Category: China
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American pharma companies accused of clinical testing in the Uyghur area.
American pharmaceutical companies are carrying out drug trials in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, where the United States says a genocide of the Uyghur population is taking place, U.S. lawmakers say. In a letter to the Federal Drug Administration, the two top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party requested an explanation…
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Senior US officials meet the Dalai Lama in New York.
Senior US officials met with the Dalai Lama in New York on Wednesday, according to the State Department, in a rare high-level direct meeting between Washington and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. The Dalai Lama, who is denounced by Beijing as a separatist, met with senior State Department official Uzra Zeya and White House National…
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China Confident in ‘Reunification’ with Taiwan: CCP Official
Beijing is confident about “complete reunification” with self-ruled Taiwan, a senior Chinese Communist Party official said Tuesday at a Hong Kong conference promoting China’s reunification. The annual conference — held in Hong Kong for the first time in 14 years — was attended by more than 1,200 pro-China politicians and public figures from the mainland,…
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Uyghurs face cumulative 4.4 million years imprisonment under China’s communist regime’s persecution: Report
A recent analysis from the United States’ Yale University highlights the staggering impact of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) campaign against Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in Xinjiang region, estimating a cumulative 4.4 million years of prison sentences. The report from Yale’s Macmillan Center for Genocide Studies indicates that the Chinese regime has shifted from…
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US clinical studies in China are being questioned by US politicians.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to ramp up scrutiny of U.S. clinical trials conducted in China, citing the risk of intellectual property theft and the possibility of forced participation of Uyghurs. Republican John Moolenaar, who chairs the House Select Committee on China, and ranking Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi said…
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Lawmakers want FDA to scrutinize clinical experiments conducted in collaboration with China’s military.
As House lawmakers prepare for a September vote on the controversial BIOSECURE Act, the House Select Committee on the CCP is expanding the scope of its scrutiny on China’s biopharma ecosystem. In a letter addressed (PDF) to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House committee asked that the regulator “play an…
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China imprisons Uyghur brothers for ‘charitable activities’
Authorities in the Uyghur-majority region of Xinjiang in China have convicted seven brothers from a family for jail terms ranging from nine to 17 years for their charitable work, “supporting Uyghurs,” says a rights group. Norway-based non-profit Uyghur Hjelp said that the Obulqasim brothers were detained and imprisoned amid mass arrests of Uyghurs in 2017, and were…
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China’s Genocide Tourism Strategy.
A journalist based in Poland recently described a surprising find: a Nazi tourist guidebook from 1943 for tourists going to the so-called General Government, Nazi Germany’s most infamous dumping zone for deported undesirables on the ashes of occupied Poland. The region’s many sightseeing spots were recast as German heritage, which proud German tourists visited with the guidebook’s…
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China’s Funeral Services Scam a “Grave” concern
China has multiple companies offering funeral services to locals that makes it a very big and profitable operating sector. These companies take care of all the pre-requisites during a funeral – from arranging the mourners to managing the cemetery operations. Everything is systematic and involves big moolah to keep the event tip-top. But even though…
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China’s Web of Influence by manipulation in South Asia for Geopolitical Gain
In recent years, China has aggressively expanded its presence and influence across South Asia, employing a multifaceted strategy that combines economic coercion, propaganda, and political meddling. While Beijing frames its engagement through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as mutually beneficial cooperation, a closer examination reveals a pattern of manipulation aimed at advancing…