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Skepticism towards China bringing India-EU closer: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Sri Lanka-based publication said that the European Union (EU) is seeking deeper ties with New Delhi as Europe-China ties are strained by sanctions spat over accusations of rights abuses in Xinjiang that left progress on a 2020 investment agreement frozen.
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Coercion is China's modus operandi, whether in domestic cotton fields or e
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Communism was supposed to create workers' paradises, but history demonstrated that was a forlorn hope. China, the global factory, makes much of its outstanding economic growth, but economic coercion internationally, and forced labour abuses at home, are very much part of the Chinese Communis
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Afghanistan to call for tenders to extract oil and gas
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The acting minister of Mines and Petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar, announced on Sunday that the ministry would shortly begin the bedding process to extract some of the oil and gas from fields in the country soon.
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Chinese delegation to visit Gilgit-Baltistan next week
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
15 members of the delegation from China, basically Chinese buyers hailing from Xinjiang, Zhejiang and Shandong provinces as well as the Weifang area will arrive in the region on May 15, Qadir told APP.
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Aiming to control country's deposits, China to invest in Afghanistan's Lit
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing has sought to expand its economic presence in Afghanistan and gain control of its natural resources since the Taliban overtook Afghanistan.
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Bangladesh commemorates Doppa Day, protests against persecution of Uyghur
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Protestors highlighted the importance of Doppa Day and briefed the gathering that Doppa is a symbol of the struggle for the head cap of the Uyghur residents of East Turkestan, a Muslim country occupied by China. They also condemned China for torturing the Uyghur Muslims.
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China uses phone search data to target Uyghurs: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The data collected by the apps, known as Jing Wang Wei Shi and Feng Cai, and the master list examined by Human Rights Watch fits in with other Xinjiang surveillance systems, which Wang described as "multidimensional and multi-layered" and includes checkpoints and the Chinese government's col
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Dissident voices emerge from China
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Xinjiang, a region dominated by Uyghur Muslims, is experiencing serious human rights abuses where locals are ill-treated, women are violated and activists are picked up and jailed.
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Diplomats visiting Xinjiang urged to speak with 'strong voice' on behalf o
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
On April 27, Ma Xingrui, the Communist party secretary for the Xinjiang region, met with consul generals from Brazil, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Turkey in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on a visit to the invitation of the Chinese government. "Some
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China banned Uyghurs from praying in mosques during Eid-ul-Fitr holiday: R
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
During Eid, which fell on April 20-21 this year, people aged 60 and older were allowed to pray in a local mosque under heavy police surveillance, sources said.
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Pakistanis voice protest Chinese persecution of Uyghurs
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Although the current government of Pakistan have remained silent because of its close ties with China, some sets of Pakistani have raised their voice in the favour of Uyghurs.
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Despite multiple attempts by human rights activists, forced organ harvesti
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
More than a generation has passed since China started persecuting the nearly 100 million Falun Gong practitioners. The shortage of transplant donors has led to the search for a new minority to oppress, namely the Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang province.
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