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Xi speaks with UN rights chief as Xinjiang row rages

Laurie Chen, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 04:06 PM

Xi Jinping held a video call with UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday, as she visits Xinjiang during a mission overshadowed by fresh allegations of Uyghur abuses. Read more »

China database reveals the thousands detained in Xinjiang

Laurie Chen and Eyul Deniz, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 04:51 PM

A leaked list of thousands of detained Uyghurs has helped Nursimangul Abdureshid shed some light on the whereabouts of her missing family members, who have disappeared in China's sweeping crackdown on Xinjiang. Read more »

China incensed by French parliament's genocide declaration

Poornima Weerasekara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 04:34 PM

China condemned a French parliament resolution on Friday that accuses Beijing of carrying out a genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, a move that has strained ties two weeks before the Winter Olympics. Read more »

China would not fear confrontation with US - foreign minister

Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 05:49 PM

'If there is confrontation, then (China) will not fear it, and will fight to the finish,' said Wang Yi. Read more »

Chinese drone-maker DJI faces US sanctions

Dan Martin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 06:41 PM

Chinese drone-maker DJI is easily the highest-profile company targeted in a new round of US economic sanctions against companies over China's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority. Read more »

US targets 5 Chinese companies over alleged forced labor in Xinjiang

Reuters
Posted at Jun 24 07:36 PM

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration has banned US imports and restricted exports involving five Chinese companies over alleged forced labor involving Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang, the White House said on Thursday. Read more »

China denounces G-7 for 'interfering' with its internal affairs

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 14 06:44 PM

China on Monday denounced a communique the Group of Seven leaders issued the previous day after their three-day summit in Cornwall, southwestern England, as interfering with its internal affairs. Read more »

China unveils new legal weapon to hit US, Western rivals with tougher sanctions

Ng Kang-chung and Tony Cheung, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jun 08 12:28 PM

China’s top legislative body is set to pass a new anti-sanction law on Thursday, giving substantive legal backing and protection to the country’s retaliatory measures against punitive actions by Western governments on Chinese officials and companies.   Read more »

Mosques disappear as China strives to 'build a beautiful Xinjiang'

Cate Cadell, Reuters
Posted at May 14 02:34 PM

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday some mosques had been demolished, while others had been upgraded and expanded as part of rural revitalization but Muslims could practice their religion openly at home and in mosques. Read more »

China driving down Uyghur birth rates, think tank says

Reuters
Posted at May 13 08:10 PM

BEIJING - Coercive policies in China's far western region of Xinjiang have led to a sharp decline in birth rates for Uyghurs and other minorities, which could add to evidence of genocide, an Australian think tank said in a report released on Wednesday. Read more »

Blinken says China ‘criminalizes religious expression’ as report on religious freedom is released

Mark Magnier in Washington, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 13 12:59 PM

The annual State Department report on international religious freedom calls out Beijing for suppressing Christians, Uyghur Muslims and Tibetan Buddhists. Antony Blinken also announces the placing of sanctions on a Communist Party official for ‘gross violations of human rights’. Read more »

China voices firm opposition to Trump's signing of Xinjiang bill

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 18 12:31 PM

BEIJING - China on Thursday voiced strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump's signing of a bill to sanction Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses against the country's Muslim Uyghur minority. Read more »