Chinese Muslims
US blacklists 28 Chinese entities over ‘brutal’ Xinjiang abuses
World
October 8, 2019
US blacklists 28 Chinese entities over ‘brutal’ Xinjiang abuses
The US is to blacklist 28 Chinese entities that it says are implicated in rights violations and abuses targeting Uighurs…
China ban on some textbooks seen as aimed at Uighur culture
World
August 27, 2019
China ban on some textbooks seen as aimed at Uighur culture
BEIJING (AP) — For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and…
China says most people in Xinjiang camps have ‘returned to society’
World
July 30, 2019
China says most people in Xinjiang camps have ‘returned to society’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Most people sent to mass detention centers in China’s Xinjiang region have “returned to society”, a senior…
As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists
World
July 15, 2019
As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists
From the expansive dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan, Chinese authorities are selling troubled Xinjiang…
Wrecked mosques, police watch: A tense Ramadan in Xinjiang
World
June 5, 2019
Wrecked mosques, police watch: A tense Ramadan in Xinjiang
The corner where Heyitkah Mosque in China’s restive Xinjiang region once hummed with life is now a concrete parking lot…
China frees ‘lost’ Uighur wives but at a price, families say
World
April 30, 2019
China frees ‘lost’ Uighur wives but at a price, families say
Their Uighur wives vanished in 2017, swept up in a Chinese dragnet tackling Islamic extremism, now they’ve been released —…
Xinjiang crackdown at the heart of China’s Belt and Road
World
April 28, 2019
Xinjiang crackdown at the heart of China’s Belt and Road
Traders travel freely through the bustling Khorgos special economic zone that straddles the Kazakhstan-China border, but signs on the Chinese…
China says nearly 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang
World
March 18, 2019
China says nearly 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang
China on Monday defended its controversial security crackdown in the fractious far west region of Xinjiang, saying nearly 13,000 “terrorists”…
China’s treatment of Uighurs an ’embarrassment for humanity’: Turkey
World
February 10, 2019
China’s treatment of Uighurs an ’embarrassment for humanity’: Turkey
Turkey on Saturday condemned China’s treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people as “a great embarrassment for humanity,” adding to…
West calls on China to close Uighur detention camps
World
November 6, 2018
West calls on China to close Uighur detention camps
Western countries including Canada, France and Germany called on China on Tuesday to close down detention camps, which activists…