#Urumqi

BBC came out w seeming damning report that may contradict China's claim that re-education camps in #Xinjiang for #Uyghurs are closed. I read the report and linked sources, and noticed
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A THREAD: May 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a Detention Order on Hair Products Manufactured by Hetian Haolin Hair Accessories Co. Ltd. (Haolin) 和田浩林发饰品有限公司 "based on information that
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BREAKING: my new research on Xinjiang uncovers evidence of birth prevention & mass female sterilization. Findings give strongest proof yet that Xinjiang atrocity fulfills a U.N. Genocide Convention criterion: imposing
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The Chinese Government has detained at least 800,000 and possibly more than 2 million Uyghurs in “reeducation centres” marking the largest mass internment of an ethnic-religious minority group since World
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THREAD: In this NYT op-ed, I place the new discoveries about coercive labor training & transfer in Tibet in the wider context of Beijing's evolving ethnic minority policy. My core
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1/ If you truly care about #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang #China, you must first know who they are & where they came from. It's a piece of 2000 years of history
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H&M announced last week that they will no longer source cotton from Xinjiang after credible accusations of forced labor emerged. They cut ties with their supplier Huafu. But @HM can’t
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Also, it's not clear it is in the US' interests to take those steps.On tension in the US approach as Pompeo is outlining it is we both want regime change
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Over four trips to Central Asia, I have amassed ~ 70 hours of interviews with 30-40 people from Xinjiang, including a dozen or so ex-detainees of "reeducation" camps and dozens
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It’s a bit overdue, but I did promise to write a report on my trip to China, to attend #IPHC23. (23rd International Passive House Conference.) Here it is.... as long,
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Bon je vais faire un thread sur l’Islam en Chine : sur les préjugés et les réalités. Dans ce thread je vais aborder la question de la pratique de la
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China is not eradicating Islam.China is not eradicating Islam.China is not eradicating Islam.China is not eradicating Islam.China is not eradicating Islam.A thread. This is going to take a lot of
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