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Uighurs: China rebuffs Pope’s criticism as “groundless”
Beijing has dismissed Pope’s Francis’s criticism of its treatment of China’s Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang.
It came after the head of the Rome Catholic Church joined a grown group of international voices describing the Uighurs as “persecuted” in a new book.
China’s foreign ministry said the Pope’s remarks were “groundless”.
It is believed that the Chinese government has detained up to a million Uighurs in what the state defines as “re-education camps”. It has also been alleged they are forcing Uighur woman to be sterilised tor fitted with contraceptive devices, apparently to control the population growth.
Source: BBC #Nov25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55067700
#RomeCatholic #China #Reglious #Uighur #Xinjiang
Beijing has dismissed Pope’s Francis’s criticism of its treatment of China’s Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang.
It came after the head of the Rome Catholic Church joined a grown group of international voices describing the Uighurs as “persecuted” in a new book.
China’s foreign ministry said the Pope’s remarks were “groundless”.
It is believed that the Chinese government has detained up to a million Uighurs in what the state defines as “re-education camps”. It has also been alleged they are forcing Uighur woman to be sterilised tor fitted with contraceptive devices, apparently to control the population growth.
Source: BBC #Nov25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55067700
#RomeCatholic #China #Reglious #Uighur #Xinjiang
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Uighurs: China rebuffs Pope’s criticism as “groundless”
Beijing has dismissed Pope’s Francis’s criticism of its treatment of China’s Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang.
It came after the head of the Rome Catholic Church joined a grown group of international voices describing the Uighurs as “persecuted” in a new book.
China’s foreign ministry said the Pope’s remarks were “groundless”.
It is believed that the Chinese government has detained up to a million Uighurs in what the state defines as “re-education camps”. It has also been alleged they are forcing Uighur woman to be sterilised tor fitted with contraceptive devices, apparently to control the population growth.
Source: BBC #Nov25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55067700
#RomeCatholic #China #Reglious #Uighur #Xinjiang
Beijing has dismissed Pope’s Francis’s criticism of its treatment of China’s Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang.
It came after the head of the Rome Catholic Church joined a grown group of international voices describing the Uighurs as “persecuted” in a new book.
China’s foreign ministry said the Pope’s remarks were “groundless”.
It is believed that the Chinese government has detained up to a million Uighurs in what the state defines as “re-education camps”. It has also been alleged they are forcing Uighur woman to be sterilised tor fitted with contraceptive devices, apparently to control the population growth.
Source: BBC #Nov25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55067700
#RomeCatholic #China #Reglious #Uighur #Xinjiang
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State Owned China Daily Spends US$2M in 6 Months to Promote US-China Relations
Latest filings to the US show the Chinese owned media China Daily spent over US$2.4 million, including US$881k advertisement fees to 17 publications and media outlets in six months. Amongst them are LA Times and Wall Street Journal in the US, Globe and Mail in Canada and Financial Times in the UK. The money was spent on editorials that promote a pro-China agenda locally.
The US’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) requires all individual and organizational delegates of foreign governments to regularly disclose their activities and financial arrangements within the US. China Daily submitted its statement of records from May to October this year to the US Department of Justice last week, which shows that the media has paid LA Times US$340k of advertisement fees and US$110k of printing fees to carry out advertising and promotional activities.
Source: Apple Daily #Nov25
https://bit.ly/2VWidll
#ChinaDaily #US #MediaWar
Latest filings to the US show the Chinese owned media China Daily spent over US$2.4 million, including US$881k advertisement fees to 17 publications and media outlets in six months. Amongst them are LA Times and Wall Street Journal in the US, Globe and Mail in Canada and Financial Times in the UK. The money was spent on editorials that promote a pro-China agenda locally.
The US’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) requires all individual and organizational delegates of foreign governments to regularly disclose their activities and financial arrangements within the US. China Daily submitted its statement of records from May to October this year to the US Department of Justice last week, which shows that the media has paid LA Times US$340k of advertisement fees and US$110k of printing fees to carry out advertising and promotional activities.
Source: Apple Daily #Nov25
https://bit.ly/2VWidll
#ChinaDaily #US #MediaWar
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British Thinktank Urges UK to Focus on Indo-Pacific Region
An influential centre-right British thinktank recently published a report proposing the UK's strategic policies on the Indo-Pacific region focusing on military, financial and diplomatic resources on building up democratic power against China's growing impact on world order. The report also recommends the UK government to support Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms promised in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
The report was published by Policy Exchange's Indo-Pacific Commission, chaired by former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and endorsed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and current Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. With the publishing of this report expects closer collaboration between Britain and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region, including Australia, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Together, they make up nearly half of the global economic output and comprise of more than half of the world population.
The report points out the UK government should expand the deployment of Royal Navy assets, Royal Air Force aircraft and Army (including Special Forces) or Royal Marines personnel to achieve uninterrupted and year-round UK military presence in the Indo-Pacific Region on operational and training missions. The City of London would offer its financial muscle through an Indo-Pacific investment initiative to set up a clean alternative to the Chinese belt and road initiative. It is also suggested to create an Indo-Pacific multinational investment treaty to protect investors from Chinese discriminatory practices and allow investors to enter into arbitration under international law.
Source: Apple Daily #Nov25
https://bit.ly/2IDPJdm
#UK #IndoPacific #PolicyExchange #BeltAndRoad
An influential centre-right British thinktank recently published a report proposing the UK's strategic policies on the Indo-Pacific region focusing on military, financial and diplomatic resources on building up democratic power against China's growing impact on world order. The report also recommends the UK government to support Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms promised in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
The report was published by Policy Exchange's Indo-Pacific Commission, chaired by former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and endorsed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and current Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. With the publishing of this report expects closer collaboration between Britain and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region, including Australia, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Together, they make up nearly half of the global economic output and comprise of more than half of the world population.
The report points out the UK government should expand the deployment of Royal Navy assets, Royal Air Force aircraft and Army (including Special Forces) or Royal Marines personnel to achieve uninterrupted and year-round UK military presence in the Indo-Pacific Region on operational and training missions. The City of London would offer its financial muscle through an Indo-Pacific investment initiative to set up a clean alternative to the Chinese belt and road initiative. It is also suggested to create an Indo-Pacific multinational investment treaty to protect investors from Chinese discriminatory practices and allow investors to enter into arbitration under international law.
Source: Apple Daily #Nov25
https://bit.ly/2IDPJdm
#UK #IndoPacific #PolicyExchange #BeltAndRoad
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#Interpol
Emirati general accused of torture, Chinese official win key Interpol posts
A senior UAE security official accused of torture has been elected president of global police agency Interpol, prompting concern from legal experts, human rights advocates and his alleged victims.
Critics are outraged by the election result. The campaign group Human Rights Watch's Gulf researcher, #HibaZayadin, called it "a sad day for human rights and the rule of law worldwide". She said the general was "a representative of arguably the most authoritarian government in the Gulf, one that equates peaceful dissent with terrorism".
Besides, China’s Hu Binchen was elected to the interpol Executive Committee. His candidacy was opposed by MPs of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (#IPAC)who are part of a global alliance representing democratic countries and who say his election would give Beijing the green light to misuse the agency; in particular the Red Notices issued for arrests of wanted fugitives.
“Hu’s election gives the PRC government a green light to continue using interpol as a vehicle for its repressive policies globally and places thousands of Hong Konger, Uyghur, Tibetan, Taiwanese and Chinese dissidents living abroad at even graver risk,” the IPAC statement read.
Hu is a deputy general in China’s Ministry of Public Security which oversees policing. 50 parliamentarians from 20 countries called on national governments to ensure Hu was not elected.
#HumanRights #China #UEA #RedNotice #CCP
Source: Stand News, BBC, the Guardian; #Nov25
https://thestandnews.page.link/333wZMHyphu3h2vj9
Emirati general accused of torture, Chinese official win key Interpol posts
A senior UAE security official accused of torture has been elected president of global police agency Interpol, prompting concern from legal experts, human rights advocates and his alleged victims.
Critics are outraged by the election result. The campaign group Human Rights Watch's Gulf researcher, #HibaZayadin, called it "a sad day for human rights and the rule of law worldwide". She said the general was "a representative of arguably the most authoritarian government in the Gulf, one that equates peaceful dissent with terrorism".
Besides, China’s Hu Binchen was elected to the interpol Executive Committee. His candidacy was opposed by MPs of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (#IPAC)who are part of a global alliance representing democratic countries and who say his election would give Beijing the green light to misuse the agency; in particular the Red Notices issued for arrests of wanted fugitives.
“Hu’s election gives the PRC government a green light to continue using interpol as a vehicle for its repressive policies globally and places thousands of Hong Konger, Uyghur, Tibetan, Taiwanese and Chinese dissidents living abroad at even graver risk,” the IPAC statement read.
Hu is a deputy general in China’s Ministry of Public Security which oversees policing. 50 parliamentarians from 20 countries called on national governments to ensure Hu was not elected.
#HumanRights #China #UEA #RedNotice #CCP
Source: Stand News, BBC, the Guardian; #Nov25
https://thestandnews.page.link/333wZMHyphu3h2vj9