian, July 18, 2019 Prosecutors in China’...

Politically correct cross-dressing in China: Drag artists are tolerated if they look like Chinese opera stars The Economist, July 18, 2019 ...

Taiwan independence hardliners set to form new party to challenge President Tsai Ing-wen South China Morning Post, July 19, 2019 外交争论继续 捷...

Two-thirds of Canadians reject closer ties to China and want Huawei banned from 5G networks, as attitudes rapidly harden, poll finds South...