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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...

World

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...

Climate, Carbon emissions, Energy transition

This is an interview from 13 March 2026 This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy , taken or made as part of that person’s official duties. As a work of...

Economics, Finance, Geopolitics

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...

Español, BRICS, China

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...

China, Defence & Foreign Policy, Law & Crime

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....

China, Community & Education, Press Freedom

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...

#Current Affairs, Anti-Muslim Bigotry, featured

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...

China, Defence & Foreign Policy, Politics & Protest

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...

China, Defence & Foreign Policy, AFP

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,...

China, Environment & Health, AFP

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....

Climate, Carbon emissions, Energy consumption

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...

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 ...

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...

Hong Kong, Politics & Protest, explainer

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...

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...

Hong Kong, Politics & Protest, explainer

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...

News

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...

News

Authorities in China’s far-western Xinjiang region have detained a well-known Uyghur nutritionist for messages he posted on social media, according to Sweden-based siblings and police in the region’s capital Urumqi. Behtiyar Sadir, 46, a national-level health coach and member of Xinjiang’s...

News

Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned surveillance tech company, advertised a dangerous new feature which includes using facial recognition technology to identify sensitive information like gender, race, and ethnicity. Hikvision and Dahua Technology have been found to be providing the technological infrastructure which...

Press Coverage, chinese surveillance, hikvision

On Nov. 24, a fire tore through a residential building in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’s capital Urumqi, killing at least 10 people. Citizen videos that circulated on the Internet showed screaming residents of the burning apartment demanding authorities open...

News

On Wednesday, the European Commission officially released its proposal for banning products made with forced labor from entering EU markets. While the proposed regulation does not single out a specific country, it is widely seen as a response to mounting...

China & the World, Economy, Human Rights
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