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Thai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denials

Testimony from parliamentary inquiries and other evidence shows that top Thai officials secretly decided to hand a group of Uyghur detainees over to China while denying plans to do so in public, giving the detainees and their advocates no chance to make a last-ditch appeal before they were bundled off…

The Independent UK

Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China amid human rights concerns

Men from Xinjiang region had entered Thailand illegally over a decade ago

The Independent UK

China’s new AI app DeepSeek is trying to erase our genocide from history, Uyghurs war

FEATURE: As DeepSeek takes the world by storm, Alexander Butler speaks to Uyghurs worried about the app’s ‘dangerous’ erasure of their alleged genocide

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Labour facing defeat in vote to ban green energy investments tied to Uyghur exploitation

Exclusive: cross-party backing likely for amendment to GB Energy bill aiming to block solar panels made by forced labour

The Guardian - UK

Big tech to tungsten: what industries are the focus of China’s new US tariffs?

Retaliatory tariffs described as ‘political theatre’ as Beijing thought to want to avoid escalating trade war

The Guardian - UK

China bans Uyghurs from visiting ‘sensitive countries’ with large Muslim populations

Members of minority community can only travel to limited number of nations such as Kazakhstan for business, Human Rights Watch says

The Independent UK

“Why Should We Believe You?”: TikToker Sparks Debate After Debunking ‘Three Major Lies’ About China

"It’s so funny to see so many Westerners actually believe this!" A Chinese TikToker went viral for “debunking” what he referred to as the “three major lies” spread in the West about his country. The post “Why Should We Believe You?”: TikToker Sparks Debate After Debunking ‘Three Major Lies’ About…

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Thousands of imports enter Australia from firms blacklisted by US over alleged Uyghur forced labour links

Exclusive: Imports of a range of products, including parts for Sydney Metro vehicles, increase despite US bans on dozens of companies

The Guardian - AU

Shein’s silence is farcical. It must answer fair questions if it wants a London listing

The fast-fashion retailer’s reluctance to disclose information about its supply chain in China won’t wash

The Guardian - UK

Shein lawyer accused of ‘wilful ignorance’ over cotton linked to forced Uyghur labour

Fashion retailer’s representative claims she is not qualified to answer questions from MPs about supply chain

The Guardian - UK

UK lawmakers slam Shein for refusing to answer questions on its cotton supply

A lawyer for Shein summoned to a British parliamentary hearing has evaded questions on whether the fast-fashion giant sells products containing cotton from China

The Independent UK

MPs ‘horrified’ after Shein dodges questions over forced labour

The fast fashion retailer was quizzed by the Business and Trade Committee amid reports of plants for a UK stock market float.

Evening Standard

How authoritarian regimes are targeting critics abroad

The end of November marked the second anniversary of China’s “white paper” protest movement against COVID lockdowns in 2022. Triggered by a fire in Xinjiang that claimed ten lives, demonstrations inside China turned increasingly political. At one point crowds in Shanghai chanted for the president and Communist party general secretary,…

The Conversation

Chinese forced labour claims over ‘Italian’ tomato puree in UK supermarkets

Lidl acknowledged using Chinese tomatoes due to ‘supply issues’ and some supermarkets have suspended suppliers. Others rejected the report’s methodology

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Uniqlo faces calls for boycott in China after CEO’s Xinjiang cotton comment

Hashtags trend on Weibo after Tadashi Yanai’s remark on Xinjiang

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Volkswagen Sells Xinjiang Plant Amid Human Rights Controversy

Volkswagen sells Xinjiang plant due to shift to electric vehicles and economic reasons amid human rights concerns.

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Uniqlo boss says retailer does not use Xinjiang cotton

Tadashi Yanai stops short of revealing source of cotton fearing politicisation of row

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Volkswagen and Chinese partner SAIC to sell joint venture plant in west China's Xinjiang

Volkswagen and SAIC Motor say they have agreed to extend their 40-year-old automaking joint venture in China until 2040

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Volkswagen Says To Sell Operations In China's Xinjiang

German car giant Volkswagen said Wednesday it would sell its operations in China's Xinjiang region, where Beijing has been accused of widespread human rights abuses including forced labour.

The Guardian - US

Here’s how to mitigate some of Trump’s most dangerous foreign policy instincts

By appealing to Trump’s vanity about his legacy, perhaps we can prevent his presidency from being a geopolitical nightmare

The Independent UK

Australia's leader rejects Beijing's claims that his country is rife with 'racism and hate crimes'

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected accusations from Beijing that his country is “plagued by systemic racism and hate crimes” after an Australian diplomat led a group of Western nations in renewing concerns about human rights violations in China

The Independent UK

China accuses Australia of ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘systemic racism’ after Uyghur abuses raised at UN

Australia issued a joint statement with 14 other countries at UN urging China to uphold human rights in Xinjiang and Tibet

The Guardian - AU

Albanese dismisses Beijing’s claim Australia plagued by ‘systemic racism’ and ‘hate crimes’

China’s foreign ministry spokesperson accuses Canberra of double standards after Australia’s top diplomat raises human rights concerns

The Guardian - AU

Albanese rejects China’s claim that Australia plagued by ‘systemic racism’ – as it happened

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US bans new types of goods from China over allegations of forced labor

The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it would ban the import of goods from a Chinese steel manufacturer and a Chinese maker of artificial sweetener

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