Geopolitics
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said China poses the most significant challenge to the nation than any other country. more
China: Authority removes Uyghur language as medium of instruction in Xinjiang

Beijing: One county in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is no more offering Uyghur language to instruct students, adding one more episode of persecution by ...

Chinese tech major brand Huawei backtracks after filing for patent to identify Uyghur faces

Beijing: Chinese technology brand Huawei has decided to backtrack a patent application it filed for a facial recognition system intended to identify Uyghurs from other Chinese ethnicities ...

China planning to combine all ethnic minorities into singular national identity: Reports

Beijing: China is believed to be engaging in the practice of combining all the different ethnic minorities in China into a singular national identity and thereby imposing the Chinese Comm ...

China pressing minorities into mould of a new 'single nation-state': Report

Beijing: President Xi Jinping's government is promoting a less tolerant pan-Chinese identity that is pressing minorities into the mould of a new 'single nation-state', reports ...

UNGA: 39 countries target China over its policy towards Hong Kong, Xinjiang

Geneva: As many as 39 nations have condemned China's policy towards people in Hong Kong and Xinjiang regions.

US: Lawmakers passes bill to force companies to disclose Xinjiang-sourced materials

Washington: Lawmakers in  Lower House of the United States Congress on Wednesday passed legislation which will now require publicly listed companies in the US to disclose commercial ...

Mulan row: US Senators urge Disney CEO to explain why it cooperated with Xinjiang authorities

Washington: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to The Walt Disney Company’s Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek, inquiring about Disney’s cooperat ...

Xinjiang is another Bangladesh waiting to happen, says activist Lily Harding

New York: Activist Lily Harding feels that Xinjiang region in China is likely to become another Bangladesh (read get liberation like Bangladesh got in 1971) as the people of the area drea ...