HRIC Daily Brief

The CCP Hand Behind China’s Xinjiang Cotton Backlash The Diplomat, April 29, 2021

China Renews Crackdown on Online Feminist Groups Voice of America, April 28, 2021 China’s Propaganda Machine Misses Its Soft Power Moment...

Exclusive | China-EU investment deal casts long shadow over Beijing’s vague sanctions against Europeans South China Morning Post, April 29,...

China to fine internet giant Tencent in antitrust blitz: Report Reuters, April 29, 2021 Related: Government official working a shift as...

Judges in Hong Kong’s first national security law trial rule that ‘great harm to society’ must be proven to secure terrorism conviction Sou...

Beijing’s Crackdown on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong The National Bureau of Asian Research, April 28, 2021 What a Crackdo...

Beijing takes foreign media to Xinjiang in bid to dispel suspicion South China Morning Post, April 27, 2021

“西藏人权与民主促进中心”报告：中共持续严厉打压西藏人权 (Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy report: CPC continues severe human rights repression in Tibet) ...

CHINA RESPONDS TO LABOR ACTIVISTS’ DEMANDS WITH REPRESSION, ARRESTS China Digital Times, April 27, 2021

China to punish data exports to overseas courts as Beijing beefs up defence against US long arm South China Morning Post, April 28, 2021

Hong Kong security chief vows new immigration law aimed at asylum seekers will not let authorities bar residents from leaving city South Ch...

The U.S. should consider the possibility of an Olympic boycott to protest Chinese human rights violations Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 27...

端点星抗审查 两90后被拘1年 开庭延期 (Authorities again postpone court date for Chen Mei and Cai Wei, volunteers of archive of banned posts and articles abo...

A Graying China May Have to Put Off Retirement. Workers Aren’t Happy. 中国推“延迟退休”应对老龄化，引发争议和反弹 The New York Times, April 27, 2021 中国公布《反间谍安...

国家立法拟为超级平台增设外部独立机构，监督个人信息处理 (China to draft regulation requiring big tech firms to hire independent monitors of their management of personal...

Hong Kong mass protest organiser Civil Human Rights Front facing police probe over its operations South China Morning Post, April 26, 2021 ...

互联网巨头的“边界” (The “boundary” of big tech companies) Financial Times, April 26, 2021

Xinjiang cotton: why it is so hard to find out the truth about forced labour claims South China Morning Post, April 25, 2021 新疆10年 加拿大夫妇：...

Taiwan Security Officials Propose Ban on Chinese Flag The Diplomat, April 24, 2021

China Censors Chloé Zhao’s Oscar Win, but Fans Find Ways to Rejoice The New York Times, April 26, 2021 Related: 奥斯卡最佳导演赵婷：从曾经的“中国骄傲”，到如...