Author: DUK Vakfı

Open Democracy. 5 June 2021

Below is an article published by Open Democracy. Photo:Robert Evans / Alamy Stock Photo.

ACambridge professor, who took a role allegedly funded by the family of China’s former prime minister, has cautioned students against holding debates on Uyghur human rights abuses, openDemocracy can reveal.

Professor Peter Nolan said it would be “difficult to contain the sentiment” about the discussion, in which “both sides” would need to be represented. He explained that a contentious outcome would not be “helpful to advancing mutual understanding”.

Nikkei Asia. 2 June 2021

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China now boasts more Apple suppliers than any other country, a sign that Washington’s attempt to untangle U.S. and Chinese supply chains has had little impact on the world’s most valuable tech company.

EU Obeserver. 2 June 2021

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Western allies reiterated plans to punish Belarus for a recent air hijack after Nato foreign ministers held video-talks on Tuesday (1 June).

“What we need now is an independent investigation and … to see that the journalist and his companion that were arrested during the landing of the plane, they have to be released,” Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said.

The New Arab. 01 June 2021

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The co-founder of a global Uighur movement’s brother has been handed life in a Chinese prison.

Though the jail term has arisen lately, 48-year-old Hushtar Isa was interned in 2017 in one of China’s widely criticised camps, The Times reported on Tuesday.

The Guardian. 31 May 2021

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The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, has warned that “there are those far from here that would seek to divide us”, during a press conference with his New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, that focused on how the two countries handle China.

The leaders emphasised unity in the face of Beijing’s increasing regional influence and Morrison said any forces trying to scupper the partnership would not succeed.

Campaign for Uyghurs. 29 May 2021

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Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) strongly condemns the sentencing of Hushtar Isa by the Chinese regime. Hushtar’s brother Dolkun Isa serves as the President of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and Vice President of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO).

Reuters. 27 May 2021

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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday that the United States still faces “very large challenges” in its trade and economic relationship with China that require the Biden administration’s attention across the board.

Tai spoke with Reuters in an interview before her first virtual call with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, a meeting in which she raised “issues of concern,” according to her office.

IPVM. 24 May 2021

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300+ different government organizations have purchased Dahua and Hikvision products since the NDAA went into effect in August 2019, according to data IPVM obtained through GovSpend and co-reported with TechCrunch.

AP News. 25 May 2021

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A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking a toll on China’s cotton industry, but it’s unclear if the pressure will compel the government or companies to change their ways.

Li Qiang, general manager of the Huafu Fashion yarn factory in Xinjiang, told reporters that even though the company lost money in 2020 for the first time in its 27-year history, it bounced back by shifting to domestic orders.