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
Multimedia
Obama in China - Rights Watch #20, November 17, 2009
Tiananmen: China's Unhealed Wound, May 12, 2009
Articles Authored
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March 11, 2021
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November 27, 2020
Biden Must Stand Up to China on Human Rights
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October 25, 2020
China’s “Untenable Operating Environment” for Business in Xinjiang
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October 22, 2020
Chinese Authorities Aim to ‘Liberate’ Tibetan Believers
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October 13, 2020
China Grudgingly Gets UN Rights Body Seat
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October 1, 2020
Who Is ‘Happy’ in Xinjiang?
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September 14, 2020
China's Influence on the Global Human Rights System
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September 7, 2020
China Delves into Past to Police Tibet’s Future
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August 27, 2020
What China’s Foreign Minister Should Expect in Europe
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June 15, 2020
Is the UK Finally Standing Up for Hong Kong?