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Eliminating language, culture & faith: Xi's repression of Uyghurs enters new phase

China's crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang is intensifying, shifting its focus from detention camps to the suppression of Uyghur identity, language, and religion. Despite official claims of re-education, a pervasive system of surveillance, prisons, and boarding schools remains in place. This escalation has reignited international concern regarding alleged crimes against humanity.

Xi’s war on the Uyghurs: The battle for identity in China's far West

China's latest ethnic unity law has brought renewed attention to the Uyghur question. The legislation, adopted by Beijing and due to take effect next year, seeks to strengthen what authorities call a "shared sense of the Chinese nation" among the country's 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities. It expands the emphasis on Mandarin-language education from the preschool level, promotes deeper integration between ethnic groups and reinforces a long-standing state push towards cultural...

How China is breaking apart a people and its culture

The campaign of repression against the Uyghurs has entered a new phase

Xinjiang Chief Touts Trade, Diplomacy as Hormuz Disruption Bites

Chen Xiaojiang in Altay Prefecture, China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on June 10. Photographer: Andy Wong/AP Photo

Tiananmen dissident lambasts China on massacre anniversary

Tiananmen dissident lambasts China on massacre anniversary June 4, 2026Wu'er Kaixi has put on weight in the last 37 years and his greying hair no longer flops over his eyes in the style he affected as a student at Beijing Normal University in 1989, but some things have not changed. He is, for instance, still on the list of student dissidents that the Chinese government identified as the ringleaders of the Tiananmen Square protests in those heady days when democracy seemed a possibility for...

Trump's trade war has a new target: forced labor. The case behind it is far from simple

Since the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariff plan, the White House has had its eyes set on alternative pathways for carrying out the centerpiece of Trump's trade war agenda. Last week, one of these new pathways was unveiled, with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) proposing new tariffs of up to 12.5% on 59 countries and the European Union based around Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The justification: Widespread failure, the USTR...

Ministers defend government-backed energy company against forced labor claims

LONDON — The U.K. government has defended its publicly-owned energy company, days after POLITICO revealed Great British Energy was still funding firms that could not rule out exposure to slave-made goods.  “We are tackling forced labor where we find it in global supply chains, and we want to go further,” Energy Minister Michael Shanks told MPs when questioned in the House of Commons Tuesday.  The Department for Energy Security and Net...

Steph Curry signs 10-year deal with Chinese brand Li-Ning, raising questions about NBA's ties to China

The biggest sneaker free agent in basketball history didn't sign with Nike or Adidas. Golden State Warriors' Steph Curry just signed with a Chinese brand. After mutually parting ways with Under Armour in 2023 and ending a 13-year partnership, the four-time NBA champion has signed a massive 10-year deal with Chinese sportswear giant Li-Ning.

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