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Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:53:58 +0800
State media attack brands for Xinjiang 'concerns'
A growing number of multinational brands have come under attack in China, with state media urging people to boycott the firms for making “scathing and false" remarks about the human rights situation in Xinjiang. The calls come after Swedish fashi...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:01:37 +0800
Mainlanders 'angered' by Nike Xinjiang statement
Anger with Nike erupted on Chinese social media late on Wednesday after China's netizens spotted a statement from the sporting goods giant saying it was "concerned" about reports of forced labour in Xinjiang and that it does not use cotton from the r...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 03:35:07 +0800
Facebook bans hackers who "targeted Uyghurs"
Facebook said on Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uyghurs living abroad with links to malware that would infect their devices and enable surveillance. The social media company said the hackers, kno...

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:34:43 +0800
China accuses EU of 'hypocrisy' over Uyghur row
Beijing accused the EU of "hypocrisy" on Wednesday after the two sides summoned each other's envoys in an escalating row over the treatment of China's Muslim Uyghurs. France, Germany and other EU nations called in Chinese ambassadors to protest agai...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:39:35 +0800
EU states summon Chinese envoys over sanctions
Germany and other EU nations called in Chinese ambassadors on Tuesday to protest at sanctions imposed by Beijing targeting their citizens, as China and Europe faced off over claims of rights abuses against China's Muslim Uyghur minority. The diploma...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:33:05 +0800
Chinese ambassador 'too busy' for summons by Paris
French officials expect China's ambassador in Paris to comply "as quickly as possible" with a foreign ministry summons over recent tweets targeting French lawmakers and a researcher, Europe Minister Clement Beaune said on Tuesday. The foreign minist...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:57:41 +0800
China helping the whole world with Covid: Beijing
China and Russia on Tuesday rejected accusations they are seeking to use coronavirus vaccines to project their influence around the world, with Beijing saying they only want to help the whole world tackle the virus. Speaking to reporters after talks...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:28:11 +0800
Vaccine safe for children: Sinovac
Sinovac says its Covid-19 vaccine is safe in children ages 3-17, based on preliminary data, and it has submitted the data to Chinese drug regulators. More than 70 million shots of Sinovac’s vaccine have been given worldwide, including in China. ...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:06:56 +0800
Xi, Kim share messages reaffirming ties
The leaders of China and North Korea are reaffirming their traditional alliance following contentious talks between top diplomats from Washington and Beijing and diplomatic isolation and economic problems in the North that have left it ever-more depe...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:42:11 +0800
Days of 'wanton interference' are over, Beijing says
Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Tuesday that Western forces should know that the days when they could "wantonly interfere" in China's internal affairs are over – and they won't be coming back. Wang made the remark during talks with his Russian ...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:01:29 +0800
Bomb blast attack in Guangdong kills four
Four people were killed when a man detonated a homemade bomb in a village government office in Guangdong province, authorities said. A 59-year-old man suspected of being responsible for the explosive device was also killed in the explosion, local po...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:31:23 +0800
China, Russia officials meet in show of unity
The foreign ministers of China and Russia displayed unity at their meeting Tuesday amid criticism and Western sanctions against them over human rights. Wang Yi and Sergei Lavrov rejected outside sniping at their authoritarian political systems and ...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 02:29:15 +0800
West coordinates sanctions over Xinjiang
The EU, US, Britain and Canada on Monday imposed sanctions against Chinese officials over the alleged crackdown on the Uighurs, and Beijing responded by hitting Europeans with immediate tit-for-tat measures. Brussels, London and Ottawa blacklisted f...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:37:26 +0800
UK joins coordinated sanctioning over Xinjiang
Britain imposed sanctions on Monday on four Chinese officials and a state security body over human rights abuses against the mainly Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang, part of coordinated action by some Western countries to put pressure on Beijing. ...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:33:06 +0800
US sanctions two more officials over Xinjiang
The United States on Monday announced sanctions on two more Chinese officials in connection with alleged serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region, where Washington says ethnic Muslims have been the victims of genocide. The US Treasury ...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:31:14 +0800
China hits back against EU sanctions over Xinjiang
China on Monday said it had decided to impose sanctions on 10 EU individuals, including German politician Reinhard Butikofer, and four entities that it accused of seriously harming the country's sovereignty and interests over Xinjiang. In a statemen...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:23:13 +0800
EU slaps sanctions on China over Xinjiang
The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on four Chinese officials, including a top security director, for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the first sanctions against Beijing since an arms embargo in 1989 following the Tiananmen Square crackdo...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:56:41 +0800
Three tourists detained for vandalising Great Wall
Three tourists who vandalised China's Great Wall – one of the country's most popular historic landmarks – have been detained and fined, officials said on Monday. Two men and a woman were detained on Sunday after scrawling their names on the wall...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:51:31 +0800
Dozens of dead pigs pulled from Yellow River
Dozens of dead pigs mysteriously emerged on a riverbank in northern China, state media reported Monday, sparking an investigation and social media speculation about how they perished. China has seen similar scandals in the past which have exposed s...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:21:46 +0800
Taiwan fighter pilot killed in suspected collision
A Taiwanese air force pilot was killed and another was missing on Monday after their fighter jets disappeared in a suspected mid-air collision off the island's southern coast, officials said. The two F-5E jets disappeared from radar around 3pm local...



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