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African swine fever is endemic in Tibet and Xinjiang, UN body says
The virus that causes the African swine fever is now endemic – or generally present – in China’s Tibet and Xinjiang regions, according to a report by the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organisation.
China putting minority Muslims in 'concentration camps,' U.S. says
The United States accused China on Friday of putting well more than a million minority Muslims in "concentration camps," in some of the strongest U.S. condemnation to date of what it calls Beijing's mass detention of mostly Muslim Uighur minority and other Muslim groups.
Security lapse exposed a Chinese smart city surveillance system – TechCrunch
Smart cities are designed to make life easier for their residents: better traffic management by clearing routes, making sure the public transport is running on time and having cameras keeping a watchful eye from above. But what happens when that data leaks? One such database was open for weeks for anyone to look inside. Security […]
China U-turn on head of terror group will boost ties with India
By dropping its objections to Pakistani Masood Azhar being added to a United Nations sanctions list, Beijing may now count on greater cooperation from New Delhi
US says it offers fairer deals than China’s belt and road ‘debt trap’
Video on US State Department website tells countries to ‘be wary’ of risks from Beijing’s infrastructure drive.
China says consistently opposes unilateral U.S. sanctions on Iran
China consistently opposes unilateral U.S. sanctions against Iran, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday amid reports that Washington is expected to announce that buyers of Iranian oil must halt imports soon or face sanctions.
'One minute felt like one year': A day in the life of inmates in the Xinjiang internment camps
The alarm rings at 5am every morning in Yerzhan's overcrowded concrete cell.
Indian traders burn Chinese goods in protest over blacklisting veto, trade
Hundreds of Indian traders burned Chinese goods on Tuesday and urged the government to raise import taxes on them to protest against China's trade and foreign policies.
China foils bid to blacklist Kashmir attacker; U.S., India vow to keep pushing
China prevented a U.N. Security Council committee on Wednesday from blacklisting the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which said it attacked an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir.
U.S. says China's treatment of Muslim minority worst abuses 'since the 1930s'
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its Muslim minorities had not been seen "since the 1930s."
China walks line between Pakistan and India over sanctions call
Beijing distances itself from Security Council consensus on Delhi’s pursuit of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief after group claims attack that killed 40 Indian troops in Kashmir.
Turkey, Britain raise China's treatment of Uighurs at U.N. rights forum
Turkey and Britain voiced concern on Monday at China's alleged mistreatment of Uighurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region, with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu calling on Beijing to protect freedom of religion and cultural identity.
China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at U.N. rights forum
China is lobbying hard to thwart scrutiny of its mass detention camps for Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region at the U.N. Human Rights Council's main annual session opening on Monday, diplomats and activists said.
17 Australian residents believed detained in China’s Uygur crackdown
Advocates for Australia’s 3,000-strong Uygur community call on government in Canberra to secure release of detainees, who may have been taken while visiting relatives in China.
UN sanctions take bite out of China’s trade with North Korea
Bilateral trade fell by more than half last year due to strict sanctions over nuclear programme.
Kim Jong-un takes train trip to China for talks with Xi Jinping
Kim Jong-un and an entourage including wife Ri Sol-ju entered China by train late Monday, at the invitation of Xi Jinping. An analyst suggests the trip by Kim might be to win Xi’s support for easing of sanctions.
China says pace of Xinjiang 'education' will slow, but defends camps
China will not back down on what it sees as a highly successful de-radicalisation program in Xinjiang that has attracted global concern, but fewer people will be sent through, officials said last week in allowing rare media access there.
U.N. seeking access to China's re-education camps in Xinjiang: Bachelet
The top United Nations human rights official Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that her office is seeking access to China's Xinjiang region to verify "worrying reports" of re-education camps holding Uighurs and other Muslim minorities.
China’s $9 Billion Space Plan to Challenge the Dominance of GPS
The Beidou Navigation System will be accessible worldwide by 2020.
U.N. Rights Officials Criticize China Over Muslim Internments (Published 2018)
Human rights officials and experts condemned regulations on Chinese re-education camps as a violation of international law and criminalized basic rights.
