BEIJING—A fire in an apartment building in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region killed at least 10 people and injured at least nine, authorities said Friday, amid stringent lockdowns that have left many residents in the area stuck in their homes for more than three months. The fire broke out Thursday night in the regional capital of…
Australia Re-establish Committee to Investigate Social Media Interventions
November 24, 2022
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Australia has decided to examine the risks posed by social media applications, including WeChat and TikTok, to the nation’s democracy and security. Liberal Senator James Paterson, the Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and Countering Foreign Interference, said in a statement on Nov. 24 that the Australian Senate had decided to re-establish the Select Committee on…
Canadian Pension Plan Could Be Fuelling China’s Human Rights Abuse: Report
Canadians may be passively funding human rights abuses in China, as a new report alleged that at least three federal and six provincial pension funds are investing in 12 Chinese companies involved in forced labour and internment programs for Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Canadian pension holders are exposed to companies complicit in crimes against humanity through…
YouTube Ads Are Funding Beijing’s Overseas Push to Change Hearts and Minds: Report
November 20, 2022
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Beijing is circumventing its own firewall to leverage YouTube, and profiting off its advertising service, in the battle to win hearts and minds in the West, according to a new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). The report, named “China is using ethnic-minority influencers to spread its Xinjiang narrative on social media” and funded by…
Trapped on Highway for Over 40 Days, Two Chinese Bus Drivers Live on Bus
Two Chinese long-distance bus drivers who drove to pick up farm workers from 950 miles away have been stuck on Chinese highways since Oct. 4. Xiao Ning (pseudonym), one of the bus drivers, said that he and his fellow driver are from Yinchuan city, Ningxia region. They were hired to pick up some farm workers…
Ruthless Zero-COVID Policies Allegedly Caused A Young Man’s Death in Xinjiang
A 32-year-old man died in a hospital in Xinjiang many hours after he was taken there by ambulance with severe abdominal pain. During the seven to eight hours in the hospital, he received no medical treatment despite his pleading for help and painful groaning. The doctors and nurses on duty ignored him, according to the…
Xinjiang Officials Bribed to Sign Off Travel Passes During 90-day Lockdown
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), in northwest China, has been under a strict travel ban since a COVID-19 positive case was reported 90 days ago on July 30. A massive number of visitors to the area have been stuck in the region all that time, and are financially distressed by the high cost of accommodation…
SCMP Called Out for Self-Censorship After Canceling Report on Possible Genocide in Xinjiang: Journalist
November 2, 2022
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Journalist Peter Langan, who was previously employed as an editor at the China Desk by The South China Morning Post (SCMP), a major English media in Hong Kong owned by Alibaba, highlighted a possible case of self-censorship by the media at a press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan recently. In 2021,…
Parents Hold Xinjiang Hospital Responsible for Death of 6-Month-Old During Lockdown
The Chinese regime’s draconian zero-COVID policies have allegedly caused another baby’s death in China’s western Xinjiang region. The parents of a six-month-old boy accuse a hospital in Xinjiang of causing the death of the infant because its zero-COVID policies delayed access to medical treatment. Baby Zhang Lingrong and his mother Zhao Xiulian were locked in a…
China Services PMI Falls as Regime Once Again Imposes Drastic Lockdowns
China has once again enforced drastic lockdowns, affecting at least 31 provinces and 134 cities right before the 20th meeting of the Chinese Communist Party Congress. The lockdowns are said to stem from a recent Xinjiang outbreak. A Chinese economist warned of a bleak outlook for the Chinese economy as the country saw its services…
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