HRIC Daily Brief

How China spins the Xinjiang story to the Chinese Al Jazeera, September 8, 2019 US to seek support at UN to ‘call out’ China over treat...

内地｢掃黑除惡｣行動　有維權律師倡問責機制免冤案 (Rights lawyer proposes accountability mechanism to avoid wrongful convictions in “sweeping evil” campaigns) Radio...

Confucius Institutes: The growth of China's controversial cultural branch BBC, September 7, 2019 Related: Miami Dade College is sh...

From Beijing to Hampstead: how tale of HIV whistleblower rattled Chinese state The Guardian, September 8, 2019 With love from Taiwan: S...

China is expected to counter criticism at UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva Foreign Brief, September 9, 2019 Related: 中方稱聯合國人權理事...

Huawei heats up the battle for Internet in Canada’s north BBC, September 9, 2019 Related: Justin Trudeau sharpens criticism of China i...

Yuen Long attack victims sue police The Standard, September 9, 2019 Related: 民主黨聯7.21傷者提民事索償 追究警隊疏忽職守 (Victims of July 21 Yuen Long atta...

我们戴上面罩，走入香港的另一个世界 The New York Times, September 6, 2019 八月大事回顧：槍、眼、火、淚，警民衝突白熱化的八月風暴 (Guns, eyes, fire, and tears: A look back on Hong Kon...

China hacked Asian telcos to spy on Uighur travelers: sources Reuters, September 5, 2019 Related: 路透：为北京服务的黑客侵入亚洲电信公司系统监控维族人行踪 (Beijing...

Tibetan monk gets three-year prison term after being held for more than a year Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2019 Canada: Trudeau accus...

China releases a movie drama featuring its belt-and-road project The Economist, September 5, 2019 China’s Hong Kong narrative is confus...

Gay Chinese take a modest first step towards civil unions The Economist, September 5, 2019 Hong Kongers find flickers of hope in Ukrain...

Hong Kong a priority for U.S. Senate Democrats, leader says Reuters, September 6, 2019 中国精英藏富香港 “一国”与“两制”难取舍？(China’s elite with riches ...

教育部科技司：校园推广人脸识别技术应谨慎，将限制和管理 (Ministry of Education warns caution regarding facial recognition technology on campus, to propose restrictions)...

【逃犯條例】8.31太子站真相未明　兩少女站內下跪求公開CCTV (Two young women kneel in Prince Edward MTR station requesting release of surveillance footage of Aug. 31 M...

Why the mutually assured destruction rhetoric in Hong Kong is dangerous The Diplomat, September 6, 2019 Opinion: Hong Kong residents wou...

Xinjiang authorities arrest sibling Uyghur real estate moguls, jail one for decades Radio Free Asia, September 4, 2019 How companies pr...

周強：法官要更好履行維護國家政治安全職責 (President of Supreme People’s Court urges judges to better execute duty to protect national security) Radio Televisio...

Old messages, new memes: Beijing’s propaganda playbook on the Hong Kong protests Financial Times, September 4, 2019 Related: The emerg...

The ‘OK’ hand gesture that's rattled China's authorities BBC, September 5, 2019 Beijing targets Taiwanese writer Lung Ying-tai ...