Chinese Officials Restrict the Number of Uyghurs who Can Observe Ramadan

In past years, authorities have warned Uyghur residents that they could be punished for fasting, including by being sent to one of the XUAR’s vast network of internment camps, where authorities are believed to have held up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities since April 2017. Authorities also have forced retirees to pledge ahead of Ramadan that they won’t fast or pray to set an example for the wider community and to assume responsibility for ensuring others also refrain.

China Deepens Partnership With Iran to Offset US Sanctions, Promote Digital Yuan

In return for investments, China would receive steady supplies of Iranian oil, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said Saturday, adding that the two countries also agreed to establish an Iranian-Chinese bank. Such a bank could help Tehran evade U.S. sanctions that have effectively barred it from global banking systems, according to a March 27, 2021 Wall Street Journal report.

TikTok Censors Content According to Chinese Communist Guidelines

VISION TIMES Any business operating in China has to comply with the communist government’s stringent censorship policies. Home-grown TikTok is no exception. It censors any content that threatens the communist regime, which includes topics like democracy, Christianity, Tibet, and LGBT.   Censoring content “The guidelines divide banned material into two categories: Some content is marked […]

China Steps Up Uyghur Crackdown During Ramadan

Rikar Hussein  |  Voice of America The government in China is further tightening its grip on minority groups in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as it continues to use its deradicalization campaign to suppress local residents, Uighur leaders and human rights activists warn. China started a campaign […]

US Technology Used for Mass Surveillance in China, Say US Lawmakers

Leo Timm  |  Epoch Times Use on minority populations serves as pilot for nationwide implementation and foreign export As the Chinese regime expands and upgrades the technology of its campaigns against internal dissent, allegations have emerged saying that Western know-how indirectly aided the communist state’s repression. On May 9, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and […]

Restaurants Ordered to Remain Open in Xinjiang, China, Amid Ramadan Fast

Gulchehra Hoja  |  Radio Free Asia Authorities in northwest China are implementing a set of “stability maintenance” measures in Xinjiang during Ramadan, but sources say restaurants have been ordered to stay open throughout the Islamic holy month as part of the directive, suggesting efforts to undermine the Muslim tradition of fasting. According to a recently […]

China Rewards ‘Patriotic’ Tibetan Monks, Muslim Leaders in Sichuan

Lhuboom  |  Radio Free Asia In a campaign aimed at fostering Tibetan loyalty to Beijing, Chinese authorities this month handed out awards to Tibetan monks and Muslim leaders deemed to have cooperated with Communist Party rule in Sichuan, a source in the region says. The event, held in early March in Zungchu (in Chinese, Songpan) […]

Chinese Authorities Turn a Deaf Ear to a Uyghur Mother’s Dying Wish

Eset Sulaiman  |  Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities have rejected a request for a visit by the terminally ill mother of a webmaster for a popular Uyghur website who has been held incommunicado since his arrest in March, RFA’s Uyghur Service has learned. Tursunjan Memet was one of at least five bloggers and website administrators […]

Under the Guise of Public Safety, China Demolishes Thousands of Mosques

Shohret Hoshur  |  Radio Free Asia The Chinese government has destroyed thousands of mosques over the past three months in the restive Xinjiang region in Beijing’s latest attempt to “rectify” the largely Muslim population there, RFA’s Uyghur Service has learned. Under the “Mosque Rectification” campaign launched by the Chinese Central Ethnic-Religious Affairs Department and overseen by […]

Uyghur Farmers Sent to School in China ‘Anti-Extremism’ Drive

Jilil Kashgary  |  Radio Free Asia Uyghur farmers in northwestern China’s troubled Xinjiang region are being forced to attend evening classes in a new drive aimed at bringing them in line with official views on religion and government policy, sources in the mostly-Muslim ethnic area say. The plan aims to educate farmers and herdsmen, many […]