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EU Parliament condemns China deal over Hong Kong crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 05:54 AM

BRUSSELS - The EU has lost credibility on human rights by sealing an investment deal with China, a resolution in the European Parliament warned on Thursday.   Read more »

How Mike Pompeo’s ‘genocide’ label for China over Xinjiang may set tone for Joe Biden

Sarah Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 21 02:24 AM

The outgoing US government’s assessment that China has committed “genocide and crimes against humanity” in Xinjiang was among the last acts of the Donald Trump administration that observers said could cement its legacy on Beijing and reduce Joe Biden’s ability to change course. Read more »

China possibly committed 'genocide' against Xinjiang Muslims: US commission

David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 09:49 AM

WASHINGTON - China has possibly committed "genocide" in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the U.S. Congress said in a report on Thursday. Read more »

US bill banning Xinjiang imports over forced labor concerns fails to become law

Owen Churchill and Jacob Fromer, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 23 05:30 PM

The legislation is expected to be reintroduced when the next congressional session convenes in January. The measure was omitted from the must-pass spending bill that passed both houses of Congress late on Monday Read more »

China accused of forcing 570,000 people to pick cotton in Xinjiang

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 16 02:30 AM

LONDON - China is forcing hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uighurs and other minorities to pick cotton by hand, a U.S. think-tank said, sparking calls for governments to ban all cotton imports from the Xinjiang region. Read more »

International Criminal Court rejects Uighur genocide complaint against China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 15 06:54 AM

International Criminal Court prosecutors have rejected calls by exiled Uighurs to investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity, the chief prosecutor's office said in a report on Monday.    Read more »

US bans cotton imports from China producer citing Xinjiang 'slave labor'

David Lawder, Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 02:34 PM

The Trump administration expanded economic pressure on China's western region of Xinjiang, banning cotton imports from a powerful Chinese quasi-military organization that it says uses the forced labor of detained Uighur Muslims. Read more »

China reports surge in symptomless COVID-19 infections

Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 12:16 PM

SHANGHAI - China reported the highest number of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in nearly seven months, following a mass infection of an unknown origin in the northwestern Xinjiang region. Read more »

US says no justification for 'concentration camps' in China

David Brunnstrom and Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Oct 23 11:04 PM

The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced China's treatment of Uighur Muslims, saying there was no justification for the country maintaining "concentration camps" within its borders. Read more »

Beijing bans personal pilgrimages to Mecca for Chinese Muslims

South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 16 01:29 PM

China has introduced new rules banning non-official pilgrimages to Mecca, a move observers said was another attempt by the Communist Party to control religious affairs. Read more »

China running 380 detention centers in Xinjiang: researchers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 24 01:28 PM

China's network of detention centers in the northwest Xinjiang region is much bigger than previously thought and has been expanded in recent years, according to research presented by an Australian think tank Thursday.   Read more »

H&M cuts ties with Chinese supplier over accusations of 'forced labor'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 06:26 AM

STOCKHOLM - Swedish clothing giant H&M said Tuesday it was ending its relationship with a Chinese yarn producer over accusations of "forced labor" involving ethnic and religious minorities from China's Xinjiang province. Read more »

US restricts Chinese apparel and tech products, citing forced labor

Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 15 06:42 AM

The new restrictions, announced Monday, fall short of a broader ban on cotton and tomatoes from Xinjiang that the administration was poised to announce last week. Read more »

US to block Chinese products from Uighur 'forced labor'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 05:51 AM

WASHINGTON - The US announced Monday it would block a range of Chinese products made by "forced labor" in the Xinjiang region, including from a "vocational" center that it branded a "concentration camp" for Uighur minorities. Read more »

Disney wanted to make a splash in China with ‘Mulan.’ It stumbled instead.

Brooks Barnes and Amy Qin, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 13 08:03 AM

Executives at Walt Disney Studios were celebrating. “Mulan,” a $200 million live-action spectacle five years in the making, had arrived on Disney’s streaming service to strong reviews, with critics lauding its ravishing scenery and thrilling battle sequences.   Read more »

Olympic chiefs, UN must act on China abuses, say NGOs

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 01:37 AM

GENEVA - Hundreds of organizations urged the United Nations to probe rights violations in China on Wednesday as other groups called for Olympic chiefs to strip Beijing of the 2022 winter games. Read more »

Mulan movie boycott calls grow over scenes filmed in Xinjiang

Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 05:23 AM

HONG KONG - Disney's "Mulan" remake is facing fresh boycott calls after it emerged some of the blockbuster's scenes were filmed in China's Xinjiang, where widespread rights abuses against the region's Muslim population have been widely documented.   Read more »

Uighur group calls for China to lose 2022 Games over 'genocide'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 04:16 AM

China's ruling Communist Party is under growing international pressure over the fate of minorities in its northwestern region of Xinjiang. Read more »

NBA severs ties to a training center in China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 04:37 PM

The NBA has severed ties to a training center in China's western Xinjiang region, where Beijing faces growing international condemnation over its treatment of minorities. Read more »

US imposes sanctions on 11 Chinese companies over human rights

Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 21 11:28 AM

The Trump administration on Monday barred 11 new Chinese companies from purchasing US technology and products without a special license, saying the firms were complicit in human rights violations in China’s campaign targeting Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.   Read more »