Category: Feature
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China looks into a US corporation that declined to purchase cotton from Xinjiang.
China has launched an investigation into PVH Corp., the U.S. parent company of fashion brands Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, for suspected discriminatory measures by refusing to purchase cotton and other products from its northwestern region of Xinjiang, home to 12 million Uyghurs. Analysts said the measure appears to be a retaliatory response by Beijing…
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The Taiwan Strait’s Deepening Divide
Tensions are brewing once more in the Taiwan Strait. A new administration in Taipei, led by President Lai Ching-te, believes clear affirmations of Taiwan’s de facto sovereignty and autonomy from China are necessary in order to push back against an increasingly imperious and aggressive Beijing. China finds Taipei’s stance to be dangerously defiant, particularly because Beijing…
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China is called upon to free an imprisoned Uyghur academic
Global rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on China’s communist regime to release prominent Uyghur economist and government critic Ilham Tohti who was convicted and given a life sentence ten years ago. The rights group termed the arrest and conviction of Tohti in 2014 on alleged charges of inciting separatism as “politically motivated,” in a…
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Scholars: China is prepared to share the outcomes of its technological innovation with its partner nations.
This year marks the 11th anniversary of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative. During the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in May 2017, China announced that it launched the Belt and Road Science, Technology, and Innovation Cooperation Action Plan, which consists of Joint Laboratory Initiative and the Science Park Cooperation Initiative…
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Growing popularity of the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America is a prevalent and unavoidable trend.
The Brazilian government has set up an inter-ministerial working group to analyze Brazil’s entry into the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the coming days, according to the South China Morning Post on Tuesday. This isn’t the first time Brazil has shown interest in joining the BRI. As one of the few South American…
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China: International leaders need to step in to halt the ten years of mistreatment for the imprisoned scholar Uyghur
The international community must take concrete steps to help secure the release of the Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti, Amnesty International said ahead of the 10-year-anniversary of his conviction on baseless charges of “separatism”. Tohti was sentenced to life imprisonment on 23 September 2014 after an unfair trial. He was targeted by the Chinese government after…
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Xinjiang statements made by a British legislator ‘hurt UK interests’
A senior UK lawmaker is attempting to hype fabricated “forced labor” issues in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by reiterating his call for more scrutiny of Chinese cross-border e-commerce giant Shein’s possible London listing, which Chinese analysts debunked as politicizing and instrumentalizing human rights. Analysts urged the Labour government led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer…
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Lawmaker from Uyghur-Japan demands a tougher stance against China
Japan’s first lawmaker of Uyghur heritage is urging her country to take a stronger position on China’s human rights record, while also calling for a heightened defense posture in response to Beijing’s increasing military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. Arfiya Eri, born in Japan to ethnic Uyghur and Uzbek parents, was elected to the lower…
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Why China is increasing the age at which its workers must retire
China‘s top lawmakers are considering a proposal to increase the retirement age, a move aimed at expanding its dwindling workforce.The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) discussed this draft decision by the State Council during their meeting on Tuesday.If approved, it would mark the first such increase in over four decades. Retirement age…
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Is Hong Kong able to go “from stability to prosperity” under Xi Jinping?
FROM CHAOS to order, from stability to prosperity.” That is Xi Jinping’s goal for Hong Kong. Ever since pro-democracy protests swept the city in 2019, China’s ruler has tried to reimpose control. In many ways he has succeeded. Today Hong Kong is less tumultuous than it was back then. The covid-19 pandemic, which saw the city…