HRIC Daily Brief

吉林残障访民与外界隔绝 十个月后终获准见家属 (Jailed Jilin rights defender with disability finally sees parents after 10 months incommunicado) Radio Free Asia, J...

Interview: ‘As Human Beings, Everyone Should Care About This Issue’ Radio Free Asia, January 13, 2020 HRIC note: An interview with Feroz...

Beijing says Taiwan's unification with China is 'inevitable' despite election result The Guardian, January 14, 2020 China Tig...

中國電訊宣傳片指 5G 可秒內定位億萬人臉　大媽街上掃一掃助緝匪 (A Chinese telecom company's new advertisement showcases geo-location tracking with facial recognition ...

China says NGO chief barred from entering Hong Kong is 'paying price' for inciting protests Independent, January 14, 2020 Relate...

Hong Kong must heal what the protest-crisis has torn apart, not just relationships but also our minds South China Morning Post, January 14,...

First Xinjiang, now Tibet passes rules to promote ‘ethnic unity’ South China Morning Post, January 13, 2020 Related: 新疆之後　西藏立法「保障民族團結」　5...

China human rights activist Ding Jiaxi under investigation for ‘incitement of subversion’ South China Morning Post, January 11, 2020 ‘Ins...

饶舌歌手在中国为何不挑战权力 (Why rappers in China don't challenge authority) BBC, January 12, 2020 The Moral Hazard of Dealing With China The Atl...

蔡英文高票连任，台湾选民对北京说不 In Blow to Beijing, Taiwan Re-elects Tsai Ing-wen as President The New York Times, January 12, 2020 Related: Beijing’...

China facial-recognition case puts Big Brother on trial Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2020

【抗暴之戰】提供施襲者相片警仍稱無證據中止調查 鍾翰林：唔係hea查而係索性唔查 ("No evidence": Police drop investigations into attack on pro-independence student leader...

Never mind the praise for Carrie Lam, here come the conditions set for Hong Kong by Beijing’s new envoy South China Morning Post, January 1...

Many Han Chinese don’t mind the gulag for their Uighur neighbours The Economist, January 11, 2020

被指煽動顛覆國家政權判囚 9 年　王怡不再上訴　準備赴監獄服刑 (Pastor Wang Yi, jailed for inciting subversion, to give up appeal and serve prison term of 9 years) Stand ...

【17 年歷史終被取締】中國獨立影像展昨宣佈「無限期停辦」　組委會：在腐朽前告別，是對歷史的最大尊重 (China Independent Film Festival announces indefinite suspension amidst crackdown; commit...

Video: China's Top Private Health-Care CEO Says Chinese Employers Discriminate Against Young Women Bloomberg, January 10, 2020 Does C...

‘I Could Never Trust Them’: The China Factor in Taiwan’s Youth Vote The Diplomat, January 10, 2020 Related: Taiwan Is the Last Free Plac...

港大精神健康研究刊《刺針》：去年每5人有1人疑患抑鬱或創傷後壓力症　近半不求助反映不信任 (Medical study estimates one in five Hong Kongers have depression or PTSD, "comparable to ...

Hong Kong police aren’t even doing their real jobs any more. Carrie Lam must restore discipline in the force South China Morning Post, Janu...