China's 'One Person, One File': Road to digital totalitarianismThe Shanghai authorities have proposed the "One Person, One File" (OPOF) mass surveillance program, which aims to triple the deployment of ...
28 May, 2024, 10.00 PM IST
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch saysAuthorities have closed mosques in the northern Ningxia region as well as Gansu province, which are home to large populations of Hui Muslim...
22 Nov, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch saysChina’s mosque closures extend beyond Xinjiang, targeting regions like Ningxia and Gansu. The government’s "consolidation" process involves...
22 Nov, 2023, 08.42 AM IST
China security apparatus well honed to deal with protestsThe government has been preparing for such challenges for decades, installing the machinery needed to quash large-scale upheavals. After an...
02 Dec, 2022, 09.18 AM IST
Chinese spyware targets Uyghurs through apps: reportUyghurs are a Turkic Muslim minority predominantly in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, where a recent UN report said Beijing may ha...
11 Nov, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
Queue for queen's coffin 'paused' as wait hits 14 hoursA live tracker of the queue to get into historic Westminster Hall said it was "at capacity" and entry was being "paused" for six hours as w...
16 Sep, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
Leaked documents show China's plan of Uyghur repressionThe files contain information about over 20,000 detained Uyghurs, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
30 Jun, 2022, 06.55 AM IST
'Shoot-to-kill for escape attempts': How Xinjiang police files expose China's claims about 're-education' campsChina has steadfastly denied all that, claiming these are vocational training schools, attended voluntarily, and meant for "reforming and r...
28 May, 2022, 08.53 PM IST
China uses AI software to improve its surveillance capabilitiesAccording to more than 50 publicly available documents examined by Reuters, dozens of entities in China have over the past four years bough...
08 Apr, 2022, 12.56 PM IST
Australian ambassador barred from China spy trialThe trial of Australian Yang Jun, detained for more than two years on accusations of espionage, was set to be held behind closed doors in B...
27 May, 2021, 11.33 AM IST
Chinese tech patents tools that can detect, track UighursUnited Nations officials have said China is transforming the Xinjiang region, where many Uighurs live, into a “massive internment camp”, wi...
14 Jan, 2021, 07.17 PM IST
Huawei's role in developing surveillance products including 'Uyghur alarm', sparks international outcryThe revelation this week of Huawei's role in testing artificial intelligence surveillance technology, which includes a face-scanning camera...
13 Dec, 2020, 10.36 AM IST
China-made phones, tablets tainted by coerced Uighur laborOver the past four years, the Chinese government has detained more than a million people from the far west Xinjiang region, most of them Ui...
05 Mar, 2020, 11.06 PM IST
China releases videos showing evidence of terror attacksFive including the three attackers were killed and several others injured in the attack. The SUV also carried the flag of the militant grou...
24 Jun, 2014, 08.02 PM IST
- Facebook says censorship, restrictions pose revenue risks
Facebook has said it faces risks of content censorship and other kinds of restrictions by the governments of one or more countries and this...
02 Feb, 2012, 05.28 PM IST
- 'Violent acts possible during Beijing Games'
Widespread protests along the Olympic torch relay route and reports of foiled terrorist plots in China suggest a real possibility for viole...
25 Apr, 2008, 03.49 PM IST
- Interpol chief warns of 'real possibility' of violent acts during Beijing Games
Widespread protests along the Olympic torch relay route and reports of foiled terrorist plots in China suggest a real possibility for viole...
25 Apr, 2008, 03.41 PM IST