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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November 19, 2018
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November 8, 2018
Why Won’t Muslim Countries Defend China’s Muslims?
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August 29, 2018
China and human rights: Is Australia 'making a difference'?
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July 31, 2018
China’s Victims of Sexual Harassment Denied Justice
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July 26, 2018
Will Britain Stand Up for Hong Kong?
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April 27, 2018
France’s Macron Buys Into China’s Rights Vision
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April 26, 2018
Chinese Tech Companies Delete Gender Discriminatory Job Ads
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April 12, 2018
In China, a March to Find Her Husband