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Activists urge IOC to postpone 'genocide' Beijing Games
AFP, Published on 19/10/2021
» ATHENS: Activists on Tuesday called for the postponement of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China prepared to receive the Olympic flame, a day after a protest disrupted the lighting ceremony in Olympia.
China passes tough new online privacy law
AFP, Published on 20/08/2021
» BEIJING: China passed a sweeping privacy law aimed at preventing businesses from collecting sensitive personal data Friday, as the country faces an uptick in internet scams and Beijing targets tech giants hoovering up personal data.
Canadian couple witnesses to China's 'methodical' repression of Uighurs
AFP, Published on 25/04/2021
» OTTAWA: During the decade they lived in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, Canadians Gary and Andrea Dyck had a front-row seat to Beijing's "very methodical" repression of the Uyghur people, which Canada's parliament and others have declared to be genocide.
Chinese celebs ditch Western brands in Xinjiang flap
Published on 26/03/2021
» BEIJING: Chinese celebrity endorsers have abandoned several foreign retail labels, including Nike and other top US brands, as Western concerns over labour conditions in Xinjiang spark a patriotic backlash from consumers.
EU riles China with sanctions over Uighur crackdown
AFP, Published on 22/03/2021
» BRUSSELS - The EU on Monday imposed sanctions against four Chinese officials over the crackdown on the Uighurs, sparking an immediate tit-for-tat response against Europeans from Beijing.
EU imposes China sanctions over Xinjiang abuses
Reuters, Published on 22/03/2021
» BRUSSELS: The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on four Chinese officials, including a top security director, for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the first sanctions against Beijing since an arms embargo in 1989 following the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Tough talk at first face-to-face US, China meeting in Biden era
AFP, Published on 19/03/2021
» ANCHORAGE Alaska: US and Chinese diplomats clashed on Thursday in their first face-to-face talks since President Joe Biden took office, with the world's top two powers each digging in on a laundry list of issues on which they diverge broadly as the meeting opened in Alaska.
Thousands defy virus restrictions for Women's Day rallies
AFP, Published on 09/03/2021
» MEXICO CITY: Tens of thousands on Monday defied coronavirus restrictions, gathering worldwide on International Women's Day to denounce gender violence and inequalities.
China bans BBC World News in row over Xinjiang reporting
AFP, Published on 12/02/2021
» BEIJING: China's broadcasting regulator has banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines over a hard-hitting report on Beijing's treatment of the country's Uighur minority.
China pulls BBC World News off air for content 'violation'
AFP, Published on 12/02/2021
» BEIJING - China's broadcasting regulator announced Thursday it has pulled BBC World News from the air, saying the channel's content had "seriously" violated guidelines for reporting in the country.