China Blasts U.S. Sanctions on Iran
Read More »China: Uyghur woman sentenced to 14 years in prison for teaching Islam and the Quran
According to reports, an Uyghur woman abducted from her home in China’s Xinjiang region in the middle of the night more than four years ago was sentenced to 14 years in prison for providing Islamic instruction to children in her neighbourhood and hiding copies of the Quran. Hasiyet Ehmet, aged …
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Read More »More than 40 countries criticize China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang
More than 40 countries have criticized China at the United Nations for repression of Uighur Muslims and other religious and ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. The 43 countries that signed the statement criticizing China on Thursday expressed particular concern at “credible-based reports” of the existence of “re-education camps” in Xinjiang. It …
Read More »Judiciary Chief: Iran among 5 World Producers of Genetic Test Kits
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Eje’i announced on Tuesday that Iranian experts have achieved the technology to develop genetic test kits, putting the country among the 5 manufacturers of the product in the world.
Read More »Horn of Africa: Washington’s Next Arab Spring?
The Biden State Department has just named career diplomat Jeffrey Feltman to be Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa. Given the geopolitical powder keg in the region and given the dark history of Feltman, especially in Lebanon and during the infamous CIA Arab Spring interventions after 2009, the relevant question is …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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; …
Read More »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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