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Demotion of former Xinjiang chief sparks speculation in China
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): The former chief of China's Xinjiang region, who was replaced last year is now working in a senior agricultural post elsewhere in the country, according to media report.
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China braces for US ban on import of products from Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): The import of Chinese goods manufactured by forced labour in Xinjiang province will now be blocked after the US-sponsored Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act came into effect on June 21.
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Growing frustration in China over Pakistan's inability to finish CPEC proj
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): Amid long delays in the completion of projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from China's Xinjiang province, which was 'officially' launched in 2015 and over this, Islamabad's lackadaisical attitude had sowed the frustration in Beijing, a m
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US import ban over China's forced labour in Xinjiang takes effect
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): A US law banning imports from China's Xinjiang province took effect on Tuesday, a move aimed at addressing Beijing's use of forced labour among the Uyghur minority.
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China radically reshaping power in Central Asia
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 19 (ANI): China's rise is changing the world. Much attention has been given to how China's geo-economic vision is playing out in the global economy, or how its technology is reshaping the planet, yet it is over its western borders, in Central Asia, that China's influenc
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47 countries voice concern over China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): Forty-seven countries voiced concern about abuses in China's far-western Xinjiang region, and demanded that the United Nations rights chief publish a long-delayed report on Uyghurs' repression.
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China constructs new airport in Xinjiang region, stirs controversy
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 16 (ANI): A new airport constructed by China in the Xinjiang region has stirred controversy that whether "it is defense? attack? development? or something else".
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Chinese research on Xinjiang mummies promotes revisionist history, feel ex
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 14 (ANI): A new Chinese study on Xinjiang mummies shows that the earlier inhabitants of the region were of mixed ethnicities, but scientists have cautioned that the country could use these findings to support its policy to forcibly assimilate Uyghur Muslims who form the
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Lost relatives, friends found in leaked Xinjiang photos: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): The leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files have helped many Uyghur Americans to recognize their lost relatives and friends who were detained in Chinese camps for years.
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China continues cultural genocide of Tibetans, Uyghur
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 14 (ANI): China's quest for 'national identity' and to place Beijing at the helm of the global geopolitical ranking has taken an ugly shape as the ruling party continues their ill-treatment of Muslim minorities of Xinjiang and Tibetans residing in Tibet.
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Islamic scholars gather in Istanbul to highlight Uyghur genocide, support
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], June 14 (ANI): Islamic scholars and intellectuals gathered in Istanbul on Monday for an international conference to highlight the Uyghur genocide and to support their struggle with the Chinese Communist Party.
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UN rights chief not to seek second term after criticism over China visit
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 13 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding her recent China visit, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has decided not to seek another term after the present term was marred by criticism of her response to Beijing's alleged rights vi
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