カテゴリー: Xinjiang
Beijing claims its re-education camps in Xinjiang are needed to combat Islamic terrorism, but Dilara’s experiences tell a different storyBy the standards of Chinese officialdom, Dilara is surely the perfect minority. She doesn’t wear a headscarf. She d…
China’s ambassador to the UK has denied reports of abuse of the Uighur population in the Xinjiang region, as he was confronted with footage of shackled prisoners being herded on to trains.Appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, Liu Xiaoming said: ‘I d…
UK expected to suspend extradition arrangements with Hong Kong as Liu Xiaoming blames reports of forced sterilisation on ‘anti-China elements’China’s ambassador to the UK gave a brazen defence of his country’s human rights record on Sunday, insisting t…
Iran’s president estimates 25m could be infected; mass health screenings in Xinjiang; Australian parliament suspendedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIran’s president says an estimated 25 million people in the country could b…
Republican senators among those hit by sanctions brought in response to US measures The Chinese government has announced sanctions against US officials, including the Republican senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in response to US sanctions over Beijin…
Mike Pompeo says US ‘will not stand idly by’ over abuses of ethnic minorities in China’s western region of XinjiangThe United States has imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the Chinese Communist party, including a member of the ruling polit…
Border officials say shipment contained 13 tons of weaves and other hair products worth $800,000US federal authorities have seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to have been taken from Muslims in labor camps in China’s western Xi…
Uighurs are among those facing involuntary contraception or threats over birth quotasChinese authorities are carrying out forced sterilisations of women in an apparent campaign to curb the growth of ethnic minority populations in the western Xinjiang r…
Washington legislation allows US to freeze assets of Chinese officials it deems responsible for arbitrary detentions in Xinjiang regionBeijing has criticised a new US law that would sanction Chinese officials over the mass incarceration of Uighurs and …
Nadila Wumaier, the mother of an Australian, says police visited her in Xinjiang after she contradicted diplomat’s claim she did not want to be with husband A Uighur woman who is reportedly under house arrest in Xinjiang says she was visited by Chinese…
Database known as the ‘Karakax list’ shows people sent to internment camps for reasons such as ‘minor religious infection’Growing a beard, wearing a veil or accidentally visiting a foreign website were among the justifications for sending Uighurs to Ch…
Relatives of detainees worry that conditions in the camps could spell disaster if the virus takes holdMembers of China’s Uighur minority living in exile are sounding the alarm over the risk of the coronavirus spreading in camps inside the country, wher…
Facial recognition firm SenseTime discussed use of AI in universities with governmentA government trade minister held a one-on-one meeting with a facial recognition firm accused of enabling the Chinese government’s campaign of persecution against Uighu…
Libby Ruffle on China’s economic gains and humanitarian failings, and Jim Denham on Beijing’s global dominanceMartin Jacques writes about the “world-transforming” effect of China’s economic growth on Europe and the US (This decade belonged to China. So…
Faced with problems at home and abroad, Beijing will seek to boost nationalist sentiment by blaming foreign influences In early December, China’s ministry of foreign affairs jumped the Great Fire Wall used by Beijing to block access to many foreign web…