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Tag: Muslim Uighurs

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World Bank scales back $50mn Uighur school aid

by AT Contributor November 12, 2019February 18, 2020

China said Tuesday that a World Bank decision to scale back a vocational education project was unrelated to allegations of mistreatment of minority Muslim Uighurs in the northwestern Xinjiang region. The World Bank launched a review in August of the program after Foreign Policy magazine reported that a school that benefited from a tranche of […]

A Chinese police officer wears a pair of facial-recognition smart glasses at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Beijing’s online Big Brother beefs up, expands reach overseas

by Chris Taylor @chrisvtaylor November 3, 2018February 18, 2020
About 1.5 million ethnic Kazakhs live in Xinjiang, a region that borders Central Asia and has long been home to ethnic tensions. Photo: AFP screen grab
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, France, Middle East, World

Kazakh families torn apart in China’s Xinjiang crackdown

by Christopher Rickelton and Gene A. Bunin October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

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