HRIC Daily Brief

Tackling Uygur forced labour in China a priority on Joe Biden’s trade agenda South China Morning Post, March 2, 2021 Why Erdogan Has Aban...

Taiwan opposition chief in no rush for China meeting Channel News Asia, March 2, 2021 Taiwanese urged to eat ‘freedom pineapples’ after C...

China charges blogger who questioned official death toll in India border clash South China Morning Post, March 2, 2021 “两会”前 中共以“莫谈国事”来严控...

Bail hearing for 47 Hong Kong democrats facing security law charges drags on, with four hospitalised due to exhaustion Hong Kong Free Press,...

Jack Ma’s Ant defies pressure from Beijing to share more customer data Financial Times, March 2, 2021 China Charges Ahead With a National...

Why Is China Still Going After Hong Kong So Hard? 为什么习近平仍对香港穷追不舍？ The New York Times, March 2, 2021

China Persecutes Those Who Question ‘Heroes.’ A Sleuth Keeps Track. 当代中国文字狱事件：从上访者到“侮辱英烈” The New York Times, March 1, 2021

中国当局防控藏人离境 进出林芝墨脱地区需持“ 边境通行证” (Chinese authorities require “border passes” for entering, leaving Linzhi Medog area to prevent and control de...

China using Covid-19 as ‘yet another way to control journalists’, media group says Agence France-Presse, March 1, 2021 驻华记者协会：中国的新闻自由急剧恶化...

Powerful Countries Come Under Fire at UN Human Rights Council Voice of America News, February 28, 2021 China to issue report on human rig...

Hong Kong activists are charged with “inciting, procuring, inducing, causing” democracy Quartz, March 1, 2021 Related: Power for Democracy...

Big Tech set for starring role at Beijing’s ‘two sessions’ political gala amid regulatory heat and US tech war South China Morning Post, Fe...

Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide Reuters, February 26, 2021 Is International Pressure Coalescing on China’s...

China Punishes Those Who Question ‘Martyrs.’ A Sleuth Keeps Track. The New York Times, February 26, 2021 POLICE ARREST SEVEN, ENGAGE IN “...

Human Rights Concerns Continue to Dog 2022 Beijing Olympics The Diplomat, February 26, 2021 China Launches All-Out Propaganda Campaign as...

Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent rank low in protecting digital rights, but it’s not all their fault, study finds South China Morning Post, February...

Exclusive: Two rights groups quit Hong Kong as security law sends shudders through NGOs Reuters, February 26, 2021 Hong Kong ex-leader CY...

China’s Nationality Law Is a Cage for Hong Kongers Foreign Policy, February 25, 2021

Chinese gov’t figures show sharp decline in Xinjiang birth rate amid mounting claims of Uighur ‘genocide’ Hong Kong Free Press, February 25,...

Beijing blast an ill wind for Taiwan’s cross-strait affairs moderate South China Morning Post, February 25, 2021