MNCs in China rethink their Xinjiang connectThe Chinese government has strongly opposed any move by multinational corporations to distance themselves from commercial activity in Xinji...
19 Feb, 2024, 12.45 AM IST
US solar boom opens $2 billion Indian door to banned products from ChinaGlobal concerns that Chinese officials were incarcerating or forcing members of the Uyghur minority to work in factories led US Congress to...
05 Feb, 2024, 06.54 PM IST
UN investigator: Contemporary slavery extensive and in ChinaHuman Rights Council Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokat adds that traditional enslavement, especially of minorities, is found in Mauritania, ...
18 Aug, 2022, 06.32 AM IST
Activists call on Tesla to close new Xinjiang showroomThe appeals add to pressure on foreign companies to take positions on Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan and other politically charged issues. The rul...
04 Jan, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
US Congress includes $300 million for Ukraine, addresses China in massive defense billThe fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizes $770 billion in military spending, including provisions such as a 2...
08 Dec, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
U.S. House to consider bill to clamp down on products from China's XinjiangThe U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider a bill as soon as next week that would ban imports from China's Xinjiang region over c...
03 Dec, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
US to ban products from China’s XinjiangThe Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which cleared the upper chamber by unanimous consent late Wednesday, is intended to bar the import ...
16 Jul, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
China slams US curbs on solar materials as economic attackImports from six other Chinese suppliers of raw materials and components for solar panels also are to be restricted. Washington is using "h...
25 Jun, 2021, 04.08 PM IST
US bans imports of solar panel material from Chinese companyUS ordered a ban on imports of a key solar panel material from Chinese-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Co over forced labor allegations. Whe...
24 Jun, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
Joe Biden's solar ambitions collide with China labor complaintsA big hurdle is polysilicon, used to make photovoltaic cells for solar panels. The global industry gets 45% of its supply from Xinjiang, th...
24 May, 2021, 09.58 AM IST
China pressures brands to reject reports of Xinjiang abusesH&M, Nike, Adidas and other brands are caught in a spiraling conflict over Xinjiang after Western governments imposed sanctions on Chinese ...
29 Mar, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
Why it’s so hard for the solar industry to quit XinjiangAs Xinjiang was growing in importance to the solar industry, it became the center of international controversy.
12 Feb, 2021, 10.19 AM IST
Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'Pompeo made the determination on Tuesday just 24 hours before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. There was no immediate response from ...
19 Jan, 2021, 11.06 PM IST
UK says credible evidence of forced labour in China's Xinjiang region"Evidence of forced Uighur labour within Xinjiang, and in other parts of China, is credible, it is growing and deeply troubling to the UK g...
16 Dec, 2020, 07.46 PM IST
US House of Representatives votes to ban imports from China's Xinjiang over forced laborDespite opposition by US businesses, the act passed 406-3 in a sign of growing outrage over Xinjiang, where activists say more than one mil...
23 Sep, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
US sanctions Chinese companies over Muslim abuse complaintsMonday's announcement adds to U.S. pressure on Beijing over Xinjiang, where the ruling Communist Party is accused of mass detentions, force...
21 Jul, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
US adds 11 Chinese companies to economic blacklist over China's treatment of UighursThe department said the companies are involved in using forced labor by Uighurs and other Muslim minority groups. They include numerous tex...
20 Jul, 2020, 09.43 PM IST