#Newspaper
Conflicts of Core Values between Australia and China - human rights partnership canned
Editor’s Note: As China has overtaken the U.S.A. to become the top foreign investor in Australia, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg hopes for a best-case scenario in which “We may disagree at times with China on human rights, foreign investment and other matters but by being clear and consistent our differences need not undermine this important relationship.” The reality is much harsher as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFTA) has quietly suspended the two-decade-long Human Rights Technical Co-operation Program between the two countries.
Perhaps it all started when Liberal Party's Andrew Hast, the chairman of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, compared the communist China with Nazi Germany, and criticised China's abuses on #Uighurs in the country's western #Xinjiang province in August 2019. It didn't help when Senator James Paterson from the same party met with Hong Kong students in a show of support, and also advocated a ban on Huawei from operating in Australia's 5G network. Australian think tank China Matters invited Hast and Paterson to a tour on 15 November, but was forced to cancel after the Chinese embassy rejected their visas. After that, the human rights program was called to an end.
So much for not undermining relationship. But the Australian government has done the right thing, as no amount of investment money is worth trading over one country's values on human rights.
(18 Nov) After China denied entries to two Australian politicians over their criticisms of China's human rights records, the Australian government quietly ended the two-decade-long Human Rights Technical Co-operation Program, which was supposed to promote mutual understanding on human rights issues between the two countries.
Full Article: news.com.au
https://amp.news.com.au/world/asia/chinaaustralia-human-rights-partnership-canned/news-story/eecd36aca02bff017660ae01bd007083
#Australia #HumanRights
Conflicts of Core Values between Australia and China - human rights partnership canned
Editor’s Note: As China has overtaken the U.S.A. to become the top foreign investor in Australia, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg hopes for a best-case scenario in which “We may disagree at times with China on human rights, foreign investment and other matters but by being clear and consistent our differences need not undermine this important relationship.” The reality is much harsher as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFTA) has quietly suspended the two-decade-long Human Rights Technical Co-operation Program between the two countries.
Perhaps it all started when Liberal Party's Andrew Hast, the chairman of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, compared the communist China with Nazi Germany, and criticised China's abuses on #Uighurs in the country's western #Xinjiang province in August 2019. It didn't help when Senator James Paterson from the same party met with Hong Kong students in a show of support, and also advocated a ban on Huawei from operating in Australia's 5G network. Australian think tank China Matters invited Hast and Paterson to a tour on 15 November, but was forced to cancel after the Chinese embassy rejected their visas. After that, the human rights program was called to an end.
So much for not undermining relationship. But the Australian government has done the right thing, as no amount of investment money is worth trading over one country's values on human rights.
(18 Nov) After China denied entries to two Australian politicians over their criticisms of China's human rights records, the Australian government quietly ended the two-decade-long Human Rights Technical Co-operation Program, which was supposed to promote mutual understanding on human rights issues between the two countries.
Full Article: news.com.au
https://amp.news.com.au/world/asia/chinaaustralia-human-rights-partnership-canned/news-story/eecd36aca02bff017660ae01bd007083
#Australia #HumanRights
#Report
Our Financial Stalingrad against China
Editor’s Note: This is the first battle of Financial war by fellows in the financial sector.
We are a group of Hong Kong citizens concerned with the financial well-being of our city. When CUHK and PolyU were under siege last November, we launched a precision strike on Megvii Technology, a CCP-controled technology giant. We now declare that we have successfully strangled Megvii’s IPO plan to death, incurring them a loss of US$500 million.
As a Made in China 2025 frontrunner, Megvii is culpable for mass surveillance and suppression of Uighurs in Xinjiang. Not deterred by existing US sanctions, Megvii played dirty tricks in order to get listed in Hong Kong. This has alarmed much of Central and caught the attention of the US Treasury.
It is most delightful to watch one fall in the last mile. At the eve of Megvii’s hearing, we had voiced our concerns of it violating the listing regulations of HKEX as one. Tens of thousands of complaint later, we are relieved by the abortion of Megvii’s IPO, in no small part due to your wise decisions.
With neither chips nor dollars, Megvii has been effectively contained, a unicorn stranded in the humanitarian wasteland of Xinjiang.
We are also relieved to see that Sensetime, another Made in China 2025 candidate, has immediately suspended its IPO plan for Hong Kong, incurring a loss of US$750 million. We learnt that many Xinjiang- or Big Tech-related CCP firms are now having second thoughts about a Hong Kong listing.
However, such relieves are only temporary. As you and your esteemed colleagues has long realized, the maintenance of Hong Kong’s financial salient is a constant battle.
From time immemorial, Hong Kong has been the sole USD lifeline for the People’s Republic of China. If Beijing is set to destroy Hong Kong, we will destroy all of China, and we will know where the real stake lies. Now in the shadow of the National Security Law, the US is actively considering imposing financial sanctions on China. If China continues to free-ride on Hong Kong’s USD access, I fear we cannot but contemplate sanctions on HKEX, something no sane person wants to see.
To Beijing: You can either have the Law or an international financial centre. You cannot have your cake and eat it. Nothing is simpler than this.
Our words to China Concepts Stocks: Hong Kong is not your backyard. Nor is Hong Kong your USD ATM. What we do to Megvii, we are ready to do it to you. You have been warned.
In trust of your judgement,
Hong Kong Protestors
Souce: LIHKG, (28-May)
https://lih.kg/2038608
#Finance #MegviiTechnology #Xinjiang #Uighurs #Surveillance #HKEX #NationalSecurityLaw #MadeIbChina2025 #ChinaConceptsStocks
Our Financial Stalingrad against China
Editor’s Note: This is the first battle of Financial war by fellows in the financial sector.
We are a group of Hong Kong citizens concerned with the financial well-being of our city. When CUHK and PolyU were under siege last November, we launched a precision strike on Megvii Technology, a CCP-controled technology giant. We now declare that we have successfully strangled Megvii’s IPO plan to death, incurring them a loss of US$500 million.
As a Made in China 2025 frontrunner, Megvii is culpable for mass surveillance and suppression of Uighurs in Xinjiang. Not deterred by existing US sanctions, Megvii played dirty tricks in order to get listed in Hong Kong. This has alarmed much of Central and caught the attention of the US Treasury.
It is most delightful to watch one fall in the last mile. At the eve of Megvii’s hearing, we had voiced our concerns of it violating the listing regulations of HKEX as one. Tens of thousands of complaint later, we are relieved by the abortion of Megvii’s IPO, in no small part due to your wise decisions.
With neither chips nor dollars, Megvii has been effectively contained, a unicorn stranded in the humanitarian wasteland of Xinjiang.
We are also relieved to see that Sensetime, another Made in China 2025 candidate, has immediately suspended its IPO plan for Hong Kong, incurring a loss of US$750 million. We learnt that many Xinjiang- or Big Tech-related CCP firms are now having second thoughts about a Hong Kong listing.
However, such relieves are only temporary. As you and your esteemed colleagues has long realized, the maintenance of Hong Kong’s financial salient is a constant battle.
From time immemorial, Hong Kong has been the sole USD lifeline for the People’s Republic of China. If Beijing is set to destroy Hong Kong, we will destroy all of China, and we will know where the real stake lies. Now in the shadow of the National Security Law, the US is actively considering imposing financial sanctions on China. If China continues to free-ride on Hong Kong’s USD access, I fear we cannot but contemplate sanctions on HKEX, something no sane person wants to see.
To Beijing: You can either have the Law or an international financial centre. You cannot have your cake and eat it. Nothing is simpler than this.
Our words to China Concepts Stocks: Hong Kong is not your backyard. Nor is Hong Kong your USD ATM. What we do to Megvii, we are ready to do it to you. You have been warned.
In trust of your judgement,
Hong Kong Protestors
Souce: LIHKG, (28-May)
https://lih.kg/2038608
#Finance #MegviiTechnology #Xinjiang #Uighurs #Surveillance #HKEX #NationalSecurityLaw #MadeIbChina2025 #ChinaConceptsStocks
LIHKG 討論區
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#Newspaper
China convicts Uighurs in sham trials at Xinjiang camps
//Detainees were forced to endure countless hours of indoctrination and language classes, perched on small stools.
//In some facilities, they had to watch TV propaganda broadcasts praising President Xi Jinping for hours on end.The slightest infraction, such as a whispered conversation, was met with swift and harsh punishment.
//After picking a crime from the list came a sham trial, in which the detainees had no legal representation and were convicted without evidence or due process of any kind.
//they were handed a piece of paper detailing more than 70 acts and forced to choose one or several of them. Most of them were religious acts, such as praying or wearing a headscarf.
//the Chinese government has released those with Kazakh residency permits, passports and family members living in Kazakhstan, which is home to a sizable Uighur community.
//For those without outside links and citizenship, however, it is virtually impossible to escape China's vast network of repression and constant surveillance.
//"They threatened us: 'if you don't pick anything, that means you did not confess your crime. If you don't confess, you will stay here forever.' That's why we picked one crime,"
//one man managed to refuse, a rare show of individual bravery in a camp surrounded by high walls and watchtowers and guarded by armed officials.Over the course of three days, officials — some high-ranking — berated him endlessly, trying to force him to sign a confession... he was released into months of strictly monitored house arrest. At the time, he says, he was the only one who was freed, while all the other detainees remained in the camp.
//most acts deemed illegal were of a religious nature is a further indication that the Chinese authorities are targeting the religion and cultural practices of its Muslim minorities in an attempt to eradicate them
//Since 2016, the Chinese government has been arresting ethnic Uighurs and Kazakhs and imprisoning them in what... have been referred to in the West as "re-education" camps.
//According to estimates, at least 1 million of the roughly 10 million Uighurs and Kazakhs living in Xinjiang have disappeared into the vast network of prisons and camps.
//There are legitimate reasons for Chinese authorities to be concerned about Uighur extremism... decades of cultural and political discrimination... state-sponsored migration of the majority ethnic Han Chinese to Xinjiang, widespread discontent has... turned violent.
//in the majority of cases, China is imprisoning Uighurs based on their religious practices and culture, rather than extremist behavior.
//there are three categories of re-education camps: Those with minimum security, which seem to have been built with the goal of reintegrating detainees back into society and have a strong vocational training element. Secondly, there are medium-security facilities, where detainees spend three to five years but are eventually released. Finally, Ruser says, there are the maximum-security facilities, where detainees are locked up indefinitely, "with no intention of ever letting them back into society again" — an extrajudicial form of detention
//imams and those deemed religious are more likely to be sent to prison, sometimes for decades, most likely as they are considered "irreformable."
//Others were sent to labor camps, like one detainee who told DW she was forced to work in a glove factory.
//Their experience has left deep emotional and physical scars. All of the former inmates DW spoke to suffered from obvious post-traumatic stress disorder, including memory loss and insomnia. During the interviews, they alternated between rage and tears, as they recalled their ordeals, which included interrogations and sexual abuse.
Full Article: DW EXCLUSIVE (08-June)
Further reading:
Trump Signs Sanctions Law Over China Crackdown of Uyghurs
https://international.thenewslens.com/amparticle/136604
#China #reeducationcamp #Detention #Xinjiang #Uighurs #Kazakhs #Muslim #Prison
China convicts Uighurs in sham trials at Xinjiang camps
//Detainees were forced to endure countless hours of indoctrination and language classes, perched on small stools.
//In some facilities, they had to watch TV propaganda broadcasts praising President Xi Jinping for hours on end.The slightest infraction, such as a whispered conversation, was met with swift and harsh punishment.
//After picking a crime from the list came a sham trial, in which the detainees had no legal representation and were convicted without evidence or due process of any kind.
//they were handed a piece of paper detailing more than 70 acts and forced to choose one or several of them. Most of them were religious acts, such as praying or wearing a headscarf.
//the Chinese government has released those with Kazakh residency permits, passports and family members living in Kazakhstan, which is home to a sizable Uighur community.
//For those without outside links and citizenship, however, it is virtually impossible to escape China's vast network of repression and constant surveillance.
//"They threatened us: 'if you don't pick anything, that means you did not confess your crime. If you don't confess, you will stay here forever.' That's why we picked one crime,"
//one man managed to refuse, a rare show of individual bravery in a camp surrounded by high walls and watchtowers and guarded by armed officials.Over the course of three days, officials — some high-ranking — berated him endlessly, trying to force him to sign a confession... he was released into months of strictly monitored house arrest. At the time, he says, he was the only one who was freed, while all the other detainees remained in the camp.
//most acts deemed illegal were of a religious nature is a further indication that the Chinese authorities are targeting the religion and cultural practices of its Muslim minorities in an attempt to eradicate them
//Since 2016, the Chinese government has been arresting ethnic Uighurs and Kazakhs and imprisoning them in what... have been referred to in the West as "re-education" camps.
//According to estimates, at least 1 million of the roughly 10 million Uighurs and Kazakhs living in Xinjiang have disappeared into the vast network of prisons and camps.
//There are legitimate reasons for Chinese authorities to be concerned about Uighur extremism... decades of cultural and political discrimination... state-sponsored migration of the majority ethnic Han Chinese to Xinjiang, widespread discontent has... turned violent.
//in the majority of cases, China is imprisoning Uighurs based on their religious practices and culture, rather than extremist behavior.
//there are three categories of re-education camps: Those with minimum security, which seem to have been built with the goal of reintegrating detainees back into society and have a strong vocational training element. Secondly, there are medium-security facilities, where detainees spend three to five years but are eventually released. Finally, Ruser says, there are the maximum-security facilities, where detainees are locked up indefinitely, "with no intention of ever letting them back into society again" — an extrajudicial form of detention
//imams and those deemed religious are more likely to be sent to prison, sometimes for decades, most likely as they are considered "irreformable."
//Others were sent to labor camps, like one detainee who told DW she was forced to work in a glove factory.
//Their experience has left deep emotional and physical scars. All of the former inmates DW spoke to suffered from obvious post-traumatic stress disorder, including memory loss and insomnia. During the interviews, they alternated between rage and tears, as they recalled their ordeals, which included interrogations and sexual abuse.
Full Article: DW EXCLUSIVE (08-June)
Further reading:
Trump Signs Sanctions Law Over China Crackdown of Uyghurs
https://international.thenewslens.com/amparticle/136604
#China #reeducationcamp #Detention #Xinjiang #Uighurs #Kazakhs #Muslim #Prison
Deutsche Welle
China convicts Uighurs in sham trials at Xinjiang camps
More than 1 million Uighurs have disappeared into China's internment camps in Xinjiang province. A DW investigation reveals how many of them were tried for their alleged "crimes" in sham trials.
#Newspaper
How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled the country
//2 million Muslim Uighurs have been reportedly been incarcerated in re-education camps and members of the Uighur diaspora living outside of China say the government’s mass surveillance apparatus makes it impossible to contact family members without being monitored.
//China has been using software to track Uighurs and their diaspora since 2013. The malware followed Uighurs even as they fled China.
//The software is installed on mobile devices and is taking information without the owner’s knowledge. The malware focuses specifically also on apps that are keyboards or fonts for Uighur, indicating that the targeting is happening in a very particular way.
//those who are targeted to be aware of how at-risk they might be and take necessary precautions.
Full Article: The World
https://bit.ly/2Z0gttC
#Xinjiang #Uighurs #Apps #Surveillance #Malware #China #HumanRights
How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled the country
//2 million Muslim Uighurs have been reportedly been incarcerated in re-education camps and members of the Uighur diaspora living outside of China say the government’s mass surveillance apparatus makes it impossible to contact family members without being monitored.
//China has been using software to track Uighurs and their diaspora since 2013. The malware followed Uighurs even as they fled China.
//The software is installed on mobile devices and is taking information without the owner’s knowledge. The malware focuses specifically also on apps that are keyboards or fonts for Uighur, indicating that the targeting is happening in a very particular way.
//those who are targeted to be aware of how at-risk they might be and take necessary precautions.
Full Article: The World
https://bit.ly/2Z0gttC
#Xinjiang #Uighurs #Apps #Surveillance #Malware #China #HumanRights
The World from PRX
How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled
A new report found that Chinese surveillance of Uighurs started much earlier and is more comprehensive than previously thought. The World speaks to security researcher Apurva Kumar, one of the
A brief overview of Hong Kong's situation in French
If you follow what has been happening in Hong Kong, you should have realized that China's dictatorship not only controls the people of its own, the growing power is even threatening all other countries in the world.
It's no longer the problems of Uighurs or HongKongers only. Thus, the world, particularly the leaders, need to speak out against China.
Watch the video:
https://youtu.be/o7aP-jjJVZQ
#Uighurs #HongKong #China #Dictatorship
If you follow what has been happening in Hong Kong, you should have realized that China's dictatorship not only controls the people of its own, the growing power is even threatening all other countries in the world.
It's no longer the problems of Uighurs or HongKongers only. Thus, the world, particularly the leaders, need to speak out against China.
Watch the video:
https://youtu.be/o7aP-jjJVZQ
#Uighurs #HongKong #China #Dictatorship
YouTube
Manifestation Nationale en soutien à Hong Kong / National protest in support of Hong Kong
Event : https://www.facebook.com/events/281897293247450/
OUVREZ VOS PARAPLUIES
Ceci est un appel national à toutes les luttes , à tous les manifestants, à tous les citoyens français ou étrangers qui ont eu et qui ont encore de la sympathie envers le peuple…
OUVREZ VOS PARAPLUIES
Ceci est un appel national à toutes les luttes , à tous les manifestants, à tous les citoyens français ou étrangers qui ont eu et qui ont encore de la sympathie envers le peuple…
#Newspaper
Secret footage shows Uighur man’s detention inside Chinese prison
//Rare footage and text messages secretly sent by a detained Uighur man show chilling evidence of human rights violations by China, as global scrutiny of the situation in Xinjiang grows.
//According to reports by the BBC and the Globe and Mail, Merdan Ghappar, a successful model on the e-commerce platform Taobao, was detained after having spent over a year in prison on a drugs charge his supporters said was trumped up.
//Videos and text messages reportedly sent by Ghappar provide a detailed account of his detention and the shocking conditions he says he witnessed, including teenage boys being hooded and beaten, and of the widespread use of “four-piece suits” – combined restraints that are criticised by human rights groups.
//Other text messages revealed how children as young as 13 are targeted as part of China’s efforts to suppress the Muslim minority group’s religion and culture, with a document calling on children to “repent and surrender”.
//In his texts, Ghappar described being made to wear the “four-piece suit”, being threatened, and held in unsanitary, and dangerous conditions, with prisoners besieged by lice and sharing unwashed eating utensils to consume “the leftovers after the cops had eaten, made into rice soup”.
//The BBC said his messages continued for a few days before ceasing about five months ago, and that authorities had provided no formal information about his location or the reason for his detention.
//International focus on Xinjiang has increased in recent months, including widespread calls for independent investigators to be allowed in. The US has imposed sanctions over China’s treatment of the Uighur and other Turkic Muslim minorities, while other countries are debating similar measures.
//Abuse and mistreatment of the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang has been extensively documented but strenuously denied by Beijing, which claims its policies are to counter terrorism.
Full Article:The Guardian(5-Aug)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/05/secret-footage-uighur-detention-merdan-ghappar-chinese-prison-xinjiang
Video:
https://www.facebook.com/1242755359147955/posts/3142041389219333/?d=n
#Xinjiang #secretfootage #detention #Uighurs #Muslim #reeducationcamps
Secret footage shows Uighur man’s detention inside Chinese prison
//Rare footage and text messages secretly sent by a detained Uighur man show chilling evidence of human rights violations by China, as global scrutiny of the situation in Xinjiang grows.
//According to reports by the BBC and the Globe and Mail, Merdan Ghappar, a successful model on the e-commerce platform Taobao, was detained after having spent over a year in prison on a drugs charge his supporters said was trumped up.
//Videos and text messages reportedly sent by Ghappar provide a detailed account of his detention and the shocking conditions he says he witnessed, including teenage boys being hooded and beaten, and of the widespread use of “four-piece suits” – combined restraints that are criticised by human rights groups.
//Other text messages revealed how children as young as 13 are targeted as part of China’s efforts to suppress the Muslim minority group’s religion and culture, with a document calling on children to “repent and surrender”.
//In his texts, Ghappar described being made to wear the “four-piece suit”, being threatened, and held in unsanitary, and dangerous conditions, with prisoners besieged by lice and sharing unwashed eating utensils to consume “the leftovers after the cops had eaten, made into rice soup”.
//The BBC said his messages continued for a few days before ceasing about five months ago, and that authorities had provided no formal information about his location or the reason for his detention.
//International focus on Xinjiang has increased in recent months, including widespread calls for independent investigators to be allowed in. The US has imposed sanctions over China’s treatment of the Uighur and other Turkic Muslim minorities, while other countries are debating similar measures.
//Abuse and mistreatment of the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang has been extensively documented but strenuously denied by Beijing, which claims its policies are to counter terrorism.
Full Article:The Guardian(5-Aug)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/05/secret-footage-uighur-detention-merdan-ghappar-chinese-prison-xinjiang
Video:
https://www.facebook.com/1242755359147955/posts/3142041389219333/?d=n
#Xinjiang #secretfootage #detention #Uighurs #Muslim #reeducationcamps
the Guardian
Secret footage shows Uighur man’s detention inside Chinese prison
Merdan Ghappar’s texts and videos reveal shocking conditions in Xinjiang internment camps
#OpinionArticle #TheAuthor
The relationship between XPCC and Hong Kong
(1 Aug) Following four communist officials including Chen Quanguo, the U.S. Treasury Department once again imposes sanctions on the grounds of human rights in Xinjiang. This sanction is a big matter because the U.S. sanctions the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). The impacted industries are so wide that it grants a 60-day grace period for American companies to find alternative suppliers. In addition, the commander Peng Jiarui and the predecessor Sun Jinlong are both sanctioned.
//XPCC is... a body consisted of the Party, the government, the military and a business... has an independent militarized management and judicial system, and is composed entirely of Han Chinese... regarded as the third special administrative region of China outside of Hong Kong and Macau.
//XPCC came to Hong Kong to attract investment in 2013... 25 Hong Kong companies had invested USD 420 million in XPCC
//Last year, Prince signed a cooperation agreement with XPCC in Beijing and invested 4 million yuan to help build a training center in Xinjiang that can accommodate 8,000 people.
//The Hong Kong headquarters manages the finance, the Beijing and Shanghai offices manages the business, and opened a base in Xinjiang in 2018.
//To this type of company, Hong Kong has lost its status as a financial base for it after the United States ending Hong Kong’s special trading status. This type of company is on the watchlist and next to be sanctioned.
Full Translation:
https://telegra.ph/The-relationship-between-XPCC-and-Hong-Kong-08-15
Source: Author’s Facebook
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#XPCC #Xinjiang #Crops #Frontier #Blackwater #Uighurs #PengJiarui #SunJinlong #Sanction
The relationship between XPCC and Hong Kong
(1 Aug) Following four communist officials including Chen Quanguo, the U.S. Treasury Department once again imposes sanctions on the grounds of human rights in Xinjiang. This sanction is a big matter because the U.S. sanctions the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). The impacted industries are so wide that it grants a 60-day grace period for American companies to find alternative suppliers. In addition, the commander Peng Jiarui and the predecessor Sun Jinlong are both sanctioned.
//XPCC is... a body consisted of the Party, the government, the military and a business... has an independent militarized management and judicial system, and is composed entirely of Han Chinese... regarded as the third special administrative region of China outside of Hong Kong and Macau.
//XPCC came to Hong Kong to attract investment in 2013... 25 Hong Kong companies had invested USD 420 million in XPCC
//Last year, Prince signed a cooperation agreement with XPCC in Beijing and invested 4 million yuan to help build a training center in Xinjiang that can accommodate 8,000 people.
//The Hong Kong headquarters manages the finance, the Beijing and Shanghai offices manages the business, and opened a base in Xinjiang in 2018.
//To this type of company, Hong Kong has lost its status as a financial base for it after the United States ending Hong Kong’s special trading status. This type of company is on the watchlist and next to be sanctioned.
Full Translation:
https://telegra.ph/The-relationship-between-XPCC-and-Hong-Kong-08-15
Source: Author’s Facebook
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#XPCC #Xinjiang #Crops #Frontier #Blackwater #Uighurs #PengJiarui #SunJinlong #Sanction
Telegraph
The relationship between XPCC and Hong Kong
#OpinionArticle #TheAuthor (1 Aug) Following four communist officials including Chen Quanguo, the U.S. Treasury Department once again imposes sanctions on the grounds of human rights in Xinjiang. This sanction is a big matter because the U.S. sanctions the…
Over 160 rights groups call on IOC chief to revoke 2022 Beijing Winter Games
Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijing’s human rights record.
It is the largest coordinated effort following several months of similar calls from individual rights groups, and comes as Beijing is facing increased international backlash over policies including its treatment of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang and new security laws in Hong Kong.
Separately, in an open letter released Wednesday, a coalition of over 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch called for the U.N. to set up an independent international mechanism to monitor and report on the human rights situation in China.
#China #Olympics #IOC #Uighurs
Source: Reuters #Sep16
Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijing’s human rights record.
It is the largest coordinated effort following several months of similar calls from individual rights groups, and comes as Beijing is facing increased international backlash over policies including its treatment of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang and new security laws in Hong Kong.
Separately, in an open letter released Wednesday, a coalition of over 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch called for the U.N. to set up an independent international mechanism to monitor and report on the human rights situation in China.
#China #Olympics #IOC #Uighurs
Source: Reuters #Sep16
US halts imports from China's Uighur region for forced labor
Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China were blocked Monday from shipping their products to the U.S. because of their suspected reliance on forced labor from people detained as part of a massive campaign against ethnic minorities in the region.
Many Uyghurs in Xinjiang have been detained in re-education camps, and the Human Rights Watch has alleged that these camps have been used to indoctrinate Uyghurs and other Muslims since 2017 as part of a "people's war on terror," a policy announced in 2014. The re-educarion camps also functioned as forced labor camps, in which the detainees labor to produce products such as cotton for export.
Cotton is central to the industry of the region, and majority of China's cotton is produced in the Xinjiang province.
#US #Xinjiang #Uyghurs #Uighurs
Source: Associate Press #Sep15
https://apnews.com/0a2b64d4b2dfee8dc6be8d402a96ecbe
Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China were blocked Monday from shipping their products to the U.S. because of their suspected reliance on forced labor from people detained as part of a massive campaign against ethnic minorities in the region.
Many Uyghurs in Xinjiang have been detained in re-education camps, and the Human Rights Watch has alleged that these camps have been used to indoctrinate Uyghurs and other Muslims since 2017 as part of a "people's war on terror," a policy announced in 2014. The re-educarion camps also functioned as forced labor camps, in which the detainees labor to produce products such as cotton for export.
Cotton is central to the industry of the region, and majority of China's cotton is produced in the Xinjiang province.
#US #Xinjiang #Uyghurs #Uighurs
Source: Associate Press #Sep15
https://apnews.com/0a2b64d4b2dfee8dc6be8d402a96ecbe
Block China’s seat on human rights council over Uighurs, urges Lisa Nandy
With the government facing accusations of confusion over its relationship with Beijing, Nandy wrote a letter to foreign secretary Dominic Raab citing UN guidance that the UK should consider contribution of candidates to the promotion and protection of human rights” when voting for membership of the human rights council.
It comes after Raab last week suggested that Britain could boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 if evidence mounts over the abuse of Uighur Muslims.
The above gestures were inadequate in the face of the “disturbing evidence of mass detention, forced sterilisation and slave labour” emerging from the region. “The UK government must step up and lead international action to provide the UN with immediate, unfettered access to Xinjiang,” Nancy told the Observer.
Source: the Guardian #Oct10
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/10/block-chinas-seat-on-human-rights-council-over-uighurs-urges-lisa-nandy?ref=upstract.com&curator=upstract.com
#UK #UN #HumanRights #Uighurs #Xinjiang
With the government facing accusations of confusion over its relationship with Beijing, Nandy wrote a letter to foreign secretary Dominic Raab citing UN guidance that the UK should consider contribution of candidates to the promotion and protection of human rights” when voting for membership of the human rights council.
It comes after Raab last week suggested that Britain could boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 if evidence mounts over the abuse of Uighur Muslims.
The above gestures were inadequate in the face of the “disturbing evidence of mass detention, forced sterilisation and slave labour” emerging from the region. “The UK government must step up and lead international action to provide the UN with immediate, unfettered access to Xinjiang,” Nancy told the Observer.
Source: the Guardian #Oct10
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/10/block-chinas-seat-on-human-rights-council-over-uighurs-urges-lisa-nandy?ref=upstract.com&curator=upstract.com
#UK #UN #HumanRights #Uighurs #Xinjiang
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Block China’s seat on human rights council over Uighurs, urges Lisa Nandy
The UN must be allowed to conduct an inquiry into possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the shadow foreign secretary says
Beijing blasts Bob Rae after ambassador calls for UN to investigate genocide claims
Rae has asked the UN Human Rights Council to investigate China's treatment of the country's Uighurs in Xinjiang. Beijing has denied any wrongdoing, saying it is running a voluntary employment and language-training program.
Zhao on Monday used a number of select statistics that suggest China's Uighur population is growing at a faster rate than Canada's population to mock Rae's suggestions that the Uighurs are being persecuted.
However, Zhao's statistics appear to have been incomplete or inaccurate and did not address a report by The Associated Press in June that birthrates have been dramatically cut in Uighur-dominated areas of Xinjiang.
Source: CP24 #Nov17
https://www.cp24.com/news/beijing-blasts-bob-rae-after-ambassador-calls-for-un-to-investigate-genocide-claims-1.5191893
#Canada #Xinjiang #Uighurs #CCP #UN #ReEducationCamp
Rae has asked the UN Human Rights Council to investigate China's treatment of the country's Uighurs in Xinjiang. Beijing has denied any wrongdoing, saying it is running a voluntary employment and language-training program.
Zhao on Monday used a number of select statistics that suggest China's Uighur population is growing at a faster rate than Canada's population to mock Rae's suggestions that the Uighurs are being persecuted.
However, Zhao's statistics appear to have been incomplete or inaccurate and did not address a report by The Associated Press in June that birthrates have been dramatically cut in Uighur-dominated areas of Xinjiang.
Source: CP24 #Nov17
https://www.cp24.com/news/beijing-blasts-bob-rae-after-ambassador-calls-for-un-to-investigate-genocide-claims-1.5191893
#Canada #Xinjiang #Uighurs #CCP #UN #ReEducationCamp
#HumanRights #Solidarity
French Footballer Griezmann cuts ties with #Huawei citing fears over treatment of #Uighurs
Image: BBC
Source: Guardian #Dec10
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French Footballer Griezmann cuts ties with #Huawei citing fears over treatment of #Uighurs
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Source: Guardian #Dec10
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#HumanRights #Solidarity
French Footballer Griezmann cuts ties with #Huawei citing fears over treatment of #Uighurs
//The France and Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann ended his affiliation with Huawei on Dec 10, 202p, saying there are “strong suspicions” that the Chinese tech giant has contributed to the repression of the mostly Muslim minority Uighurs.
Griezmann’s announcement followed media reports that Huawei has tested facial recognition software intended to help China’s surveillance of the group.
“Following strong suspicions that the Huawei company has contributed to the development of a ‘Uighur alert’ thanks to facial recognition software, I am announcing the immediate termination of my partnership with the company,” Griezmann said in an Instagram post.
“I take this opportunity to invite Huawei to not just deny these accusations, but to take concrete actions as quickly as possible to condemn this mass repression, and to use its influence to contribute to the respect of human and women’s rights in society.”//
Image: BBC
Source: The Guardian #Dec10
www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/10/griezmann-cuts-ties-with-huawei-citing-fears-over-treatment-of-uighurs
#AntoineGriezmann #CCP
French Footballer Griezmann cuts ties with #Huawei citing fears over treatment of #Uighurs
//The France and Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann ended his affiliation with Huawei on Dec 10, 202p, saying there are “strong suspicions” that the Chinese tech giant has contributed to the repression of the mostly Muslim minority Uighurs.
Griezmann’s announcement followed media reports that Huawei has tested facial recognition software intended to help China’s surveillance of the group.
“Following strong suspicions that the Huawei company has contributed to the development of a ‘Uighur alert’ thanks to facial recognition software, I am announcing the immediate termination of my partnership with the company,” Griezmann said in an Instagram post.
“I take this opportunity to invite Huawei to not just deny these accusations, but to take concrete actions as quickly as possible to condemn this mass repression, and to use its influence to contribute to the respect of human and women’s rights in society.”//
Image: BBC
Source: The Guardian #Dec10
www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/10/griezmann-cuts-ties-with-huawei-citing-fears-over-treatment-of-uighurs
#AntoineGriezmann #CCP
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Griezmann cuts ties with Huawei citing fears over treatment of Uighurs
The France and Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann has cut commercial ties with the Chinese tech giant Huawei
The US Bans Cotton Imports from Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps for Involvements of Uyghur Forced Labour
The US put pressure on China for its human rights issues in Xinjiang again on Wednesday (Dec 3) local time. The US was to ban the import of cotton products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and has accused the corps for subjecting imprisoned Uyghurs to forced labour.
The US Customs and Border Protection announced the new arrangements for the withhold release order to ban cotton and cotton products from XPCC. Reuters reported that the Trump administration was seeking to consolidate its harsh stance against China in the final few weeks of Trump’s presidential term, to make it harder for President-elect Biden to resolve the tense relationship between the two nations.
The withhold release order allows the authority to confiscate products allegedly produced by forced labour, in order to tackle human rights abuses. The US considered a total ban on cotton and tomato products imported from Xinjiang, but the ban was opposed by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and the Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and was hence changed to a ban on imports from designated enterprises.
#US #China #Xinjiang #ForcedLabour #XPCC #XinjiangProductionandConstructionCorps #Trump #Uyghurs #Uighurs #Cotton #Tomato #Reuters
Source: Stand News #Dec03
https://bit.ly/38j2xOQ
The US put pressure on China for its human rights issues in Xinjiang again on Wednesday (Dec 3) local time. The US was to ban the import of cotton products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and has accused the corps for subjecting imprisoned Uyghurs to forced labour.
The US Customs and Border Protection announced the new arrangements for the withhold release order to ban cotton and cotton products from XPCC. Reuters reported that the Trump administration was seeking to consolidate its harsh stance against China in the final few weeks of Trump’s presidential term, to make it harder for President-elect Biden to resolve the tense relationship between the two nations.
The withhold release order allows the authority to confiscate products allegedly produced by forced labour, in order to tackle human rights abuses. The US considered a total ban on cotton and tomato products imported from Xinjiang, but the ban was opposed by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and the Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and was hence changed to a ban on imports from designated enterprises.
#US #China #Xinjiang #ForcedLabour #XPCC #XinjiangProductionandConstructionCorps #Trump #Uyghurs #Uighurs #Cotton #Tomato #Reuters
Source: Stand News #Dec03
https://bit.ly/38j2xOQ
Three Canadian companies investing in Xinjiang operations, Trudeau concerned about companies violating human rights
In an effort to stop China from committing human rights abuses against the Uighurs in Xinjiang, the Canadian government announced last week that it is asking major domestic companies to avoid doing business with or profiting from forced labour. Recently, Canadian media reported that three publicly traded Canadian companies had invested hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars in Xinjiang, making them the top five foreign investors in the region. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern about the incident and said he is in close contact with all Canadian companies to ensure they do not benefit from human rights abuses.
The Globe and Mail (Canada) reported Monday that three Canadian companies, including renewable energy giant Canadian Solar Inc. and two small mining companies, Dynasty Gold Corp. and GobiMin Inc. have operated businesses and invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Xinjiang over the past two decades. However, none of the three companies has responded to whether they are involved in human rights abuses or forced labour activities.
#Xinjiang #Canada #HumanRights #LabourCamp #Trudeau #Uighurs
Source: Apple Daily #Jan20
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210120/5KO5S44BLZCC3OIDDSSOW5FPKU/
In an effort to stop China from committing human rights abuses against the Uighurs in Xinjiang, the Canadian government announced last week that it is asking major domestic companies to avoid doing business with or profiting from forced labour. Recently, Canadian media reported that three publicly traded Canadian companies had invested hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars in Xinjiang, making them the top five foreign investors in the region. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern about the incident and said he is in close contact with all Canadian companies to ensure they do not benefit from human rights abuses.
The Globe and Mail (Canada) reported Monday that three Canadian companies, including renewable energy giant Canadian Solar Inc. and two small mining companies, Dynasty Gold Corp. and GobiMin Inc. have operated businesses and invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Xinjiang over the past two decades. However, none of the three companies has responded to whether they are involved in human rights abuses or forced labour activities.
#Xinjiang #Canada #HumanRights #LabourCamp #Trudeau #Uighurs
Source: Apple Daily #Jan20
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210120/5KO5S44BLZCC3OIDDSSOW5FPKU/
An Espionage War: Afghanistan detains 10 Chinese spies suspected of plotting assassination against Uighur leader, urges China to apologise
The Afghan intelligence department announced the recent bust of a Chinese spy team with 10 Chinese nationals arrested. At least two of them have ties with the Taliban branch "Haqqani", with weapons, ammunition, explosives and Ketamine seized from the mastermind's apartment. The Afghan government said the Chinese spies are suspected of committing espionage crimes, allegedly collecting Uighur intelligence in Afghanistan and cooperating with Pakistani spy agencies to engage in terrorist activities, and demanded an apology from the Chinese authorities.
Disguised as an East Turkistan branch to lure Uighurs into traps
The arrested Chinese spy team leader, Li YangYang, who had been working for Chinese intelligence since around July-August, primarily sought information on Al Qaeda and investigated possible Uighur activity in Afghanistan's eastern provinces. He was arrested in his apartment near Kabul on Dec. 10. Another person arrested was reportedly a woman named Sha Hung, the owner of a restaurant in Kabul, in whose residence investigators found explosives.
Sources said that Sha Hung and Li Yangyang were both associated with Haqqani. They joined other Chinese spies to disguise themselves as an offshoot of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement to recruit Uighurs opposed to the Chinese government, as an attempt to "eliminate" Uighur leaders hiding in Afghanistan with the help of terrorists. Some of the Uighurs who fled China would go to Afghanistan, and the Chinese government would also immediately detain any Uighurs entering China from Afghanistan. Sources said that Beijing had previously held secret meetings with the Taliban about the Uighurs.
Source: Apple Daily #Dec27
#Uighurs #China #Afghanistan #Espionage #Taliban #EastTurkestanIslamicMovement
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201227/KIED4CBZTRAX5GQYCHMQEPFBB4/
The Afghan intelligence department announced the recent bust of a Chinese spy team with 10 Chinese nationals arrested. At least two of them have ties with the Taliban branch "Haqqani", with weapons, ammunition, explosives and Ketamine seized from the mastermind's apartment. The Afghan government said the Chinese spies are suspected of committing espionage crimes, allegedly collecting Uighur intelligence in Afghanistan and cooperating with Pakistani spy agencies to engage in terrorist activities, and demanded an apology from the Chinese authorities.
Disguised as an East Turkistan branch to lure Uighurs into traps
The arrested Chinese spy team leader, Li YangYang, who had been working for Chinese intelligence since around July-August, primarily sought information on Al Qaeda and investigated possible Uighur activity in Afghanistan's eastern provinces. He was arrested in his apartment near Kabul on Dec. 10. Another person arrested was reportedly a woman named Sha Hung, the owner of a restaurant in Kabul, in whose residence investigators found explosives.
Sources said that Sha Hung and Li Yangyang were both associated with Haqqani. They joined other Chinese spies to disguise themselves as an offshoot of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement to recruit Uighurs opposed to the Chinese government, as an attempt to "eliminate" Uighur leaders hiding in Afghanistan with the help of terrorists. Some of the Uighurs who fled China would go to Afghanistan, and the Chinese government would also immediately detain any Uighurs entering China from Afghanistan. Sources said that Beijing had previously held secret meetings with the Taliban about the Uighurs.
Source: Apple Daily #Dec27
#Uighurs #China #Afghanistan #Espionage #Taliban #EastTurkestanIslamicMovement
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201227/KIED4CBZTRAX5GQYCHMQEPFBB4/
#Sanction
China sanctioned by #EU, #US, #Britain and #Canada over Human Right Violations in #Xinjiang
//The EU, US, Britain and Canada on March 22, 2021 imposed sanctions against Chinese officials including Zhu Hailan, Wang Jungzheng, Wang Mingshan and Chen Mingguo over the alleged crackdown on the #Uighurs.
The coordinated strike also targeted the state-run Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
The Chinese government has been accused of carrying out forced sterilisations on Uighur women and separating children from their families.
A BBC investigation published in February contained first-hand testimony of systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture of detainees.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55794071
One woman testified that women were removed from their cells "every night" and raped by one or more masked Chinese men.//
Source: BBC #Mar22
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56487162
China sanctioned by #EU, #US, #Britain and #Canada over Human Right Violations in #Xinjiang
//The EU, US, Britain and Canada on March 22, 2021 imposed sanctions against Chinese officials including Zhu Hailan, Wang Jungzheng, Wang Mingshan and Chen Mingguo over the alleged crackdown on the #Uighurs.
The coordinated strike also targeted the state-run Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
The Chinese government has been accused of carrying out forced sterilisations on Uighur women and separating children from their families.
A BBC investigation published in February contained first-hand testimony of systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture of detainees.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55794071
One woman testified that women were removed from their cells "every night" and raped by one or more masked Chinese men.//
Source: BBC #Mar22
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56487162
#Sanction
#US Human Rights Group Urges US State Secretary to Pressure China on HK Issue
On March 18, 2021, the US Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken met with Chinese Politburo Member Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the first high-level meeting since President #Biden took office in January 2021.
A day before the high-level meeting, Francis Hui Wing-ting, founder of We The Hongkongers, a group of Hongkongers in the US, spoke to the media outside the White House alongside Tibetans and Uighurs.
Hui urged US representatives to put pressure on China's Human Rights issues in the meeting.
Hui talked about recent political oppressions in Hong Kong in the press conference, “all my friends in Hong Kong are either in prison or in exile.” She mentioned that the press conference would become evidence of her collusion with foreign powers under the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
Hui pointed out that the US decision to further sanction 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials in the wake of the high-level meeting shows the US stance on Chinese affairs. She hoped Blinken to put further pressure on Chinese officials and to bring issues of Hong Kong, East Turkistan, Tibet and Taiwan onto the table in the meeting.
Source: Stand News; #Mar18
https://bit.ly/3tU9mzD
#HongKong #Taiwan #Tibetans #Uighurs #Uyghurs #EastTurkistan #HumanRights #Sanctions #FrancisHui #WeTheHongkongers #Blinken
#US Human Rights Group Urges US State Secretary to Pressure China on HK Issue
On March 18, 2021, the US Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken met with Chinese Politburo Member Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the first high-level meeting since President #Biden took office in January 2021.
A day before the high-level meeting, Francis Hui Wing-ting, founder of We The Hongkongers, a group of Hongkongers in the US, spoke to the media outside the White House alongside Tibetans and Uighurs.
Hui urged US representatives to put pressure on China's Human Rights issues in the meeting.
Hui talked about recent political oppressions in Hong Kong in the press conference, “all my friends in Hong Kong are either in prison or in exile.” She mentioned that the press conference would become evidence of her collusion with foreign powers under the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
Hui pointed out that the US decision to further sanction 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials in the wake of the high-level meeting shows the US stance on Chinese affairs. She hoped Blinken to put further pressure on Chinese officials and to bring issues of Hong Kong, East Turkistan, Tibet and Taiwan onto the table in the meeting.
Source: Stand News; #Mar18
https://bit.ly/3tU9mzD
#HongKong #Taiwan #Tibetans #Uighurs #Uyghurs #EastTurkistan #HumanRights #Sanctions #FrancisHui #WeTheHongkongers #Blinken
'Our souls are dead': how I survived a Chinese 're-education' camp for Uighurs
The man on the phone said he worked for the oil company, “In accounting, actually”. His voice was unfamiliar to me. At first, I couldn’t make sense of what he was calling about. It was November 2016, and I had been on unpaid leave from the company since I left China and moved to France 10 years earlier. There was static on the line; I had a hard time hearing him.
“You must come back to Karamay to sign documents concerning your forthcoming retirement, Madame Haitiwaji,” he said. Karamay was the city in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang where I’d worked for the oil company for more than 20 years.
Source: The Guardian #Jan12
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji
#China #ReEducation #Uighurs #Xinjiang
The man on the phone said he worked for the oil company, “In accounting, actually”. His voice was unfamiliar to me. At first, I couldn’t make sense of what he was calling about. It was November 2016, and I had been on unpaid leave from the company since I left China and moved to France 10 years earlier. There was static on the line; I had a hard time hearing him.
“You must come back to Karamay to sign documents concerning your forthcoming retirement, Madame Haitiwaji,” he said. Karamay was the city in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang where I’d worked for the oil company for more than 20 years.
Source: The Guardian #Jan12
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji
#China #ReEducation #Uighurs #Xinjiang
Exclusive: Uighurs harassed and abused by Beijing in UK, minister admits
Chinese flag behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, south of Kashgar – Greg Baker/AFP
The Government has admitted for the first time that Uighurs are being targeted by China on British soil “in an effort to intimidate them into silence”.
The problem is now so serious that it risks becoming a diplomatic incident after ministers complained directly to the Chinese embassy in London.
Source: Telegraph #Mar13
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/13/exclusive-uighurs-harassed-abused-beijing-uk-minister-admits/
#China #Uighurs #Beijing #UK
Chinese flag behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, south of Kashgar – Greg Baker/AFP
The Government has admitted for the first time that Uighurs are being targeted by China on British soil “in an effort to intimidate them into silence”.
The problem is now so serious that it risks becoming a diplomatic incident after ministers complained directly to the Chinese embassy in London.
Source: Telegraph #Mar13
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/13/exclusive-uighurs-harassed-abused-beijing-uk-minister-admits/
#China #Uighurs #Beijing #UK