China
China launches new assimilation policy to further dissolve ethnic identity of Uyghurs
January 27, 2024
China launches new assimilation policy to further dissolve ethnic identity of Uyghurs
Northwest China’s Xinjiang region is the first area to implement a government policy promoting integration among ethnic groups to achieve President Xi Jinping’s goal of establishing a unified national identity, Chinese media reported. The regulation calls for the creation of…
7.1 earthquake strikes northwestern China’s Xinjiang region leaving several injured, houses collapsed
January 23, 2024
7.1 earthquake strikes northwestern China’s Xinjiang region leaving several injured, houses collapsed
Several people have been injured after homes collapsed due to a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region early Tuesday, state-run media reported. The quake’s epicenter was at a depth of 22 kilometers (13 miles) in…
456,000 Uyghurs newly employed in Xinjiang, mostly in forced labour, experts say
January 3, 2024
456,000 Uyghurs newly employed in Xinjiang, mostly in forced labour, experts say
China says that 456,000 people were newly employed during the first 10 months of the year in its far-western Xinjiang region, evidence it said showed that Beijing was successfully promoting economic development to create a “happy and harmonious” Uyghur society.…
CCP gives Uyghur father 20-year-imprisonment for sending son abroad, visiting Turkey
December 23, 2023
CCP gives Uyghur father 20-year-imprisonment for sending son abroad, visiting Turkey
Nuraxun Rozi visited his teenage son who was studying in Egypt in 2015, stayed there for a week and traveled in Turkey for another week before returning home in China, RFA reported. After he went back, his passport was confiscated,…