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China detaining Uighurs for wearing veil, growing beard: Leaked document
Wearing a veil or growing a beard are among the reasons that China has been detaining Uighur Muslims from the western region of Xinjiang, according to ... World News -
US Pompeo urges Kazakhstan to join it in pressing China over Uighur rights
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Kazakhstan on Sunday to join Washington in pressing China over its treatment of Muslim minorities in the ... World News -
Hong Kong protesters rally in support of China's ethnic Uighurs
More than 1,000 people in Hong Kong rallied peacefully in support of China's ethnic Uighurs on Sunday, waving Uighur flags and posters in the city's ... World News -
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil’s Instagram comments sparks anger in China
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has caused a stir among Chinese football fans for recent posts on social media. On Instagram, the 31-year-old playmaker ... Sports -
China tightens info control after leaks on detention camps
The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and holding high ... World News -
China claims everyone in Xinjiang camps has ‘graduated’
People who were at vocational training centers in China’s far west Xinjiang have all “graduated” and are living happy lives, an ... World News -
China to Pompeo: US should stop interfering in China’s internal affairs
China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call on Saturday that the United States should stop ... World News -
China summons US embassy official over Uighur bill
China summoned a representative of the US embassy on Wednesday to protest against a US House of Representatives bill about Beijing’s treatment ... World News -
US teen’s TikTok video condemning Xinjiang Muslim crackdown goes viral
A TikTok post by a young woman, pretending to give eyelash curling advice while actually condemning China’s crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang, ... Digital -
Leaked Chinese documents show details of Xinjiang clampdown - NYT report
A trove of leaked Chinese government documents reveals details of its clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country’s western Xinjiang ... Features -
US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Muslim treatment
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese government and Communist Party officials it believes responsible for the detention or abuse ... World News -
China says US ‘lies’ about Xinjiang region will not deceive anyone
China said on Monday US “lies” about the western region of Xinjiang will not deceive anyone, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his ... World News -
Pompeo says US to rally support for Uighurs at UN
The United States will use this month’s UN General Assembly to rally support for the Uighurs, whose treatment by China is among “the worst ... World News -
World Bank says ‘no indication’ China misused loan for Uighur schools
The World Bank said Thursday it is again reviewing a loan to China to provide vocational education to the Muslim Uighur minority, but has “no ... World News -
China’s former energy chief accused of corruption
China has expelled one of its most senior ethnic Uighur officials from the Communist Party, the country’s anti-corruption watchdog said on ... Economy -
US lawmakers nominate jailed Uighur scholar for Nobel peace prize
US lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle said Wednesday they have nominated jailed Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti - sentenced to life in prison ... World News -
Indonesian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uighurs
Several hundred protesters chanted “God is Great” and “Get out, communist!” outside China’s embassy in the Indonesian ... World News -
US ‘deeply troubled’ by China crackdown on Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said the US government was "deeply troubled" by China's "worsening crackdown" on ... World News -
China rejects allegations of detaining one million Uighurs in Xinjiang camps
China insisted Monday there is no “arbitrary detention” and there are no “re-education centers” in its western Xinjiang region ... World News -
The Chinese ‘war on terror’ on Uighur Muslims
In the aftermath of 9/11, the “War on Terror” has become a ubiquitous feature of the global landscape. We know of it in the West, we know ... Middle East -
Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region ‘happiest in the world’
Muslims living in China’s far western region of Xinjiang are the happiest in the world and people should not believe the lies spread by ... World News -
Egyptian police said to detain Chinese Uighurs in wide sweep
Chinese students from the Uighur ethnic minority have been detained in Egypt in a broad police sweep that has shaken the country’s sizeable ... Middle East -
Kyrgyzstan: Uighur militant groups behind attack on China’s embassy
The suicide bomber, whose car rammed the gates of the embassy on Aug. 30, was an ethnic Uighur who held a Tajik passport Gulf -
Is China engaging the Arab world to mitigate domestic trouble?
With battles for Mosul and Raqqa on the horizon, Beijing’s policy toward key Arab capitals is to try to arrest the spread of extremism Features -
China says it hopes for counter-terror intelligence sharing with France
China hopes to establish counter-terrorism intelligence sharing with France as the Asian giant seeks greater international support for its anti-terror ... World News -
China’s proxy war in Syria: Revealing the role of Uighur fighters
A few months ago, in a remote town in Idlib province, northern Syria, an unusual foreign militant presence alarmed Syrian locals Features -
China appoints first anti-terror czar: state media
Liu Yuejin previously served as an assistant minister of public security and has worked on the country’s anti-narcotics efforts since the 1980s World News -
Turkish President Erdogan in Beijing amid ethnic tensions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Beijing amid tensions Middle East -
Turkish help for Uighur refugees looms over Erdogan visit to Beijing
The folded piece of paper with a photo of a four-month-old baby tells a story that will loom over Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Chinese ... Features -
China says kills 4 militants in crackdown on Uighurs leaving country
China also said it found 553 people attempting to flee the country since 2014 Asia