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Livestream: House Foreign Affairs Hearing on Atrocities in Xinjiang

Tia Sewell Thu, May 6, 2021, 12:49 PM

On Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 12:30 p.m., the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the atrocities against Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. The committee will hear testimony from Nury Turkel, chairman of the board of the Uyghur Human Rights Project; Tursunay Ziyawudun, a survivor and advocate; and James Millward, professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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China

The Importance of ‘Biological Destruction’ in Responsible Coverage of Xinjiang

Jackson Neagli Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 11:18 AM

While the common understanding of “genocide” focuses on mass killings, international law embraces “biological destruction” as a form of genocide. Euro-American coverage of the Xinjiang crisis often fails to bridge these competing understandings.

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SinoTech

Chinese Social Media Cancels Companies Over Xinjiang Cotton Boycott

Abby Lemert, Eleanor Runde Fri, Apr 9, 2021, 8:01 AM

Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy and national security news.

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Central Asia

Has Kazakhstan Failed Xinjiang’s Ethnic Kazakhs?

Emma Svoboda Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 11:41 AM

For the ethnic Kazakhs caught up in China’s brutal repression campaign in Xinjiang, their national government, once a source of some hope, offers little support.

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SinoTech

As Blinken Visits Europe, China Retaliates Against U.S., EU Xinjiang Sanctions

Abby Lemert, Eleanor Runde Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 8:01 AM

Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy and national security news.

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ChinaTalk

ChinaTalk: What to do About Xinjiang

Jordan Schneider Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 11:27 AM

How should the US respond to the human rights crisis in Xinjiang?

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ChinaTalk

ChinaTalk: China and the NBA

Jordan Schneider Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 3:58 PM

Why, aside from Yao, have Chinese players had no success in the NBA? Post-NBA, what has Yao done to reform and professionalize the Chinese Basketball Association? One year on, how does the NBA's response to Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey's tweet look in retrospect, and why has the Chinese government responded so differently to NBA and Premier League stars making noise about Xinjiang?

Hunter Shi of the podcast 翻转体育 and Nate Duncan of the Dunk'd On Podcast join to discuss.