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BISHKEK (TCA) — The growing anti-China sentiment in Central Asia countries, largely caused by Beijing’s repressive policies towards the Muslim population of Xinjiang, is an increasing impediment to China’s economic expansion in the region. We are republishing the following article on the issue, written by Paul Goble: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The United States has blacklisted 28 Chinese organizations for their alleged involvement in "human rights violations and abuses" against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in China's far western region of Xinjiang, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on all countries to reject China's demand to repatriate ethnic Uyghurs to China, where they face repression, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The World Bank said in a statement on August 29 that there is no indication that World Bank resources made available to schools supported by the Bank’s Technical and Vocational Education Project in China’s Xinjiang were used for any other purposes than those agreed to under the project. Continue reading
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A prominent Kazakh activist on trial for inciting ethnic tensions has been released from police custody and fined the equivalent of nearly $300, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw 107.9 billion yuan (about 15.5 billion US dollars) of imports and exports with member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the first half of 2019, China’s Xinhua news agency reported on August 4. Continue reading
