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US ban on imports of Chinese products from Xinjiang upsets Xi's hegemony d
Updated : 3 hours, 57 min ago IST
Beijing [China], June 29 (ANI): China's ambitious bid to be the hegemon and Hercules of the universe is going to be a pipe dream for now with a US ban on import of Chinese products made with forced labour in Xinjiang province coming into force from June 21.
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UN rights chief's first visit to China seems to be 'wasted historic opport
Updated : 1 day, 16 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 27 (ANI): The recent visit of the UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to China could be a golden chance to investigate the human rights situation in areas like Xinjiang and Tibet and to hold Beijing accountable for its abuses against Uyghurs and Tibetans, but it seems tha
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Biden under pressure to fight China's forced-labour industry in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 days, 10 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 26 (ANI): Though US President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to ban imports of any products connected to forced-labour practices in China's northwest Xinjiang region, it came to light that some administration figures and business interests are f
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Ill-treatment of Uyghurs by China to be investigated: ICC
Updated : 3 days, 13 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): In a radical step, a group of lawyers has knocked on the doors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against China's increasing atrocities toward Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim populations in the Xinjiang region.
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Uyghur American elected as chairman of US Commission on International Reli
Updated : 4 days, 3 hours ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Uyghur-American lawyer Nury Turkel, who was born in Kashgar in a detention camp during China's Cultural Revolution was unanimously elected chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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Chinese propaganda at UNHRC and Michelle Bachelet's embarrassing trip to X
Updated : 4 days, 23 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): In a series of events in the last one month, China has managed to fool the international community, and specifically the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC).
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Demotion of former Xinjiang chief sparks speculation in China
Updated : 5 days, 14 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): The former chief of China's Xinjiang region, who was replaced last year is now working in a senior agricultural post elsewhere in the country, according to media report.
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China braces for US ban on import of products from Xinjiang
Updated : 6 days, 3 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): The import of Chinese goods manufactured by forced labour in Xinjiang province will now be blocked after the US-sponsored Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act came into effect on June 21.
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Growing frustration in China over Pakistan's inability to finish CPEC proj
Updated : 6 days, 21 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): Amid long delays in the completion of projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from China's Xinjiang province, which was 'officially' launched in 2015 and over this, Islamabad's lackadaisical attitude had sowed the frustration in Beijing, a m
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US import ban over China's forced labour in Xinjiang takes effect
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): A US law banning imports from China's Xinjiang province took effect on Tuesday, a move aimed at addressing Beijing's use of forced labour among the Uyghur minority.
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China radically reshaping power in Central Asia
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Beijing [China], June 19 (ANI): China's rise is changing the world. Much attention has been given to how China's geo-economic vision is playing out in the global economy, or how its technology is reshaping the planet, yet it is over its western borders, in Central Asia, that China's influenc
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47 countries voice concern over China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): Forty-seven countries voiced concern about abuses in China's far-western Xinjiang region, and demanded that the United Nations rights chief publish a long-delayed report on Uyghurs' repression.
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