Damascus, Syria - The arrest of an Uzbek foreign fighter by the Syrian government in Idlib last week, and the subsequent tensions, demonstrate the government’s precarious approach to one of Syria’s most sensitive topics. The fighter’s detention, after...
Over the past weeks, UNESCO has raised concerns that US-Israeli airstrikes have damaged historic buildings in Iran. This comes amid incendiary rhetoric from US President Donald Trump, who threatened to decimate " a whole civilisation" and...
Since Beijing imposed a national security law in Hong Kong in 2020, the city has seen the closure of independent media outlets, journalists jailed, newsrooms raided and government tax audits that appear to disproportionately target the media sector. Journalists in...
China's AI development strategy serves as a case study on balancing the state, the machine, and people’s power Originally published on Global Voices Advox Image by Ibrahim Kizza for APC. Used with permission. This article is part of the...
A New York apre la Conferenza di Revisione del Trattato di Non-Proliferazione Nucleare nel momento più drammatico dal 1986. Iran sull’orlo del ritiro, Israele fuori, New START scaduto, tutti gli arsenali in espansione. Cronaca di un’architettura che si sgretola. Segue...
China is "securitizing" its economy c.groth Thu, 04/23/2026 - 13:18 picture alliance / CFOTO Download (pdf - 1.09 MB) MERICS Briefs MERICS China Essentials Apr 23, 2026 8 min read China is "securitizing" its economy Beijing expands security-first economic policy...
Bend or ban them: Independent religious groups defy China’s Communist Party despite growing crackdown c.groth Wed, 04/22/2026 - 18:25 picture alliance / Godong | Pascal Deloche Comment Apr 23, 2026 4 min read Bend or ban them: Independent religious groups...
Iranians are itching to fight – in case the ceasefire collapses. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su All hail the almighty return of Pirates of the Caribbean, now upgraded to Pirates of the...
Pakistan is reportedly seeking financial support from China and Saudi Arabia as it faces pressure to repay approximately $3.5 billion to the UAE. The South Asian country is seeking loans and investments to repay the sum owed to...
China’s new national air quality standards set in March by the environment ministry require annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) limits to fall from 35 to 30 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m³) by 2030, and further to 25 μg/m3...
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to avoid any escalation in their armed conflict, during talks hosted by China in recent days, Beijing said on Wednesday. The neighbours and one-time allies have been locked in violent confrontation over claims...
Nel corso del mese di marzo 2026 a Pechino si sono svolte le due sessioni dell’Assemblea Nazionale del Popolo e della Conferenza Politica Consultiva del Popolo Cinese. Segue nostro Telegram . Lontano da ogni atteggiamento di nascondimento della difficile situazione...
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Dominic Lee enjoyed a viral moment over the past week as he attacked US and Israeli military adventurism, defended Hong Kong’s security law, and accused Britain and NATO countries of lacking moral authority. Lee delivered his...
China’s new Government Work Report , presented by Premier Li Qiang on 5 March, includes a “green development” aim for the year ahead: “Guided by our goals of achieving peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, we will make coordinated...
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By CIVICUS Mar 18 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses China’s tech-enabled repression with Fergus Ryan, a Senior Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), where he specialises in how the Chinese Communist Party shapes global information environments through censorship, propaganda and...
Si queda un mundo en pie tras la guerra total, debe ser reorganizado bajo el espíritu de la Organización de Shanghái OCS y del grupo BRICS+. Únete a nosotros en Telegram , Twitter y VK . Escríbenos: info@strategic-culture.su No hay...
The UN rights chief criticised China on Friday for not doing more to improve the rights situation in the Xinjiang region, four years after a damning report by his office demanded action. This picture taken on July 13, 2023, shows...
In a rare event, this year, the Chinese New Year coincides with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan . The second day of the Chinese New Year, according to the lunar calendar, 18 February, falls...
Radio Free Asia (RFA) has resumed its broadcasts in Mandarin, Tibetan, and Uyghur. President and CEO Bay Fang announced on LinkedIn on Wednesday that the services were back after US President Donald Trump cut off government funding last year....
Around the world, Muslims rejoice with anticipation and excitement for the blessed month. They get to wake up before dawn with lights on for suhoor, set “Ramadan goals,” deepen their relationship with the Qur’an, stand shoulder-to-shoulder in taraweeh prayers, retreat...
Beijing accused the United States on Wednesday of “interfering in China’s internal affairs”, after Washington announced an envoy to promote Tibetans’ rights. US Secretary of State Marco. File Photo: ASEAN. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday that...
The United States is ready to carry out low-yield nuclear tests to match alleged secret explosions by China and Russia, ending a decades-old moratorium, a senior official said Tuesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and US President Donald Trump. File...
Fifteen years ago, Beijing’s Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings. Pedestrians walk along an overpass as traffic snarls in Beijing on February 11,...
By: Salman Rafi Sheikh - - - - Reuters photo The recent wave of coordinated attacks by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) across more than 10 cities in the troubled province of Balochistan, which takes up 44 percent of the...
Why did emissions surge during zero-Covid? Shift to energy-intensive industry Missing the forest for the trees What are “strategic emerging industries”? Will rapid energy-demand growth continue? Recommended Clean energy: was 2023 an anomaly, or the new normal? Installing a wind turbine in Xinjiang, China’s north-west, in 2023....
Police officers salute at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 23, 2021. A person stands in a tower on the perimeter of the Number 3 Detention Center...
The main gate of a Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps building in Manas County, northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 17, 2021. (Charlie Qi via Wikipedia) People visit the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps booth during the 2021 China...
Police officers stand at the outer entrance of Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, April 23, 2021. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) A farmer shows newly harvested red dates in Hotan county in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, Nov....
Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Ma Xingrui attends the Xinjiang delegation meeting on the sidelines of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 7, 2024. (Florence Lo/Reuters) People walk past a disused mosque in Kashgar...
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, welcomes the journalist at the Palais Wilson on October 17, 2022. Photo: Violaine Martin/Un Geneva, via Flickr CC2.0. Credit: Violaine Martin Michelle Bachelet. File photo: UN Women. ‘Baseless allegations’ — United Nations Human Rights Council...
Herdsmen attend a horse race to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang region, Jan. 27, 2024. (Liu Xin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) People visit a fair for the upcoming Lunar New Year in...
Economic drivers of diversification H.Seidl Tue, 01/02/2024 - 16:30 picture alliance / CFOTO Comment Jan 17, 2024 4 min read Economic drivers of diversification Foreign direct investments to China are negative for the first time in decades Companies are pursuing various diversification strategies ...
Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang region, April 23, 2021. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) Auxiliary police and police officers patrol the snow-covered border region in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture...
File photo: StudioIncendo. September 2023 The Court of Appeal heard the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and the RTHK Staff Union’s joint appeal against the city’s communications regulator’s decision to issue a warning over RTHK’s satirical programme Headliner. August 2023 US photojournalist Matthew Connors, who...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on a billboard with the slogan, "Administer Xinjiang according to law, unite and stabilize the territory, culturally moisturize the territory, enrich the people and rejuvenate the territory, and build the territory for a long...
Delegates should conduct Xinjiang visits only if they can speak freely with Uyghurs without Chinese government influence, says Jewher Ilham, forced labor project coordinator at the Worker Rights Consortium. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP file photo Ma Xingrui, Xinjiang’s Communist Party secretary, denied...
Dya-Eddine Bamakhrama, head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation delegation, praised 'the prosperity and development of China’s Xinjiang under good governance' during the visit. Credit: Screenshot from AFP file video The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has a moral duty to express...
Abdulkerim Zikrullah Idris (bottom, R) is seen with his wife, Habibehan Idris, son Abdulhakim Idris (top, L), Abdulhakim’s two children and a friend in Munich, Germany, in 2001. Credit: Courtesy photo The last photo of Abdulkerim Zikrullah Idris, taken in 2014...
File photo: StudioIncendo. June 2023 A Hong Kong press group urged the city’s police to provide an explanation after its former chairperson was led away by officers while she was reporting on the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown. The Hong Kong government...
Police in China's Shanghai province are building a huge surveillance system which is able to alert and notify authorities when foreign journalists travel to Xinjiang province and when Uyghurs venture outside that area. Back in March this year, authorities in...
File photo: StudioIncendo. May 2023 The government watchdog agreed to investigate HKFP’s complaint against the Information Services Department over their handling of a press event which saw several government-registered outlets barred from attendance without explanation. Blocking pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s overseas counsel...
Genocide against the Uyghur Muslims continues to worsen as the world looks on, despite its mass atrocities that have come into stark focus over the past five years. Thousands of Uyghur children have been abandoned without parents and family, as...
A perimeter fence surrounds what is officially known as a vocational skills education center in Dabancheng in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region. Speaking about the centers, a Chinese official told the CESCR committee, 'They have the security measures that are necessary...
The fate of 18 miners – mostly Uyghurs – trapped in a collapsed gold mine in China’s far-western Xinjiang province remained uncertain, officials said, implying that rescuers have failed to pull any of them out alive nearly two weeks after...
U.K.-based rights activist Rahima Mahmut has long been a vocal critic of the Chinese government, taking aim at the mass incarceration, surveillance and persecution of the Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang and countering Beijing's official propaganda from overseas. She has recently...
Most of the 18 miners trapped underground in a collapsed gold mine in China’s far-western Xinjiang region have been identified as Uyghur amid ongoing rescue operations five days after the disaster occurred, sources in the region told Radio Free Asia...
A renowned Uyghur writer and poet in poor health when released from prison died on Dec. 18 because he could not obtain food or medical treatment amid a strict coronavirus lockdown, according to social media posts and information from relevant...
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