Xinjiang

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

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

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

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

China Muslims: Beijing denies coercive birth control measures in Xinjiang

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

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

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