In saga of one man and his textbooks, Uighurs see Chinese bid to erase their culture
For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and folk tales to millions of his fellow minority Uighurs in China's far western region of Xinjiang. That all changed three years ago when the ruling Communist Party launched ...
A bad year for Xi clouds communist China's 70th birthday celebrations
It was meant to be an unabashed celebration of the triumph of communism in China, and of President Xi Jinping's authority as the country's undisputed leader for years to come. But as the People's Republic of China approaches its 70th anniversary on Oct. 1, Xi ...
As loved ones in China disappear amid crackdown, Uighurs in Japan speak out
As the global outcry over China's crackdown on the Uighurs grows, members of the same ethnic minority in Japan are calling for help out of desperation to discover what has happened to their families back home. At a symposium in Tokyo last month, 10 ethnic ...
China's police state goes global, leaving Xinjiang refugees in fear
Muslims who escaped China's crackdown in Xinjiang province still live in fear, saying new homes abroad and even Western passports afford them no protection against a state-driven global campaign of intimidation. With menacing text and voice messages, and explicit threats to relatives still living in ...
Nearly 40 countries defend China over Xinjiang internment camps in U.N. letter
U.N. ambassadors from 37 countries released a letter Friday defending China's treatment of Uighur and other minorities in the Xinjiang region, in direct response to Western criticism earlier this week. Envoys from across the EU — along with Australia, Canada and Japan and New Zealand ...
Japan among 22 nations issuing rebuke over China's detention of Uighurs
U.N. experts and activists say at least 1 million Uighurs and other Muslims are held in detention centers in the remote western region.
Activist Rebiya Kadeer calls on Japan to highlight persecution of Uighurs as Osaka G20 begins
As the Group of 20 summit formally kicked off in Osaka on Friday, Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent political activist for China's Uighur ethnic minority, urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to highlight Beijing's alleged persecution of the majority-Muslim group in the country's far west, slamming ...
Uighur activist allowed to visit Japan for G20 summit despite protest by Beijing
A prominent political activist for China's Uighur ethnic minority, Rebiya Kadeer, will be allowed into Japan during this week's Group of 20 leaders' summit, her supporters have said. Japanese government sources have confirmed Tokyo issued a visa to Kadeer, despite calls not to do so ...
Belgium says it will work toward giving visas to once-missing Uighur family in China
Belgium says it is working toward providing visas to a Uighur family that went missing after being escorted out of its embassy in Beijing last week under murky circumstances. The woman and her four children disappeared for weeks, alarming her husband, before reportedly being located ...
Belgium seeks Uighur family in Xinjiang after police took them from its Beijing embassy
A Belgian diplomat was expected to travel to China's restive Xinjiang region on Tuesday to confirm the whereabouts of a Uighur family that was escorted from Belgium's embassy in Beijing by police last month. The disappearance of the woman and her four children has alarmed ...
Huawei tells U.K. Parliament it is not bound by Chinese spy laws
Huawei's cybersecurity chief told the U.K. Parliament Monday that the Chinese telecom giant has been advised it was under no obligation to spy for Beijing if so asked by the communist state. John Suffolk told a committee hearing that Huawei has sought guidance from its ...
Exiled Uighur leader urges pressure on China as he receives U.S. award
An exiled Uighur leader called for more concerted international pressure on China to end its mass detention of the ethnic group as he received a U.S. award. The National Endowment for Democracy, which is funded by the U.S. Congress to promote democracy worldwide, gave its ...
