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Beijing hit back immediately with punitive measures against the EU that appeared broader, including European lawmakers, diplomats, institutes and families, and banning their businesses from trading with China. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses, Beijing hits back at EU

Western governments are seeking to hold Beijing accountable for mass detentions of Muslim Uighurs in northwestern China

23 Mar 2021 1:03 PM

A child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus looks as masked people browsing their smartphones near Forbidden City in Beijing. (AP)

China reports surge in symptomless COVID-19 infections

A total of 20 new confirmed and 161 new asymptomatic cases were reported in the mainland on October 25

26 Oct 2020 9:52 AM

A woman takes off her face mask next to her colleagues wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus as they walk on a street in Beijing. (AP)

China records highest surge in coronavirus cases since April

Authorities have rolled out mass testing for hundreds of thousands of people in the port city of Dalian, as well as in Xinjiang's Urumqi

27 Jul 2020 9:21 AM

n this June 5, 2019, file photo, neighborhood residents chat near the entrance to an OFILM factory in Nanchang in eastern China's Jiangxi province. The company is one of 11 that the U.S. government has imposed trade sanctions on and says are implicated in human rights abuses in Xinjiang. “This action will ensure that our goods and technologies are not used in the Chinese Communist Party’s despicable offensive against defenceless Muslim minority populations,” said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a statement. (Photo | AP)

US sanctions Chinese suppliers of Apple, Samsung for human rights abuses

China has detained an estimated 1 million or more members of the Uighur and other Muslim ethnic minority groups in internment camps.

21 Jul 2020 4:44 PM

The US has led a worldwide campaign to convince foreign governments, particularly those in allied nations, to bar Huawei from their advanced telecommunications networks, arguing that allowing it into those systems would lead to violations of their citizens’ privacy. In this picture, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves as he leaves a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC on July 15, 2020. (Photo | AFP)

Not just Huawei equipment, now US vows to keep out employees of Chinese firm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a visa ban would be imposed on Huawei staff. The company's website says it has 194,000 employees.

16 Jul 2020 7:13 PM

Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, departing after speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC.(AFP)

China hits top US officials with retaliatory sanctions over Uighur row

Human rights groups say China has rounded over one million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in a vast brainwashing campaign

13 Jul 2020 3:53 PM

US Customs and Border Protection detained a shipment of weaves believed to be made in a Chinese detention camp. The shipment is suspected to be human hair. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

Hair weaves suspected to be from Chinese detention camps seized

Recent reports say China has its ethnic minorities locked up in camps where they are subjected to ideological discipline, physical abuse

05 Jul 2020 12:58 PM

A TikTok post by a young woman, pretending to give eyelash curling advice while actually condemning China’s crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang, has gone viral on the Chinese-owned app that has been accused of censoring anti-Beijing content. (Photo: Twitter/ Feroza)

US teen’s TikTok ‘makeup tutorial’ on Xinjiang goes viral

Aziz starts her video telling viewers: 'The first thing you need to do is grab your lash curler.'

28 Nov 2019 10:47 AM

Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang: Experts

China's close ally, Pakistan, is a Muslim country and one of the most powerful members of the OIC.

21 Jul 2019 10:30 AM

The United States and other western countries objected to a visit by the UN counterterrorism chief to Xinjiang, where UN experts say some one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held in detention centres. (Photo: File)

Reached 'broad consensus' over counter-terror works with UN: China

This came after a controversial visit by a senior UN official to the restive far western Chinese region of Xinjiang this week.

16 Jun 2019 2:44 PM

The future of China is not rosy, but perhaps the most surprising aspect is that Muslim nations around the world are keeping mum about the fate of the Uyghurs; nobody has so far dared to question China about its Muslim policy.

Why isn’t China under fire for Xinjiang repression?

The problem is that the large majority of the population of the restive Muslim province is considered as “extremist”.

10 Aug 2018 12:56 AM

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying. (File photo)

China says no plan to divert water of Brahmaputra

China will continue to attach great importance to cross-border river cooperation, she said.

01 Nov 2017 1:00 AM

Report of plans to divert Brahmaputra water to Xinjiang false: China

China will continue to attach great importance to cross-border river cooperation, China said.

31 Oct 2017 2:19 PM

Given the consequences to global stability an India-China conflict will result in an active and even irresistible mediation. Thus, a long-drawn war between two major powers, particularly between two nuclear powers is extremely remote.(Representational image)

India-China will not go beyond warmongering

Kargil was India’s first living room war where controlled electronic feeds lit up emotion in homes nationwide that fostered a groundswell of jingoism.

02 Aug 2017 12:42 AM

Muslim names like Saddam, Jihad for babies banned in Xinjiang: China

Children with banned names will not get a household registration, needed for accessing public school and other social services.

25 Apr 2017 3:32 PM

The regulation restrains marrying using religious not legal procedures and using the name of Halal to meddle in the secular life of others. (Photo: AP/ Representational)

China bans burqas, abnormal beards in Muslim province of Xinjiang

The new regulation will dissuade burqa-clad women from entering the airports, railway stations and other public places.

01 Apr 2017 9:27 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

India’s work on vital strategies

China has to a great extent influenced the Muslim countries like Iran, Pakistan, Central Asian Republics.

10 Mar 2017 2:51 AM

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