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"A #Uyghur student has been missing in #HongKong for more than two weeks since he sent a message saying he was being interrogated by Chinese police at the city’s airport, a human rights group said Friday." apnews.com/article/hong-k…
Amnesty International said Abuduwaili Abudureheman, who was born in Xinjiang in western China, traveled to Hong Kong from South Korea to visit a friend on May 10 but has not been heard from since he texted his friend about being interrogated after his arrival.
“The unknown fate of Abuduwaili Abudureheman is deeply worrying, given the background of crimes against humanity committed against Uyghurs by the Chinese government in Xinjiang, and its ongoing pursuit of Uyghurs who have traveled overseas."
He said the student appears to have been detained and interrogated, and that raised questions about the Hong Kong government’s possible involvement in human rights violations committed against Uyghurs by the Chinese government.
Amnesty International said it understood that Abuduwaili Abudureheman was on a Chinese government “watch list” because of his history of overseas travel, and urged Hong Kong authorities to reveal his whereabouts.
“(He) is at grave risk of torture based on his ethnicity and religion. If he is detained, he must be provided with access to a lawyer and relatives, and protected against any ill treatment,” Akad said.

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May 28
By @ByChunHan: "In recent months, Xi has launched indoctrination drives, including a mass-study campaign to propagate his political doctrine. wsj.com/articles/china…
The campaign has swept through schools, hospitals, banks, courts, police stations, military bases and places of worship in what he describes as a “spiritual baptism” for all members of the Communist Party."
"In parallel, Xi has commanded officials at every level to conduct on-the-ground “investigation and research,” echoing a program that Mao directed in the early 1960s in what historians say was an attempt to shift blame for the disastrous consequences of the Great Leap Forward."
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May 28
India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar said hat India faces a "very complicated challenge" from #China, and the Narendra Modi government has taken steps to ensure that no attempts are made to change the status quo in the border areas unilaterally. m.timesofindia.com/india/india-fa…
This challenge was "very visible" in border areas in the last three years, he said, adding that both the countries have to find an equilibrium in relationship but it cannot be on the terms of the other party.
"When I talk about big powers, of course we have a particular challenge from China. That challenge is a very complicated challenge, but in the last three years it has been particularly visible in the border areas," Jaishankar said.
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May 28
South Korea will avoid capitalizing on #China’s ban on a US chipmaker, seeing the move by Beijing as an attempt to drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington, according to a person familiar with the situation. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The South Korean government won’t encourage its memory-chip firms to grab market share in China lost by Micron Technology Inc., which has been barred for use in critical industries by Beijing on national security grounds, said the person.
China is the biggest market for South Korea semiconductor firms Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. and home to some of their factories. Their continued operations in China are dependent on licenses granted by Washington.
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May 27
Another sad yet predictable outcome in #HongKong: the civic party announced they will dissolve the party after members cast vote to confirm the decision. cna.com.tw/news/acn/20230…
They were once the second largest pro-democracy political party in #HongKong .

Chairperson @AlanLeongKahKit said The Civic Party was founded at the breaking point of the controversy over Hong Kong's political system, …
… and has always been determined to defend democracy and the rule of law and protect the rights of Hong Kong people.
Read 5 tweets
May 27
My latest: Under growing pressure from the West, #China has been doubling down on its close partnership with Russia. But experts say Beijing is still trying to use a "double-track approach" to maximize its interests. Feat: @Shilinabolan, @zhiqun_zhu: dw.com/en/china-and-r…
China and Russia have been doubling down on their "no limits partnership" in recent weeks, with high-level officials from both sides holding meetings in Beijing and Moscow to deepen ties in a number of areas.
On Friday, China's special envoy for Eurasian affairs Li Hui arrived in Moscow, where he met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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"A Chinese data provider has for years been an essential resource for banks, securities firms and money managers. It has started to limit international users’ access to some information, ...wsj.com/articles/a-chi…
... making it harder for them to analyze how the world’s second-largest economy is performing."
"Software made by Wind Information, a private Shanghai-based company, is widespread in mainland China and popular with financial analysts, investors and economists overseas.
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