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.
Videos
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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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December 6, 2019
Numbers Tell the Story of Hong Kong’s Human Rights
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November 27, 2019
New Leaked Documents Reveal China’s Chilling Crackdown on Muslims
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November 14, 2019
Unprecedented UN Critique of China’s Xinjiang Policies
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September 26, 2019
Hong Kong Leader’s ‘Listening Mode’ Isn’t Enough
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September 4, 2019
Hong Kong Leader Formally Withdraws Controversial Bill
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August 5, 2019
Hong Kong Protests Broaden Despite Police Crackdown