Tag: Uyghurs
Chinese state oppresses Uyghurs – a book provides insights
military in Xinjiang The Uyghurs are systematically oppressed and en masse sent to forced camps. (Photo: imago/Kyodo News) Berlin Even the title of the book is grim: The High-Tech Gulag…
McKinsey needs to reinvent itself
Good morning dear readers, the consulting firm McKinsey is used to analyzing other companies, criticizing them and, if necessary, ordering them to radically change course. Now the heavyweight in the…
VW sees no problems in the controversial China plant
Dusseldorf, Beijing, Berlin Volkswagen’s China boss Ralf Brandstätter has visited the group’s controversial plant in Urumchi. The city is located in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, where international reports…
Brussels and London are getting closer
Good morning dear readers, It’s like so many breakups: after a period of hurt, blame and teasing, there comes a point when two ex-partners get closer again – and find…
UN sees possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
Hong Kong protests Pro-democracy protesters protest China’s treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority. (Photo: dpa) Geneva The UN human rights office sees evidence of crimes against humanity in the Chinese…
The Bundeswehr has its 100 billion
This fulfills a promise made by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) three days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Together, the five parties have the necessary two-thirds majority to anchor the…
Berlin’s reactions to the Xinjiang Papers are hypocritical
Xinjiang Police Files Xinjiang has become a police state. (Photo: dpa) The latest revelations about how the Chinese state is treating the Uyghur Muslim minority in western China’s Xinjiang province…
China is threatening the federal government indirectly
Foreign Minister Wang Yi A spokesman for the minister was not pleased with Habeck’s statements. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Beijing On Wednesday, China reacted angrily to the comments made by Federal Economics…
Economic consequences of suppressing the Uyghurs?
Berlin New revelations from a data leak show the extent of the persecution and mass detention in Xinjiang, northwest China. The publications, which China’s leadership dismissed as “slanderous,” upset German-Chinese…
Research shows extent of mistreatment of Uyghurs
Beijing These are oppressive descriptions that an international media consortium published on Tuesday based on a large data leak. Thousands of previously secret documents show the alleged offenses for which…
FDP leader on the suppression of the Uyghurs in China
Christian Lindner Federal Minister of Finance: “There must be no velvet paws due to our economic interests.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin FDP leader Christian Lindner was appalled by the new photos…