MPs vote to label China’s persecution of Uighurs a genocide
Parliament today accused the Chinese government of carrying out genocide against Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in the western Xinjiang region.
Loans from China to Latin America dry up, as region’s governments take pandemic hit
With Latin American borrowers squeezed by the coronavirus pandemic, China has taken a hit as governments have delayed payments on previous loans.
China rejects genocide charge in Xinjiang, says door open to U.N.
China on Monday rejected “slanderous attacks” about conditions for Muslim Uighurs and other minorities living in its Xinjiang region, saying that they enjoyed freedom of … Read more
Schroders to form China wealth management venture with BOCOM
Schroders said on Monday it had received Chinese regulatory permission to form a majority-owned wealth management venture with a unit of Bank of Communications (BOCOM), … Read more
Britain Denounces Abuses ‘On Industrial Scale’ in China’s Xinjiang
Britain’s foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Monday denounced torture, forced labour and sterilisations that he said were taking place against Muslim Uighurs on an “industrial … Read more
China Calls for Reset in Sino-U.S. Relations
Wang, a Chinese state councillor and foreign minister, said Beijing stood ready to reopen constructive dialogue with Washington after relations between the two countries sank … Read more
Exclusive: India to clear 45 investments from China, likely to include Great Wall, SAIC – sources
India is set to clear 45 investment proposals from China, which are likely to include those from Great Wall Motor and SAIC Motor Corp, government … Read more
‘Nobody wants this job now’: the gentle leaders of China’s Uighur exiles
Fleeing to Kyrgyzstan in the 1960s, communities established mosques and villages but the local leaders, or dzhigit-beshchis, are a dying breed …
I was on the WHO’s Covid mission to China, here’s what we found
No, it didn’t originate in Wuhan’s wet market, but it could have been spread by frozen food. Here is what we learned from Phase 1 … Read more
Britain to challenge China at UN over access to Xinjiang
Britain will on Monday call for the United Nations to be given “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the … Read more
Biden may face an uphill task trying to form an ‘anti-China alliance’ in Asia
Joe Biden’s promise to rebuild the U.S. middle class could hamper efforts to push policies that Asian countries would sign up to, said a political … Read more
China’s foreign minister calls for the U.S. to remove tariffs and sanctions
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi laid out specific requests for U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration as the two countries navigate a tense relationship.
China urges US to lift trade restrictions, stop interference
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is calling on the U.S. to lift restrictions on trade and people-to-people contacts while ceasing what Beijing considers unwarranted interference … Read more
