On July 14, the Turkish Parliament’s Human Rights Committee made a decision to decline the establishment of a sub-committee to investigate allegations of human rights violations against Uyghurs. Instead, they chose to assign an existing sub-committee, which had previously focused on racism and Islamophobia during prior legislative terms, to address […]
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In a bipartisan effort to curb the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) growing influence in Latin America, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, along with Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Reps. Josh Gottheimer […]
During the House Select Committee hearing, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Kritenbrink, evaded questions regarding his involvement in advising the delay in sanctioning Chinese officials over the Uyghur issue. Only 20, United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and […]
Chinese Man Convicted and Banned for Life in Malawi’s Racist Video Scandal In this recent case, a Chinese man, Lu Ke, who gained notoriety for producing and selling racist videos featuring Malawian children, has been convicted on multiple charges and permanently banned from the African country. Background: Lu Ke, also […]
Financial Times reports that Zhejiang Province in China has deleted mortality data that indicated a significant increase in deaths following the relaxation of COVID-19 controls at the end of last year. The cremation statistics revealed a 73% surge in the number of cremations during the first quarter of this year, […]
Chinese intelligence successfully hacked into Microsoft email accounts of around two dozen government agencies, including the U.S. State Department and Western European entities, in a significant cyber breach, as confirmed by Microsoft and U.S. national security officials. Sen. Mark Warner, Chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence, stated that the […]
The source of the text is from C-Span 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley delivered remarks on U.S. foreign policy and the diplomatic approach she would take with China if elected president. She spoke at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C, and said she would take a much more aggressive stance toward China […]
On July 4, the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization officially welcomed Iran as its newest member, bringing the total number of member states to nine. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established in 2001 with China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan […]
China has appointed economist Pan Gongsheng, who studied at Cambridge University and Harvard University, as the new Communist Party chief at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). This unexpected move comes as Beijing aims to address the country’s economic slowdown and stabilize its currency. Pan, currently serving as the deputy […]
By Uyghur Times Staff China passed an anti-West foreign relations law to counter global democracy led by the U.S., as reported by China’s state propaganda outlet, the Global Times. The newly enacted law aims to counter so-called “frequent external interference in China’s internal affairs” and challenge “Western hegemony “with unilateral […]