The Chinese government insists its detention and re-education of Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities are part of legitimate counterterrorism operations. Chinese authorities have interned more than 1 million Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and other Muslims in camps where prisoners are forced to renounce their religious and ethnic identities and swear [ … ]
The Chinese government continues to be the worst abuser of internet freedom, according to the 2019 Freedom on the Net report, released in November. Its oppressive censorship is increasingly affecting people outside of China. For the fourth year in a row, Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the [ … ]
As the world begins building 5G networks, U.S. officials are raising the alarm that the new technology will help authoritarian regimes further repress and control their own citizens. With 5G networks’ faster connections and greater bandwidth, “tens of billions of new devices will be connected to the internet in the [ … ]
Chile and Argentina will patrol the Antarctic continent while China seeks to strengthen its presence in the area. The Argentine Navy’s Southern Naval Area Command and the Chilean Navy’s Third Naval Zone will conduct the 22nd Combined Naval Antarctic Patrol, November 15-March 31, 2020. The patrol aims to guarantee naval [ … ]
In late September, the Bolivian government, through its state-owned company Yacimientos de Litio, partnered with the Chinese company Xinjiang TBEA Group Baocheng to set up new lithium carbonate processing plants, now in the salt flats of Pastos Grandes and Coipasa, in Potosí and Oruro departments, with a $2.4 billion investment. [ … ]
In early 2019, Chinese authorities have broken up Christian funerals and weddings in Henan province, says Bitter Winter, an online magazine that documents human rights abuses in China. Worshipers are threatened with jail and investigation. Some are arrested. The U.S. Department of State has designated China as a “Country of Particular [ … ]
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