Tag: Chinese Embassy

Uyghur Muslims in Turkey Protest Against Chinese Minister’s Visit

ISTANBUL—Turkey raised the issue of Uyghur Muslims during talks with China’s foreign minister in Ankara on Thursday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, as hundreds of Uyghurs protested against the treatment of their ethnic kin in China. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Cavusoglu and later President Tayyip Erdogan, as around 1,000 protesters gathered in…


Advocacy Group Claims Chinese State-owned Companies Supply Arms to Burma’s Military

An advocacy group has recently accused Chinese state-owned companies of being the biggest arms supplier to the Burmese military. Meanwhile, thousands of Burmese citizens have recently protested against the coup and believe Beijing was behind it, despite the Chinese embassy repeatedly denying the claim. Citing research by the advocacy group “Justice For Myanmar,” Radio Free…


UK MP Grills Twitter Executive Over Chinese Embassy Posts Justifying ‘Genocide’

A UK Member of Parliament grilled a top Twitter executive over why the company allows posts from the Chinese Embassy that she said justify an alleged genocide but permanently kicked then-president Donald Trump off the platform. Twitter’s global head of public policy strategy and development, Nick Pickles, on Wednesday answered questions from members of the…