China Human Rights Biweekly Explained
The China Human Rights Biweekly[1], also known as Zhongguo Renquan Shuangzhoukan[2] or Chinese Human Rights Biweekly[3] or China's Human Rights Biweekly,[4] generally known as Human Rights in China Biweekly,[5] abbreviated as HRIC Biweekly,[6] is a United States-based Chinese online magazine[7] founded[8] and owned by the non-governmental organization "Human Rights in China".[9] It was officially inaugurated on 1 June 2009. As of January 30, 2020,[10] the magazine will no longer been updated.[11]
Human Rights in China Biweekly is a newsletter of news and opinions[12] that are banned and censored in the Mainland China.[13] Since its founding, the magazine has been repeatedly paralysed by cyberattacks made by hackers from Mainland China. The mission of the HRIC Biweekly is to "advocate for the progress of human rights in China" (为中国的人权进步呐喊).[14] The journal is one of the main platforms for overseas Chinese liberal intellectuals (中国自由知识分子) to speak out[15] and is also the mainstream media of the overseas pro-democracy movement.[16]
History
The first issue of Human Rights in China Biweekly was published on 1 June 2009, as a result of the merger of the former monthly magazine Human Beings and Human Rights (人与人权) and the weekly magazine Huaxia Electronics Post (华夏电子报).[17]
No longer updated
As of November 29, 2020, the website of Human Rights in China Biweekly is still accessible, but the magazine is no longer updated.
Notes and References
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- Book: Jean-Philippe Béja. Fu Hualing. Eva Pils. Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China. 1 June 2012. Hong Kong University Press. 978-988-8139-06-4. 364–.
- Book: Nele Noesselt. Governance Innovation and Policy Change: Recalibrations of Chinese Politics under Xi Jinping. 15 October 2018. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-4985-8025-0. 150–.
- Book: Joshua Zhang. Philip Monte. James Wright. Mobilization, Factionalization and Destruction of Mass Movements in the Cultural Revolution: A Social Movement Perspective. 5 June 2020. Remembering Publishing. 363–. GGKEY:Y8ASCPRWSG5.
- Book: Eva Pils. China's Human Rights Lawyers: Advocacy and Resistance. 20 November 2014. Routledge. 978-1-134-45068-8. 92–.
- Book: Sarah Biddulph. Joshua Rosenzweig. Handbook on Human Rights in China. 2019. Edward Elgar Publishing. 978-1-78643-368-8. 628–.
- Web site: Humanity China allocates millions of dollars for 10 years to help political prisoners. Radio Free Asia. 2019-01-07.
- Web site: "China Human Rights Biweekly" is under heavy attack by hackers. Boxun.com. 2016-04-19.
- Web site: Ai Weiwei pleaded guilty. RFI. Apr 22, 2011.
- Web site: Liang Jing: The New Coronavirus Apocalypse. hrichina.org. October 31, 2020.
- Web site: To the readers. hrichina.org. October 31, 2020.
- Book: Andrew James Nathan. Andrew Scobell. China's Search for Security. 2012. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-14050-8. 339–.
- Book: Jean-Philippe Béja. The Impact of China's 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. 18 November 2010. Routledge. 978-1-136-90684-8. 324–.
- Web site: Introduction to the contents of the first issue of the "China Human Rights Biweekly". Boxun.com. 2009-06-03.
- Book: Boshu Zhang. Changing China: Schools of Thought in China. 23 January 2016. China Independent Writers Publishing Inc.. 189–. GGKEY:RXP4J07GHXJ.
- Web site: Yi Fu: Comment on Hu Ping's "Despotism is the monopoly of the power to do good". Boxun.com. 2015-03-09.
- Web site: The famous overseas Chinese website "China Human Rights Biweekly" was severely paralyzed by hackers. RFI. Apr 19, 2016.
