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The Chinese government should immediately quash the conviction of and release a Taiwanese political activist who was sentenced to nine years in prison for “separatism,” Human Rights Watch said today. On August 26, 2024, a court in China’s Zhejiang province convicted Yang Chih-yuan (楊智淵), 34, for political activities carried out in Taiwan, a neighboring democracy over which the People’s Republic of China claims sovereignty.

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Instead, state media and officials highlight Xinjiang’s economic development as evidence of the success of past policies, promoting a Chinese concept of human rights that prioritizes the right to development and survival as fundamental. The [Chinese Communist Party] CCP views development as a pre-condition for the realization of human rights […]

** The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), a rights organisation,has condemned an alleged continuing campaign of ‘threats, disinformation and smear tactics’ by China against its staff, leadership and scholars.**

China’s influence increasingly threatens the academic world in Brazil. In recent years, the country’s main higher education institutions, such as the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), have established partnerships with Chinese institutions at an ever-increasing rate. Experts warn of the risks of this growing soft power that Beijing uses to promote the Chinese model.

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The spectre of conflict continues to haunt the South China Sea. After months of harassing Philippine naval vessels near the contested Second Thomas Shoal, Chinese maritime forces are now squeezing in Philippine Coast Guard vessels near the Sabina Shoal. In yet another troubling sign of China’s growing aggressiveness, Chinese Coast Guard forces intentionally rammed into and collided with the Philippine flagship vessel, BRP Teresa Magbanua, on multiple occasions.

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China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday called on Eswatini, the sole diplomatic ally of Taiwan in Africa, to “recognize the trend” and “make correct decisions.”

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UPDATE: Chinese Consulate says envoy was not removed after Hochul remark

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A former Philippine mayor who was on the run for weeks after being accused of spying for China has been arrested in Indonesia.

Dissident Chinese artist Gao Zhen has been detained on suspicion of "insulting revolutionary heroes and martyrs," his brother and artistic partner Gao Qiang has said.

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The China-Africa cooperation forum [that takes place in Beijing at the beginning of Septmber] has become the most important event on the African international relations calendar. More African leaders attend these summits than the United Nations general assembly. Data shows that the forum attracts 40 to 60 African heads of state and government, far more than any other regular summit with a single country.

China’s feared Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL) system, a form of detention where the detainee is kept in isolation at a secret location for six months before formal arrest, has long come under heavy international criticism.

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Almost nine years ago, President Xi promised the heads of state attending the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Johannesburg that China would provide over 10,000 remote villages in 23 African countries with digital TV access.

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In recent months, followers of influential liberal bloggers have been interviewed by police as China widens its net of online surveillance.

Chinese drivers’ frustrations point to the broader risks of “smartphones on wheels,” where reliability is contingent upon software maintenance and updates.

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The Philippines and Vietnam will sign a defense cooperation agreement on Friday, August 30, the office of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said, a significant step by two countries that have long opposed China’s actions in the South China Sea.

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Thailand's Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) has expressed concern over the widening trade deficit between the country and China.

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**China still has “many problematic laws and policies” regarding the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region two years after the UN human rights office, OHCHR, published a report on serious violations against the Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim communities, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. **

Australia said Pacific Island leaders meeting at a summit in Tonga endorsed a contentious regional policing plan Wednesday, a move seen as trying to limit China's security role in the region.

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Japan has accused a Chinese spy plane of breaching its airspace, in what would be the first known time that a Chinese plane has directly violated Japanese airspace.

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The new government in Thailand is being urged to urgently address the perception that Chinese products and investments pose a threat to Thais before the issue escalates and negatively affects Thailand's exports and tourism.

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“Authoritarian legality:" China’s oppression, mass imprisonment of the Uyghur minority amounts to "genocide" the world "has not seen since World War II", study says

- There is growing resentment across Southeast Asia against Chinese e-commerce firms.__

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In a disturbing show of complicity, a delegation of prominent Chinese tech companies recently visited Xinjiang (Uyghur homeland) as part of a government-organized propaganda tour. The delegation, under the banner “Red Homeland Xinjiang Tour of Beijing Internet Enterprises” (北京网络企业红色故土新疆行), was welcomed in Urumqi by key Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, including Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui (马兴瑞) and Chairman Erken Tuniyaz (艾尔肯·吐尼亚孜). This visit, framed as an exploration of economic cooperation and digital development in the region, is yet another attempt by the CCP to whitewash its ongoing genocide against the Uyghur people.

Chinese workers may soon have to work just a little bit longer.

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Making up part of the western Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea sits between southern China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia.

Thirty-five years ago, the best chance at democratization in China in decades faded quickly when the powerful Tiananmen Square prodemocracy movement was brutally suppressed.

Russia has held discussions for years about the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, which would bring 50 billion cubic meters of gas annually from northern Russia to China via Mongolia. However, the Mongolian government's 2024-2028 national development plan leaves out the ambitious project, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday.

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Chinese authorities have called for gig workers to be treated with kindness after videos of a delivery rider kneeling before a security guard led to protests by dozens of riders.

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China's state media has denounced guandan, a popular poker-style card game, over fears it is addictive and distracting people from their work.

A US Army analyst has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to sell military secrets to China, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has said.

Owing to security concerns, intelligence operatives in the Philippines begin tracking a Chinese man over 'inconsistencies' in his declared work and actual activities.

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Thousands of small business owners stormed the Guangzhou offices of Temu, an online retail giant, earlier this month. They protested the platform's financial penalties and return policies, arguing that these measures are crippling small businesses.

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It was the first time the Philippines has complained of dangerous actions by Chinese aircraft, as opposed to navy or coast guard vessels, since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in 2022.

Within hours of Tim Walz being declared winner of the Democratic "veepstakes", Republican accusations that he is pro-China came thick and fast.

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Taiwan sent a large contingent of athletes to the Olympics this year. Wearing their much-admired uniforms designed by Just In XX — blue for the sky, sea and mountains of Taiwan — they navigated the Seine under a flag showing the team’s permitted name “Chinese Taipei.”

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China on Wednesday carried out a combat patrol to test "strike capabilities" near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, a flashpoint area which is within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.

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"It is a dictatorial policy": A former detainee in China's Xinjiang region on her time in prison and Chinese politics

China has turned down an International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendation aimed at ending the country's yearslong property market crisis, a move estimated to cost about $1 trillion.

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“Aren’t all ethnic groups supposed to be equal? Why, then, is the use of our language, Tibetan, being restricted?” asks a TikTok user who goes by Youga Ga in a video in Mandarin published on the Douyin video platform. The video quickly disappeared from the platform before being republished on other social media sites not censored by the Chinese Communist Party and accessible from abroad.

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As Pakistan works on enacting economic reforms under a multibillion-dollar IMF bailout, Islamabad must first figure out what to do with its mountain of debt owed to China

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