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China’s top diplomat bashes Trump policies, warns Biden to respect ‘redline’ issues
Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi warned the Biden administration against making the “strategic misjudgment” of treating China as an adversary. The issues of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang all “constitute a redline that must not be crossed,” he added.
Beijing rejects idea of climate as ‘standalone issue’ in U.S.-China relations
China is not eager to appear friendly with the U.S., despite the change of leadership in Washington.
Beijing places sanctions on Trump administration officials
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced sanctions on 28 Trump administration officials today, a clear sign that Beijing is not interested in a reset with the new U.S. government.
U.S. says China is committing ‘genocide’ against Uyghurs
The declaration by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was undermined by his tweet, a few hours earlier, condemning “multiculturalism” in the U.S.
U.S. sanctions on CNOOC and Xiaomi, and other moves
The United States Defense and Commerce departments both released blacklists of Chinese entities today as the Trump administration uses its last week in power to implement tough China policies.
‘Only when you, your children, and your grandchildren become Chinese’: Life after Xinjiang detainment
“They said there was a document sent from above, from the administrative center, and that they were acting based on that document. They said no one can change the document since it was sent from the Central Committee. They said that the current system would not change until all Muslim nationalities would be extinct.”
China promises ‘sustained efforts’ on forced labor, as report reveals factories in 135 Xinjiang detention camps
In order to clinch an investment deal with the EU, China reportedly said it would make “sustained efforts” to ratify international conventions against forced labor. Meanwhile, BuzzFeed reported that at least 135 detention camps in Xinjiang have factories where forced labor likely occurs.
Coerced cotton picking in Xinjiang
A new report based on government documents and state media reports implicates the entire supply chain of cotton from Xinjiang in forced labor, from harvest to factory.
Three years of silence: Rahile Dawut named honorary professor
Dawut disappeared in December 2017 after being detained by state authorities as she planned to travel to Beijing for a conference. She has not been publicly charged with a crime.
Beijing lists grievances against Australia, giving warning to other countries with tense China relations
After months of vague accusations that Australia had broken “mutual trust” with China, Beijing has made explicit a list of grievances with the country.
‘The atmosphere has become abnormal’: Han Chinese views from Xinjiang
Around 9.5 million Han Chinese live in Xinjiang, making up about 40% of the region’s population. How do they view Beijing’s policies of surveillance and Uyghur reeducation?
China’s invasive surveillance state is not yet a panopticon
The Chinese government possesses “the most agile, invasive, and omnipresent surveillance capabilities in the world,” a ChinaFile analysis of over 76,000 documents has found. But the systems are not yet all-seeing, nor are they fully integrated across the country.
China reports over 100 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases linked to Xinjiang garment factory
After a 17-year-old garment factory worker in Kashgar, Xinjiang tested positive for COVID-19, authorities quickly tested all 4.75 million residents of the Kashgar area, finding 164 cases, all without symptoms.
Criticism of China’s Xinjiang policies grows at UN
Diplomats at the UN delivered another round of dueling joint statements on China’s Xinjiang policies this week. The group of 39 countries criticizing Beijing was the largest yet, and Turkey separately raised concerns over human rights.
French soccer and NBA stars speak out against Uyghur plight
Several big-name French soccer players have taken part in a social media campaign to raise awareness of China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.
China’s Xinjiang policy is ‘completely correct,’ Xi Jinping says
Despite international criticism, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has expressed his satisfaction with Xinjiang policy, and urged the continued “sinicization of Islam.”
China has demolished thousands of mosques in Xinjiang, report says
A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute estimates that over 8,000 mosques in Xinjiang have been demolished in recent years, and that most Uyghur sacred sites have been demolished, damaged, or altered in some way.
380 detention camps identified in Xinjiang, showing continued mass incarceration
Even as Beijing claimed that Uyghurs in camps had all “returned to society,” construction of massive detention facilities in Xinjiang continued. A new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute identified 380 detention camps, some of which are new and have upgraded security.
Ilham Tohti’s punishment for challenging China’s historical narrative
In 2014, Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of separatism, despite his relatively moderate stance on questions of Uyghur autonomy. But his truth was too blasphemous — intolerable for China’s gatekeepers of history.
A mass labor program in Tibet appears to follow Xinjiang model
New evidence has emerged of a mass labor program in Tibet. The details may be different, but the goal appears the same as a similar program in Xinjiang: to quickly remold hundreds of thousands of rural laborers into loyal blue-collar workers.
