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    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      RWE AG
      RWE says US ban on imports from Xinjiang threatens solar ambitions

      Germany’s biggest utility warns green energy projects are suffering delays but group supports the US legislation

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Yuan Yang
      Muddled engagement with China leaves Xinjiang in the lurch

      Toothless sanctions and empty agreements with Beijing fail to improve human rights in the region

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      China
      Xinjiang governor cancels Brussels and London visits after outcry

      Meetings with EU and UK officials axed amid protests over treatment of Uyghurs in north-west Chinese region

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      MPs and rights activists call for sanctions on Xinjiang official visiting UK

      Governor of China’s north-west region set to travel to London and Brussels while his junior officials have been barred

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      UK High Court judge finds ‘striking consensus’ of abuses in Xinjiang

      Justice Dove rejects legal challenge brought against UK government over cotton imports but makes damning assessment

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Chinese business & finance
      MSCI investors at risk of exposure to Xinjiang allegations, report says

      China has come under renewed international pressure over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Energy Source
      The solar industry has a Xinjiang problem Premium content

      Plus, a multibillion-dollar effort to wean Indonesia off coal

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
      Uyghur activists sue UK government over Xinjiang cotton imports

      High Court hearing increases pressure on British companies sourcing products from Chinese region

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      UN rights council blocks debate on China’s Xinjiang abuses

      Narrow vote marks diplomatic victory for Beijing after facing accusations of ‘crimes against humanity’

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      Hennes & Mauritz
      H&M ‘cautiously positive’ about China after consumer boycott

      Fashion retailer in recovery mode following furore over forced labour in Xinjiang

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      United Nations
      The battle behind the UN report on China’s Xinjiang abuses

      Staff at human rights office pushed former high commissioner to release findings despite resistance from Beijing

    • Monday, 12 September, 2022
      EU trade
      EU set to ban products made using forced labour

      Move could strain relations with Beijing in light of allegations about working conditions in Xinjiang

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      Explainer
      ‘Hard to refute’: the UN report on China’s abuses in Xinjiang

      Investigation finds possible ‘crimes against humanity’ committed against Uyghurs, despite Beijing’s objections

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      China committed human rights violations in Xinjiang, UN finds

      Long-anticipated report details credible evidence that Uyghurs were subjected to torture in camps

    • 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

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