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New US Ambassador Aligned With Shifting Worldview on China

October 25, 2021
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News Analysis The U.S. government has the right to “expand our arms provisions to Taiwan,” said Nicholas Burns, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to China. During his Senate confirmation hearing on Oct. 20, Burns hit nearly all of China’s soft spots—the uncomfortable subjects that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants the world to…

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‘They Will Monetize Everything’: Beijing Has Turned Rights Abuses Into an Industry, Experts Say

October 23, 2021
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The Chinese Communist Party has become an expert in profiting off its human rights abuses, according to a former State Department official, who pointed to the regime’s commercializing of slave labor—and even body parts from slain prisoners of conscience. Robert Destro, a former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, said that…

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‘They Will Monetize Everything’: Experts Highlight How Beijing Has Turned Rights Abuses Into an Industry

October 23, 2021
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The Chinese Communist Party has become an expert in profiting off its human rights abuses, according to a former State Department official, who pointed to the regime commercializing slave labor—and even body parts from slain prisoners of conscience. Robert Destro, a former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, said that the…

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43 Nations Criticize China’s Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang

October 23, 2021
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More nations joined the rebuke of the communist Chinese regime at the United Nations on Oct. 21 over its human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far western Xinjiang region. “We have seen an increasing number of reports of widespread and systematic human rights violations, including reports documenting torture or cruel,…

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Universal Electronics Ended Relationship With Agency Linked to Uyghur Workers

October 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON—Universal Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday it had ended its relationship with a staffing agency that hired Uyghur workers who were transported from China’s Xinjiang province to a plant in southern China. Reuters reported earlier this month that Universal struck a deal with authorities in Xinjiang to transport hundreds of Uyghur workers to its plant…

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Lawmakers Call on CBP to Block Xinjiang Cotton Imports as NBA Season Kicks Off

October 21, 2021
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The chairmen of a top U.S. congressional body on Oct. 20 demanded transparency from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on whether it has blocked imports from companies that have publicly endorsed the use of cotton from China’s Xinjiang region, citing forced labor concerns. In a letter (pdf) to CBP Commissioner Troy Miller, Sen. Jeff…

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Senators Seek Details From US Electronics Firm on Uyghur Labor

October 20, 2021
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WASHINGTON—A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. senators wrote to remote-control maker Universal Electronics Inc on Wednesday about concerns the Arizona-based company could be implicated in the mistreatment of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region. The letter cited a Reuters report earlier this month that Universal struck a deal with authorities in Xinjiang to transport…

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China Promotes Most Sanctioned Xinjiang Official in Snub to the West

October 20, 2021
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Beijing has promoted a senior official whose name appeared on multiple Western sanction lists for his role in suppressing Uyghur communities in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, which several countries have labeled a constitute genocide. Wang Junzheng, 58, has taken over the top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) post in Tibet after serving as the Party boss…

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High-Ranking Chinese Official Sanctioned by the West Promoted by the CCP

October 20, 2021
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Beijing has promoted a senior official in China’s far-western Xinjiang region whose name has appeared on multiple Western sanction lists for his role in suppressing Uyghur communities, which several countries have labeled as genocide. Wang Junzheng, 58, has been placed in the top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) post in Tibet after serving as the Party…

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New COVID-19 Cases in China’s Xinjiang Region Triggers Lockdown of Prefecture

October 6, 2021
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Homes have been sealed and large numbers of travelers are stranded in a prefecture in China’s Xinjiang region bordering Kazakhstan where two new cases of COVID-19 have been found, according to residents. The Xinjiang Health Commission reported on Oct. 3 two new cases of asymptomatic infections in Khorgos City, Ili Kazakh Prefecture (Ili Prefecture). On…

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