After the visit of Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to Xinjiang (Urumqi and Kashgar) in the first week of June 2024, where he met Uyghurs and shared pleasantries with them, it is crystal clear that the Uyghur issue is no more a “factor” in the China-Turkiye relationship. The issue...
On the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the party is facing severe criticism from human rights organisations and ethnic groups for alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, also known as East Turkistan. The Swedish Uyghur Committee highlighted the grim legacy of the CCP on...
After months of intense speculation and official reticence, China has finally confirmed its two former defense ministers who vanished from public view last year had been under investigation for corruption. Their dramatic downfall has exposed deep-rooted alleged deceit in key sectors of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s military modernization drive despite...
The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) is being compelled to revisit its decision not to open an investigation into Chinese cotton imports suspected to have been produced with forced labor. A London court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Global Action Network (GLAN),...
Japan may host a meeting of Quad foreign ministers later this month, amid escalating tensions in South China Sea and the threat of a military confrontation between China and the Philippines. Australia, India, Japan and the US are looking to finalise a date in the latter half of this month...
China is grappling with a series of horrific murders of young girls perpetrated by boys as young as 12 years old. However, the way the communist country handles juvenile killers is almost as shocking, often allowing them to avoid jail time and instead sending them to mental institutions for...
China's Ministry of State Security has asked citizens to stop posting info about the nation's spy satellites and national security installations online.… State-controlled media yesterday covered the Ministry's call for netizens to stop marking the location of military installations on maps and discussing military topics in online forums. "All of this...
With India poised to become the next original manufacturing hub, more Taiwanese Information Communciation Technology suppliers may relocate to the country in the near future, Taiwan External Trade Development Council's Deputy Executive Director Keven Cheng said on Thursday. Notably, there is a huge scope for collaboration between New Delhi and...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is reportedly hiring Western military aviators to enhance its combat readiness in anticipation of a potential conflict with Taiwan. This revelation comes from a Taiwanese military expert who has raised alarms about the implications of such hires for regional security. The expert noted that Western...
India on Thursday imposed anti-dumping duties on three Chinese products including hydraulic rock breaker with an aim to protect domestic players from cheap imports. These duties were imposed following a recommendation by the commerce ministry's directorate general of trade remedies (DGTR), which has concluded in its probe that dumping...