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 20, 2016
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December 12, 2016
Beijing Adds Veneer of Legal Legitimacy on Censorship
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November 25, 2016
Intimidation as Governance in Tibet
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November 1, 2016
Why Does the Vatican Have Faith in China’s Promises?
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October 24, 2016
New Zealand Caves to China
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September 20, 2016
China Wants You to Forget Ilham Tohti
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September 1, 2016
How to Deal With China’s Human Rights Abuses
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August 15, 2016
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Returns to China
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June 20, 2016
Dispatches: China Should Talk with Monks, Not Evict Them
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