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WEEK IN REVIEW: Chinese Navy Destroyer Baotou Docks at Kenya’s Mombasa Port

China and Russia led efforts within the United Nations to weaken and defund human rights-related investigations, according to a new report by the NGO International Service for Human Rights. The report said the attempts to use budget cuts to redirect or blunt human rights intelligence happened in closed-door ...

S.Africa Court Jails 7 Chinese Nationals for Human Trafficking

A South African court sentenced seven Chinese nationals to 20 years in prison Wednesday for forcing more than 90 Malawians, some as young as 14, to work in a Johannesburg sweatshop. Africa's most industrialised nation is a magnet for undocumented migrants ...

Indonesia Deepens Ties With Xinjiang Despite Human Rights Concerns

When the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) opened its doors to Xinjiang’s state-linked conglomerates this month, the event was billed as a milestone in deepening trade ties. Executives from Jakarta and Urumqi spoke glowingly of “mutual respect” ...

Gay Chinese Couple Fulfil Wedding Dream in ‘Freer’ Thailand

By Sarah Lai When Wang Zengyi, 41, and Song Jihan, 29, first met at a friend's dinner party in China, it was love at first sight. "I thought he was handsome and pure," says Wang. ...

Brazil Sues China’s BYD Over ‘Slavery’ Conditions on Build Site

Brazilian prosecutors are suing Chinese electric car giant BYD and two contracting companies for human trafficking and alleged slave labor conditions at a build site, according to legal documents seen by AFP Thursday. The case concerns 220 Chinese workers found last ...

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The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Myanmar Junta Says It Deported Over 50,000 Scam Center Workers to China

Myanmar's ruling junta said Tuesday it had deported to China more than 50,000 people suspected of involvement in online scam operations since October 2023, as it made a rare call to neighboring countries to intervene. Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's ...

EV Giant Byd Contractor Denies ‘Slavery-Like Conditions’ in Brazil

A contractor for Chinese EV giant BYD denied on Thursday there were "slave-like conditions" in a Brazil factory, where local officials said they found evidence of forced labor. Local officials in Brazil's northeast Bahia state, where the BYD factory was being ...

Chinese Workers Saved From ‘Slave-Like Conditions’ at BYD Site in Brazil

More than 160 Chinese workers have been saved from "slave-like conditions" in Brazil, where they had been building an electric car factory for Chinese giant BYD, officials said Tuesday. BYD's Brazilian subsidiary said in a statement late Monday it has "broken ...
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