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, September 27, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆再教育营入地二十米深 囚室内设六个铁笼 人如鸟兽 (Released Kazakhs recount details of Xinjiang’s camps: Cages, unidentified “vaccines,” facility built deep underground)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2019

新疆人权危机后,下一个轮到回族了?(Hui Muslims worry they are next in line for Xinjiang-style human rights crisis)
Voice of America, September 27, 2019

Related:
‘Afraid we will become the next Xinjiang’: China's Hui Muslims face crackdown
NPR, September 26, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

因调查反习公民猝死看守所 中国维权律师谢阳被特警控制 (Rights lawyer Xie Yang detained for investigating death of dissident Wang Meiyu)
Voice of America, September 26, 2019

Related:
China: Order independent investigation into death in detention of Hunan activist
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 26, 2019

Police in China’s Guangxi order local residents to report for DNA sampling
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2019

Taiwanese man gets suspended jail term over radio broadcasts into China
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Confucius Institutes and the corporate sector: An emerging avenue for Chinese Communist Party foreign influence?
Jamestown China Brief, September 26, 2019

The United Front Work Department assumes a diplomatic role
Jamestown China Brief, September 26, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Students clash on university campuses in Taiwan over Hong Kong protests
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Related:
台灣發生大陸學生與支持反修例港生衝突 蔡英文表關注 (Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen condemns violence over Lennon Wall conflicts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 26, 2019

After Uygur row, Chinese student group loses status at Canadian college
Inkstone, September 26, 2019

Pop star Faye Wong takes flack from all sides after singing a red song
Inkstone, September 26, 2019

As China forges ecological future, Tibetans relinquish nomadic past
Reuters, September 26, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

國務院扶貧辦:明年歷史性解決絕對貧困問題 (State Council poverty alleviation office announces 95% of poverty population will be lifted by end of 2019)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 27, 2019

Japan promotes China as bigger threat than nuclear-armed North Korea
Reuters, September 27, 2019

Tibetans forced to show ‘loyalty’ in run-up to China’s National Day
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2019

Related:
No drones, drinking or dissent: China lays down law ahead of 70th anniversary
The Guardian, September 26, 2019

China issues position paper on China and the UN
Xinhua, September 26, 2019

Xi Signals a New Round of “Struggle” Against Foes in the Party
Jamestown China Brief, September 26, 2019

The Belt and Road Initiative adds more partners, but Beijing has fewer dollars to spend
Jamestown China Brief, September 26, 2019

Letter from Uganda: 5,000 miles from China, and yet not far at all
Christian Science Monitor, September 26, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Ant Financial, Tencent pull back from credit scoring business
Caixin, September 26, 2019

Short video platform Kuaishou widens its influencer crackdown
Tech Node, September 26, 2019

TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content
The Guardian, September 26, 2019

China’s ByteDance in talks to sell its overseas news app
The Information, September 25, 2019

What is WeChat? The super-app you can’t live without in China
SupChina, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

社福界由築一公里人鏈 傳「良心」到警總 促警正視尊重社工人道工作 (Social welfare workers form human chain to police headquarters urging respect for humanitarian work)
Stand News, September 27, 2019

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab calls on China to live up to Hong Kong obligations, but stops short of granting right of abode to BN(O) passport holders
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2019

林鄭首次落區 市民伊館「贈慶」促回應五大訴求 (“Five demands, not one less”: Protests last until midnight outside community dialogue venue),br> Inmediahk.net, September 26, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong leader’s ‘listening mode’ isn’t enough: Carrie Lam’s community dialogue session no substitute for accountability, change
Human Rights Watch, September 26, 2019

Carrie Lam comes face to face with angry Hong Kong residents at town hall
The New York Times, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong police give go-ahead for rally marking fifth anniversary of start of Occupy movement
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

US bill to punish Hong Kong officials strengthened as it passes in congressional committees, says student lobbying leader
Hong Kong Free Press, September 26, 2019

Related:
Beijing vows to retaliate after US’ Hong Kong human rights bill is approved by congressional committees
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong police make arrests at Sha Tin MTR station after brief skirmish
Hong Kong Free Press, September 26, 2019

Video shows Hong Kong democrat Roy Kwong being repeatedly punched and kicked by assailants in Tin Shui Wai
Hong Kong Free Press, September 26, 2019

BNP Paribas lawyer leaves bank after supporting HK protests; Jason Ng’s comments on social media provoked furious response from China
Financial Times, September 26, 2019

How Hong Kong protesters are defending their use of Nazi imagery
Quartz, September 26, 2019

Commentary (评论)

要說服和理非支持勇武抗爭,首先要瞭解他們持有的「道德潔癖」深層基礎是什麼 (Dissecting the “moral mysophobia” of peaceful protesters’ reactions to use of force by fellow protesters)
Stand News, September 26, 2019

特首在「對話」中的「回應」,正是抗爭不斷升級和繼續的原因 (Carrie Lam’s “response” in her “dialogue” is the reason why protests will continue)
Stand News, September 26, 2019

China’s demand for undivided loyalty is causing tragedy in Hong Kong
Economist, September 28, 2019

Why invoking Hong Kong’s oppressive, outdated Emergency Regulations Ordinance won’t stop the protest violence
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2019

Communist China’s painful human rights story
Council on Foreign Relations, September 26, 2019

Why Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill was the final straw
Amnesty International, September 26, 2019

The United States should help Mongolia stand up to China
Foreign Policy, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong, Kashmir, Palestine: Ruins of British empire on fire
Al Jazeera, September 26, 2019

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China wants the world to stay silent on Muslim camps. It’s succeeding.
The New York Times, September 25, 2019

Uyghur exile safely returns to Turkey after facing deportation to China from Moroccan authorities
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

TikTok – Yes, TikTok – is the latest window into China’s police state
Wired, September 25, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Shuping Wang, whistleblower who exposed China’s HIV/AIDS crisis, dies at 59
Washington Post, September 26, 2019

China says it is investigating ‘missing’ Taiwanese scholar Tsai Chin-shu on security grounds
Agence France-Presse, September 25, 2019

Related:
20年來推動兩岸交流、「藍到底」學者蔡金樹,遭證實危害中國「國家安全」被捕 (China confirms scholar Tsai Chin-Shu, missing since July 2018, was arrested in Xiamen for endangering national security)
The News Lens, September 25, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Academic censorship, at home and abroad
China Digital Times, September 25, 2019

人民日報批評Twitter為「港獨」站台 (People’s Daily criticizes Twitter for “backing Hong Kong independence”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 25, 2019

Chinese government employees gripe about forced travel to North Korea
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

Can Taiwan control China’s keyboard warriors? Both want to crack down on online propaganda, but for different reasons
Financial Times, September 25, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

《逆權公民》社區放映遍地開花,當年韓國今日香港觀眾噙淚 (Hong Kong citizens organize community viewings of “1987: When the Day Comes” to learn from Korea’s experience)
Stand News, September 26, 2019

Exiled Hong Kong protesters forced to demonstrate from abroad
Deutsche Welle, September 25, 2019

【影片】反送中延燒台灣校園傳衝突:東吳、義守大學後,文化大學連儂牆也遭毀 (Mainland students in Taiwan’s Chinese Culture University attack supporters of Hong Kong protests over Lennon Wall)
The News Lens, September 26, 2019

Revisiting Tibetan self-immolations
China Digital Times, September 25, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Vietnam confronts China, alone: Hanoi has not found as much support as it hoped for despite its bold confrontation of Beijing in the South China Sea
The Diplomat, September 26, 2019

Related:
Vietnam closes bidding on highway project, refusing investments from China
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

Busts of leaders a hit in China's porcelain capital ahead of key anniversary
Reuters, September 25, 2019

Czech intelligence blames China for major cyber attack
Agence France-Presse, September 26, 2019

Will Washington agree on new Hong Kong human rights and democracy act?
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

China mobilizes the 'masses' to join nationwide security ops ahead of Oct. 1
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

抵制中国“恶性影响”,争取民主是21世纪关键之战 (U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan: Countering China’s “malignant influence” and striving for democracy are the key battles of the 21st century)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

A blueprint for consolidating power: China exports Xi Jinping Thought to Nepal
Eleven Myanmar, September 25, 2019

Marshall Islands confirms diplomatic support for Taiwan
Associated Press, September 25, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing
The Guardian, September 25, 2019

China’s tech giants pledge allegiance ahead of national day
Inkstone, September 25, 2019

Court harnesses the social power of WeChat to shame debtors
Sixth Tone, September 25, 2019

Alibaba is testing a new social networking app, Real
TechNode, September 25, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Protesters make plans to ‘mourn’ National Day with marches, legally approved or not
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong Court of Appeals calls for immediate review of laws and policies that discriminate against same-sex relationships
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Controversial Hong Kong website Dim Sum Daily linked to company owned by man wanted in Malaysia over 1MDB scandal
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

China envoy rules out more concessions to Hong Kong protesters ahead of Carrie Lam’s public ‘dialogue’
Agence France-Presse, September 26, 2019

Related:
Carrie Lam holds her first community dialogue and participants are banned from carrying umbrellas, gas masks and helmets as police keep a low profile
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

3封流亡台灣港人家書:「連儂牆前,我淚流滿面,但無法放聲大哭」 (Letters home from three protesters who fled to Taiwan)
The News Lens, September 25, 2019

【逆權運動】教師出題考「警黑勾結」成語 教局轟散播仇恨或釘牌 (Education Bureau addresses using of “police-triad collusion” idiom in language quiz, warns against teachers propagating “hate speech”)
Apple Daily, September 25, 2019

Private line linking to a Shenzhen court installed by a Hong Kong police intelligence division
Factwire, September 25, 2019

‘Grandpa Chan’ protest mediator says Hong Kong police pepper-sprayed him without warning
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2019

13-year-old among several arrested at Mong Kok protest
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2019

Related:
【睇片】防暴警凌晨太子拘捕多人 一青年被制服後仍遭警棍毆打 (Police arrest many at Prince Edward MTR station, beat protester after subduing him )
Stand News, September 25, 2019

Hong Kong protesters on meeting their housing dreams: yes, thank you, but we want genuine universal suffrage too
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

Commentary (评论)

It’s #MeToo and all of us: Hongkongers will not accept oppression, subjugation or sexual violence
Hong Kong Free Press, September 26, 2019

香港的“半民主”模式和“中间道路” (The Basic Law’s “half democracy” model for Hong Kong keeps us stuck in the “middle road”)
The New York Times, September 26, 2019

是兩極化還是一面倒? 當下香港民意的共識(文:李立峯)(Polarized or unanimous: What is the current consensus of the Hong Kong people?)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2019

香港騷亂的幾個問題(二):西方不再需要香港 (Questions on Hong Kong’s unrest: What happens when the West does not need Hong Kong anymore?)
The News Lens, September 26, 2019

匿名、素人、內部勢力:「無大台」運動中的即時資訊台 (Who are the anonymous “internal forces” providing instant information for the leaderless movement?)
The Initium, September 25, 2019

China Central Television: A long-standing weapon in Beijing’s arsenal of repression
The Diplomat, September 25, 2019

「光復香港」百日宣言
Liberate Hong Kong, The Hundredth Day Declaration: Our Resolute Fight for Universal Suffrage and Battle against State Violence)

Stand News, September 25, 2019

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Incarceration of Christians and Han Chinese in Xinjiang shows broad reach of forced indoctrination campaign
The Globe and Mail, September 24, 2019

China calls on Washington to cancel Xinjiang meeting
Associated Press, September 24, 2019

US calls on UN to demand unfettered access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of rights abuses
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Interview: 'As soon as I was taken inside, I knew it was a prison'
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Interview: ‘Video is a very stark reminder of how manicured choreographed access to Xinjiang [has been]’
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Democracy activist who called for Chinese president’s resignation dies in police custody
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Anti-discrimination activists detained for two months in widening crackdown
China Labour Bulletin, September 24, 2019

山东异议人士于新永影射习近平被羁押16个月 (Shandong dissident detained without trial for 16 months after being arrested for insulting Xi Jinping)
Radio Free Asia, September 24, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s threats to academic freedom ‘pose risks’ to foreign partners
Times Higher Education, September 24, 2019

Related:
Obstacles to Excellence: Academic Freedom & China’s Quest for World Class Universities
Scholars at Risk, September 24, 2019

Party theory learning app invites 60 users to Beijing celebrations
Global Times, September 24, 2019

A bald-faced lie from New Zealand’s biggest Chinese newspaper
SupChina, September 24, 2019

China switches off costume dramas ahead of national day
Financial Times, September 24, 2019

CPC leadership discusses patriotic education, Party school rules
Xinhua, September 24, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

'Mommy don't go to work': sexist children's song prompts outcry in China
The Guardian, September 24, 2019

CBI video: A fairytale spin on the harsh realities of left-behind children
China Film Insider, September 24, 2019