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Latest news, features and opinion on human rights in China, covering free speech, religious freedoms, the right to a fair trial, minority rights in the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang and criticisms of China’s human rights record.

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  • European Union members have endorsed new rules requiring large businesses to conduct human rights and environmental audits of their overseas suppliers
  • They have also approved a de facto ban on the import of recycled plastics from outside the bloc, as well as a ban on products made using forced labour
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A pro-democracy blogger and spy novelist, Yang is an Australian citizen born in China who was working in New York before his 2019 arrest at Guangzhou airport.

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Co-chairs of Congressional-Executive Commission on China ask Secretary of State Antony Blinken to notify tourists ‘about the risk of enabling atrocity crimes’.

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Provisional agreement would target sectors and regions profiting from state-imposed forced labour based on database drawn up by European Commission.

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Yang, who has a serious kidney condition, won’t appeal against his sentence as doing so could lead to a delay in him receiving supervised medical care.

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One piece of legislation authorises further action to protect Uygur population, while another would help counter Beijing’s disinformation about Tibet.

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As shipments of Chinese cars are stopped by US customs and EU officials continue their inquiry into electric vehicle subsidies, the likelihood of further import controls creeps closer to certainty, analysts said.

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German chemical giant calls reports of visits to Uygur employees ‘serious allegations that indicate activities inconsistent’ with company’s values.

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House panel rues ‘decades of investment’ after investigation of GGV Capital, GSR Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Walden International.

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Article in Communist Party’s Qiushi journal calls for greater oversight and for officials to ‘promptly and appropriately’ address grievances involving issues related to ethnic minority groups.

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Beijing hints that it will strike back against European trade measures, which include scrutiny of industrial subsidies in China’s electric vehicle sector.

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Western countries condemn Beijing for ‘serious violations’ in Tibet and Xinjiang and seek repeal of the national security law in Hong Kong, while Global South states praise China’s outreach to developing nations.

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As part of a Biden-Xi summit deal, the US lifted curbs on a Chinese agency deemed complicit in human rights violations in an effort to stem the flow of opioids.

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Li Qiang, in discussions with Michael Higgins as well as with Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar, is the first member of Chinese leadership to visit Ireland since 2015.

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New regulations also state that any significant alterations to mosques must be referred to the authorities in the region, which is home to many Uygur Muslims.

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NPC releases draft amendment to the Emergency Response Law: ‘no institution or individual shall fabricate or spread false information about emergencies’.

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