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US law prohibiting imports made with forced Uyghur labor infuriates China
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 24 (ANI): The new American law prohibiting foreign companies to source their imports from forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has infuriated Beijing, local media reported.
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Mass detention of Uyghurs by Chinese govt 'egregious form of settler colon
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Highlighting that the Chinese government has detained about 1.8 million Uyghurs since 2017, an anthropologist said that the mass detentions are part of China's settler colonialism and resource extraction in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
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Chinese authorities detain nomadic Tibetans over politically sensitive mat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 16 (ANI): Chinese authorities in the country's Tibet Autonomous Region are detaining more nomadic Tibetans in Drago county and sending them to labour camps for having content deemed politically inappropriate on their cell phones, according to a media report.
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Imran Khan defends China's mistreatment of Uyghurs, says 'Xinjiang not wha
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): Turning blind eye to Uyghur Muslim suppression in China, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the situation in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ((XUAR) is not what Western media portrays.
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China using 'salami-slicing' technique to alter status quo along LAC: Repo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 5 (ANI): China is using the "salami-slicing" technique to alter the status quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in which it tests the other claimants through aggressive actions, then back off when it meets significant resistance, according to a report.
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Turkey's Erdogan meets with President of Iraqi Kurdistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has received Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Kurdistan, an autonomous region of Iraq, at his residence in Ankara, the Turkish president's office said on Tuesday.
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US takes steps to ban imports from China made with Uyghur forced labour
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): The United States government is banning all imports from China made using forced labour from the Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday.
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Uyghurs in Turkey file complaint against Chinese President, security offic
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], January 5 (ANI): A group of Uyghurs in Turkey has filed a criminal complaint against Chinese President Xi Jinping and security officials over human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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China working to alter Tibet Autonomous region's demography, indoctrinatin
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], December 31 (ANI): Chinese authorities have reportedly begun sending Tibetan children to special camps to be indoctrinated in a Sinicised worldview and given basic military training in order to prepare them to be inducted into the militia.
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Oldest person in China dies at 135, hailed from country's 'Longevity Town'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 18 (ANI): China's oldest person, a 135-year-old woman from its 'Longevity Town' passed away in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Saturday.
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US House approves bicameral bill aimed to ban imports from China's Xinjian
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): The US House of Representatives passed a final version of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans the importation of goods made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, reported Sputnik.
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Japan to urge China to act responsibly in South China Sea, Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], December 12 (ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa said on Saturday (local time) that Tokyo intends to urge China to act responsibly in the East and South China Seas, Hong Kong, and its Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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