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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May 9, 2020
How Will China Shape Global Governance?
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April 23, 2020
Bitter Blow for Tibetan Mother-tongue Education
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March 31, 2020
US Congress, China, and COVID-19
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March 25, 2020
China’s Weak Excuse to Block Investigations in Xinjiang
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January 13, 2020
Denial of Entry to Hong Kong? Our Call, Says Beijing
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January 8, 2020
China: The Year Ahead