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Mar 19 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
"A former #Uyghur propaganda chief who was imprisoned on separatism charges despite being a mouthpiece for #Beijing has died at age 57, according to a prefectural official and an activist who runs a nonprofit human rights advocacy group." rfa.org/english/news/u…
Ilham Rozi was arrested in 2019 and sentenced to 15 years in prison for inviting prominent Uyghurs to give lectures in early 2010s. He died on March 7, only five days after he was released from jail, said @AbduwelA.
"Ayup, who obtained information about Rozi through various channels, said officers from the Igerchi police station in Aksu city took Rozi out of a prison that operates under the auspices of the Xinjiang Construction and Production Company."
“We have obtained new information that the police took Ilham Rozi out of prison and transferred him to the nursing home for the elderly in Aksu city, which was, in fact, a new prison,” Ayup told Radio Free Asia. “It is where he died.”

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Mar 19
My latest: As Xi Jinping begins his three-day trip to Russia, all eyes will be on whether #China will change its stance on the #Ukraine war. I talked to @vtchakarova, @Shilinabolan, @UCerenkova, and @ajwsmall about what to expect from the trip:dw.com/en/xi-sets-off…
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"Germany and Japan want to intensify their cooperation, particularly on economic issues, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday after the first German-Japanese government consultations in Tokyo." dw.com/en/germany-and…
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By @EricCheungwc: "If anything, say experts like Tibusungu ‘e Vayayana, a professor in Indigenous studies at National Taiwan Normal University, #Taiwan society now views Indigenous communities as a bulwark against #Beijing’s territorial ambitions." edition.cnn.com/2023/03/18/asi…
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Mar 18
From @FT: "#Taiwan will host its first visit by a German federal minister in 26 years next week, a trip that has highlighted divisions in Berlin over the handling of its relationship with #China." ft.com/content/f4470f…
"Bettina Stark-Watzinger, federal minister of education and research, is scheduled to arrive in Taipei on Tuesday, officials said.
Her two-day trip comes as Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock prepares to visit Beijing in April or May, according to two people familiar with the situation."
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Mar 18
"The U.S. is trying to head off a potential proposal from #Beijing for a cease-fire in Ukraine ahead of a Russia-#China summit, saying suspending fighting now would help solidify Russia’s hold on Ukrainian territory." wsj.com/articles/u-s-s…
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“A cease-fire now is again effectively the ratification of Russian conquest,” Mr. Kirby said at a news briefing. Such a move, he said, would recognize Russia’s territorial gains and occupation of Ukrainian territory ...
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"The World Health Organization rebuked #China on Friday for withholding research that may link Covid’s origin to wild animals, asking why the data had not been made available three years ago and why it is now missing." nytimes.com/2023/03/17/hea…
"Before the Chinese data disappeared, an international team of virus experts downloaded and began analyzing the research, which appeared online in January.
They say it supports the idea that the pandemic could have begun when illegally traded raccoon dogs infected humans at a Wuhan seafood market."
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