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    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      Moral Money
      How foreign money is still fuelling abuses in Xinjiang Premium content

      Plus, the world reacts to the ISSB’s draft standards

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
      Chinese trade
      Companies braced for chaos as Xinjiang import ban starts in US

      Shipments from Chinese region barred under rules in effect from June 21

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      Volkswagen AG
      VW faces union and shareholder calls to examine China human rights allegations

      Unusual intervention by IG Metall and German state of Lower Saxony increases scrutiny of carmaker

    • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      UN envoy ‘unable to assess’ scale of Xinjiang repression

      Michelle Bachelet’s Uyghur human rights investigation has been stymied by Beijing and expediency

    • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
      Adidas AG
      Adidas replaces China chief as sales suffer after consumer boycott over Xinjiang

      Sportswear brand loses market share to local rivals after nationalist backlash

    • Friday, 4 February, 2022
      News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
      NBC battles China controversy and fickle viewers in bid for Winter Olympic glory

      Network paid billions for exclusive US rights but faces declining audience interest

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      LexRenewable energy
      China renewables: the stretched ethics of solar panels from Xinjiang Premium content

      Dual drumbeat of disapproval towards coal and products from Xinjiang means decision time for investors

    • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
      EU trade
      EU urges caution on any ban on imports made with forced labour

      Brussels tells MEPs that such moves could risk challenges by trade partners

    • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
      Intel Corp
      Intel apologises for banning use of components from Xinjiang

      US chipmaker is latest multinational caught up in conflict between Beijing and west over human rights

    • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
      Beijing Winter Olympics
      US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

      Chinese government threatens to take unspecified countermeasures against Washington

    • Monday, 25 October, 2021
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      In the Camps: Life in China’s High-Tech Penal Colony

      Darren Byler’s field study of Xinjiang evokes the shadow of concentration camps — with the added cruelty of a 21st-century surveillance system

    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Xinjiang officials overseeing detention camps studied at Harvard

      Two administrators received fellowships to attend university’s centre on governance and innovation

    • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
      UK politics & policy
      Chinese ambassador to UK banned from event in Houses of Parliament

      Commons and Lords Speakers act in response to 5 MPs being among 10 people placed under Beijing sanctions

    • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
      News in-depthAfghanistan
      China watches Afghanistan anxiously as the US withdraws

      Beijing is ready to co-operate with Taliban to prevent chaos across its border, diplomats say

    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      Nike Inc
      Nike chief executive says brand is ‘of China and for China’

      John Donahoe’s defence comes after sportswear group was ensnared in controversy over Xinjiang

    • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
      US-China relations
      US bans some imports of solar products from Xinjiang region

      White House steps up pressure on China over ‘inhumane’ use of Uyghur forced labour

    • Wednesday, 19 May, 2021
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
      Xinjiang solar industry launches charm offensive as sanctions loom

      Daqo New Energy insists there is ‘no such thing’ as forced labour at its plant in Shihezi

    • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
      US-China relations
      Pelosi urges diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

      US House Speaker adds pressure on China over claims of abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang

    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
      US foreign policy
      US accuses China of operating ‘open-air prison’ in Xinjiang

      State department points to Beijing’s ‘ambitious’ surveillance effort to crack down on ‘entire region’

    • Saturday, 8 May, 2021
      Scoreboard
      Olympic sponsors’ silence over Xinjiang is telling Premium content

      This week in the business of sport: billionaire club owners face emboldened football fans, Apollo’s $5bn bet on Yahoo sports betting, and more.

    • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
      News in-depthEU trade
      Europeans reassess the double-edged sword of trade with China

      Growth in commerce has eased Covid’s economic hit to EU but risks human rights backlash

    • Friday, 23 April, 2021
      UK politics & policy
      MPs unanimous in declaring China’s treatment of Uyghurs genocide

      Beijing condemns non-binding vote that puts pressure on UK government to take harder line

    • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
      Lindsay Gorman
      Do China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomats really have any bite?

      The country’s social media offensive over Xinjiang is in overdrive — and backfiring in the west

    • Friday, 9 April, 2021
      Fashion
      Fashion, Xinjiang and the perils of supply chain transparency

      As Chinese companies and celebrities cut ties over cotton sourcing, western brands rethink what information to share where

    • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
      Turkish politics
      Turkey summons Chinese ambassador in rare spat about treatment of Uyghurs

      Ankara takes action over China embassy tweet that targeted Turkish politicians critical of Beijing

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