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Australia, the U.S., and 13 other nations criticized China during a UN session, accusing it of human rights violations in Xinjiang and Tibet. The UN previously reported that China’s arbitrary detention in Xinjiang may amount to crimes against humanity. Australia’s…

On October 13, Islamic clergy from Hunan Province attended a training course in Beijing aimed at promoting the “Sinicization” of Islam and the Quran, Bitter Winter revealed yesterday. Organized by the Central United Front Work Department and the China Islamic…

China held its sixth World Media Summit in Urumqi, Xinjiang, from October 14-17, attracting over 500 participants from 208 media organizations, VOA reported yesterday. The event, co-hosted by Xinhua News Agency and the Xinjiang regional government, focused on “Artificial Intelligence…

During the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, Michèle Taylor, called on China to implement recommendations from a two-year-old UN report and release unjustly detained Uyghurs in Xinjiang, RFA reported…

A tragic accident on Lusong Bridge in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, resulted in six fatalities and seven injuries early Monday morning, Dawn reported yesterday. Police reported that a car lost control after being rear-ended, veering into oncoming traffic and colliding with…

On Monday, September 23, the European Union and human rights groups renewed calls for the release of Ilham Tohti, a prominent Uyghur scholar sentenced to life in prison in 2014 on separatism charges, RFA reported yesterday. Tohti, now 54, advocated…

Recent documents presented at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference (PIFI) indicate that Chinese officials attempted to sway Canadian MPs against a 2021 motion condemning the genocide of Uyghurs, National Post revealed yesterday. The motion passed unanimously, but post-vote, the…

As the 10th anniversary of Ilham Tohti’s life sentence approaches, Amnesty International is calling on the international community to increase diplomatic efforts for his release, the organization’s website reported.  Tohti was sentenced to life imprisonment on September 23, 2014, after…

Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai on Monday, disrupting life in the city as state media reported it could be the most powerful storm to hit the financial hub in 75 years, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The typhoon, the 13th…

China has announced its first increase in the retirement age since the 1950s as it grapples with an aging population and a shrinking pension budget, the BBC reported on Friday. Approved by the country’s top legislative body, the changes will…