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.

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

专访:新疆文件为追责提供有力新证据(Interview: Xinjiang documents provide forceful new evidence for accountability)
Deutsche Welle, December 1, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Beijing 'hunts' Taiwan citizens overseas, gets hundreds sent to China: report
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Missing Tennis Star Peng Shuai
The New York Times, December 1, 2021

EU wants China to prove tennis star Peng Shuai is safe
Deustche Welle, November 30, 2021

Related:
What the Peng Shuai Scandal Is Really About
The Atlantic, November 30, 2021

China’s Silence on Peng Shuai Shows the Limits of Beijing’s Propaganda
彭帅事件揭示中国宣传机器并非万能

The New York Times, December 1, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

谢燕益:致国家卫健委——健康码信息公开申请书(Xie Yanyi: Letter to National Health Commission of China—Request for disclosure of health code law-related information)
Weiquanwang, December 1, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

妻子张青在美身患绝症来日无多,中国维权人士郭飞雄吁李克强放行探视(Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong urges China’s premier Li Keqiang to let him visit his dying wife in U.S.)
Voice of America, December 1, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

美英警告中国将量子计算用于破解机密情报(U.S., UK warn that China will use quantum computing to decipher classified intelligence)
Voice of America, December 1, 2021

Related:
The Chines Threats in the Quantum Era
Booz Allen Hamilton, November 30, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

China urges US business groups to ‘speak out’ as calls for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics grow
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2021

北京冬奥两大挑战:疫情与外交抵制声浪(Two challenges for Beijing Winter Olympics: Pandemic and diplomatic boycott)
Voice of America, December 1, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Exclusive | Hong Kong Bar chief Paul Harris ‘removed’ from national security trial by legal aid officials against activist client’s wish
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2021

Schools to add empathy, law-abidingness, diligence and ‘loving China and Hong Kong’ to moral education
Hong Kong Free Press, December 1, 2021

Hong Kong ex-civil servant lodges legal bid against government for ordering his retirement after he questioned need for oath
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2021

Hong Kong ranks last for political stability, housing affordability in expat survey on world’s best cities to live
South China Morning Post, December 1, 2021

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Leaked papers link Xinjiang crackdown with China leadership
The Guardian, November 29, 2021

Related:
The Xinjiang Papers: An Introduction
Uyghur Tribunal, November 27, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

中国三年间引渡600多名台湾人至中国 破坏台湾主权 (Extradition of 600 overseas Taiwanese to China in 3 years undermines Taiwan’s sovereignty)
Radio Free Asia, November 29, 2021

Related:
China's Hunt for Taiwanese Overseas: use of extradition and deportation to undermine Taiwanese sovereignty
Safeguard Defenders, November 30, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s Silence on Peng Shuai Shows the Limits of Beijing's Propaganda
The New York Times, November 30, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Subnational Influence at Work in the New York State Legislature
The Diplomat, November 29, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese province targets journalists and students in planned surveillance system
Reuters, November 29, 2021

Related:
Punishing Journalists PRC Province's Latest Mass Surveillance Project, Won by Neusoft Powered By Huawei
IPVM, November 29, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

无国界记者呼吁报道冬奥的媒体记者防范中国政府的监控 (Reporters Without Borders urges journalists covering Beijing Winter Olympics to protect themselves against surveillance by Chinese gov’t)
Voice of America, November 30, 2021

Related
Beijing Winter Olympics: RSF urges press to protect themselves against surveillance
Reporters Without Borders, November 29, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Public, media barred from observing ballot counts at special Hong Kong-mainland border voting stations
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2021

Security law: Dozens of Hong Kong democrats to spend festive season in detention – subversion trial date still unclear
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2021

Related:
民主派初選47人案押後明年3月4日提訊(National security case of 47 pro-democracy figures is adjourned until March 4 next year)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2021

Hong Kong schools must infuse civic, moral values into all subjects under new framework to be revealed soon
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2021

Related:
【杜絕躺平?】教育局推價值觀課程架構 增培育「勤勞」價值 刪「尊重人權」、「以批判思維認識祖國」(In new values education framework, EDB removes "respect human rights,” "understand motherland through critical thinking" from guidelines)

曾代理「12 港人」案 內地人權律師梁小軍被釘牌(Mainland human rights lawyer Liang Xiaojun, who once represented case of "12 Hong Kongers," is stripped of license)
Stand News, November 30, 2021

Some opinion survey questions could breach Hong Kong law, anti-graft chief warns
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2021

Monday, November 29, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

EU set to renew sanctions on Chinese officials for alleged Xinjiang abuses
South China Morning Post, November 24, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Sichuan rights activist Huang Qi's dying mother fears she will never see him again
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2021

CAPA Controversy Continued: Li Xuezheng Won’t Be Silenced
What's on Weibo, November 27, 2021

许志永律师梁小军被告知吊销执照 (Liang Xiaojun, Xu Zhiyong's lawyer, is told his license is suspended)
Radio France Internationale, November 27, 2021

郭飞雄妻子自感时日不多 希望中国释放丈夫 (Wife of Guo Feixiong is gravely ill, hopes China will release her husband)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2021

中国持不同政见诗人王藏夫妇被控“煽动颠覆”一案再度延期审理 (Dissident poet Wang Zang and his wife's “inciting subversion” trial is postponed again)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Beijing Keeps Trying to Rewrite History
The Atlantic, November 27, 2021

中国娱乐业正经历彻底改造,大明星小网红都要成为政治宣传员 (China is revamping its entertainment industry, requiring celebrities and online influencers to be part of its propaganda machine)
Voice of America, November 25, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s nominee wins Interpol seat despite concerns of human rights groups
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2021

全国妇联权益部发布《家庭暴力受害人证据收集指引》 (All-China Women's Federation Rights Department publishes “Domestic Violence Victim Evidence Collection Guideline”)
Beijing News, November 25, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

US-China tech war: Beijing draws up three-year plan to revamp state technology system
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2021