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Former U.S. Military Contractor to Set Up Training Center in Xinjiang

Frontier Services Group (FSG), an insurance and logistics firm based in Hong Kong and co-founded by former U.S. military service contractor Erik Prince, is reportedly involved in setting up a training base in the Xinjiang region in China. The place is an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and has seen great tensions ...

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Police officer talking to a Uyghur at a checkpoint.

U.S. Clothing Company Ditches Chinese Supplier That Uses Slave Labor

Badger Sport has cut off ties with one of its Chinese suppliers, Heitan Taida Apparel, after reports suggested that it was using slave labor from the Xinjiang internment camps to produce clothing for the American brand. In the U.S., the Customs and Border Protection Department typically has the right to seize any goods identified as ...

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Uyghurs in a slave labor camp.

China Denies German Human Rights Delegation From Visiting Xinjiang

Chinese authorities have denied a request to visit Xinjiang by Germany’s human rights delegation. The delegation wanted to investigate the existence of mass detention centers in the Xinjiang region where members of the Uyghur community are being tortured and brainwashed into renouncing their faith and way of life. Uyghur persecution in Xinjiang “I am shocked ...

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Dr. Barbel Kofler.

US Lawmakers Want Sanctions on Chinese Officials Over Xinjiang Abuses

A group of U.S. lawmakers have called for a tough global response to the ongoing human rights crisis in China’s far west Xinjiang region. Led by Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Chris Smith, the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to sanction Chinese officials and entities ...

James Burke

Party Orders Cadres to Live With Families in China’s Xinjiang

While it may sound like something from an Orwellian story, government officials were sent to live with Uyghurs in their homes in Xinjiang so that they could watch them and ask questions about their lives and political views. That is currently the reality for families in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang. Toward the end of ...

James Burke

CCP official with three Uyghur women.

General Guo Ziyi, Who Conquered Without Fighting

China’s military generals changed history era after era, leaving legends behind them. Guo Ziyi braved the battles, was loyal to his kingdom, and was wise and brave. He mastered warcraft and understood the hidden designs of fate. Listen carefully and you can almost hear the horses galloping on the battlefields. Guo Ziyi, a general and ...

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Illustration of an ancient Chinese general riding a horse and carrying a spear.