China Exiles in Thailand Lose Hope, Fearing Beijing’s Long Reach

With tears rolling down his cheeks, detained Chinese political exile Zhou Junyi struggles to make his voice heard over dozens of families visiting Bangkok's main immigration detention center. Zhou's China Democracy Party, an exile group, organized a commemoration on June 4 ...

China Deploys Army of Fake NGOs at UN to Intimidate Critics: Media Probe

By Nina Larson China is deploying a growing army of organisations masquerading as NGOs to monitor and intimidate rights activists at the UN, a new investigation by the ICIJ media consortium said on Monday. Dubbed ...

China Deploys Army of Fake NGOs at UN to Intimidate Critics: Media Probe

By Nina Larson China is deploying a growing army of organisations masquerading as NGOs to monitor and intimidate rights activists at the UN, a new investigation by the ICIJ media consortium said on Monday. Dubbed ...

Thai Ministers Travel to Xinjiang to Visit Deported Uyghurs

Two senior Thai government ministers traveled to China's northwestern Xinjiang region on Wednesday to assess the conditions of dozens of Uyghurs deported from the kingdom last month. Thailand last month sent at least 40 Uyghurs back after they had spent years ...

Thailand Says Assured of Uyghurs’ Safety After U.S. Visa Bans

Thailand on Saturday responded to a United States visa ban on officials from the kingdom involved in deporting dozens of Uyghurs back to China, saying it had "received assurances" of their safety. The Thai government has suffered intense criticism from around ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

How to Lure Chinese Financing Back to the Global South: Report

Global South countries face increasing financing pressure, endangering their ability to keep developing while also implementing measures to deal with a growing climate crisis. The disruption of global trade is coupled with a larger megatrend: flows of international capital to the developing world have turned negative. This means that countries are now routinely paying more to service loans than they receive in disbursements.

The vast majority of Global South borrowers ...

U.S. Bars Thai Officials Over Uyghur Deportations

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday announced visa bans on officials from ally Thailand after the kingdom deported dozens of Uyghurs back to China. "In light of China's longstanding acts of genocide and crimes against humanity committed against Uyghurs, ...

Why Indonesia Remains Silent on Thailand’s Uyghur Repatriation

When Thailand deported 40 Uyghurs to China, the move sparked strong condemnation from Japan and various Western nations, citing human rights concerns. Indonesia, a country with the world’s largest Muslim population, however, stayed silent. This was no accident. Jakarta’s response, ...

China Appears to Confirm Uyghur Deportations From Thailand

By Matthew Walsh China appeared to confirm on Thursday that dozens of Uyghurs had been deported from Thailand, despite warnings from human rights groups that they face persecution on their return. Beijing is accused of ...

Thailand Deports Dozens of Uyghurs to China

By Thanaporn Promyamyai with Matthew Walsh in Beijing Thailand deported dozens of Uyghurs to China on Thursday despite warnings from human rights groups that they would face persecution on their return, drawing swift condemnation from the United Nations. ...

UN Urges Thailand Not to Deport Uyghurs to China

The UN indicated Friday it was urging Thailand not to send dozens of detained Uyghurs to any country where they risk "significant" harm, after reported plans to deport them to China. Rights groups have warned that Bangkok is preparing to deport ...

Thailand Denies Plans to Send 48 Uyghurs Back to China

Thai authorities denied Wednesday there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in the country's detention centers after UN experts warned the group could face torture if they return. The Uyghurs fled China -- which has ...

Why is Türkiye Enhancing Cooperation with China?

By Buğra Süsler One of the highlights of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s visits to China (3-5 June) and the BRICS meeting in Russia (10-11 June) was Türkiye’s renewed interest in joining the BRICS bloc, which signaled once again Ankara’s ...
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