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Allegedly employed as forced labourers in carmaking, cotton, aluminium, solar panels or any Chinese-run enterprise, Uygurs may have to work in indigenous craft to meet Western standards of human rights.

  • The European Union’s investigation was the first use of a foreign subsidies regulation designed to stop state handouts from distorting the bloc’s single market
  • CRRC Qingdao Sifang Locomotive’s bid to provide and maintain 20 electric trains was reported to be around half that of a Spanish competitor
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Trade data shows total value of shipments at US$312 million compared with US$98 million just a year prior, led by Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Analysts expect affirmative action for ethnic minority groups will be further rolled back as Beijing backs down from emphasising their distinctive qualities.

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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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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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Use of trade weapons must be ‘weighed against’ bloc’s lofty climate goals that need affordable panels for green transition, says top finance official.

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E-commerce giants Shein and Temu flourish as parcels surpass quarter of a trillion dollars in value annually amid push to tighten de minimis provision.

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Reporters from news outlets in Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey, Indonesia and Kazakhstan attend ‘two sessions’ events in Urumqi but face limits on coverage.

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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Observers said the Taliban’s hopes that the completed project will become a link to China’s vast network are unlikely to be shared by Beijing.

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Some 86 per cent of the 3,000 respondents in the annual Cabinet Office survey had negative feelings about China and were concerned about Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, Taiwan and the Diaoyu Islands.

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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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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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