The draft resolution on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, China was rejected in the 47-member Council after 19 members voted against & 11 abstentions, including India,Ukraine among others.
Between 2016 & 2020, number of poor dropped by 15.6 mn in 5 autonomous regions and 3 provinces with large multi-ethnic populations, China said in a 'white paper'.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying hit back at an Australian Bloomberg journalist who raised questions on Beijing's human rights track record.
Chinese officials use Twitter to aggressively defend Beijing in what has become known as 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy. They have also used it to accuse US of hypocrisy.
The Dept of Commerce has added more than a dozen Chinese companies to its Entity List on human rights violations, which means the companies can't access US-origin technology & commodities.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday asserted that Beijing under President Xi Jinping is testing the world to see if anyone is going to stand up to its threats and bullying.
China is likely to object strongly to the sanctions. However, it's unlikely to have a major impact on those targeted as there’s faint chances of them having financial ties with US.
Mike Pompeo imposed visa ban on Chinese govt leaders & Communist Party officials found involved in abuse of Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs & other minority Muslims.
IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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