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· Carl Samson
China Blasts CNN After Exposing Alleged Uyghur Deaths at ‘Re-education Center’
China is blasting CNN for reporting on an Uyghur woman who allegedly witnessed the deaths of nine detainees in a “re-education center,” including her own son, at a hospital in Urumqi, Xinjiang region — the center of an ongoing crackdown on the ethnic minority. In…
· Carl Samson
Meet the Uyghurs, China’s Most Persecuted Ethnicity
In recent years, China steadily increased its efforts to round up a group of people it believes may threaten national security when let loose — a position critics have since questioned over human rights violations. These people are the Uyghurs, a Muslim-majority ethnic minority…
· Waylae Gregoire
Horrific Video Allegedly Shows Chinese Police Ruthlessly Beating Uyghur Muslim in Handcuffs
A sickening video was recently posted to social media allegedly showing two Chinese police officers beating a handcuffed Uyghur Muslim man. The video was posted on Twitter and Facebook by the online project Documenting Oppression Against Muslims (DOAM), which documents…
· Carl Samson
Chinese Region Violates Human Rights By Forcing Muslim Uyghurs to ‘Donate’ Their DNA and Iris Scans
China is being accused of collecting DNA and other biometric data under the guise of a free health program for the entire population of Xinjiang, an autonomous region that has since witnessed conflict between its predominantly-Muslim Uyghur community and the ethnic Han Chinese.…
· Ryan General
Modeling Agencies Are Hiring Chinese Uyghur Models For Their Eurasian Looks
While international brands have long been using Caucasian models to market their fashion goods to China, local labels seemed to have found a “middle ground” in hiring Uyghur models to promote their products. Mandarin-speaking members of the majorly Muslim ethnic minority group…
· Ryan General
Livestreaming Chinese Farmer Looks White, But His Family Has Been Chinese for 100 Years
While China has seen its significant share of farmer-turned-live-streamers, the rise in popularity of Dong Desheng (董德升) is particularly noteworthy because it challenges the ideas of racial identity in the country. Desheng, a farmer from Heilongjiang province in Dongbei, China,…
· Ryan General
Chinese Actor Named ‘Asia’s Most Handsome’ Man, BLACKPINK’s Lisa the ‘Most Beautiful’ Woman
Chinese action star Wu Jing has been dubbed as Asia’s most handsome man, while Thai singer Lisa Manoban of BLACKPINK was named Asia’s most beautiful for 2018. Wu Jing is known for his starring roles in “Wolf Warrior 2” and “The Wandering Earth,” the two highest grossing movies…
· Carl Samson
Why 17.5 Million Chinese Are People Banned From Buying Plane Tickets
Millions in China are beginning to feel the negative repercussions of the nation’s controversial social credit system. According to the Associated Press, the Chinese government has blocked 17.5 million people from buying tickets in 2018 — an apparent punishment for multiple…
· Carl Samson
China’s Most Popular Actress Right Now Also Comes From Its Most Persecuted Ethnicity
China is celebrating an actress for her undeniable beauty, Dilraba Dilmurat, who is Uyghur and has achieved wide recognition despite being relatively new to the industry.
· Ryan General
China’s ‘Harvard’ Installs Facial Recognition System to Track People Who Come on Campus
China’s controversial facial recognition system is now being used in some schools around the country, with Beijing’s top university doing its trial run on Wednesday. Peking University, known as “China’s Harvard,” recently installed a high tech camera on its southwestern gate…
· Bryan Ke
China Now Has Stealth Bird Drones to Spy on Its People
As if their impressive Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) wasn’t enough, China now takes its anti-terrorism and security to a whole new level by deploying dove-like drones to watch over its citizens. Over 30 military and government agencies have already launched and deployed…
· Carl Samson
Single Mom in China Sobs in Front of Hospital Because She Can’t Afford Her Child’s Treatment
A photoset of a sobbing single mother who had been discharged from a Chinese hospital after she could no longer afford care for her sick child has gone viral for its heartbreaking vulnerability and emotion. The scene outside Shanghai’s Children Hospital was first captured in…
· Bryan Ke
Hero Cop Uses His Body to Catch Woman Jumping from First Floor Window
A suicidal woman from Kuqa county in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region was saved last week from serious injuries by a hero police officer. Police officer Abdusalam Abulati was on a patrol with his colleagues in the area when the incident occurred at around 4…
· Ryan General
Asians Dominate the World’s Most Beautiful Faces of 2017
An actress from the Philippines and a K-pop superstar topped this year’s list of the world’s most beautiful and handsome faces by Independent Critics. The top spot for “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2017” went to actress Liza Soberano, while Kim Tae Hyung, aka V of the popular…
· Carl Samson
China’s Vast DNA Database Reunites Kidnapped Children With Their Parents
China’s massive DNA database has successfully facilitated the reunion of kidnapped children and their parents, according to local media. Seven victims reconnected with their families in a special ceremony organized by the Department of Public Security in Nanchong, Sichuan…
· Ryan General
Muslims in China Are Now Under a ‘Police State’
China’s sweeping counter-terrorism measures in recent months in the province of Xinjiang have, in effect, placed the local Islamic community of Uyghurs under a “police state”. Members of the traditionally Muslim group have expressed that they have since been living under…
· Carl Samson
China is Now Forcing Little Children to Change Their ‘Extreme’ Islamic Names
China has extended a recently-imposed ban on “extreme” names for Islamic newborns in the Muslim-dominated region of Xinjiang to teenagers up to the age of 16. The extension, represented as Order No. 4425, requires all Uyghur parents to change the names of their children 16 and…
· Khier Casino
China to Reportedly Collect Millions of DNA Samples a Year From Muslim Region
China has began preparing for the mass collection of DNA samples from the native Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region, according to humans rights observers. Xinjiang police told the Associated Press that they’ve started purchasing more than $8.7 million worth of equipment to…
· Carl Samson
China Bans 29 Muslim Baby Names for Being Too ‘Extreme’
China has banned dozens of “extreme” names for Islamic babies born in Xinjiang, its northwestern region populated by about half of the country’s 23 million Muslims. The move comes as local authorities intensify their crackdown on “religious extremism” in the region. As per Radio…
· Ryan General
China Bans Burqas and ‘Abnormal’ Beards in Largest Muslim Region in the Country
China passed a new regulation on Wednesday that officially bans wearing burqas and ‘abnormal’ beards in the Muslim province of Xinjiang. The prohibitions are among 15 types of behaviors that are identified by Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region’s top legislative body to be…