Biden signs law banning goods made in China’s Xinjiang region
3 years ago

Biden signs law banning goods made in China’s Xinjiang region

Al Jazeera  

New rules imposed by Congress require Xinjiang exporters to US to prove products were not made by forced labour. Amid worsening relations between Beijing and Washington, President Joe Biden signed a new law on Thursday banning products made in China’s Xinjiang region because of China’s oppression of its largely Muslim Uighur minority population. “It is a horrifying human rights situation, fully sanctioned – as we now know – by the Communist Party of China,” US Senator Marco Rubio, the lead Republican sponsor of the bill, said last week. The Biden administration also imposed trade sanctions last week on several Chinese companies and institutions, a number of Chinese technology companies, accusing the government in Beijing of advancing high-tech surveillance on the Uighurs. “The Chinese government is conducting a brutal campaign of genocide against Uyghur Muslims and other Turkic ethnic minority groups in the Uyghur region,” the group’s government affairs director, Robert McCaw, said in a statement.

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Situation in Xinjiang belies 'human rights' smears
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Situation in Xinjiang belies 'human rights' smears

China Daily  

Tourists enjoy a dance performed by a Uygur artist at a homestay in the ancient city of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on June 14, 2024. The lawmakers of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region passed a bill recently supporting the development of local enterprises and relevant industries that have been sanctioned by the United States. The US has deliberately fabricated …

Situation in Xinjiang belies 'human rights' smears
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Situation in Xinjiang belies 'human rights' smears

China Daily  

Tourists enjoy a dance performed by a Uygur artist at a homestay in the ancient city of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on June 14, 2024. The lawmakers of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region passed a bill recently supporting the development of local enterprises and relevant industries that have been sanctioned by the United States. The US has deliberately fabricated …

Xinjiang resolution against US sanctions takes effect
4 months, 1 week ago

Xinjiang resolution against US sanctions takes effect

China Daily  

Female employees operate at a workshop of Xinjiang Middle Hoshine Silicon Industry in the suburb of Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 29, 2024. URUMQI -- A resolution opposing a series of US sanctions related to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and providing support for affected companies was unveiled and took effect on Monday, according to the …

US biotech company halts sales of DNA kits in Tibet, as lawmakers mull more export controls on China
1 year ago

US biotech company halts sales of DNA kits in Tibet, as lawmakers mull more export controls on China

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A U.S. biotech company has halted sales of its DNA testing products in the Chinese ethnic region of Tibet, as lawmakers mull export controls to keep Beijing from using American products to conduct massive surveillance of its own citizens. Thermo Fisher, based in Waltham, Mass., said in a statement that it made the decision in mid-2023 to cease …

US biotech company halts sales of DNA kits in Tibet, as lawmakers mull more export controls on China
1 year ago

US biotech company halts sales of DNA kits in Tibet, as lawmakers mull more export controls on China

The Independent  

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China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in Xinjiang
1 year ago

China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in Xinjiang

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights abuses committed against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups native to the country’s far northwestern region of Xinjiang. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning was quoted as announcing late Tuesday night that Los Angeles-based research and data …

50 Nations Condemn Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang in United Nations
2 years, 2 months ago

50 Nations Condemn Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang in United Nations

News 18  

Fifty countries on Monday signed onto a statement read during a UN debate that condemned the “severe and systematic” human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang region. “We are gravely concerned about the human rights situation in the People’s Republic of China, especially the ongoing human rights violations of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in Xinjiang,” said the statement, read …

UN members condemn China over abuse of Uighurs in Xinjiang
2 years, 2 months ago

UN members condemn China over abuse of Uighurs in Xinjiang

Al Jazeera  

Fifty countries have urged China to uphold international human rights obligations in its treatment of the Uighur minority. Fifty countries have called on China to “uphold its international human rights obligations” in a joint statement read out during a United Nations debate that condemned violations against Uighurs and other predominately Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang region. The statement, read out …

US slams China on human rights violations in Xinjiang; vows to hold Beijing accountable
2 years, 4 months ago

US slams China on human rights violations in Xinjiang; vows to hold Beijing accountable

India TV News  

Highlights UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Report on Xinjiang that was released on Wednesday Biden administration has taken concrete measure ensure global supply chain are free of forced labour Chinese foreign ministry has criticized the much-awaited report by outgoing UN human rights chief. Slamming China for its continued violation of human rights of minority communities in Xinjiang, Tibet and …

UN cites possible crimes against humanity in China’s Xinjiang
2 years, 4 months ago

UN cites possible crimes against humanity in China’s Xinjiang

The Independent  

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U.N. cites possible crimes against humanity in China's Xinjiang
2 years, 4 months ago

U.N. cites possible crimes against humanity in China's Xinjiang

The Hindu  

China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office said in a long-awaited report Wednesday, which cited “serious” rights violations and patterns of torture in recent years. The U.N. report says “serious human rights violations” have been committed in Xinjiang under China’s …

US implements import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang over allegations of forced labour, genocide against Uyghurs
2 years, 6 months ago

US implements import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang over allegations of forced labour, genocide against Uyghurs

ABC  

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US is rallying its allies against forced labour as it begins implementing an import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang region, where Washington says Beijing is committing genocide. Key points: Xinjiang is a major cotton producer that also supplies much of the world's materials for solar panels US says importers will need to …

Xinjiang Police Files reveal Chinese govt's suppression of Muslim Uyghurs
2 years, 7 months ago

Xinjiang Police Files reveal Chinese govt's suppression of Muslim Uyghurs

Op India  

The ‘Xinjiang police files’ that were leaked recently revealed that the Chinese Communist Party led by Xi Jinping is involved in brazen human rights abuse against Muslims in Xinjiang. The matter came to light when the ‘Xinjiang police files’ were published last week by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation with cooperation from 14 media outlets from 11 countries. The …

Airbnb questioned over Xinjiang business amid Uighur ‘genocide’
3 years ago

Airbnb questioned over Xinjiang business amid Uighur ‘genocide’

Al Jazeera  

More than a dozen of Airbnb’s listings in Xinjiang are on land reportedly owned by a company under US sanctions list since 2020. Two members of the US Congress have raised concerns about home rental firm Airbnb Inc’s business activities in China’s Xinjiang region, where Washington says Beijing is committing genocide against Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic groups. The legislators …

China rebukes so-called Xinjiang tribunal
3 years ago

China rebukes so-called Xinjiang tribunal

China Daily  

FILE PHOTO: Residents in Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. China strongly condemned and firmly opposed the so-called final ruling of the "Uyghur Tribunal", which was a ridiculous farce under the pretext of the law, said officials and legal experts. The so-called tribunal pinned on the "genocide" label and then imposed sanctions on Xinjiang in an attempt to contain China, he said, …

Joe Biden signs Bill banning goods from China's Xinjiang over forced labor: all you need to know about law
3 years ago

Joe Biden signs Bill banning goods from China's Xinjiang over forced labor: all you need to know about law

Firstpost  

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act sets its sights on three products in particular: cotton, of which Xinjiang is one of the world’s major producers; tomatoes; and polysilicon, a material used to produce solar panels. US President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Thursday to block imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove the items were made …

US President Joe Biden signs bills on forced labor in China
3 years ago

US President Joe Biden signs bills on forced labor in China

India TV News  

Highlights US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" This act will ban importing of goods into US made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang province Biden also signed a separate bill on Thursday funding research into a cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" …

China calls US law on Xinjiang imports ‘economic bullying’
3 years ago

China calls US law on Xinjiang imports ‘economic bullying’

Al Jazeera  

China’s Commerce Ministry expresses ‘strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition’ to the US ban on imports from Xinjiang region. China’s Ministry of Commerce has expressed “strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition” to a United States ban on imports from Xinjiang region. US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law legislation that bans imports from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns about forced …

Biden signs bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang over Uyghur 'genocide'
3 years ago

Biden signs bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang over Uyghur 'genocide'

India Today  

US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law legislation that bans imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labour, the White House said. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is part of the US pushback against Beijing's treatment of the China's Uyghur Muslim minority, which Washington has labelled genocide. READ | 43 countries call on China to …

US sanctions China’s biotech sector over Uighur rights abuses
3 years ago

US sanctions China’s biotech sector over Uighur rights abuses

Al Jazeera  

The Biden administration has slapped trade sanctions on several Chinese companies and institutions, citing national security and China’s oppression of its largely Muslim Uighur minority population. The move, which bars the listed companies from trading or exchanging products with the United States, was announced on the same day the US Congress passed legislation targeting exports from China’s western Xinjiang region. …

US Holocaust Museum says China ‘may be committing genocide’
3 years, 2 months ago

US Holocaust Museum says China ‘may be committing genocide’

Al Jazeera  

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has released a report detailing evidence of increasing government repression against Uighur Muslims in China’s western Xinjiang region. The report released on Tuesday “expresses the Museum’s grave concern that the Chinese government may be committing genocide” against the Uighurs, the organisation’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide said in a statement. The report, …

43 countries call on China at UN to respect Uighur rights
3 years, 2 months ago

43 countries call on China at UN to respect Uighur rights

The Hindu  

Forty-three countries have called on China to “ensure full respect for the rule of law” for the Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang, in a statement read at the United Nations on Thursday that sparked outrage from Beijing. “We call on China to allow immediate, meaningful and unfettered access to Xinjiang for independent observers, including the UN High Commissioner for Human …

US Senate votes to ban products from China's Xinjiang over human rights violations of Uyghur Muslims
3 years, 3 months ago

US Senate votes to ban products from China's Xinjiang over human rights violations of Uyghur Muslims

Firstpost  

The measure now heads to the House of Representatives, which must pass it if it is to reach President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature Washington, United States: The US Senate has passed legislation that would ban products imported from China’s Xinjiang region, the latest move to pressure Beijing over what Washington says are major human rights abuses against the …

China vows retaliation after the U.S. blacklists companies
3 years, 5 months ago

China vows retaliation after the U.S. blacklists companies

Daily Mail  

China pledged to take 'necessary measures' to respond to the U.S. blacklisting of Chinese companies over their alleged role in abuses of its Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities. The Commerce Department is punishing companies for their involvement in human rights abuses against Uyghurs The U.S. Commerce Department said in a statement Friday that the electronics and technology firms …

Shouting at China over alleged Uighur genocide won’t help – instead the West must find a way to work with them
3 years, 6 months ago

Shouting at China over alleged Uighur genocide won’t help – instead the West must find a way to work with them

The Independent  

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Biden to push G7 on Uighur forced labour in China’s Xinjiang
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden to push G7 on Uighur forced labour in China’s Xinjiang

Al Jazeera  

US president to attend meeting of the advanced economies in person in the UK in June, where he is expected to raise the Uighur issue. Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser to Biden and deputy director of the National Economic Council, said on Friday that the G7 meeting in Cornwall would focus on health security, a synchronised economic response to …

China rejects accusations of abuses in Xinjiang
3 years, 8 months ago

China rejects accusations of abuses in Xinjiang

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s government on Tuesday rejected accusations of abuses in the Xinjiang region after a human rights group appealed for a U.N. investigation into possible crimes against humanity. Accusations of forced labor or detentions in the northwestern region are “lies and false information concocted by anti-China forces,” said a foreign ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin. He accused critics of trying …

US claims over Xinjiang called 'baseless rhetoric'
3 years, 9 months ago

US claims over Xinjiang called 'baseless rhetoric'

China Daily  

Farmers harvest pomegranates in Pishan county of Hotan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Oct 8, 2020. The US accusations of "genocide" and "forced labor" in China's Xinjiang are "baseless rhetoric" by "American politicians or media pundits" in an attempt to contain China's development, experts said. The administration of former United States president Donald Trump accused China in January …

China commits ‘genocide’ against Uighurs: State Department report
3 years, 9 months ago

China commits ‘genocide’ against Uighurs: State Department report

Al Jazeera  

China is committing “genocide and crimes against humanity” against its mostly Muslim Uighur minority in the western region of Xinjiang, the US State Department said in its annual report on human rights globally. China has rejected accusations of abuses in Xinjiang, accusing countries and human rights groups of launching “slanderous attacks” about conditions for Muslim Uighurs and other minorities in …

China ‘bears responsibility for committing genocide’ against Uighurs
3 years, 10 months ago

China ‘bears responsibility for committing genocide’ against Uighurs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Chinese government’s actions against …

China Xinjiang: First independent report into Uyghur genocide allegations claims evidence of Beijing’s ‘intent to destroy’ Muslim minorities
3 years, 10 months ago

China Xinjiang: First independent report into Uyghur genocide allegations claims evidence of Beijing’s ‘intent to destroy’ Muslim minorities

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The Chinese government’s alleged actions in Xinjiang have violated every single provision in the United Nations’ Genocide Convention, according to an independent report by more than 50 global experts in international law, genocide and the China region. The report, released Tuesday by the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy think tank in Washington DC, claimed the …

China rejects Uighurs genocide charge, invites UN’s rights chief
3 years, 10 months ago

China rejects Uighurs genocide charge, invites UN’s rights chief

Al Jazeera  

Activists and UN rights experts have said that at least one million Muslims are detained in camps in the remote western region. Foreign Minister Wang Yi, addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, said there were 24,000 mosques in the western region, adding that “basic facts show that there has never been so-called genocide, forced labour …

US reintroduces bill to ban forced-labour products from Xinjiang
3 years, 10 months ago

US reintroduces bill to ban forced-labour products from Xinjiang

Al Jazeera  

The bill allows the United States to take action against goods produced with forced labour and will allow President Joe Biden’s administration to sanction traffickers of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities. The United States House of Representatives on Thursday reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless it is certified they are not produced with …

Pompeo’s Xinjiang ‘genocide’ declaration presents Biden with an early China challenge
3 years, 11 months ago

Pompeo’s Xinjiang ‘genocide’ declaration presents Biden with an early China challenge

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — As Joe Biden prepared to be sworn in as United States President on Wednesday, both the outgoing Trump administration and Beijing made a last-minute play to shape his future China policy – and provide the first major foreign policy challenge of his term. About 24 hours before Biden took office, the US State Department officially accused …

US Government accuses China of committing genocide, crimes against humanity in treatment of Uyghur Muslims
3 years, 11 months ago

US Government accuses China of committing genocide, crimes against humanity in treatment of Uyghur Muslims

ABC  

The US Government has accused China of committing "genocide and crimes against humanity" in its oppression of Uyghur Muslims in its Xinjiang region. Key points: China/US relations have been at a low in the final year of the Trump presidency, largely due to tensions over the coronavirus pandemic Mike Pompeo labelled China's treatment of Uighurs as genocide that he believes …

US first country to declare China's campaign against Uighurs a 'genocide'
3 years, 11 months ago

US first country to declare China's campaign against Uighurs a 'genocide'

The Telegraph  

"I believe this genocide is ongoing, and that we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uighurs by the Chinese party-state," he added. The move is certain to strain further already frayed ties between the world's top two economies, which have plummeted to their lowest level in decades in the last year of President Donald Trump's administration. The rare determination …

Xinjiang: US accuses China of ‘genocide’ of Uyghurs and minority groups
3 years, 11 months ago

Xinjiang: US accuses China of ‘genocide’ of Uyghurs and minority groups

CNN  

CNN — The US has officially determined that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and ethnic and religious minority groups who live in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. “This genocide is ongoing, and…we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs by the Chinese party-state,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement …

UK condemns China’s ‘horrific barbarism’ against Uighur minority
3 years, 11 months ago

UK condemns China’s ‘horrific barbarism’ against Uighur minority

Al Jazeera  

Foreign secretary slams rights abuses and outlines new rules banning imports of goods suspected of using forced labour. The United Kingdom has accused China of human rights violations amounting to “barbarism” against its Uighur minority, as it announced, on Tuesday, new rules to ban imports of goods suspected of using forced labour. “We have a moral duty to respond.” Raab …

US to block goods from Chinese company over rights abuses
4 years, 1 month ago

US to block goods from Chinese company over rights abuses

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. said Wednesday it would block imports from a major Chinese producer of cotton goods because of its reliance on workers detained as part of a crackdown on ethnic minorities in China’s northwest. China swiftly denounced the measure, with foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying calling it a deliberate effort to use “false news” to “restrict and suppress …

Biden campaign calls China's treatment of Uighur Muslims 'genocide' and pressures Trump to 'take action'
4 years, 4 months ago

Biden campaign calls China's treatment of Uighur Muslims 'genocide' and pressures Trump to 'take action'

The Independent  

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Activists are urging big brands to eradicate traces of human rights abuse in Xinjiang from their supply chains
4 years, 5 months ago

Activists are urging big brands to eradicate traces of human rights abuse in Xinjiang from their supply chains

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — Global businesses are facing mounting pressure from activist groups and the US government to reexamine and cut any ties they might have to China’s Xinjiang region, where allegations of human rights violations have run rampant for years. That came after Washington, DC warned American companies of the risks of doing business with Chinese companies that …

US sanctions 11 Chinese companies over human rights abuses in Xinjiang
4 years, 5 months ago

US sanctions 11 Chinese companies over human rights abuses in Xinjiang

CNN  

Hong Kong / Atlanta CNN Business — The United States is restricting 11 Chinese companies from buying American technology and other goods because it says they’re linked to alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang. US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said in a statement Monday that the restrictions would ensure that US goods and tech are not used in “the …

Human Rights Watch launches damning report on China, urging action against oppression and abuses
4 years, 11 months ago

Human Rights Watch launches damning report on China, urging action against oppression and abuses

ABC  

Beijing's "crushing" oppression at home and its moves to spread its censorship to the rest of the world are threatening decades of progress made on global human rights, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. Key points: HRW's global chief launched the report in New York after being barred from Hong Kong The report calls on governments to collectively …

China races to destroy records after leaks reveal information on Uighur Muslim detention camps
5 years ago

China races to destroy records after leaks reveal information on Uighur Muslim detention camps

The Independent  

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Xinjiang: US House votes for targeted sanctions against Chinese officials over Muslim human rights abuse
5 years, 1 month ago

Xinjiang: US House votes for targeted sanctions against Chinese officials over Muslim human rights abuse

The Independent  

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US blacklists dozens of Chinese tech companies and agencies over ‘brutal oppression’ of Uighurs
5 years, 3 months ago

US blacklists dozens of Chinese tech companies and agencies over ‘brutal oppression’ of Uighurs

The Independent  

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Chinese police use app to target ‘suspicious’ citizens in Xinjiang: HRW report
5 years, 8 months ago

Chinese police use app to target ‘suspicious’ citizens in Xinjiang: HRW report

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Chinese authorities are using an app to collect vast amounts of data on Muslim Uyghurs, as part of a mass surveillance system in the far western region of Xinjiang, according to a report on Thursday. “The Chinese government will continue to uphold the unity of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, safeguard their happy life …

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