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Boris Johnson vows to boycott China's Winter Olympics

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says no U.K. government minister will attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, calling it "effectively" a diplomatic boycott. Johnson was asked in the House of Commons whether the U.K. will join the United States, Australia and Lithuania in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games. He said he opposed boycotts involving […]

Erdogan in phone conversation with Xi over Uyghurs

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday it was important to Turkey that Uyghur Muslims live in peace as “equal citizens of China” but said Turkey respects China’s national sovereignty. Erdogan made the comments during a phone call with Xi in which the two leaders discussed bilateral and regional issues, […]

Emirates barred from adding new China routes after ‘unsafe operations’

China fined Emirates airline 29,000 yuan (Dh15,678) and barred the carrier from expanding its operations in the country for six months, citing two incidents that violated air-safety norms. Regional officials of the Civil Aviation Administration of China in the western province of Xinjiang and central and southern China have met with representatives from Emirates to review […]

China 'prepares DNA testing' of Muslims in Xinjiang

China appears to be laying the groundwork for the mass collection of DNA samples from residents of Muslim-majority Xinjiang amid human rights observers' concern. China appears to be laying the groundwork for the mass collection of DNA samples from residents of a restive, largely Muslim region that's been under a security crackdown, rights observers and independent experts said […]

The bullies of Urumqi: The extraordinary ways in which China humiliates Muslims

CHINESE officials describe the far western province of Xinjiang as a “core area” in the vast swathe of territory covered by the country’s grandiose “Belt and Road Initiative” to boost economic ties with Central Asia and regions beyond. They hope that wealth generated by the scheme will help to make Xinjiang more stable—for years it […]

Uyghur leader questions Pakistan's silence on Beijing's Ramadan ban

Uyghur leader Dolkun Issa accuses Pakistan of turning a blind eye to the Muslims of Beijing. The Levant News -- Uyghur leader Dolkun Issa has questioned Pakistan's silence on the Beijing imposed ban on Xinjian's Muslim population from observing Ramadan. In a statement which has been widely circulated across East Asia, Issa said Pakistan which […]

China bans burqa in capital of Muslim region of Xinjiang

Authorities in Urumqi ban women from wearing the burqa in the wake of a series of deadly clashes and attacks in China's far west The Levant News -- The capital of China's most Muslim region has banned residents from wearing the burqa in "an effort to curb growing extremism". Women in Urumqi, a city of […]

China Concerned Of Uighur "Jihadis" Role In Syria

THE LEVANT NEWS EXCLUSIVE – By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* — On 21 April 2016, China’s Special Envoy on Syrian crisis Chai Cho Yan visited Damascus and met with the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid al-Moallem, and the head of the Syrian government’s delegation to the Geneva talks, Bashar al-Jaafari. Al-Jaafari stated that “the presence […]

India’s message to China in Uyghur activist row

By Rezaul H Laskar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi-- The visa granted by India to Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa to attend a conference in Dharamsala was aimed more at sending a signal to China after it blocked a move to sanction Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar at the UN. Isa, a German national who is part of […]

Uighur "Jihadis" Role In Syria War

THE LEVANT NEWS EXCLUSIVE – By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* — On 21 April 2016, China’s Special Envoy on Syrian crisis Chai Cho Yan visited Damascus and met with the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid al-Moallem, and the head of the Syrian government’s delegation to the Geneva talks, Bashar al-Jaafari. Al-Jaafari stated that “the presence […]

China's New Headache: Uyghur Militants in Syria

The number of Uyghurs fighting in Syria has risen sharply over the past year. How will China respond? By David Volodzko for the Diplomat -- The dark night of the Syrian soul is now physically manifest in a nationwide blackout, and as Mohanad Hage Ali writes in Al Arabiya, Beijing’s proxy war in the region […]

Chinese Offer Reward for Information on Terrorism, Religion in Xinjiang

The Levant News -- Officials in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are offering a cash bounty of up to 5 million yuan (U.S. $774,000) for tips about suspicious activity linked to terrorism or religious extremism, RFA’s Uyghur Service has learned. "The program is a necessary step that corresponds to the reality and development of Xinjiang,” […]

Chinese city bans Islamic beards, headwear and clothing on buses

Source: Agence France-Presse - A city in China’s mainly Muslim Xinjiang region has banned people with large beards or Islamic clothing from travelling on public buses, state media said, prompting outrage from an overseas rights group. Authorities in Karamay banned people wearing hijabs, niqabs, burqas or clothing with the Islamic star and crescent symbol from […]

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