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China expresses satisfaction over Rohingya repatriation deal
China is "happy" that Bangladesh and Myanmar have reached a deal to start repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to Rakhine, its government's top diplomat said on Friday.
China's human rights record to be examined in UN review
Treatment of minorities, detentions and suppression of freedoms to be scrutinised
China says its lawful trade with Iran should be respected
China said on Monday its lawful trade cooperation with Iran should be respected and expressed regret that the United States re-imposed sanctions on the Middle Eastern country.
As U.N. Gathers, Taiwan, Frozen Out, Struggles to Get Noticed (Published 2018)
China’s clout has kept Taiwan out of the United Nations. But as the General Assembly convenes in New York, the democracy of 23 million still intends to be heard.
Calls grow for U.N. action on China's Muslim 're-education camps'
France and Germany have called on China to close "re-education camps" in its restive far western region of Xinjiang where up to one million Uighurs and other Muslims are thought to be held for political indoctrination as pressure grows for UN action.
Chinese official says China is educating, not mistreating, Muslims
China is not mistreating Muslims in Xinjiang province but is putting some people through training courses to avoid extremism spreading, unlike Europe, which had failed to deal with the problem, a Chinese official told reporters on Thursday.
Muslim Governments Silent as China Cracks Down on Uighurs
As calls grow in the U.S. and Europe to pressure China to halt alleged human-rights abuses against its Muslim minority, Beijing has so far escaped any serious criticism from governments across the Islamic world.
Trump Takes Aim at China, Questioning International Postal Rates
Donald Trump has found another tool to step up the pressure against China over its exports to the U.S.: the international mail system.
Empty hotels, idle boats - What happens when a Pacific island upsets China
Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan.
‘No Such Thing’: China Denies U.N. Reports of Uighur Detention Camps (Published 2018)
Confronted with accusations of mass internment in the Xinjiang region, Chinese officials refused to answer “questions which are not factual.”
China denies violating minority rights amid detention claims
UN panel says 1m ethnic Uighur Muslims being held in internment camps in Xinjiang
China says claims 1 million Uyghurs put in camps 'completely untrue' | CNN
China has vociferously defended its human rights record at the United Nations, after accusations were made that more than a million Uyghur Muslims have been imprisoned in political reeducation camps.
China flat out denies the mass incarceration of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs as testimonies trickle out
In an uneven battle, Uyghurs outside China are doing everything they can to make the world pay attention to Xinjiang.
China holding 1 million Uygurs in ‘secret internment camps’, reports to UN say
UN says it has reports that China is holding 1 million Uygurs in ‘secret internment camps’
U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps
(This version of Aug. 10 story corrects name of expert in paragraph 12, fixes typographical error in paragraph 3)
Iran's foreign minister says China 'pivotal' to salvaging its nuclear deal
Iran's foreign minister said on Friday China was "pivotal" to salvaging a multilateral nuclear agreement for the Middle Eastern country after the United States pulled out of the pact earlier this year.
Cambodia Strongman Extends 33-Year Rule in Boycotted Election
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen extended his more-than-three-decade run in power, easily winning a boycotted election on Sunday after he disbanded the main opposition party last year.
U.S. Rebuffed at U.N. on North Korea Sanctions Enforcement (Published 2018)
Russia and China blocked an American request for disciplinary action to stop what the United States called illegal oil sales to North Korea.
North Korea seen looking to China, not U.S., for help in any economic transformation
U.S. President Donald Trump may have promised that North Korea will become "very rich" on the back of American investment if Pyongyang ditches nuclear weapons but economists and academics who have studied the isolated country say it is China not the U.S. that will be the...
A ‘Little Bit of a Nut Case’ Who’s Taking On China (Published 2018)
Susi Pudjiastuti, Indonesia’s fisheries minister, is seizing illegal fishing boats and sometime blowing them up, saving fish but aggravating her bosses.
