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Amnesty International: China’s repression of Uyghur Muslims amounts to crimes against humanity

The China’s repression of Uyghur Muslims amounts to “crimes against humanity”, Amnesty International said in a new report. In a 160-page document that includes testimonies from former detainees in camps in the north-western Chinese region of Xinjiang, Amnesty detailed what it called “systematic state-organised mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting …

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Iran-China: The 21st Century Silk Road Connection

Capping an extraordinary two weeks that turned 21st century geopolitics upside down, Iran and China finally signed their 25-year strategic deal this past Saturday in Tehran. The timing could not have been more spectacular, following what we examined in three previous columns: the virtual Quad and the 2+2 US-China summit in Alaska; …

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Iran and China Sign 25 Year Cooperation Deal

Iran and China on Saturday signed a 25-year “strategic cooperation” agreement as Beijing expands its trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative. “Our relations with Iran will not be affected by the current situation, but will be permanent and strategic,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was quoted by Iranian news agencies as saying. “Iran …

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