Backlash as US billionaire dismisses Uyghur abuse
Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya is under fire for saying that he – and most Americans – “don’t care” about abuses…
US Congress passes import ban on Chinese Uyghur region
The US Congress has passed a bill that requires companies to prove that goods imported from China’s Xinjiang region were…
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: China criticises US diplomatic boycott
China has condemned a planned US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and threatened to retaliate. Foreign…
Uighurs: China bans UK MPs after abuse sanctions
China has imposed sanctions on nine UK citizens – including five MPs – for spreading what it called “lies and…
Uighurs: Western countries sanction China over rights abuses
Several Western countries have imposed sanctions on officials in China over rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority group.…
Uighurs: Chinese foreign minister says genocide claims ‘absurd’
China’s foreign minister says allegations his country is carrying out genocide against Muslim ethnic Uighurs are “ridiculously absurd” and “a…
Uighur camps: US, UK governments condemn reports of systematic rape
The US government has said it is “deeply disturbed” by a BBC report detailing allegations of systematic rape of Uighur women…
China’s pressure and propaganda – the reality of reporting Xinjiang
By John Sudworth BBC News, Beijing In addition to the heavy restrictions it places on foreign journalists trying to report…