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.

Monday, October 29, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

维吾尔人的逃亡:离开中国,却无法离开恐惧
They escaped China’s crackdown, but now wait in limbo

The New York Times, October 27, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China will prosecute graft, terror suspects even if they flee
Reuters, October 27, 2018

八九学运领袖周勇军被以“邪教罪”逮捕 (Tiananmen Student Movement leader Zhou Yongjun arrested for “cult” crimes
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

Convictions for rumors, torture follow tycoons’ disappearances
China Digital Times, October 26, 2018

Related:
China to expel disgraced former Interpol chief from advisory body
Reuters, October 27, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Still taboo in mainland China: The Cultural Revolution as seen through the lens of Li Zhensheng
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2018

Cornell halts China university ties over curbs on academic freedom
Financial Times, October 28, 2018

对抗大陆资讯战 台湾成最前线 (Taiwan is on the front line in the fight against China’s information warfare)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

“Honour of Kings” will require real-name registration for all users, starting in Beijing
China Film Insider, October 26, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Can citizen journalism work in China? Villagers give their verdict
South China Morning Post, October 28, 2018

湖南家長抗議 反對教育私有化 (Hunan parents protest privatization of education)
Inmedia.hk, October 27, 2018

Taiwan’s gay pride parade draws thousands, as votes on same-sex marriage near
The New York Times, October 27, 2018

颜伯均、刘兴联二人被劝离台湾 (Mainland dissidents Yan Bojun and Liu Xinglian persuaded under pressure to leave Taiwan after unsuccessful appeal for refugee status)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

哈佛学者奥弗霍尔特:“中国模式”处于辉煌与陨落的分水岭 (Harvard scholar: the “Chinese model” is at watershed moment)
BBC News, October 29, 2018

Botched Chinese railway project in Africa is a warning to belt and road investors
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2018

Related:
Belt and road meets international pushback
China Digital Times, October 27, 2018

中国在“干预”美国选举? 美专家看法各异 (U.S. experts differ on whether China is illegally “intervening” or legitimately “influencing” U.S. elections)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

广州地铁启用人脸识别 社会形同大监狱?(Is facial recognition in Guangzhou metro making society one big prison?)
Radio Free Asia, October 26, 2018

Ramifications of China’s new blockchain rules hit home
Technode, October 24, 2018

Related:
Donna Dillenberger on blockchain technology in China
SupChina, October 26, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Tougher laws pushed after massive Cathay data breach
The Standard, October 29, 2018

Related:
Cathay Pacific data hack “probably the biggest” in industry
The Standard, October 29, 2018

給全體立法會議員的公開信:不要萬億人工島!反對《施政報告》致謝動議 (Demosisto sends LegoCo open letter opposing Lantau reclamation project)
Inmedia.hk, October 28, 2018

Commentary (评论)

The Hong Kong government claims it is fair to the LGBTI community: So prove it
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2018

How Beijing is using the Nazi propaganda playbook to justify its concentration camps to the world
Hong Kong Free Press, October 27, 2018

China’s Uyghur re-education centers in Xinjiang will not produce a loyal and obedient population
The Conversation, October 27, 2018

The fact Cathay Pacific does not have to notify anyone of a data breach is unacceptable. The law must change
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2018

Friday, October 26, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

无国界记者谴责中国报复封堵美国行业网站 (Reporters Without Borders condemns China’s reprisal on website reporting Xinjiang’s surveillance tech)
Voice of America, October 26, 2018

China locks up ethnic minorities in camps. It says so itself
The New York Times, October 25, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Screams from “Room 13”: Are China’s kids being electroshocked for internet “addiction”?
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Chinese man jailed for Koran burning as Islamophobia spreads online
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

北京如何让外国媒体也听党的话 (How Beijing makes foreign media listen to the CPC)
Voice of America, October 26, 2018

China gaming approval “green channel” halted after one CPC official’s promotion
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2018

Kuaishou returns to WeChat after 6-month ban
Technode, October 25, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“The pope doesn’t get China”: Underground church set for “annihilation,” Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen warns
Agence France-Presse, October 26, 2018

Related:
The Pope doesn’t understand China
The New York Times, October 24, 2018

海外人权组织在联合国审查中国前夕批人权恶化 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders criticizes deterioration of human rights conditions in leadup to China’s Universal Periodic Review)
Voice of America, October 25, 2018

HRIC 2018 UPR submission
Human Rights in China, March 2018

Frequent protests by veterans alarm China’s authorities
The Economist, October 25, 2018

Maoists call on China's official union to stand up for workers
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2018

The fear making Chinese women reluctant to have more children
The Conversation, October 25, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China bans major prayer festival in Larung Gar for third consecutive year
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2018

China replaces head of Peking University with CPC chief
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2018

How China’s political climate warps advice to leaders
China Digital Times, October 24, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China mocks report it tapped Trump’s iphone (and plugs its own competitor)
The New York Times, October 25, 2018

Is nowhere private? Chinese subway users upset by plans to install facial recognition systems
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing’s point man on law to step down
The Standard, October 26, 2018

Commentary (评论)

「一帶一路」下的新疆城市近況:烏魯木齊與霍爾果斯 (Xinjiang’s cities under One Belt One Road: Urumqi and Khorgas)
The News Lens, October 26, 2018

Hong Kong’s heightened crackdown on dissent
Human Rights Watch, October 25, 2018

What a new bridge says about Hong Kong’s relations with mainland China
The Economist, October 25, 2018

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

China's hidden camps -- What's happened to the vanished Uighurs of Xinjiang?
BBC News, October 24, 2018

Related:
寻找“消失”的维族人:BBC探访新疆“再教育营” (In search for the “missing” Uyghurs: BBC’s visit to Xinjiang “re-education camps”)
BBC News, October 24, 2018

Textbooks and tear gas: Equipment lists for Xinjiang “education” camps revealed
China Digital Times, October 24, 2018

China’s government has ordered a million citizens to occupy Uyghur homes. Here’s what they think they’re doing.
ChinaFile, October 24, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Where’s the proof? Chinese man accused of rape seeks justice after 23 years and four trials
South China Morning Post, October 25, 2018

Four still held for subversion over Tiananmen Massacre liquor
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2018

刑讯打死香港富商刘希泳的司法官员低调获刑 (9 prosecutors receive jail sentences in tortured-confession case resulting in Hong Konger’s death)
Radio France Internationale, October 24, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

人权组织:文革再现新疆,将失去一代学者 (Scholars at Risk: Tactics in Xinjiang revive Cultural Revolution)
Voice of America, October 25, 2018

Related:
Free to Think 2018
Scholars at Risk, October 23, 2018

運營資格被凍結後,全球最大遊戲市場試圖「絕地求生」(World's biggest gaming market struggles for survival as Beijing cuts off video game licensing and tightens censorship)
The Initium, October 25, 2018

Related:
Beijing cuts off gaming licenses’ channel
The Standard, October 25, 2018

Two Chinese cities and legions of police disguised as “dancing aunties” and students on alert for presidential visit
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2018

写小说影射伊利集团?媒体人被跨省抓判 (Media veteran sentenced to 8 months imprisonment for writing online fiction that alludes to case of fugitive chief of Inner Mongolian dairy enterprise)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2018

Exclusive: Chinese state media journalist charged with assault by UK police following slapping incident
Hong Kong Free Press, October 24, 2018

Translation: Big Brother is watching Big Brother
China Digital Times, October 24, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Thousands protest industrial waste processing plant plan in China's Guangdong
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2018

他帮助过数以万计的中国网民翻墙…… (He helped tens of thousands of netizens jump over the wall: Interview with Zou Chengfeng)
Radio Free Asia, October 24, 2018