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Authorities across China have been using new hi-tech surveillance methods to monitor citizens in an attempt to stem the coronavirus outbreak.They include flying drones to make sure people are wearing masks, facial-recognition cameras, and making people download software to track their location.This kind of surveillance is already present in Xinjiang,…

China forces Muslim minorities to produce materials that may be used by Nike, Uniqlo, Zara, and other retail giants. It’s time for the fashion industry to talk about divestment. Mustafa Aksu’s hometown is in an area punctuated by billowy fields of cotton, an agricultural prefecture of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous…

March 03, 2020 5:44 PM ET A labor rights group alleges that Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities are being forced to sew Lacoste-branded gloves in China, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Worker Rights Consortium, which is based in Washington, D.C., notified Lacoste of their findings. Lacoste says it halted…

China transfers detainees from Muslim internment camps to work as 'forced labour' in factories that supply top global brands, study revealsLeading firms such as Apple, BMW and Sony are accused of using forced labour Other labels involved included Gap, Huawei, Nike and Samsung, a think tank saidUighurs work in factories that…

By Dan Wu and Greg Lindsaylong ReadWelcome to the city of the future, designed by Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet subsidiary.It’s a city where data and algorithms will merge imperceptibly with the physical world. In various plans—though some have later been rescinded—Sidewalk has described its vision for the project: Cameras lining…

By Dan Wu and Greg Lindsaylong ReadWelcome to the city of the future, designed by Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet subsidiary.It’s a city where data and algorithms will merge imperceptibly with the physical world. Cameras lining the streets will track and collate objects and people. Heated sidewalks will recognize foot traffic…

Millions of people in China remain on lockdown as the nation tries to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.The resulting factory closures and fall in motor traffic has meant a sustained drop in noxious nitrogen dioxide, NASA stated on Saturday.There's often a decline in air pollution in parts of…

NASANASA recorded a sustained drop in the levels of noxious nitrogen dioxide after the Lunar New Year. Millions of people in China remain on lockdown as the nation tries to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The resulting factory closures and fall in motor traffic has meant a sustained…

The ASPI report estimated that 80,000 Uighurs have since been transferred into factories across China under the "Xinjiang Aid" program after graduating from the re-education camps."Local Chinese governments and private brokers are paid a price per head for workers on the labour assignments," ASPI found.The report by ASPI researcher Vicky…

Authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are sending hundreds of ethnic Uyghurs to other parts of China to work in factories affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), drawing criticism from observers who say the move shows “Uyghur lives don’t matter” in the country. COVID-19 has brought production in…