Monthly Archives: September 2022

2022-09-20: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-19). Xi sends congratulatory letter to 7th China-Eurasia Expo. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the seventh China-Eurasia Expo, which opened Monday in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

____ (2022-09-20). 7th China-Eurasia Expo kicks off in Urumqi. ecns.cn The seventh China-Eurasia Expo opened in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on Monday.

____ (2022-09-19). Xinjiang hits back over UN assessment. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has said that it will not accept investigations by the international community into its alleged human rights issues following the release of a recent United Nations report on the region that it says is based on false information and rumors.

____ (2022-09-18). (W. E. Talk) Understood or Smeared: China's Bifurcated Image. ecns.cn The research report "Xinjiang: Understanding the Complexity and Constructing Peace," jointly published by several Italian think tanks, recently sparked international attention. This report's significance may lie in that it not only shows the world the real China but also that people are becoming more and more aware of how China has suffered from international public opinion. The understanding of Chinaworldwide is getting more and better.

2022-09-20 02:28:09 | 02:28 EST | tr | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 

2022-09-19: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-19). Xinjiang hits back over UN assessment. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has said that it will not accept investigations by the international community into its alleged human rights issues following the release of a recent United Nations report on the region that it says is based on false information and rumors.

____ (2022-09-18). (W. E. Talk) Understood or Smeared: China's Bifurcated Image. ecns.cn The research report "Xinjiang: Understanding the Complexity and Constructing Peace," jointly published by several Italian think tanks, recently sparked international attention. This report's significance may lie in that it not only shows the world the real China but also that people are becoming more and more aware of how China has suffered from international public opinion. The understanding of Chinaworldwide is getting more and better.

____ (2022-09-18). (W. E. Talk) Xu Jianying: Fostering a strong sense of community for China, balancing the governance of the country and the frontier. ecns.cn East-West Quest interviewed Xu Jianying, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Chinese Frontier Studies and director of the Xinjiang Research Office, to clarify the significance and implications of strengthening a keen sense of community for the Chinese nation from the perspective of frontier governance.

Thecommunists (2022-09-17). Outrageous 'assessment of human rights concerns' in Xinjiang by UN commission. thecommunists.org The following statement was initiated by Friends of Socialist China and has been signed by our party, among others. ***** We strongly condemn the publication by the office of the high commissioner for human rights (OHCHR) of its Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. In the …

2022-09-19 15:26:27 | 15:26 EST | tr | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 

2022-09-18: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-18). (W. E. Talk) Understood or Smeared: China's Bifurcated Image. ecns.cn The research report "Xinjiang: Understanding the Complexity and Constructing Peace," jointly published by several Italian think tanks, recently sparked international attention. This report's significance may lie in that it not only shows the world the real China but also that people are becoming more and more aware of how China has suffered from international public opinion. The understanding of Chinaworldwide is getting more and better.

____ (2022-09-18). (W. E. Talk) Xu Jianying: Fostering a strong sense of community for China, balancing the governance of the country and the frontier. ecns.cn East-West Quest interviewed Xu Jianying, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Chinese Frontier Studies and director of the Xinjiang Research Office, to clarify the significance and implications of strengthening a keen sense of community for the Chinese nation from the perspective of frontier governance.

Scorinoco (2022-09-17). Bachelet's 'Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiang' Risks Discrediting the OHCHR and Politicizing the Human Rights Regime. orinocotribune.com By Casey Ho-yuk Wan — Sep 14, 2022 | Introduction | On 31 August 2022, shortly before the tenure of Michelle Bachelet as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ended, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its "Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the People's Republic of China."[1] | This write-up is a response to the "Assessment," which raises serious doubts as to the impartiality, objectivity, and non-selectivity of the OHCHR's work with implications for the credibility not merely of the Assessment, but of the OHCHR as a responsible inter…

2022-09-18 22:00 | 18:00 EST | es | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 

2022-09-17: News Headlines

Scorinoco (2022-09-17). Bachelet's 'Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiang' Risks Discrediting the OHCHR and Politicizing the Human Rights Regime. orinocotribune.com By Casey Ho-yuk Wan — Sep 14, 2022 | Introduction | On 31 August 2022, shortly before the tenure of Michelle Bachelet as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ended, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its "Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the People's Republic of China."[1] | This write-up is a response to the "Assessment," which raises serious doubts as to the impartiality, objectivity, and non-selectivity of the OHCHR's work with implications for the credibility not merely of the Assessment, but of the OHCHR as a responsible inter…

____ (2022-09-16). Xinjiang local rebuffs claims of 'forced labor' during UN session. ecns.cn The allegation of "forced labor" in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is an absolute lie, a representative from Xinjiang stood out at the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Fight Back (2022-09-16). Statement condemning the OHCHR's 'Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China'. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement initiated by Friends of Socialist China. Freedom Road Socialist Organization is among the signers. | We strongly condemn the publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of its Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. In the words of former OHCHR lawyer and human rights expert Alfred de Zayas, this document "should be discarded as propagandistic, biased, and methodologically flawed." | Based on substandard research methods and biased sources, the Assessmen…

2022-09-17 22:54 | 18:54 EST | es | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 

2022-09-16: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-16). Xinjiang local rebuffs claims of 'forced labor' during UN session. ecns.cn The allegation of "forced labor" in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is an absolute lie, a representative from Xinjiang stood out at the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council.

____ (2022-09-15). Chinese, Turkmen presidents meet to advance bilateral ties. ecns.cn China is willing to constantly push forward the development of relations with Turkmenistan for the benefit of the two peoples, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a meeting with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov Thursday morning.

____ (2022-09-15). Xinjiang eyes bigger role in energy supply. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region vows to further tap the potential of its vast coal reserves as well as oil, gas and renewable energy, to meet the ever-growing energy demand in the country.

____ (2022-09-15). Future of Taiwan lies in China's reunification: mainland spokesperson. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said that the future of Taiwan lies in China's reunification, and the wellbeing of Taiwan compatriots hinges on China's reunification.

2022-09-17 01:40 | 21:40 EST | es | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 

2022-09-15: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-15). Xinjiang eyes bigger role in energy supply. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region vows to further tap the potential of its vast coal reserves as well as oil, gas and renewable energy, to meet the ever-growing energy demand in the country.

____ (2022-09-14). Future of Taiwan lies in China's reunification: mainland spokesperson. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said that the future of Taiwan lies in China's reunification, and the wellbeing of Taiwan compatriots hinges on China's reunification.

____ (2022-09-15). Chinese, Turkmen presidents meet to advance bilateral ties. ecns.cn China is willing to constantly push forward the development of relations with Turkmenistan for the benefit of the two peoples, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a meeting with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov Thursday morning.

2022-09-16 04:10 | 00:10 EST | es | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 

2022-09-13: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-13). Chinese researchers discover world's earliest synthesized lead white cosmetics. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have discovered the earliest known residues of synthesized lead white cosmetics in the world in a new archaeological study in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

____ (2022-09-13). Local farmers in Xinjiang get rich for pepper planting. ecns.cn Large scales of peppers in Hotan County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, ushered in a bumper harvest in September.

____ (2022-09-12). Xinjiang foreign trade up 49.6 percent in Jan-Aug. ecns.cn Foreign trade levels of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region soared 49.6 percent year-on-year to nearly 145.6 billion yuan ($21 billion) from January to August this year.

2022-09-13 20:20 | 14:20 EST | tr | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 

2022-09-11: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-11). Xinjiang foreign trade up 49.6 percent in Jan-Aug. ecns.cn Foreign trade levels of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region soared 49.6 percent year-on-year to nearly 145.6 billion yuan ($21 billion) from January to August this year.

Richard Horton (2022-09-10). [Comment] Offline: The health of the Uyghur people is all of our concern. thelancet.com Michelle Bachelet's publication on , of an Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, in her final minutes as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, provoked headlines for a day and has since been quietly forgotten. That indifference cannot be tolerated. Her report documents abuses of such severity that all health agencies should intervene to demand information, access, and remedies to the evidence of mistreatment of ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China.

2022-09-11 22:02 | 18:02 EST | jz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 

2022-09-10: News Headlines

Richard Horton (2022-09-10). [Comment] Offline: The health of the Uyghur people is all of our concern. thelancet.com Michelle Bachelet's publication on , of an Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, in her final minutes as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, provoked headlines for a day and has since been quietly forgotten. That indifference cannot be tolerated. Her report documents abuses of such severity that all health agencies should intervene to demand information, access, and remedies to the evidence of mistreatment of ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China.

2022-09-10 19:25 | 15:25 EST | jz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0