Sophie Richardson
Sophie Richardson serves as the China Director at Human Rights Watch. She has overseen the organization’s research and advocacy on China since 2006, and has published extensively on human rights and political reform in the country and across Southeast Asia. She has testified to the Canadian Parliament, European Parliament, and the United States Senate and House of Representatives. 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 Chinese policy makers. She speaks Mandarin, and received her doctorate from the University of Virginia and her BA from Oberlin College.
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Obama in China - Rights Watch #20, November 17, 2009
Tiananmen: China's Unhealed Wound, May 12, 2009
Articles Authored
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October 16, 2017
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September 20, 2017
Ending China’s Retaliation Against Activists at the UN
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September 11, 2017
Taiwanese Activist Not Spared China’s Wrath
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August 28, 2017
China Tells Women to ‘Go Home and Live Well’
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August 24, 2017
Nothing Rong in Tibet
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August 22, 2017
A Cynical Court ‘Performance’ in China
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June 13, 2017
Pink Hearts Can’t Conceal Repression in Tibet Propaganda
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June 12, 2017
China Cracks Down on Entertainment News
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May 23, 2017
China’s Rights Abuses Infect UN
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May 12, 2017
China: One Belt, One Road, Lots of Obligations