{"id":72015,"date":"2020-12-31T14:15:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T14:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=72015"},"modified":"2021-01-04T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T13:36:00","slug":"japan-gave-key-intel-on-chinas-uighur-crackdown-to-u-s-and-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72015-japan-gave-key-intel-on-chinas-uighur-crackdown-to-u-s-and-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan gave key intel on China&#8217;s Uighur crackdown to U.S. and Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-18-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-18-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-18-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-18-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-18-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-18.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan provided intelligence to the United States and Britain last year showing evidence of China&#8217;s forceful detainment of the Muslim Uighur minority on condition of keeping the source confidential, a person close to Japan-U.S. relations said Monday.<br>Based on the information, the United States stepped up criticism against China&#8217;s alleged crackdown on Uighurs in the Xinjiang autonomous region, the source said.<br>The move shows Japan has already been sharing key intelligence with partners behind the scenes amid calls within the government to join the &#8220;Five Eyes&#8221; intelligence-sharing alliance to better respond to increasing threats by North Korea and China.<br>The intelligence-sharing network involves Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.<br>Britain joined the United States in pressing Beijing over its crackdown on Uighurs, but Japan has only said it &#8220;is closely watching the situation with concern.&#8221;<br>Japan seeks to maintain friendly ties with China \u2014 its largest trading partner \u2014 without hurting relations with its top security ally, the United States.<br>Given that Tokyo&#8217;s relations with Beijing had been improving, it was preparing for Chinese President Xi Jinping&#8217;s first visit as a state guest in spring 2020, although the planned visit was later postponed after the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic.<br>U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has put in place a series of sanctions on Beijing for alleged human rights abuses against Uighurs, such as visa restrictions on Chinese officials, increasing bilateral tensions.<br>Vice President Mike Pence severely criticized China in a July 2019 speech in Washington, claiming that the &#8220;Communist Party imprisoned more than a million Chinese Muslims, including Uighurs, in internment camps where they endure around-the-clock brainwashing.&#8221;<br>China has termed the Western counties&#8217; criticisms as interference in its internal affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan provided intelligence to the United States and Britain last year showing evidence of China&#8217;s forceful detainment of the Muslim Uighur minority on condition of keeping the source confidential, a person close to Japan-U.S. relations said Monday.Based on the information, the United States stepped up criticism against China&#8217;s alleged crackdown on Uighurs in the Xinjiang &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,31,30],"tags":[121,125,142,1186],"class_list":["post-72015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-world","tag-britain","tag-china","tag-japan","tag-uighurs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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