KASHGAR, CHINA – A former Muslim leader at China’s largest mosque in the country’s far-western Xinjiang region was incarcerated by Chinese authorities in 2017, accused of having spread extremism, sources close to the matter have said. In addition to the person who led prayers in the mosque,...
n underground railroad into Pakistan offered Uyghur Muslims a route to safety. But the only country in the world founded as a Muslim nation is no longer a safe haven for the Uyghurs. ISLAMABAD – Umer Mohammed Khan enters a nondescript concrete building near Islamabad through metal sliding...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) does not seem to care much for the so-called “Law of Holes:” the adage that if you find yourself in one, stop digging. The live case study is the cascading economic coercive measures and barrage of insults it is leveling against Australia. Beijing’s malice is...
Alberta has ordered its four major universities to suspend the pursuit of partnerships with individuals or organizations linked to the Chinese government or ruling Chinese Communist Party, citing concerns over national security and the risk that the research could be used to facilitate...
By Bahtiyar Bora The Uyghur people of north-west China are now the most persecuted group on the planet with one million people locked up in “re-education” camps and numerous atrocities occurring daily. The U.S. government, the parliaments of the U.K., Canada and The Netherlands now all say...
While the Pakistani government has been outspoken about Charlie Hebdo cartoons in France, raising the Palestine issue, but somehow have decided to not discuss the issue of Uyghur Muslims in public. On Thursday (May 20), an outspoken Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was taken...
‘High time’ for EU countries to quit Beijing’s diplomatic initiative, Lithuanian foreign minister tells POLITICO. Lithuania has dropped out of China's "17+1" group and urged other EU countries to follow suit, the Baltic state's foreign minister told POLITICO. "There is no such thing as 17+1...
Tens of thousands of sailors and Marines will participate in the biggest U.S. naval exercise in a generation to test how the services will fight across vast distances as they prepare for possible conflict with China or Russia. Aircraft carriers, submarines, planes, unmanned vessels, and about...
Upgrading Australia’s communications network meant our national security experts had to get to grips with tech titan Huawei’s ties to the Chinese government. A ban would infuriate Chinese leaders. The alternative was worse.