Yaqiu Wang
Yaqiu Wang (pronounced ya-cho) is a senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch, working on issues including internet censorship, freedom of expression, protection of civil society and human rights defenders, and women’s rights in China. She has also written extensively on the Chinese government’s role in undermining human rights globally and global corporations’ complicity in human rights violations in China. Wang has testified before US Congress. Her articles have appeared in Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. She has been quoted by news outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, and has appeared on BBC, CNN, NBC and others.
Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Wang was a researcher for the Committee to Protect Journalists, working on press freedom issues in China and other Asian countries. Wang was born and grew up in China, and has a MA degree in International Affairs from George Washington University.
Articles Authored
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January 26, 2021
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December 22, 2020
How Zoom Violated its Own Terms of Service for Access to China's Market
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December 7, 2020
China’s Online Meddling Goes Beyond the Great Firewall
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September 28, 2020
Chinese Tech Firms Fueling Beijing's Repression
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September 13, 2020
China’s Inhumane ‘Guilty-by-Association’
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September 1, 2020
In China, the ‘Great Firewall’ Is Changing a Generation
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August 14, 2020
WeChat Is a Trap for China’s Diaspora
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July 22, 2020
Silenced in China: The Archivists
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June 16, 2020
China’s Zoom Bomb
Reports Authored
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“Take Maternity Leave and You’ll Be Replaced”
China’s Two-Child Policy and Workplace Gender Discrimination
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