HRIC Daily Brief

A rare form of quartz is key to Xinjiang’s solar boom, and almost all of it is in the US South China Morning Post, October 26, 2021

維權律師傳遭超期羈押 人權團體籲北京廢除監視居住 (Rights lawyer Chang Weiping is under prolonged detention; rights group urges Beijing to abolish RSDL) Deutsche Wel...

China Targets Extreme Internet Fandoms in a New Crackdown Wired, October 26, 2021 国家网信办拟规范互联网用户账号名称信息，六类情形被禁止 (CAC to regulate online acco...

As the rest of the world abandons ‘Zero Covid,’ China holds out. 世界逐步走向开放，中国为何坚持“零感染”政策 The New York Times, October 26, 2021 中国驻欧使馆频频出手 阻碍...

Why the Beijing Winter Olympics are facing political pressure Bloomberg, October 26, 2021

Chinese Censorship Is Going Global Foreign Policy, October 26, 2021 黃雪琴：“哪有记者不发声” (Independent journalist Huang Xueqin: What journalists w...

Hong Kong’s new rules on accessing gov’t records put journalists at ‘unnecessary’ risk, press group says Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2...

Chengdu police summon, question Early Rain Protestant preacher Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2021 陈紫娟（常玮平律师妻子）：常玮平遭酷刑程度远超想象——一度产生被害妄想症(Chen...

G7 says there is no place for ‘state-sponsored’ forced labour in veiled dig at China’s Xinjiang policies Kyodo, October 23, 2021 In the Ca...

Chinese lawyers banned from discussing cases in public in latest move to tighten control over legal sector South China Morning Post, October...

China’s 50 years at UN: Xi Jinping says international rules and order must not be dominated by one power South China Morning Post, October 2...

U.S. Warns of Efforts by China to Collect Genetic Data 美国就中国收集全球基因数据发出警告 The New York Times, October 25, 2021

With New Conviction, Hong Kong Uses Security Law to Clamp Down on Speech The New York Times, October 25, 2021 Related: 第二代美國隊長示威叫「光時」等口...

Beijing set for 100-day Olympic countdown but boycott calls, virus weigh Agence France-Presse, October 25, 2021

Hong Kong’s witchfinders are making ‘national security’ an all-purpose offence Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2021 China’s Sham Meritoc...

More countries criticise China at UN for repression of Uighurs Al Jazeera, October 22, 2021 Related: Cross-regional joint statement on Xin...

'Fragile' song pillorying China's online troll army gets millions of views Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2021 中国“自干五”博主：民族主义崛起下...

Fight terror risks in overseas projects with shared intelligence, Chinese ex-security official says South China Morning Post, October 21, 20...

US intelligence officials warn companies in critical sectors on China Financial Times, October 22, 2021

Five ex-leaders of Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil group granted bail but 2 try to decline it on free speech grounds Hong Kong Free Press...