The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, November 04, 2022

China's Reach & Internal Control (中国:内控与外扩)

China buys up US technology to keep tabs on its citizens
Radio Free Asia, November 4, 2022

China’s central bank struggles to force tech groups to share user data with state
Financial Times, November 4, 2022

“BEIJING MAN” IS NO LAUGHING MATTER FOR CENSORS
China Digital Times, November 3, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

Germany's Scholz tells China: Any change in Taiwan's status quo must be peaceful
Reuters, November 4, 2022

Related:
德国总理朔尔茨警示北京:台湾现状的改变必须是和平的或经过双方同意(German Chancellor Scholz warns Beijing: Changes to Taiwan's status quo must be peaceful or by mutual consent)
Voice of America, November 4, 2022

G7外长联合声明警示中国 别武力犯台(G7 foreign ministers' joint statement warns China not to invade Taiwan by force)
Radio Free Asia, November 4, 2022

太原:英国纽卡斯尔因新疆问题终止中国姊妹城市关系(UK's Newcastle terminates sister-city relationship with China's Taiyuan over Xinjiang issue)
BBC News, November 4, 2022

德国民调:不足一成民众认为中国可信(Poll in Germany: Less than 10% of people think China is credible)
Deutsche Welle, November 4, 2022

Europe nears a reckoning in its ties to China’s security operations
The Washington Post, November 4, 2022

Related:
European Court of Human Rights effectively bars all extraditions to China
The China Collection, November 4, 2022

British government pledges to curb overseas influence, Chinese infiltration
Radio Free Asia, November 3, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Hong Kong court denies bail to pro-democracy singer facing sedition charge
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2022

【立場案】國安警曾大量擷取立場文章惟未呈堂 辯方指震驚、違基本守則(Defense barrister argues prosecution has violated basic rules by using large number of Stand News articles without disclosing them to the defense)
Inmediahk, November 4, 2022

初選案范國威呂智恆分別爭議案情 官指不同意整份案情或影響減刑折扣(In pro-democracy primary election case, Gary Fan and Hendrick Lui to contest charges; judge says contesting charges may affect sentence reduction)
Ming Pao, November 4, 2022

3前區議員阻差辦公罪成 官批評控方多次修改控罪及案情(3 former district councillors convicted of obstruction of police; judge criticizes prosecution for multiple revisions of charges and case facts)
Ming Pao, November 3, 2022

奏《願榮光》六旬漢被票控公眾地方非法籌款 否認控罪質疑為何不斷遭控(60-year-old man charged with illegal fundraising in public places for performing "Glory to Hong Kong" pleads not guilty and asks why he is constantly charged)
Ming Pao, November 3, 2022

4人涉「私了」律師陳子遷案 3人判囚19至34個月 一人判入教導所(3 sentenced to 19 to 34 months in prison, 1 to training center for attacking lawyer in 2019 who denounced protestors)
Ming Pao, November 4, 2022

警拘中學教師涉網上教人製造毒氣彈(Police arrest secondary school teacher for teaching how to make gas bombs online)
Ming Pao, November 3, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Beijing is still committed to COVID zero despite economic and human costs
The China Project, November 3, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Xi Jinping’s pilgrimage to ‘red Mecca’ brings back the Mao factor
The Guardian, November 4, 2022

A Biden-Xi Summit Presents Latest Challenge to U.S.-China Ties
安排习拜会给中美关系带来最新挑战
The Wall Street Journal, November 3-4, 2022

Covid-19: Finance chief Paul Chan tested positive on return to Hong Kong but not quarantined, gov’t says
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

How China Lost America
中国是如何失去美国的

The New York Times, November 2, 2022

The never-ending campaign against graft in China
The Economist, November 3, 2022

Officials must rise to meet concern over fall in rule of law index
South China Morning Post, November 4, 2022

Thursday, November 03, 2022

China's Reach & Internal Control (中国:内控与外扩)

The Strange Death of the Uyghur Internet
Wired, November 2, 2022

Canada’s public broadcaster CBC shuts China bureau citing lack of visa
Agence France-Presse, November 3, 2022

Related:
“我们被逼无奈” 加广CBC宣布关闭运作40余年的北京分社(CBC announces closure of Beijing bureau after more than 40 years in operation)
Voice of America, November 3, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

WTA主席:仍希望中国当局对彭帅的指控进行调查(WTA Chairman: I still hope Chinese authorities will investigate Peng Shuai's allegations)
Voice of America, November 3, 2022

Canada orders three Chinese firms to exit lithium deals, citing national security
Reuters, November 3, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

全国各地千名访民联名状告司法腐败(Petition by 1,000 from many parts of China urges CPC, State Council to clean up judicial corruption)
Weiquanwang, November 3, 2022

Hong Kong justice dep’t appeals against court decision to let UK lawyer represent media tycoon Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2022

Hong Kong’s national security police arrest man with suspected ties to pro-independence group over seditious messages posted online
South China Morning Post, November 3, 2022

Portuguese man charged under Hong Kong sedition law over online posts denied bail
Hong Kong Free Press, November 3, 2022

立場新聞案續審 控方指網站留言激起群眾 官質疑不刪留言動機(In Stand News trial, prosecution charges comments on website “stirred up” public; judge questions motive for not deleting comments)
Ming Pao, November 3, 2022

初選案伍健偉改為認罪 吳敏兒擬爭議案情(In pro-democracy primary election case, Ng Kin-wai changes plea to guilty; Carol Ng plans to contest charges)
Ming Pao, November 3, 2022

Hong Kong exiles in UK unnerved by ‘weak’ response to beating of protester
The Guardian, November 3, 2022

Campaigners set up Hong Kong press freedom group to aid city's embattled journalists
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

中国供销社惊人复活(Surprising resurrection of China's supply and marketing cooperatives)
Radio France Internationale, November 3, 2022

中国进入国企民企合营期 明年将持续扩大(China enters period of joint ventures between state-owned and private enterprises with plans to continue expanding next year)
Radio Free Asia, November 3, 2022

Toddler’s death raises new questions about human costs of China’s zero-Covid measures
South China Morning Post, November 3, 2022

Related:
中国兰州男童封锁期间失救死亡,新冠“次生灾难”再引公愤(Boy in Lanzhou dies as lockdown delayed treatment; Covid-19’s "secondary disaster" re-ignites public outrage)
BBC News, November 3, 2022

防疫负担太重 中国多地“常态”核酸检测不再免费(Many local authorities will no longer provide "normal" PCR tests for free, citing heavy costs of epidemic prevention)
Deutsche Welle, November 3, 2022

Hong Kong to strengthen intelligence collection to deal with underlying security threats, John Lee says
South China Morning Post, November 2, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Germany’s Scholz heads to China amid questions over strategy
The Guardian, November 3, 2022

"北京一男子致十四亿人受长期管控"引发热议(Weibo post—"One man in Beijing has put 1.4 billion people under long-term control"—sparks heated debate)
Radio Free Asia, November 3, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China’s 20th Party Congress: The Implications for CCP Norms
The Diplomat, November 3, 2022

Wednesday, November 02, 2022

China's Reach & Internal Control (中国:内控与外扩)

Don’t bet against China and Hong Kong and don’t read too much foreign news, top Chinese regulator tells banking summit
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2022

China bans celebrities with ‘lapsed morals’ from endorsing products
The Guardian, November 2, 2022

蒙族人泰国被捕 称狱中遭国安威逼认罪遣返 现已出狱 (Just released from detention in Thailand, ethnic Mongolian from Inner Mongolia says Chinese state security attempted to force him to plead guilty and accept repatriation)
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2022

纽约也有中国警察服务站 (New York also has a Chinese police service station)
Voice of America, November 2, 2022

International Responses (国际反应)

跨境执法涉侵犯主权 荷兰令中国关闭驻外警察站 (Dutch authorities order immediate closure of Chinese police stations in Netherlands, citing violation of sovereignty in cross-border law enforcement without permission)
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

福州硕士访民叶钟在北京四通桥遭截访后再遭非法拘禁14天 (Fuzhou petitioner Ye Zhong illegally detained for 14 days after being intercepted at Sitong Bridge in Beijing)
Weiquanwang, November 2, 2022

Overseas Chinese hold small anti-Xi Halloween march in New York City
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2022

17 Stand News articles accepted as evidence in sedition trial against Hong Kong outlet
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2022

Hong Kong protests: man, 20, admits taking part in illegal demonstration after sedition charge changed to unlawful assembly
South China Morning Post, November 2, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s revised law on women’s protection: What you need to know
The China Project, November 2, 2022

香港教育局推《教师专业操守指引》 课堂或社交平台不可随便提"六四事件"(Education Bureau introduces "Guidelines for Teachers' Professional Conduct": “Casual” mentions of "June Fourth Incident" are not allowed in classrooms or on social media)
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2022

Related:
蔡若蓮稱教師專業操守指引不設適應期(Secretary for Education Christine Choi says there is no adaptation period for Guidelines for Teachers' Professional Conduct)
Ming Pao, October 23, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

中国拟广建食堂 便民?或另有图谋? (China plans to build state-owned canteens widely, for the convenience of the people? Or something else?)
Radio Free Asia, November 2, 2022

China Covid: Area around world's biggest iPhone plant locked down
BBC News, November 2, 2022

Related:
Chinese city accused of ‘performative lockdown lifting’
The Guardian, November 1, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

How are the Chinese responding to Xi Jinping's third term?
Deutsche Welle, November 2, 2022

How China’s state security controls its narrative in the West | Live with Lizzi Lee
The China Project, October 31, 2022