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Popular Chinese startup's social media account goes dark after Tiananmen m
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 7 (ANI): The domestic social media account of popular Chinese e-commerce website, Xiaohongshu was shut down after it posted a message on the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on the microblogging site Weibo, according to people familiar with the sit
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Son of detained Japan-based Chinese historian calls for release of his fat
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 1 (ANI): The eldest son of a prominent Chinese historian who taught at a university in Japan's Hokkaido and is currently detained by Chinese authorities on suspicion of espionage is calling for his father to be released, Kyodo News reported.
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District in south China under partial lockdown amid COVID outbreak
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): The Chinese authorities have shut down parts of a district in the coastal province Guangdong, in southeast China, amid the latest COVID-19 outbreak.
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Hong Kong youths stare at bleak future amid Chinese crackdown
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 28 (ANI): The crackdown by pro-Chinese authorities following last year's anti-government protests has affected young people, including students or college-educated, in Hong Kong and filled their future with dim job prospects and the unending threat of another arrest.
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China's 'cover-up' hampering investigation into COVID-19 origins, says top
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): Amid increasing calls for a more thorough probe of COVID-19 origins, the US military's top commander, General Mark Milley has said that the 'cover-up' by Chinese authorities is hampering the investigation into the origins of the virus.
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Former Muslim leader at China's largest mosque in Xinjiang incarcerated: R
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 24 (ANI): A former Muslim leader at China's largest mosque in the Xinjiang region was incarcerated by Chinese authorities in 2017 on the charges of having "spread extremism", Kyodo News reported citing sources on Sunday.
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China's repression of Uyghurs is not only cultural, but also physical: Rep
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 17 (ANI): Amid growing scrutiny over the human rights abuses by Chinese authorities, a new report has emerged, which based on China's own government data, shows a precipitous drop in Uyghur birthrates in areas of southern Xinjiang in the northwest province of the coun
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Chinese authorities restrict religious practices of Tibetans in Lhasa duri
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], May 15 (ANI): Tibetans in Lhasa have been instructed to restrict certain religious practices during the holy month called 'Saga Dawa', in what appears to be yet another move by Chinese authorities to curb the religious freedom of the Buddhist population.
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US rights body reiterates calls on Chinese govt for release of Buddhism's
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 15 (ANI): US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Friday (local time) reiterated the call on the Chinese government to reveal the whereabouts of Tibetan Buddhism's 11th Panchen Lama, who was taken into captivity by Chinese authorities when he was
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Xinjiang human rights controversy is souring relations between China and W
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): The controversial human rights violations by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang province are contributing to the souring relations between Beijing and West, as per South China Morning Post report.
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China: Businessmen, who criticised govt COVID-19 response, could face 25 y
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): Chinese businessmen Sun Dawu, who has been vocal in criticising Chinese authorities about its handling of the COVID-19, could face 25 years in prison if convicted on a range of charges against him.
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China arrests two for communicating with Tibetans in exile
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 30 (ANI): Two persons from eastern Tibet have been arrested by the Chinese authorities earlier this month for communicating with Tibetans in exile, Phayul reported citing rights group Tibet Watch.
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