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Flattered to be recognized by China for calling out genocidal crimes: USCIRF Chair

30Mar

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

China, World

Flattered to be recognized by China for calling out genocidal crimes: USCIRF Chair

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Gayle Manchin has said that he feels flattered to be recognized by "Communist China" for calling out genocidal crimes against religious and ethnic minorities in the country."I feel flattered to be recognized by Communist China for calling out genocidal crimes against religious and ethnic minorities in the country," USCIRF Chair said in a tweet while taking a jibe at the Chinese government over the issue of rights abuses in Xinjiang."While I don't have plans to travel to China this summer, I won't stop speaking out when egregious violations of religious freedom are taking place as they are in China," said Manchin.His remarks came after China on Saturday announced sanctions against American and Canadian officials ...

China to urge US to drop Trump-era sanctions in Alaska meet: Report

18Mar

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

China, World

China to urge US to drop Trump-era sanctions in Alaska meet: Report

In the upcoming Beijing-Washington talks in Alaska, it is being expected that China is going to try to persuade the United States to lift the restrictive measures introduced by the previous administration of President Donald Trump.During the negotiations, the Chinese officials are going to propose the re-establishment of regular high-level contacts as well as to schedule an online summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, during the April conference on climate change, according to sources.According to media reports, the US agenda for the upcoming talks differs from the Chinese one: Washington wants to express its concern over the Chinese policy in Hong Kong, the boost of naval activities in the South China Sea, economic pressure on US allies, intellectu...

EU-China investment deal faces flak in European Parliament

25Feb

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Asia, China, World

EU-China investment deal faces flak in European Parliament

In a session of the European Parliament on international trade on Wednesday, the Ministers of the Parliament (MEPs) lashed out at the European Commission on its investment deal with China overlooking human rights conditions in China and Hong Kong.According to media reports, MEPs accused Brussels of overlooking concerns over the prevailing human rights conditions in China, glossing over Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong, and not bothering about the Biden administration.The Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) was signed in December last year, however, it still needs to be ratified by the European Parliament and approved by the EU Council.German MEP Reinhard Butikofer, who chairs the parliament’s delegation for relations with China, said the deal was a “Christmas present for (Chinese P

US led the world in exposing ‘horrific’ abuses in Xinjiang: Pompeo

17Jan

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

China, World

US led the world in exposing ‘horrific’ abuses in Xinjiang: Pompeo

The outgoing US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday said that the United States led the world in exposing the “horrific” rights abuses in Xinjiang province of China and imposed sanctions on the Chinese Communist Party’s officials.Taking to Twitter, Pompeo lauded America’s efforts in bringing up the Uyghur issue to the forefront, saying America halted imports of products made with forced labour and gave Uyghur women a platform to tell the world about their families who were disappeared by the Chinese Communist Party.“We led the world in exposing the horrific abuses in Xinjiang. Imposed sanctions on CCP officials, halted imports of products made with forced labor, and so much more. When the world averts its eyes, America speaks up, and acts,” Pompeo tweeted.“We also gave courageous

Japan eyes US-style law to sanction Uighur human rights abuses

13Nov

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Business, China, World

Japan eyes US-style law to sanction Uighur human rights abuses

Amid growing criticism, against China for its treatment of Uighur Muslims, Japan is weighing a legal foundation for sanctions similar to those imposed by the United States and Europe.The Japanese government has asked the local companies that operate in China whether functioning in Xinjiang province could get them into trouble.This comes after a report in March by the Australian Global Policy Institute indicated that around 11 Japanese companies were among the 82 well-known global brands which relied on factories that use forced Uighur laborers.The report indicated that more than 80,000 Uighur workers were transferred out of the Xinjiang region, where China's Uighur population is concentrated, to around 30 factories across the country.Companies in the report, including Fast Retailing, maker...

Bangladeshi Muslims form human chain, protest to show solidarity with Uyghurs

12Nov

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Asia, China

Bangladeshi Muslims form human chain, protest to show solidarity with Uyghurs

In protest against the atrocities committed by the Chinese government on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, Islamic scholars and Ulemas of Bangladesh formed a human chain on Thursday at the Dhaka National Press Club.Under the banner of ‘Uyghur Muslim Rights Council’ (Uyghur Musalmaner Odhikar Parishad), the protestors demanded political and religious rights for the persecuted Uyghur minority Muslims in China’s northwestern region called Xinjiang.“The Uyghur Muslims are persecuted by the Chinese government and they are not allowed to practice their Islamic faith by the Communist government of China,” said the protestors.The demonstration was part of Bangladeshi Muslims showing solidarity with their fellow Uyghur Muslims.Colourful placards depicting atrocities perp

Discontent among Chinese people rises amid CCP’s draconian COVID-19 measures

5Nov

By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

China

Discontent among Chinese people rises amid CCP’s draconian COVID-19 measures

A researcher at the Human Rights Watch has said that the citizens of China are “discontent” with President Xi Jinping’s measures to control coronavirus have pushed the country further into a surveillance state.Yaqiu Wang said that though the Chinese people are “proud” of the measures taken by Beijing to control the outbreak in the country, but there are signs people are fatigued and discontent with Xi’s extortions.“I am seeing more citizens criticising surveillance techniques… Many now view the methods as too much and unnecessary… I’ve seen posts to Chinese social media complaining about the facial recognition outside their compound,” Wang said.“Although we are seeing, slowly, an increased awareness and discontent with the state’s methods,” she added.As per media reports, apps were created

China’s human rights violations: Persecution of the Uyghurs

4Nov

By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

Asia, Opinion

China’s human rights violations: Persecution of the Uyghurs

Despite its continued repression and persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China now finds itself at the “top table” of an international human rights forum.In a largely unheralded election last month, the UN General Assembly voted to elect a new tranche of 15 Human Rights Council (HRC) members, including China, which won a seat over objections from critics who challenge its rights record, not least against the Uyghurs.China joins 47 other nations on the UN council and will serve for three years from January.China faced stiff competition in the Asia-Pacific region where six nations were competing for five spots. China secured the last of the five spots as Saudi Arabia failed to cross the needed vote threshold.Support for China at the election was actually its weakest since the council’s found

With OBOR, China is trying to do what Anglo-Americans did in last 300 years: Historian

3Nov

By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

China, Conflict

With OBOR, China is trying to do what Anglo-Americans did in last 300 years: Historian

In a sharp criticism of the One Belt and One Road (OBOR) project, Albanian historian Olsi Jazexhi has revealed how the Chinese government is following the Britain model for its imperialist plan with the Belt and Road Initiative.The project, which started in 2013, comprises both overland and maritime access routes through the installation of new, as well as up-gradation of existing transport and communication infrastructure in countries hoping to reap the dividends.Regarding China's OBOR project, Olsi, in an interview said that "Imperialism usually comes with trade. Then, later come the soldiers who will defend the traders, and later they will topple the government. This is how imperialism works."Over the long-term impact of the OBOR on Xinjiang, the historian said, "The conflict over Xinji...

Hursan Hassan’s story is a Uighur tragedy: Activist

2Nov

By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

China, Opinion

Hursan Hassan’s story is a Uighur tragedy: Activist

The Executive Director of ‘Campaign for Uyghurs’ and activist Rushan Abbas has said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is replicating the tyranny of Mao Zedong by persecuting the intellectuals, the recent victim of it being Hursan Hassan, who has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.In an opinion article, Rushan compared the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" of 1966, initiated by Mao Zedong to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims in East Turkistan.She described the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" as a period during which millions of civil servants, writers and teachers were fired, elites and artists were attacked, many intellectuals were labeled "counter-revolutionaries," beaten or killed; others were sent to corrective labor camps.“The nations tha