China’s Uighurs told to share beds, meals with party members
Source: Associated Press By DAKE KANG and YANAN WANG ISTANBUL (AP) — The two women in the photograph were smiling, but Halmurat Idris knew something was terribly wrong. One was […]
Buddhist monks to consider whether Dalai Lama should reincarnate
Source: Religion News Service By Meagan Clark and Vishal Arora DHARAMSHALA, India (RNS) — Tibetan Buddhist monks from around the world are gearing up to discuss whether the aging Dalai […]
Exclusive: China will retaliate ‘in proportion’ to any U.S. sanction over Muslim Uighurs – ambassador
Reuters International Nov 28, 2018 By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China will retaliate “in proportion” if the United States sanctions its top official in the restive region of […]
The US and China relationship is in shambles. It could get worse at G20.
. Trump and Xi Jinping could fix parts of the US-China relationship in Argentina. They won’t. By Alex Ward@AlexWardVoxalex.ward@vox.com Nov 29, 2018 President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President […]
Exclusive: China will retaliate ‘in proportion’ to any U.S. sanction over Muslim Uighurs – ambassador
Source: Reuters By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China will retaliate “in proportion” if the United States sanctions its top official in the restive region of Xinjiang over alleged human […]
He Jiankui defends ‘world’s first gene-edited babies’
Source: BBC News A Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies has defended his work. Speaking at a genome summit in Hong Kong, He […]
Woman describes torture, beatings in Chinese detention camp
Source: Associated Press By MARIA DANILOVA WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the Uighur minority on Monday detailed torture and abuse she says she experienced in one of the internment […]
Scholars condemn China for mass detention of Muslim Uighurs
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act […]
China’s Mass Detention of Muslims Is a Test for Trump
Source: The Atlantic By SIGAL SAMUEL U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 summit this week. After months of stalled […]
Scholars condemn China for mass detention of Muslim Uighurs
Reuters International Nov 27, 2018 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that […]
One million Chinese people ‘move into Muslim homes to report on Islamic or unpatriotic beliefs’
‘Had a Uighur host just greeted a neighbour in Arabic with the words ‘Assalamu Alaykum’? That would need to go in the notebook,” says Dr Darren Byler By Chiara Giordano […]
Karachi attack: China consulate attack leaves four dead
Source: BBC News Gunmen have killed at least four people in an attack on the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Gunshots were heard at about 09:30 […]
China’s model village of ethnic unity shows cracks in facade
Source: Associated Press BY Emily Wang HOTAN UNITY NEW VILLAGE, China (AP) — In this corner of China’s far west, rows of identical white concrete houses with red metal roofs […]
How China’s Belt and Road Initiative became a huge geopolitical controversy
China says its infrastructure programme will spread trade and prosperity; critics warn its aim is to trap nations in debt. But for cash-strapped countries like Pakistan, there are few alternatives, […]
Chinese city urges those ‘poisoned by extremism’, who follow conservative Islam to confess crimes
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – A city in China’s far-western Xinjiang region has ordered people who are “poisoned by extremism, terrorism and separatism”, in contact with overseas terror groups or […]
Bishop reported missing amid Beijing-Vatican reconciliation
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN BEIJING (AP) — A bishop who has resisted demands to join China’s Communist Party-controlled church body has been taken into custody, a Catholic news […]
Exclusive – In rare coordinated move, Western envoys seek meeting on Xinjiang concerns
Reuters International Nov 15, 2018 – 09:51 By Philip Wen, Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) – A group of 15 Western ambassadors in Beijing, spearheaded by Canada, are seeking a meeting with the top official in China’s restive, heavily Muslim Xinjiang region for an explanation of alleged […]
‘My Family Has Been Broken’: Pakistanis Fear For Uighur Wives Held In China
Source: NPR By Diaa Hadid Last year, the Chinese wife of a Pakistani man traveled back home to China with their two children. She wanted to introduce her younger boy, […]
China says foreign concerns over Muslim rights unwarranted
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and SAM McNEIL BEIJING (AP) — China said Thursday that 15 foreign ambassadors exceeded their diplomatic roles by issuing a letter expressing concern about […]
Ex-Detainee Describes Torture In China’s Xinjiang Re-Education Camp
Source: NPR By ROB SCHMITZ By the time Chinese guards began torturing Kayrat Samarkand inside a re-education camp last spring, he says his life had prepared him for this. The […]