Clubhouse app offers Chinese rare glimpse of censor-free debate
The U.S. app Clubhouse erupted among Chinese social-media users over the weekend, with thousands joining discussions on contentious subjects such as Taiwan and Xinjiang undisturbed by Beijing’s censors. On the invite-only, audio-based social app where users host informal conversations, Chinese-speaking communities from around the world ...
Women detained in China's Xinjiang allege rape, sexual abuse and torture
Report follows earlier allegations China has used forced sterilization, forced abortion and coercive family planning, and that at least 1 million were detained in the region.
China’s top diplomat warns Biden not to touch internal affairs
In China’s most high-profile remarks to a U.S. audience since Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration, Yang Jiechi says Washington must not cross Beijing's "red line."
Twitter locks out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over post on Uighurs
Twitter Inc. has locked the official account for the Chinese Embassy to the U.S. after a post that defended the Beijing government’s policies in the western region of Xinjiang, where critics say China is engaged in the forced sterilization of minority Uighur women. The tweet, ...
China slaps sanctions on 28 Trump-era officials, including Mike Pompeo
China said on Wednesday it wanted to cooperate with President Joe Biden's new U.S. administration, while announcing sanctions against "lying and cheating" outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and 27 other top officials under Donald Trump. The move was a sign of China's anger, especially ...
In parting shot, Trump administration accuses China of 'genocide' against Uyghurs
The U.S. decision does not automatically trigger any penalties, but means countries will have to think hard about allowing companies to do business with Xinjiang.
China possibly committed 'genocide' in Xinjiang, U.S. Congress panel reports
The report calls for a formal U.S. "determination on whether atrocities are being committed" within 90 days of legislation passed on Dec. 27.
U.S. bans all Xinjiang cotton products and tomatoes over forced labor
The move is the latest in a series of actions where the U.S. is raising pressure on China over some companies’ alleged ill-treatment of workers.
Japan gave key intel on China's Uyghur crackdown to U.S. and Britain
The move comes amid calls within the Japanese government to join the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing alliance amid growing threats from China and North Korea.
As China tracked Muslims, Alibaba showed customers how they could, too
The discovery could thrust one of the world’s most valuable internet companies into the storm of international condemnation surrounding China’s treatment of its Muslim minorities.
Over 570,000 Uighurs forced to pick cotton in Xinjiang, report says
Xinjiang is a global hub for the crop, producing over 20 percent of the world's cotton.
Big data 'turbocharged' repression in China's Xinjiang, rights group says
Muslims in China's Xinjiang were "arbitrarily" selected for arrest by a computer program that flagged suspicious behavior, activists said Wednesday, in a report detailing big data's role in repression in the restive region. The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said leaked police data that listed over ...
