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, March 14, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Under New Scrutiny: China’s Nuclear Pledge to Ukraine
中国对乌克兰的核承诺再次受到关注
The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 14, 2022

俄财长:倚赖中国帮忙渡过制裁难关(Russian finance minister on sanctions: We are relying on China to help tide us over)
Deutsche Welle, March 13, 2022

法新社:中国媒体沦为俄罗斯传声筒(Agence France-Presse: Chinese media become Russia's megaphone)
Radio France Internationale, March 14, 2022

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

Security Bureau threatens UK-based Hong Kong Watch founder with life imprisonment; NGO says it won’t disband
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2022

US grants asylum to son of Chinese 709 rights lawyer
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2022

China's anti-trafficking activists face vast network of vested interests
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2022

Disabled Chinese Fight for Equal Rights Despite Paralympic Glory
残奥会荣光之外,中国残障群体仍面临歧视与困境

The New York Times, March 14, 2022

涉嫌所谓煽颠案的广西人权律师覃永沛被严重超期羁押(Qin Yongpei, Guangxi human rights lawyer suspected of “incitement,” has been held in prolonged detention)
Weiquanwang, March 12, 2022

【專訪】移英後創辦香港電影節 《十年》導演伍嘉良:想繼續講香港故事 ("Ten Years" director Ng Ka-leung founds Hong Kong Film Festival after migrating to UK: I want to continue to tell the story of Hong Kong)
inmediahk.net, March 11, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s chained woman spurs grand government gestures but where is the plan to treat victims?
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2022

中国疫情飙升致多地“封城”, “动态清零”政策受考验(Lockdowns in many cities due to COVID-19 surge test China’s “dynamic zero-tolerance” policy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 14, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Russia seeks military equipment and aid from China, U.S. officials say
The Washington Post, March 14, 2022

Related:

Russia Asked China for Military and Economic Aid for Ukraine War, U.S. Officials Say
情报称俄罗斯向中国寻求军事和经济援助

The New York Times, March 14, 2022

China Sees at Least One Winner Emerging From Ukraine War: China
The New York Times, March 14, 2022

China battles worst Covid outbreak for two years as cases double in 24 hours
Agence France-Presse, March 13, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

The state of Chinese feminism in 2022 with Leta Hong Fincher
SupChina, March 11, 2022

Indoctrination in Hong Kong (香港国民教育的败笔)
New York Times, March 11, 2022

Friday, March 11, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

In China, a battle for public opinion over Ukraine pits facts against propaganda
The Washington Post, March 10, 2022

Related:
China amplifies unsupported Russian claim of Ukraine biolabs
The Independent, March 11, 2022

China’s tech platforms become propaganda tools in Putin’s war
Financial Times, March 11, 2022

U.S. Battles Russia and China on Ukraine War Disinformation
中俄宣扬乌克兰生物武器阴谋论,美国如何打这场信息战?

The New York Times, March 11, 2022

Related:
散播亲俄阴谋论 中国一心打造的“中立”形象再受质疑(As it spreads pro-Russian conspiracy theories, China faces new questions about its "neutral" image)
Voice of America, March 11, 2022

言论审查查到残奥会主席头上 帕森斯坚持要央视作出解释(IPC president insists that China explain why his anti-war speech was censored)
Voice of America, March 10, 2022

How CAC became Chinese tech’s biggest nightmare
Protocol, March 11, 2022

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

Some Chinese are daring to criticise Russia
The Economist, March 12, 2022

A Baby for Sale, a Mother Chained Up – How Chinese Netizens Are Pushing Specific Social Issues to the Forefront
What's on Weibo, March 11, 2022

香港民研取消「俄烏戰爭」調查發佈會 稱遭抹黑及偽造文件(Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute cancels “Russo-Ukrainian War” survey results press conference amid smearing and forgery by pro-Beijing media)
inmediahk.net, March 11, 2022

Related:
Important Announcement: Press Conference Cancelled
重要通知:今天新聞發佈會取消
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, March 11, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

任总理最后一年 李克强:中美大门开了不应再关(Chinese premier Li Keqiang: Doors opened between China, U.S. should not be closed again)
Deutsche Welle, March 11, 2022

China struggles to rein in biggest Covid outbreak since Wuhan
新冠疫情多点复燃考验中国“清零”策略

Financial Times, March 11, 2022

华为英国两名董事辞职 中国公司因乌克兰危机面临难题(Two Huawei UK directors resign as Chinese companies face dilemma over Ukraine crisis)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Lockdowns spread in China as Covid surges in Shanghai and over a dozen provinces.
The New York Times, March 11, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

False news in Hong Kong is caused by a government that cannot make its mind up
Hong Kong Free Press, March 11, 2022

China: US Should Fully Apply New Forced Labor Law
Human Rights Watch, March 11, 2022

中国拐卖妇女现象深层分析(In-depth analysis of trafficking of women in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2022

Thursday, March 10, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Beijing Paralympic chief still awaiting explanation after anti-war opening speech censored in China
Agence France-Presse, March 9, 2022

Chinese critics of Russian attack on Ukraine frightened to speak out
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2022

China hits out at Norway state fund over Xinjiang forced-labour fears
Agence France-Presse, March 9, 2022

尹锡悦当选韩国总统 主张对华强硬的“政治素人”是谁(Yoon Suk-yeol wins South Korea’s presidential election; a look at the "political amateur" with a tough stance on China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 10, 2022

中国以特色方式支持俄罗斯入侵乌克兰(China supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine in its “special characteristic” way)
Voice of America, March 10, 2022

中国官媒、社媒禁止民众批评俄罗斯入侵乌克兰(China’s state media, social media ban public criticism of Russia's invasion of Ukraine)
Voice of America, March 10, 2022

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

3 Hong Kong men arrested over Covid-related social media posts, accused of interfering with anti-epidemic efforts
Hong Kong Free Press, March 9, 2022

Hong Kong protests documentary breaks Taiwan box office record in opening weeks
The Guardian, March 10, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

US tells China: Give UN rights chief wide access in Xinjiang
Associated Press, March 10, 2022

Related:
人权组织担心联合国在新疆问题上唯北京马首是瞻
Human-Rights Groups Worry U.N. Is Bowing to Beijing Over Xinjiang
The Wall Street Journal, March 9, 10, 2022

Ukraine and the Implications for China
The Diplomat, March 9, 2022

Russia’s Isolation Spurs Rethink in China
Foreign Policy, March 9, 2022

China's Xi Jinping 'unlikely' to invade Taiwan ahead of party congress: analysts
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2022

中国新冠确诊创两年新高 多地封区封路全员大检测 (China's COVID-19 cases at 2-year high; lockdown and masstesting in many localities)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

乌克兰战争或为中国发挥国际影响力的罕见机会?(Could Russia's war with Ukraine be a rare opportunity for China to exert international influence?)
Voice of America, March 10, 2022

Wednesday, March 09, 2022

China's Reach (中国:内控与外扩)

Chinese Spies Hacked a Livestock App to Breach US State Networks
Wired, March 8, 2022

How Weibo Became a Diplomatic Battlefield
ChinaFilmInsider, March 8, 2022

誰從香港偷渡?深圳邊境的搜查、懸賞與防疫破功(Who is smuggling out of Hong Kong? Searches, rewards, and breakdown in epidemic prevention at the Shenzhen border)
The initium, March 9, 2022

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

How China’s young feminists are embracing and supporting one another
SupChina, March 8, 2022

National security: ex-Hospital Authority union chief remanded in custody for violating bail terms
Hong Kong Free Press, March 9, 2022

Former RTHK reporter cleared of charges relating to carrying toy guns and walkie-talkie near Hong Kong Police College
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2022

国际记者联盟表彰为真相和信息自由而战的中港女记者(International Federation of Journalists honors mainland, Hong Kong female journalists fighting for truth and freedom of information)
Radio Free Asia, March 8, 2022

Related:
International Women’s Day: Female journalists remain behind bars in China and Hong Kong
International Federation of Journalists, March 8, 2022

福建女访民魏英被从北京劫回囚禁黑监狱遭虐待(Fujian female petitioner Wei Ying was forcibly returned from Beijing, locked up in black prison and tortured)
Weiquanwang, March 9, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

‘Two sessions’ 2022: amid tension in Taiwan Strait, senior Beijing adviser proposes reunification law
South China Morning Post, March 9, 2022

Chinese government adviser calls for law to ban ‘fake news’
The Guardian, March 8, 2022

買賣同罪、催生三孩、「減碳」剎車…中國「兩會」釋放了哪些信號?(Holding both sides of human trafficking accountable, pushing a 3-child policy, stopping "carbon reduction"—what signals are Two Congresses sending?)
The Initium, March 8, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Ukraine helped build China’s modern military, but when war came, Beijing chose Russia
The Washington Post, March 9, 2022

烏克蘭危機:那些被困戰火之中,求助還被公審「不愛國」的在烏中國學生(Chinese students in Ukraine caught in flames of war, judged by public as “unpatriotic” for seeking help)
The Initium, March 6, 2022

联合国最高人权官员将访华考察新疆等地
U.N. Human Rights Chief to Visit China

The New York Times, March 8, 9, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Why Uyghurs are envious of Ukrainians
GlobalVoices, March 9, 2022