When Professor Peter Nolan warned against debating the plight of the Uighurs or the suppression of democracy in Hong Kong at Jesus College, Cambridge, he exposed the impact of China’s growing influence in UK universities. In comments, Nolan, the director of the college’s China Centre, advised colleagues to avoid contentious issues on China’s human rights record… Continue reading Sep 2021. China and UK Universities
Tag: Uighurs
No Concentration Camps in China
China has built nearly 400 internment camps in Xinjiang region, with construction on dozens continuing over the last two years, even as Chinese authorities said their “re-education” system was winding down, an Australian thinktank has found. The network of camps in China’s far west, used to detain Uighurs and people from other Muslim minorities, include… Continue reading No Concentration Camps in China
Sep 2020. Uighur Horrors in China
China’s internment of Uighurs and other Muslims in the north-western Xinjiang province is a moral outrage. In the name of fighting Terrorism the People’s Republic has imprisoned as many as Two Million People, according to estimates from the US State Department. In a chilling example of the euphemisms behind which authoritarians can hide a policy… Continue reading Sep 2020. Uighur Horrors in China
Aug 2020. Uighur Chinese
August 2020. As a model for the massive Chinese online retailer Taobao, the 31-year-old was well paid to flaunt his good looks in slick promotional videos for clothing brands. But one video of Mr Ghappar is different. Instead of a glitzy studio or fashionable city street, the backdrop is a bare room with grubby walls… Continue reading Aug 2020. Uighur Chinese