This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe Internet has become an unbearable place for Vicky Xiuzhong Xu, a 26-year-old analyst based in Australia. Over the past week, she was shocked to see her name trending on Chinese social media, with millions of views and thousands of negative comments.The flood of attacks posted and re-posted by state-media outlets and nationalist bloggers followed similar themes. Xu, part of a team documenting abuses of Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region last year, was a traitor, a pawn controlled by the West, or a “female demon.”...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe Internet has become an unbearable place for Vicky Xiuzhong Xu, a 26-year-old analyst based in Australia. Over the past week, she was shocked to see her name trending on Chinese social media, with millions of views and thousands of negative comments.The flood of attacks posted and re-posted by state-media outlets and nationalist bloggers followed similar themes. Xu, part of a team documenting abuses of Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region last year, was a traitor, a pawn controlled by the West, or a “female demon.”...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareCanadian businessman Michael Spavor was put on trial in China on Friday in closed-door proceedings that lasted two hours, in a case widely criticized by Western officials as a violation of international law and a .Diplomats from Canada and more than half a dozen other countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, as well as journalists were barred from the proceedings at a court in the northern Chinese city of Dandong. Canadian officials said their denial of entry breaches the country’s consular agreement...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareCanadian businessman Michael Spavor was put on trial in China on Friday in closed-door proceedings that lasted two hours, in a case widely criticized by Western officials as a violation of international law and a .Diplomats from Canada and more than half a dozen other countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, as well as journalists were barred from the proceedings at a court in the northern Chinese city of Dandong. Canadian officials said their denial of entry breaches the country’s consular agreement...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldOutrage after Beijing imposes new law allowing disqualification of ‘unpatriotic’ legislatorsFirst published on Wed 11 Nov 2020 01.05 ESTHong Kong has plunged further into crisis as a new law imposed by Beijing allowing the disqualification of “unpatriotic” opposition members prompted the entire pro-democracy caucus to announce their resignation.Four sitting legislators were disqualified with immediate effect, with the move heralded as the end of political opposition in the city and “the death-knell of Hong Kong’s...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldOutrage after Beijing imposes new law allowing disqualification of ‘unpatriotic’ legislatorsFirst published on Wed 11 Nov 2020 01.05 ESTHong Kong has plunged further into crisis as a new law imposed by Beijing allowing the disqualification of “unpatriotic” opposition members prompted the entire pro-democracy caucus to announce their resignation.Four sitting legislators were disqualified with immediate effect, with the move heralded as the end of political opposition in the city and “the death-knell of Hong Kong’s...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPeople from Belgium and Philippines are also barred in ‘temporary measure taken in response to the pandemic’Last modified on Thu 5 Nov 2020 07.08 ESTChina has barred non-Chinese travellers from the UK, Belgium and the , imposing new border restrictions in response to the worsening Covid-19 pandemic.The Chinese embassy in the UK said on Wednesday that China’s borders were now closed to those arriving from the UK, including those with valid visas and residence permits. The measure, a reversal of recently loosened...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPeople from Belgium and Philippines are also barred in ‘temporary measure taken in response to the pandemic’Last modified on Thu 5 Nov 2020 07.08 ESTChina has barred non-Chinese travellers from the UK, Belgium and the , imposing new border restrictions in response to the worsening Covid-19 pandemic.The Chinese embassy in the UK said on Wednesday that China’s borders were now closed to those arriving from the UK, including those with valid visas and residence permits. The measure, a reversal of recently loosened...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldNew York Times says records reveal company bank account in China, and documents show he paid more tax there than at homeLast modified on Fri 23 Oct 2020 11.52 EDTDonald Trump maintains a bank account in China where he pursued licensing deals for years, according to a report that could undermine the president’s election campaign claim that he is tough on Beijing.Tax records showed a previously unreported bank account in China controlled by Trump International Hotels Management. The account paid $188,561 in taxes in China...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldNew York Times says records reveal company bank account in China, and documents show he paid more tax there than at homeLast modified on Fri 23 Oct 2020 11.52 EDTDonald Trump maintains a bank account in China where he pursued licensing deals for years, according to a report that could undermine the president’s election campaign claim that he is tough on Beijing.Tax records showed a previously unreported bank account in China controlled by Trump International Hotels Management. The account paid $188,561 in taxes in China...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldResearcher says Xinjiang files reveal government strategy of long-term social controlLast modified on Fri 2 Apr 2021 10.46 EDTThousands of Uighur children appear to have been left without parents as their mothers or fathers were forced into Chinese internment camps, prison and other detention facilities, according to evidence from government documents in .Records compiled by officials in southern Xinjiang and Adrian Zenz indicate that in 2018 more than 9,500 mostly Uighur children in Yarkand county were classified...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldResearcher says Xinjiang files reveal government strategy of long-term social controlLast modified on Fri 2 Apr 2021 10.46 EDTThousands of Uighur children appear to have been left without parents as their mothers or fathers were forced into Chinese internment camps, prison and other detention facilities, according to evidence from government documents in .Records compiled by officials in southern Xinjiang and Adrian Zenz indicate that in 2018 more than 9,500 mostly Uighur children in Yarkand county were classified...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldExclusive: Cai Xia, who has been expelled from the elite Central Party School, says president’s ‘unchecked power’ has made China ‘the enemy of the world’Last modified on Tue 18 Aug 2020 13.29 EDTA former professor at China’s elite Central Party School has issued an unprecedented rebuke of the Chinese leader, , accusing him of “killing a country” and claiming that many more want out of the ruling Chinese Communist party.Cai Xia, a prominent professor who taught at the school, a higher education institution for top...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldExclusive: Cai Xia, who has been expelled from the elite Central Party School, says president’s ‘unchecked power’ has made China ‘the enemy of the world’Last modified on Tue 18 Aug 2020 13.29 EDTA former professor at China’s elite Central Party School has issued an unprecedented rebuke of the Chinese leader, , accusing him of “killing a country” and claiming that many more want out of the ruling Chinese Communist party.Cai Xia, a prominent professor who taught at the school, a higher education institution for top...WW…

As China comes under attack abroad, nationalist sentiment at home is being stoked – at the expense of other voicesLast modified on Fri 31 Jul 2020 00.46 EDTIn another video, widely circulated on Chinese social media, a CNN reporter attempting to broadcast is drowned out by a group belting out a patriotic Chinese song. The crowd sings cheerfully, if discordantly: “Praising our beloved motherland as it goes towards prosperity and power.”Residents noted how different the scene was to one in 1999, when thousands of Chinese protesters descended on the US embassy in Beijing, after the US bombed...…As China comes under attack abroad, nationalist sentiment at home is being stoked – at the expense of other voicesLast modified on Fri 31 Jul 2020 00.46 EDTIn another video, widely circulated on Chinese social media, a CNN reporter attempting to broadcast is drowned out by a group belting out a patriotic Chinese song. The crowd sings cheerfully, if discordantly: “Praising our beloved motherland as it goes towards prosperity and power.”Residents noted how different the scene was to one in 1999, when thousands of Chinese protesters descended on the US embassy in Beijing, after the US bombed...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldTit-for-tat move follows measures by Ottawa, Canberra and London over new security lawFirst published on Tue 28 Jul 2020 04.52 EDTChina has suspended ’s extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, and the UK, in a tit-for-tat move after similar decisions by those countries over its controversial new security law.On Tuesday, China’s ministry of foreign affairs said was suspending criminal assistance agreements, including extradition, accusing those countries of “politicising judicial cooperation”. Canada, Australia...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldTit-for-tat move follows measures by Ottawa, Canberra and London over new security lawFirst published on Tue 28 Jul 2020 04.52 EDTChina has suspended ’s extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, and the UK, in a tit-for-tat move after similar decisions by those countries over its controversial new security law.On Tuesday, China’s ministry of foreign affairs said was suspending criminal assistance agreements, including extradition, accusing those countries of “politicising judicial cooperation”. Canada, Australia...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldChina says it never sought to ‘build an empire’ in reply to Pompeo’s claim offshore development is unlawfulFirst published on Mon 13 Jul 2020 21.35 EDTBeijing has called the US a “troublemaker” after strong criticism from Washington of its claims in the and announced sanctions on Lockheed Martin over arms sales to Taiwan.The Chinese foreign ministry said the country had never sought to “build an empire” in the disputed waters, hitting back at comments by the US secretary of state, , that “the world will not allow...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldChina says it never sought to ‘build an empire’ in reply to Pompeo’s claim offshore development is unlawfulFirst published on Mon 13 Jul 2020 21.35 EDTBeijing has called the US a “troublemaker” after strong criticism from Washington of its claims in the and announced sanctions on Lockheed Martin over arms sales to Taiwan.The Chinese foreign ministry said the country had never sought to “build an empire” in the disputed waters, hitting back at comments by the US secretary of state, , that “the world will not allow...WW…