The human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region were exposed in a report issued by Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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UN cites possible crimes vs. humanity in China’s Xinjiang
China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office said in a long-awaited report Wednesday, which cited “serious” rights violations and patterns of torture in recent years.
Read MoreChina stocks hit four-week low as Covid cases spread and factory output shrinks
Chinese markets fell on Wednesday as global investors continue to deal with the aftermath of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish speech at Jackson Hole last week, and the alarming spread of Covid in China.
Read MoreChinese manufacturing weak, adding to economic pressure
Chinese manufacturing contracted in August amid weak export and consumer demand, a survey showed Wednesday, adding to downward pressure on the struggling economy.
Read MoreChina’s Yuan suffers a blow; falls to a 2-year low against US dollar amid economic woes
In offshore trading outside of mainland China, the yuan, declined by around 0.5% against the US dollar while onshore trade saw a big decline
Read MoreChina censors article, censures think tank for arguing against zero-Covid policy
Beijing has continued to enforce its zero-Covid policy with snap lockdowns, mass tests, contact tracing and hard quarantine for the infected and their contacts to tackle the mostly Omicron-driven clusters
Read MoreCCP cadres write open letter to target Xi Jinping’s personality cult; suggest reforms
CCP cadres write open letter to target Xi Jinping’s personality cult; suggest reforms Communist Party of China’s leading cadres has shot a letter asking for reforms and greater responsibility in the existing workings of the party. Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) leading cadres has shot a letter asking for reforms and greater responsibility in the existing workings of the party, while it also tries to challenge the personality cult that China’s president Xi Jinping has been trying to build around himself. Notably, the three members of CPC although not holding senior…
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