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Ire and ice for Beijing's Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 2 (ANI): Two events dominate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calendar for 2022 - the Winter Olympics and the 20th Party Congress later this year. China wants both to go smoothly so it can bask in reflected glory. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be wielded as a mighty prop
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New bill introduced in US House to boost protections for China's Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): A wide-ranging bill intended to support the US tech industry was passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill also confronts China on human rights abuses, including the persecution of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the country's Xi
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Despite global pressure, China's human rights abuse in Tibet is 'active'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], January 28 (ANI): Despite global pressure on China to stop its repression of religious minorities, Beijing continues to target Tibetans by demolishing monasteries and Buddha statues, banning Tibetan flags and invoking their land rights.
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Webinar questions Olympics committee decision to award winter games to Bei
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], January 25 (ANI): A webinar held in London on Monday by The Open Forum questioned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to award China to host the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 amid reports of genocide against the Uyghurs.
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Winter Olympics' sponsors keep low profile over Beijing's human rights abu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Sponsors and advertisers of Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 are keeping a low profile over human rights abuses in Xinjiang as firms face risks of missing global marketing opportunities in China, according to a media report.
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Chinese citizens running out of food, essentials amid harsh COVID-19 curbs
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 20 (ANI): China's heavy-handed and draconian approach to handling COVID-19 lockdowns has left millions of its residents struggling to meet basic daily needs, said a media report.
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Japan, Australia sign defense cooperation pact amid China's growing influe
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 6 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Thursday signed a treaty to facilitate joint exercises and strengthen security cooperation while expressing serious concerns over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacif
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Uyghurs in Turkey file complaint against Chinese President, security offic
Updated : 4 years, 6 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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Private sector should oppose Chinese genocide: US on Tesla opening showroo
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): The White House has urged private companies to oppose the human rights abuses and genocide by China in Xinjiang.
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Xi Jinping calls 2021 a year of exceptional significance amid West's accus
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 1 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has called 2021 a year of exceptional significance during which the West raised concerns over extreme human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang province and announced the diplomatic boycott of upcoming Beijin
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China finally faces accountability for rights abuses of Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 22 (ANI): After years of facing non-accountability for repression and human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China is now facing the heat for its actions as the West sanctions Chinese companies sourcing goods from Xinjiang to the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter O
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China unleashes global online campaign to undercut global accusations of h
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 21 (ANI): In a bid to undercut global accusations of human rights abuses, China has unleashed a global online campaign in the guise of bot networks that generate automatic posts and hard to trace online personas.
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