HRIC Daily Brief

因报道疫情而身陷囹圄的公民记者张展荣获比利时自由大学言论自由奖 (Zhang Zhan, imprisoned citizen journalist who covered coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, is awarded Honorary Ti...

EU efforts to ratify China investment deal on ice after sanctions Agence France-Presse, May 4, 2021 EU trade chief says efforts to rati...

Chinese smart TVs are snooping on their owners Protocol, May 3, 2021

Two more teachers banned from Hong Kong schools over links to ‘social turmoil’ Hong Kong Free Press, May 4, 2021 Related: Hong Kong pro...

Why Martin Lee’s Arrest Is Such a Worrying Sign The Diplomat, May 3, 2021

Beyond Xinjiang: Xi Jinping’s Ethnic Crackdown The Diplomat, May 1, 2021 China steps up defence of Xinjiang policies and says sanctions a...

Press Freedom Day: Missing citizen journalists in China Deutsche Welle, May 3, 2021 China pledges to improve conditions of delivery worke...

Czechia: A Case Study of China’s Changing Overseas Propaganda Efforts The Diplomat, April 30, 2021 世界新闻自由日30周年 无国界记者：中国是新闻和言论自由的最大敌人(Repo...

Biden leaves China a Xinjiang terrorism problem with US exit from Afghanistan South China Morning Post, May 1, 2021

Communist Party of China social media account faces backlash in China after mocking India’s COVID deaths The Hindu, May 3, 2021 Differenc...

China’s Central Bank Works with Ant, Tencent to Develop Digital Currency Voice of America, May 2, 2021 China’s regulator names 33 apps in...

National security law blamed as Hong Kong press freedom slumps to all-time low in journalists’ survey South China Morning Post, May 3, 2021...

Killing Hong Kong’s Free Press Will Harm Its Economy Foreign Policy, May 3, 2021 Beijing’s double speak: Why China owes the United Nation...

Xinjiang Cotton and the Shift in China’s Censorship Approach The Diplomat, April 29, 2021 Related: China Expands Disinformation Campaig...

CHRD Follow-Up Communiqué Alleging Torture or Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of former Chinese lawyer Ding Jiaxi, acti...

台外长：中共没有统治台湾一天，如若犯台 台湾将战斗到底(Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs: CPC never rules Taiwan for one day. If it invades, Taiwan will fight to th...

China's Ruling Party Takes More Direct Control of Colleges, Universities Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2021

Feminists thwarting China's population goals Politico, April 29, 2021

Cracks appear in China's New Silk Road Deutsche Welle, April 30, 2021 Related: Chinese workers allege forced labor, abuses in Xi’s ...

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