GERMAN COALITION SEALS DEAL FOR NEW GOVERNMENT, NEW TOUGH-TALKING CHINA POLICY

South China Morning Post. 25 November 2021

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A deal announced on Wednesday confirmed that Germany will have a new government, a new chancellor and, according to the coalition agreement, a new and tougher policy on China.

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz will succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor, as Europe’s largest economy gets its first new leader for 16 years.

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WORLD UYGHUR CONGRESS URGES CANADA TO TAKE REFUGEES, BLOCK CHINESE IMPORTS

The Globe and Mail. 23 November 2021

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The head of the World Uyghur Congress is visiting Ottawa this week to ask the Canadian government to step up efforts to block imports of products made with forced labour in China and to create a refugee stream for Uyghur refugees fleeing Beijing’s repression.

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MARRIOTT REJECTED UYGHUR CONFERENCE TO MAINTAIN ‘POLITICAL NEUTRALITY’

CNN. 19 November 2021

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The Marriott hotel in Prague refused to host a conference this month aimed at drawing attention to alleged human rights abuses in China, the hotel chain confirmed to CNN on Friday.The Prague Marriott cited “reasons of political neutrality” for its decision to decline to host the World Uyghur Congress, according to an email first reported by Axios.In a statement, Marriott International (MAR), Inc. said the Prague hotel’s response to the group was “not consistent with our policies.” Marriott said the Prague hotel’s management team has reached out to the group to apologize.

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CHINA’S NOMINEE TO INTERPOL ROLE MEETS INTERNATIONAL OPPOSITIONNEW

The Washington Post. 15 November 2021

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Hu Binchen, a senior public security official in China, is set to seek election next week to the 13-member executive committee of the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol. But some human rights activists, and a group of legislators from around the world, oppose his candidacy, for fear that China misuses the police body’s powers and databases.

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XINJIANG: NEW REGULATIONS WILL TIGHTEN CONTROL IN 2022

Bitter Winter. 11 November 2021

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Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), which its non-Han inhabitants prefer to call East Turkestan, is the most tightly surveilled area of China, yet the CCP feels it is not enough. From January 1, 2022, new “Regulations of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on the Construction of Public Safety” will come into force. They were adopted at the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th People’s Congress of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on September 28, 2021, and published in the last month of October. An official commentary was published on October 13.

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