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John Sudworth’s relocation to Taiwan comes after ‘months of personal attacks’ over reporting of alleged abuses of minoritiesA senior BBC journalist has left Beijing for Taiwan at short notice after nine years reporting from China, amid concerns for his…
Read MoreMission to check out treatment of Uighur minority is backed by Beijing, says secretary-general António Guterres The UN has begun negotiations with Beijing for a visit “without restrictions” to Xinjiang to see how the Uighur minority is being treated, s…
Read MoreWashington says Beijing’s tit-for-tat sanctions will only focus attention on its ‘genocide’ against UighursThe US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has warned that China’s tit-for-tat sanctions against two Americans in the growing dispute over Beijin…
Read MoreCovid cases plateau in England and Northern Ireland but rise in Scotland over the last week; UK’s R number up to 07-0.9. This live blog is now closed – please follow the global coronavirus live blog for latest updatesHow AstraZeneca vaccine became a po…
Read MoreBurberry and H&M among brands targeted over stance on region at centre of Uighur abuses allegations Chinese celebrities and politicians are racing to distance themselves from western brands as Beijing steps up a campaign to penalise those making ac…
Read MoreFormer Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith says he will wear the retaliation like a ‘badge of honour’ China has imposed sanctions on 10 UK organisations and individuals, including the former leader of the Conservative party Iain Duncan Smith, over what it ca…
Read MoreChinese social media condemns statements by the companies as celebrities cancel contracts with brandsAnger with Nike has erupted on Chinese social media after the company issued a statement saying it was “concerned about reports of forced labour” in Ch…
Read MoreAnalysis: British government will hope a deterioration in relations can be avoidedThe UK government is bracing itself for retaliatory action by China over its decision to impose sanctions on four Chinese officials in response to human rights abuses of …
Read MoreChinese embassy accuses Canberra of ‘despicable smearing’ of China after Australian foreign minister raises ‘grave concerns’ about human rightsAustralia and New Zealand have raised “grave concerns” about human rights abuses against Muslim minorities in…
Read MoreIt is the first time for three decades UK or EU has punished China for human rights abusesBritain and the EU have taken joint action with the US and Canada to impose parallel sanctions on a senior Chinese officials involved in the mass internment of Ui…
Read MoreThe country’s global standing is plunging as Xi Jinping attempts to whitewash atrocities in the name of empire-buildingA terrible scream of pain contorts a little girl’s face and tells the story of the army’s brutal crackdown in Myanmar. Shwe Yote Hlwa…
Read MoreThinktank publishes first non-governmental legal examination of China’s actions in XinjiangThe Chinese government has breached every single article of the UN genocide convention in its treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang, and bears responsibility for comm…
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Read MoreAustralian study finds a ‘coordinated effort by CCP’s propaganda apparatus’ to distract from critical BBC reports and redirect narrativeChina’s Communist party orchestrated an international campaign to undermine the BBC and discredit its reporting duri…
Read MoreAccidental publication adds to growing body of evidence of Beijing’s efforts to persecute minorityChinese labour programmes in Xinjiang are designed at least partly to reduce the population density of the Uighur ethnic minority group, according to a st…
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