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Why Muslim nations remain silent as China sends ethnic minorities to re-education camps By Tasha Wibawa

PHOTO: Re-education was often used by Chinese leaders in the past to force cooperation. (Reuters: Thomas Peter)RELATED STORY: US company selling clothes made in Chinese ‘concentration camps’RELATED STORY: US and Australia call on China to close Uighur re-education campsRELATED STORY: ‘Absolutely massive’: China’s secret detention … Continue reading

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No veils, no ‘abnormal’ beards: China’s first anti-extremism law targets Xinjiang

Beijing: China’s first anti-extremism law comes into effect on Saturday, enforcing bans on full-face veils and long beards in the restive far-western region of Xinjiang. Such bans had previously only been applied ad hoc. The Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region sits along the … Continue reading

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Fearing China by BINOY KAMPMARK

The biblical assertion that there is nothing original under the sun finds form on a regular basis in the behaviour of states. This is particularly so regarding assumptions or more often than not, misassumptions, about military means and abilities. The … Continue reading

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Death Row Interviews (BBC Documentary – 2013)

Every Saturday night in China, millions gather around their televisions to watch Interviews Before Execution, an extraordinary talk show which interviews prisoners on death row. In the weeks, days or even minutes before they are executed, presenter Ding Yu goes … Continue reading

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Lessons From the Sino-Indian War – Peter Lee

China is looking for a “Western” pivot to counter the United States’ diplomatic and military inroads with its East Asian neighbors such as Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Myanmar. For China’s strategists, as an interesting analysis in the Indian Express … Continue reading

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