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Sophie Richardson

Sophie Richardson

China Director  Follow @SophieHRW

Sophie Richardson is the China director at Human Rights Watch. A graduate of the University of Virginia, the Hopkins-Nanjing Program, and Oberlin College, Dr. Richardson is the author of numerous articles on domestic Chinese political reform, democratization, and human rights in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Vietnam. She has testified before the European Parliament and the US Senate and House of Representatives. She has provided commentary to the BBC, CNN, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Foreign Policy, National Public Radio, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Dr. Richardson is the author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (Columbia University Press, Dec. 2009), an in-depth examination of China's foreign policy since 1954's Geneva Conference, including rare interviews with policy makers.

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Obama in China - Rights Watch #20, November 17, 2009

Tiananmen: China's Unhealed Wound, May 12, 2009

Articles Authored

  • February 27, 2017 Dispatches

    China Again Whitewashes History

  • February 8, 2017 Dispatches

    Why is Australia So Confident in China’s Legal System?

  • January 26, 2017 Dispatches

    China, North Korea, and Human Rights ‘Dialogue’

  • January 20, 2017 Dispatches

    China Poised to Repeat Tibet Mistakes

  • December 20, 2016 Dispatches

    Filling Liu Xiaobo’s Empty Chair

  • December 12, 2016 Commentary

    Beijing Adds Veneer of Legal Legitimacy on Censorship

    Published in The Cipher Brief
  • November 25, 2016 Dispatches

    Intimidation as Governance in Tibet

  • November 1, 2016 Dispatches

    Why Does the Vatican Have Faith in China’s Promises?

  • October 24, 2016 Dispatches

    New Zealand Caves to China

  • September 20, 2016 Dispatches

    China Wants You to Forget Ilham Tohti

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  • Sophie Richardson's Foreign Policy Blog

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