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China, India send their most advanced fighter jets to bases near border
Two J-20s seen at Hotan airbase in China’s Xinjiang region, while India has deployed five new Rafales to Ladakh, according to media reports.
Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions
Details on staff uniforms come after CEO Tim Cook says he will not tolerate modern slavery
US cotton machinery sales to Xinjiang skyrocket ahead of sanctions
America’s most iconic farm brand – John Deere – has established itself as a key player in Xinjiang’s immense cotton industry, even as human rights groups warn that the supply chain in the restive region is laced with the forced labour of Uygurs and other Muslim ethnic minority groups.
Chinese academics divided on idea to turn Kashgar into a municipality
Report says city should be given status of a centrally administered municipality on par with Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing.
China claims harassment as scientist accused of US visa fraud is refused bail
Foreign ministry declines to comment on case of Tang Juan, accused of visa fraud by lying about her military and Communist Party connections.
China reports 101 new Covid-19 cases, the highest daily spike in months
At least nine Chinese cities record new coronavirus infections linked to the city of Dalian, which is under strict new quarantine measures.
Covid-19 outbreak in Xinjiang prompts fears of spread inside China's camps
Infections in the province grow daily, with concerns that any cases inside Uighur internment camps may never be made public
The Uighurs' suffering deserves targeted solutions, not anti-Chinese posturing | James Millward
While Trump faces off against Xi, others must act to prevent genocide in Xinjiang and a new cold war, says professor of history James Millward
US-China tensions heighten terror threat in Indonesia, experts warn
The focus on Beijing’s treatment of Uygur Muslims, and the expansion of its investment in Indonesia, are among the fault lines are at risk of being exploited by terror groups.
NBA cuts ties with China's Xinjiang region
China is under fire worldwide for its repression of ethnic Uighurs and other minorities, mostly Muslims, in Xinjiang.
'Virtually entire' fashion industry complicit in Uighur forced labour, say rights groups
Human rights coalition says cotton produced in camps in Xinjiang region finds its way into one in five products worldwide
NBA says it has terminated relationship with scrutinized Chinese training camp
The league's Xinjiang basketball academy is in the same region as reported prison camps holding around a million Muslims.
The 'perfect Uighur': outgoing and hard working – but still not safe from China's camps
Beijing claims its re-education camps in Xinjiang are needed to combat Islamic terrorism, but Dilara’s experiences tell a different story
Envoy says Washington must decide if it is ready to accept rise of China
Ambassador Cui Tiankai tells CNN his country has ‘legitimate right’ to modernise in wide-ranging interview.
Chinese, Indian military leaders meet again in bid to end border dispute
Commanders discuss details of second phase disengagement to pull back troops and equipment from disputed border.
China says U.S. warnings over Xinjiang hurt global supply chain
China's commerce ministry said on Tuesday that the United States' "warning" to U.S. companies working in the western Xinjiang region had destabilised the global supply chain.
China announces retaliatory sanctions against Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz
Republican senators among those hit by sanctions brought in response to US measures
China sanctions U.S. lawmakers in dispute over Uighur Muslims
China announced "corresponding sanctions" against the United States on Monday after Washington penalized senior Chinese officials over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region.
China, US diplomats in Brazil tussle on Twitter over Xinjiang
Chinese ambassador hits back over claims of sterilisations in far western region and payments to scientists at American universities.
China says it will hit back against new U.S. sanctions over Uighur rights
China said on Friday it would take "reciprocal measures" against the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority.
Beijing white paper says Uyghurs are not Turkic
In the 1950s, the South African government began a campaign to manipulate history by inventing a narrative that black South Africans did not actually come…
‘Tough stuff,’ Trump says about China’s network of camps in Xinjiang
Donald Trump met various victims of religious persecution from around the world on Wednesday, including four people from China: among them were Falun Gong practitioner Yuhua…
New head for Xinjiang Small Group, same old body
I once called senior Party leader Wāng Yáng 汪洋 “the most interesting man on the Politburo Standing Committee.” Well now he has a very interesting job: head…
Weekly Briefing: Who is the real Mulan?; #MeToo in Chinese; China is going to Mars
Hello, readers! The China Project Weekly Briefing is our newest feature, detailing the most important China news from the past week. It also comes in…
Chinese diplomat defends China’s Xinjiang policy with old-fashioned racism
Lijian Zhao 赵立坚 is the deputy chief of mission of the Chinese embassy in Islamabad. He is also a prolific Twitterer, with 190,000 followers, probably taking…
Xinjiang: Joint letter at UN signed by 22 countries, but not U.S.
Reuters reports that “Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, the first such…
Beijing says Xinjiang is ‘model of human rights protection’
According to the latest state media readout (English, Chinese) of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meeting with Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 last week, the “residents of various…
Requiem for the ‘Living Dead’: Ten years after 7-5
July 5, 2009, is a date that forever changed the course of Xinjiang history. The lives of Uyghurs in China have never been the same.
The China Project Quiz: Xinjiang
It’s the last Thursday of the month, which means it’s quiz time. Last month was a quiz in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square…
Is the Arabic-speaking world finally learning about Xinjiang?
A YouTuber named Joe HaTTab put out a 15-minute video in Arabic titled “Where did China’s Muslims disappear?” on May 27, and it already has…
‘Saved’ by state terror: Gendered violence and propaganda in Xinjiang
There is no such thing as a monolithic “Xinjiang woman.” And they don’t need saving by any central authority. They need to have their own voices amplified.
‘Truth hidden in the dark’: Chinese international student responses to Xinjiang
“I grew up (with the idea) being instilled (in me) that fifty-six nations compose one family. This was the first time that a person showed me a social issue which was hidden by the media.”
‘Automated racism’ — facial recognition software targets Uyghurs
In a front-page story in today’s New York Times print edition (link to newspaper front; link to story online), tech reporter Paul Mozur describes “the first…
The future of the fight to preserve Uyghur culture
As the Chinese government crushes Uyghur culture in Xinjiang, Uyghurs abroad are making new efforts to preserve their traditions — but will they succeed? Some scholars say a revival is possible.
Sinica Podcast: Nury Turkel on the Xinjiang crisis
This week’s Sinica Podcast is now live. Kaiser sat down with Nury Turkel, chairman and founder of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, at the recent…
Uyghurs don’t need to be saved. Their stories need to be mainstreamed
Poets — and the musicians who perform their lyrics — are at the forefront of Uyghur culture. If they were to be given even limited…
