Category: China
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China tops the list for worst internet freedom in the world: US’ Freedom House report
In a world increasingly reliant on digital communication, internet freedom has become an essential aspect of human rights and democracy. The latest report from Freedom House, a US-based nonprofit organization that monitors global internet freedom, places China and its neighbour Myanmar at the top of the list for the worst internet freedom in the world.…
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David Lammy brings up Ukraine and human rights during discussions in Beijing.
David Lammy pressed his Chinese counterpart on human rights concerns and China’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during talks in Beijing, the Foreign Office has said. The foreign secretary had been under pressure to take a tough line on a range of human rights issues with the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, when the pair met…
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Harvard Participates in 75 Years of Uyghur Colonization in China
One of the first things I did once I got to Harvard was organize a protest. Mask on and megaphone clutched tight, I read aloud the names and ages of an Uyghur family: Qemernisahan, 48 years old. Shahide, 13 years old. Imran, 11 years old. Abdurahman, 9 years old. Nehdiye, 5 years old. None of…
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US trade restrictions on Uyghur forced labor disproportionately affect Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia is bearing the mounting brunt of U.S. trade curbs aimed at stemming the forced labor of ethnic minority Uyghurs in China, with billions of dollars in blocked exports, the latest U.S. trade figures show. Economists and human rights experts ascribe the heavy hit the region is taking to global supply chains shifting to…
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“Very squeezed”: The reasons for the breakdowns of drivers in the biggest food delivery industry in the world
A takeout delivery rider suddenly loses it in the middle of the road, smashing his cellphone on the pavement after getting a negative review from a customer. Another delivery worker gets on his knees to apologize to a cop who pulled him over for running a red light, before jumping up, forcefully pushing over his motorbike and sprinting across…
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Regarding China’s persecution of Uyghurs, Labour retracts its call for a genocide ruling.
Labour has backtracked on plans to push for formal recognition of China’s treatment of the Uyghurs as genocide in the run-up to David Lammy’s trip to the country this weekend. The foreign secretary is expected to arrive in Beijing on Friday for high-level meetings before travelling to Shanghai on Saturday. The trip marks a shift…
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Labour cautiously approaches a China strategy
Labour declared after the election that “Britain is back” on the world stage after years of Conservative retreat. But when it comes to China, the government is tiptoeing nervously in the wings. David Lammy’s trip to China is rare – he is only the second foreign secretary to visit in six years. He held talks…
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The World fights back against China’s global onslaught of cheap imports
China’s problem of over-production has evolved into a global economic problem impacting economies of the West as well as the Global South. The notorious economic strategies of aggressive exports and predatory pricing are significantly hurting multitudes of industries, including pharmaceuticals, electronic vehicles, solar vehicles, paper, rubber, and even basic industries like steel and chemicals globally.…
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China: During the visit, the UK Foreign Secretary must bring up human rights abuses
This week, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is expected to visit Beijing and Shanghai, marking his first visit to China as Foreign Secretary. Hong Kong Watch, ARTICLE 19, and 21 other civil society and human rights organisations across the United Kingdom have signed a joint statement urging the Foreign Secretary ‘to raise concerns about the Safeguarding National Security…
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Interpretation of SPC: Compensation for Tort Liability in Labor Relations and Dispatches
China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has issued a judicial interpretation, which clarifies the tort liability compensation in labor relations and dispatches, among others. Tortious behavior refers to any conduct, aside from a breach of contract, that can be pursued as a civil wrong in a lawsuit. Employees and individual business workers According to Article 15 of the…