Xinjiang

Chinese ambassador to Australia denies human rights abuses in Xinjiang in a bizarre presentation

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Chinese ambassador trots out members of persecuted Muslim minority to say they aren’t mistreated at a bizarre press conference followed by a six-minute ‘Xinjiang is a Wonderful Land’ propaganda video China has denied human rights abuses in Xinjiang in propaganda presentation  Ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye described the allegations as ‘fake news’   Australia has condemned restrictions … Read more

Meghan Markle coffee firm bought oat milk from company in China’s ‘police state’ Xinjiang province

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A trendy coffee company financially backed by the Duchess of Sussex has imported tons of a key ingredient from a Chinese supplier based in a brutal police state where an alleged genocide is taking place. Human rights groups have urged Western companies to cut all business ties with China’s Xinjiang region because of appalling abuses, … Read more

China Muslims: Beijing denies coercive birth control measures in Xinjiang

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A Chinese official on Monday denied that Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women. The remarks followed an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government policies had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being ‘baby-making machines’. Xu Guixiang, a deputy spokesperson for the … Read more

Coronavirus: Entire region in China’s Xinjiang is tested for COVID-19 for new virus outbreak

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China has screened an entire region in Xinjiang for the coronavirus after authorities found a single new case in a local outbreak.  Health authorities reported the first infection on Saturday, a 17-year-old female garment factory worker in Xinjiang’s north-western region Kashgar, home to ethnic Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims. Another 137 symptomless patients were found yesterday after the local … Read more

Brands urged to stop sourcing from China’s Xinjiang over forced labour fears

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Major retailers must stop sourcing from China’s Xinjiang region due to the ‘grave risk of forced labour’, a coalition of civil society groups said on Thursday, amid mounting global pressure on Beijing over its treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority. More than 180 organisations urged brands from Adidas to Amazon to end sourcing of cotton … Read more