Category: Feature
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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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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…
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A new setback for human rights in Tibet under Xi Jinping
200 students have been taken away from a Tibetan school and force-enrolled in a state-controlled residential school for their education and ‘proper’ upbringing. Earlier this month, the parents of about 200 Tibetan children in the age group 15 to 18 years were in for a shock when they were forced by the Chinese authorities of…
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The significance of Hong Kong’s arrest warrants and bounty in the EU
In March 2024, the Hong Kong government introduced a new security law, the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. Also known as ‘Article 23 legislation’, it exacerbates the impact of the 2020 National Security Law by introducing a number of new crimes and longer sentences for existing crimes. Practically speaking, the two pieces of legislation are complementary…
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The EU Parliament calls on China to free economist Ilham Tohti and Uyghur physician Gulshan Abbas.
The European Parliament (EP) in session in Strasbourg adopted a landmark motion urging the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to ‘immediately and unconditionally release Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas, as well as those arbitrarily detained in China’ and whose cases have been mentioned by the European Union (EU) at the Human Rights Council. The text lays out a strongly-worded demand that the PRC halts its ‘repression…
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China commemorates its 75th birthday, while Tibetans and Uyghurs suffer under Beijing’s domination.
President Xi Jinping marked the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China on Tuesday with a glowing review of the Communist Party’s achievements since late supreme leader Mao Zedong founded the country on Oct. 1, 1949. Some 120,000 people gathered to sing the national anthem in Tiananmen Square, where Xi described the founding of…
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Taiwan will get $567 million in military aid from the United States.
The United States will soon send one of its largest-ever security assistance packages to Taiwan — nearly $570 million — the White House said late Monday in a move sure to anger China. Washington, Taipei’s biggest and most important backer despite a lack of bilateral ties, will use its fastest tool available to deliver the…
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At a global forum, a Uyghur activist draws attention to the linked struggles of Uyghurs and Baloch people.
At the 5th Balochistan International Conference organised by the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Rahima Mahmut, a Uyghur human rights activist, highlighted the ongoing struggles of both the Baloch and Uyghur peoples. She drew parallels between China’s genocide of the Uyghurs and the exploitation of Balochistan through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Mahmut opened with a…
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The Dalai Lama, Tibet, and China’s power struggle
The 14th Dalai Lama is 89 years old this year. The question of his succession has become part of a power struggle between India and China. For Beijing, Tibet belongs to China. And China wants sole power to determine who will be the next spiritual leader of the Tibetans. The Dalai Lama has lived in…