Xinjiang

United Kingdom 01/13/21, 15:47

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced in a speech to the House of Commons on Tuesday, Jan. 12 that British companies whose production chain is associated with the Chinese Communist Party's abuses of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region will be heavily fined, the Daily Mail reported. "Evidence of the scale ...

U.S. 12/16/20, 16:46

Despite the strong evidence of slave labor under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Xinjiang and other parts of China, the NBA prefers to remain silent and not speak out on the issue, despite its close ties to the CCP, both because of the promising Chinese audience and because of ...

U.S. 09/24/20, 15:24

The House on Tuesday, Sept. 22, voted almost unanimously to pass a law that would restrict imports of products made with forced labor from China amid concerns about reports of abuse of Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region. According to Reuters, the Democrat-controlled House passed the measure by a vote of ...

U.S. 09/15/20, 02:59

A federal border control authority is banning products that appear to be made from forced labor. A variety of fabric, clothing, hair products, and computer parts will be prohibited because there are reasonable grounds to suspect they originated from state-sponsored forced labor camps in mainland China. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ...

World 08/27/20, 17:18

As the Chinese Communist Party's media representatives echo a gradual opening of society in different cities, the Xinjiang region in northern China is living under an intense blockade and isolation, which according to Party officials, is necessary to contain the 800 diagnosed cases of the CCP Virus. The 22 million inhabitants ...

World 03/02/20, 13:42

A report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), released on Sunday, March 1, revealed that dozens of Uighur Muslims are doing forced labor in Chinese factories that supply 83 major brand name products around the world. The ASPI document, which cites government reports and Chinese media, reported the existence of ...

World 12/12/19, 21:55

China’s mass detention of Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang came from directives by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader to “show absolutely no mercy” in the “struggle against terrorism, infiltration, and separatism.” More than 400 pages of documents leaked by China's internal government and obtained by The New York Times ...

World 12/04/19, 14:17

Beijing fired back fiercely at the House passage of Uighur human rights bill and threatened to retaliate, reported South China Morning Post. The House on Tuesday, Dec. 3, passed the legislation in an overwhelming 407-1 vote, calling for the Trump administration to sanction Chinese officials over human rights violations and ban ...

Business 10/08/19, 04:06

President Donald Trump’s administration has added 28 Chinese organizations to a blacklist over their role in human rights abuses, blocking them from doing business with American companies. The blacklist, so-called Entity List, identifies organizations reasonably believed to be involved, or to pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved, in ...

Opinion 07/01/19, 11:30

Adorned with bright smiles and clothed in colorful garb, Uighur Muslims held in political reeducation camps flash across the screen as they sing and dance triumphantly to the words that President Xi Jinping wrote just for them. These sights, captured by the BBC, are what the Chinese government wants journalists and the ...

World 05/02/19, 08:54

Group says the tool monitors people’s movements by tracing their phones, vehicles, and ID cards, and notes “suspicious” behavior like whether an individual fails to socialize with their neighbors or uses an “unusual” amount of electricity

World 03/19/19, 11:10

Report aims to justify what Beijing calls anti-terrorism and de-radicalization efforts in heavily Muslim western region

World 03/14/19, 11:35

China’s attempt to eradicate distinct ethnic and religious identities in Xinjing is nothing less than a systematic campaign of cultural genocide

World 03/13/19, 08:30

Trump administration considering sanctions, but lawmakers say they have seen no meaningful actions to pressure China

Asia & Pacific 03/12/19, 09:16

UN accuses China of detaining some 1 million Muslim minorities in internment camps in the Xinjiang region

World 11/28/18, 14:45

Wife says she was told he was seized 3 weeks ago by Chinese security agents

Asia & Pacific 11/26/18, 23:45

Representatives from group of 278 scholars in various disciplines from dozens of countries called on China at a news briefing in Washington to end its detention policies

World 11/13/18, 23:20

Beijing has dismissed accusations of abuses in Xinjiang, urging the United States and other countries to stay out of its internal affairs

Politics 11/09/18, 21:18

Ahead of trip to Asia by Vice President Pence, US defense chief, secretary of state meet with Chinese counterparts in Washington

World 10/18/18, 07:42

China says the 'vocational education centers' were launched following thousands of 'terrorist attacks' and a surge in extremism in Xinjiang, critics cry 'white wash'