HRIC Commentary https://www.hrichina.org/en/taxonomy/term/1199/all en The Costs of Separating Investment from Human Rights: The EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China as Exhibit A https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/costs-separating-investment-human-rights-eu-comprehensive-agreement <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-05-21T00:00:00-07:00">May 21, 2021</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/costs-separating-investment-human-rights-eu-comprehensive-agreement">The Costs of Separating Investment from Human Rights: The EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China as Exhibit A</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/government-accountability" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Government Accountability</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Originally published by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute . In December 2020 the European Union (EU) announced that it had concluded in principle a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with China . In so doing, the EU deliberately segregated its investment negotiations with China from its human...</div> </div> </div> Fri, 21 May 2021 22:24:40 +0000 tw 27653 at https://www.hrichina.org Intervention by Sharon Hom at Exchange of Views on “Comprehensive Agreement on Investment” (CAI) between EU and China Convened by the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/intervention-sharon-hom-exchange-views-comprehensive-agreement-investment <div class="field field-name-field-nt-multi-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/intervention-sharon-hom-exchange-views-comprehensive-agreement-investment"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_square/public/20210315_hom_intervention_exchange_of_views_eu_china_cai.jpg?itok=YAcyKUlL" width="150" height="150" /></a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-02-25T00:00:00-08:00">February 25, 2021</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/intervention-sharon-hom-exchange-views-comprehensive-agreement-investment">Intervention by Sharon Hom at Exchange of Views on “Comprehensive Agreement on Investment” (CAI) between EU and China Convened by the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/government-accountability" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Government Accountability</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Sharon Hom: “An agreement without human rights clauses or obligations in effect provides a blank check for an authoritarian regime and, frankly, leaves the companies to their own devices to address, ignore, or be complicit in human rights violations.”</div> </div> </div> Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:05:56 +0000 tw 27640 at https://www.hrichina.org Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Human Rights Defenders in China https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/between-rock-and-hard-place-human-rights-defenders-china <div class="field field-name-field-nt-multi-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/between-rock-and-hard-place-human-rights-defenders-china"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_square/public/20210113_sharon_home_eu_talk_01.png?itok=RmwK8CsE" width="150" height="150" /></a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-01-13T00:00:00-08:00">January 13, 2021</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/between-rock-and-hard-place-human-rights-defenders-china">Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Human Rights Defenders in China</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/government-accountability" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Government Accountability</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Sharon Hom: “Human rights defenders, as well as all users of social media or technology tools, are trapped between a rock and a hard place—between the manipulation for profit of “surveillance capitalism” and the economic and political constraints of party-state authoritarianism.”</div> </div> </div> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:27:17 +0000 tw 27617 at https://www.hrichina.org The Crisis in Hong Kong: Xi Jinping Loots a Burning House https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/crisis-hong-kong-xi-jinping-loots-burning-house <div class="field field-name-field-nt-multi-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/crisis-hong-kong-xi-jinping-loots-burning-house"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_square/public/xi_jinping_loots_a_burning_house.jpg?itok=_TxNexHW" width="150" height="150" /></a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-06-25T00:00:00-07:00">June 25, 2020</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/crisis-hong-kong-xi-jinping-loots-burning-house">The Crisis in Hong Kong: Xi Jinping Loots a Burning House</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Under siege at home and abroad, Xi Jinping, the helmsman of the Communist Party of China, decided he may as well go all out, wage a war against whatever may come while other countries are preoccupied, and settle the Hong Kong question once and for all…</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/government-accountability" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Government Accountability</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/gao-wenqian" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Gao Wenqian</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 25 Jun 2020 20:01:34 +0000 tw 27114 at https://www.hrichina.org In the Wake of the Pandemic: Enemies on All Sides https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/wake-pandemic-enemies-all-sides <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-04-16T00:00:00-07:00">April 16, 2020</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/wake-pandemic-enemies-all-sides">In the Wake of the Pandemic: Enemies on All Sides</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/citizen-activism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizen Activism</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Gao Wenqian writes, “The pandemic has severely impacted China's politics, and seriously questioned and challenged Xi’s “almighty” status that he has so painstakingly crafted. This was unimaginable before the outbreak in Wuhan. The image of Xi as a "wise leader" no longer exists, with his true form—...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/gao-wenqian" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Gao Wenqian</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 27 May 2020 19:30:50 +0000 tw 26946 at https://www.hrichina.org Xi Jinping is the Culprit of the Wuhan Epidemic https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/xi-jinping-culprit-wuhan-epidemic <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-02-27T00:00:00-08:00">February 27, 2020</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/xi-jinping-culprit-wuhan-epidemic">Xi Jinping is the Culprit of the Wuhan Epidemic</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/current-affairs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Current affairs</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">No one had expected that the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan more than a month ago would quickly turn into the disaster of the century, spreading across China and to the world. The authorities first covered up the epidemic, created a flourishing scene of happiness and prosperity,...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/gao-wenqian" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Gao Wenqian</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:33:21 +0000 tw 26500 at https://www.hrichina.org Talking Out of Both Sides of the Face Mask: Propaganda and Practice in the Age of Coronavirus https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/talking-out-both-sides-face-mask-propaganda-and-practice-age-coronavirus <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-02-14T00:00:00-08:00">February 14, 2020</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/talking-out-both-sides-face-mask-propaganda-and-practice-age-coronavirus">Talking Out of Both Sides of the Face Mask: Propaganda and Practice in the Age of Coronavirus</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/access-information" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Information</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">As the grip of the coronavirus continues to tighten , local governments are at the forefront of efforts to implement ever-stricter regulations aimed at stopping the epidemic in its tracks. Just this week, for example, the Zhangwan District of Shiyan City in Hubei Province issued a notice on...</div> </div> </div> Fri, 14 Feb 2020 23:17:46 +0000 tw 26430 at https://www.hrichina.org Luo Huining’s Mission Impossible https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/luo-huinings-mission-impossible <div class="field field-name-field-nt-multi-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/luo-huinings-mission-impossible"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_square/public/luo_huining.jpg?itok=SnaUuDHU" width="150" height="150" alt="Luo Huining. Photo: Handout" title="Luo Huining. Photo: Handout" /></a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-01-08T00:00:00-08:00">January 8, 2020</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/luo-huinings-mission-impossible">Luo Huining’s Mission Impossible</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/communist-party-china" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Communist Party Of China</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">[Translation by Human Rights in China] Just as the New Year begins, a long-simmering rumor of Beijing replacing the chief of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has finally been confirmed. Why would Beijing change horses at this...</div> </div> </div> Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:35:00 +0000 tw 26234 at https://www.hrichina.org The People's Republic of China at 70: The Final Insanity https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/peoples-republic-china-70-final-insanity <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-10-07T00:00:00-07:00">October 7, 2019</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/peoples-republic-china-70-final-insanity">The People&#039;s Republic of China at 70: The Final Insanity</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/communist-party-china" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Communist Party Of China</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">The military parade and celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China have finally ended. As the boss of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping can finally breathe a sigh of relief. He managed to break the “Russell’s curse” that had haunted the CPC,...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/gao-wenqian" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Gao Wenqian</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:34:52 +0000 tw 25640 at https://www.hrichina.org On Google’s Reported Plan to Work with Chinese Censors https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/googles-reported-plan-work-chinese-censors <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-08-02T00:00:00-07:00">August 2, 2018</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/hric-commentary/googles-reported-plan-work-chinese-censors">On Google’s Reported Plan to Work with Chinese Censors</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/hric-commentary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">HRIC Commentary</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/access-information" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Information</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">This week, international media reported with some alarm the news that Google is building a version of its search engine for mobile users in China that is designed to restrict information flow by filtering out search terms including human rights, democracy, religion, and peaceful protest...</div> </div> </div> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 22:30:25 +0000 tw 22307 at https://www.hrichina.org Error | Human Rights in China 中国人权 | HRIC

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