The ''China Human Rights Biweekly'' (), also known as ''Zhongguo Renquan Shuangzhoukan'' or ''Chinese Human Rights Biweekly'' or ''China's Human Rights Biweekly'', generally known as ''Human Rights in China Biweekly'', abbreviated as ''HRIC Biweekly'', is a

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". It was officially inaugurated on 1 June 2009. As of January 30, 2020, the magazine will no longer been updated. ''Human Rights in China Biweekly'' is a newsletter of news and

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. Since its founding, the magazine has been repeatedly paralysed by

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. 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). The journal is one of the main platforms for overseas Chinese liberal intellectuals (中国自由知识分子) to speak out and is also the mainstream media of the overseas

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movement.

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

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''Human Beings and Human Rights'' (人与人权) and the weekly magazine ''Huaxia Electronics Post'' (华夏电子报).

No longer updated

As of November 29, 2020, the website of ''Human Rights in China Biweekly'' is still accessible, but the magazine is no longer updated.

References

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