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China changes university entrance exam rules to favor mixed families in troubled Xinjiang
China's fractious far-west region of Xinjiang has changed its university entrance exam rules to give children from mixed families a leg up on other students, in what experts say are the latest efforts to erase a mostly Muslim ethnic culture. Following a flare-up in violence ...
China and U.S. clash as Beijing wins seat on U.N. indigenous peoples forum despite Uighur detentions
China assailed the United States on Tuesday for calling on countries to deprive Beijing of a seat at a U.N. forum over its treatment of the Uighur minority. It was the second time in as many weeks that the two countries openly clashed at the ...
From camps to factories: Muslim detainees say China using forced labor in Xinjiang
As Gulzira Auelkhan toiled to stitch gloves in a factory in China's troubled Xinjiang region, her managers made no secret of where her production would be sold. "They told us openly that the gloves will be sold abroad, so we should do a good job," ...
China using U.S.-made satellites for internal security, WSJ reports
A fleet of U.S.-made satellites helps China's government police its people and supports its military despite growing wariness in Washington over Beijing's power, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. While the United States will not let China buy U.S.-made satellites for national security reasons, it ...
China defends detention of Muslims 'voluntarily' staying in Xinjiang re-education camps
At the Shu Le County Education Center, a sprawling three-story complex in China's far-west region of Xinjiang, the dormitories feature bars on windows and doors that only lock from the outside. Inside are hundreds of minority Muslim Uighurs who have no way of leaving without ...
Chinese youth 'volunteers' to be sent back to villages in Mao-style move
China is planning to send millions of youth "volunteers" back to the villages, raising fears of a return to the methods of Chairman Mao's brutal Cultural Revolution of 50 years ago. The Communist Youth League (CYL) has promised to despatch more than 10 million students ...
Uighur crackdown highlights Xi's totalitarian ambitions
Xi Jinping's repression of Muslim minorities may not lead to international action against China. But it will almost certainly spawn a new generation of Islamist terrorists, compounding China's internal security challenges.
Is China winning the global battle over Uighurs?
The outside world should not cave in to Beijing's pressure to turn a blind eye.
U.S. official denounces 'choreographed' visits for European diplomats to China's Xinjiang region
"Highly choreographed" tours to Xinjiang organized by the Chinese government are misleading and propagate false narratives about the troubled region, a U.S. official said, after China announced plans to invite European envoys to visit. China has been stepping up a push to counter growing criticism ...
China says 13,000 'terrorists' arrested in Xinjiang since 2014
Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 "terrorists" in the restive far western region of Xinjiang since 2014, the government said Monday, in a lengthy policy paper again defending its controversial Islamic de-radicalization measures. China has faced growing international opprobrium for setting up facilities that ...
China has expelled one of its most senior ethnic Uighur officials from the Communist Party, the country's anti-corruption watchdog said Saturday, accusing the former energy chief of abusing his position to live a "lavish life." Nur Bekri, who was placed under investigation last September and ...
U.S. slams human rights record of China as in 'league of its own' but goes easier on North Korea
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday denounced China and Iran as Washington offered its annual human rights report, while going easier on other countries like North Korea in the name of "U.S. interests." China, often seen as the main strategic adversary of the United ...
