The Chinese regime’s sanctions against Western individuals and entities who have been vocal about its human rights record should serve as a “wake-up call” for the democratic world, UK politicians and human rights advocates said on Friday. China’s Foreign Ministry said it would sanction nine individuals and four entities on the UK side that “maliciously…
Chinese Sanctions ‘Wake-Up Call’ for West: UK Rights Advocates
China in Focus (March 25): CCP Urges Boycott of Global Brands Over Xinjiang
More U.S. and European brands are facing boycotts in China. But not everyone is buying into the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda narrative. China is ramping up its criticism of the United States to a new level. Its spokeswoman tried to turn around blame over forced labor onto the United States, citing an over 100-year-old photo…
Video: Average Investor Is Unknowingly Financing Firms Complicit in Uyghur Genocide—Keith Krach and Ellie Cohanim
“What’s really sad is that the average American investor is unknowingly financing the Chinese Communist Party,” says former Undersecretary of State Keith Krach. Americans inadvertently funded companies tied to China’s human rights abuses through American pension funds, university endowments, foundations, mutual funds, and bond portfolios. What responsibility do Americans have to help stop the genocide…
American Investors Need to Stop Funding ‘China Inc’ to End CCP’s Genocide: Former Senior Officials
Now is the time for all Americans to take action to stop the Chinese regime’s genocide against Uyghur Muslims, a state-led crime reminiscent of the Holocaust, said former State Department officials Keith Krach and Ellie Cohanim. The genocide designation was made by then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in January over the Chinese regime’s persecution against…
China Pressures Global Apparel Brands to Recant Stance on Xinjiang Forced Labor
The Chinese regime is waging war on Western apparel brands amid a global fallout over its genocide against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region. Undeterred by growing international condemnation over its rights abuses, Beijing is pressing Western companies to reverse their position on Xinjiang. The regime has dredged up past statements made by companies—some up to…
China in Focus (March 24): 7 EU Countries Summon China Ambassadors
Seven countries in Europe summon Chinese ambassadors for talks. The requests come as more backlash unfolds over Chinese-EU sanctions. A European company and U.S. trade groups resist forced labor in Xinjiang. The effort triggers a boycott in China. China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman adds more fuel to the sanction-driven flame as the head of a Chinese…
US Senators Push Solar Lobby to Detail Firms’ Links to Forced Labor in China
WASHINGTON—Two U.S. senators have asked the leading solar energy lobbying group to clarify U.S. dependence on solar products linked to forced labor in China’s Xinjiang, part of a push in Congress to address what Western countries say are rights abuses by Beijing. Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Jeff Merkley sent a letter on Tuesday asking…
9 Countries Summon Chinese Envoy Over Xinjiang Row
Nine U.S. allies in Europe have summoned China’s ambassadors in protest after Beijing slapped sanctions on a dozen European officials, researchers, and institutions that have been vocal about the regime’s human rights abuses. The “sanctioning of members of Parliament and scientists is absolutely incomprehensible,” said German foreign minister Heiko Maas in a March 23 statement…
9 Countries Summon Chinese Envoys Over Xinjiang Row
Nine U.S. allies in Europe have summoned China’s ambassadors in protest after Beijing slapped sanctions on a dozen European officials, researchers, and institutions that have been vocal about the regime’s human rights abuses. The “sanctioning of members of Parliament and scientists is absolutely incomprehensible,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a March 23 statement…
Old H&M Comment on ‘Forced Labour’ in China’s Xinjiang Raises Online Storm
BEIJING—At least one Chinese online retailer appeared to drop H&M’s products amid social media attacks on the Swedish company for saying it was “deeply concerned” about reports of forced labour in the far-western region of Xinjiang. The European Union, United States, Britain and Canada on Monday imposed sanctions on Chinese officials accusing them of human…
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