Trump administration and other critics have targeted cotton from China, which supplies about one-third of US apparel, as a way to increase pressure over mass detention of Uighurs.
The criticism comes as China’s ties with the West are at their worst in decades, with Donald Trump making a tough stance on Beijing a key element of his re-election campaign.
After cheering the ban on Chinese apps, the latest coping mechanism of Indian TV news seems to be focusing on the plight of the Uyghur Muslims in China.
Legislation signed by Trump requires US to sanction Chinese officials found responsible for oppression of Uighurs & members of other Muslim minority groups.
The House passed an amended version of Senator Marco Rubio’s bill in December, but several concerns, and a pending impeachment trial, have slowed things down.
American teenager Feroza Aziz had posted a series of videos that initially looked like makeup tutorials, but decried China's mass detention of Uyghur Muslims.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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