HRIC Daily Brief

Uygur man awaits Morocco ruling as China seeks extradition after Interpol snub South China Morning Post, October 14, 2021

疑因“20大”维稳, 江苏镇江维权人士蒋湛春被镇江当局以“寻衅滋事罪”判刑3年6个月(Jiangsu rights activist Jiang Zhanchun’s 3 years, 6 months prison sentence for "picking qua...

Chinese media returns fire in info war with video of ‘captured Indians’ South China Morning Post, October 15, 2021 MINITRUE: NO INDEPENDEN...

Xi Jinping says China’s ‘democratic’ political system is a ‘great creation’ that holds key to international success South China Morning Post...

Microsoft to shut LinkedIn in China amid Beijing tech clampdown Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2021 Related: LinkedIn’s Exit From China...

北京14名公民以独立候选人身份参选区县级人大代表(14 Beijing citizens run as independent candidates for district, county-level people's congress deputies) Weiqua...

No-nonsense masks, strict bubble: What to expect from China’s Winter Olympics Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers in race against time to push through bills after Typhoon Kompasu shuts Legislative Council South China Morning Post, Oct...

How Xi Jinping’s China differs from Mao’s The Economist, October 14, 2021 Sweden Should Press China to Release Swedish Book Publisher Huma...

Amid U.S.-China Chill, Harvard Moves a Top Language Program to Taiwan 美中交流降温，哈佛大学中文项目将迁往台湾 The New York Times, October 14, 2021

天津法轮功学员李国庆一家三口被同时被判12年、10年、7年的重刑(Tianjin Falun Gong practitioner Li Guoqing is sentenced to 12 years in prison; his wife and daughter receiv...

Chinese war blockbuster fuels anger in South Korea Deutsche Welle, October 14, 2021

新冠溯源：世卫新工作组被视为最后机会，专家促开放武汉血液样本(Covid-19 origin probe: New WHO working group is seen as last chance; experts urge China to release Wuhan bloo...

A shared spreadsheet reveals working hours at China’s biggest internet companies SupChina, October 13, 2021

Beijing Games ready for Olympia flame but wary of protests Reuters, October 14, 2021

UN experts urge review of Hong Kong security law; say arrests ‘incompatible’ with human rights and int’l law Hong Kong Free Press, October 1...

Forget the ‘small minority,’ the national security law has silenced Hong Kong society Hong Kong Free Press, October 14, 2021 Does China’s ...

Darren Byler on Life in Xinjiang, ‘China’s High-Tech Penal Colony’ The Diplomat, October 13, 2021

北京东城法院：女网民侮辱董存瑞“引发广大人民群众的强烈愤慨”重判7个月(Netizen sentenced to 7 months for "insulting" revolutionary martyr Dong Cunrui in social media...

Feminist responses on Weibo aim to fight the misrepresentation of women during COVID-19 in China The Conversation, October 13, 2021