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South China Morning Post
7 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Chinese police mount Xinjiang manhunt for fugitive wanted over wounding of 2 people
Police in China's far western region of Xinjiang are appealing for the public's help to find a fugitive wanted over the wounding of two people near the border with Kazakhstan. The authorities did not offer a motive for the attacks but the incident is one of the few publicly reported cases in recent years of intentional harm in Xinjiang – a region that is strictly controlled and politically sensitive. Police are searching for a 29-year-old herder identified as Kasitiele wanted in relation to the attack last Thursday in Huojierte Mongol ethnic township in Emin county. The man is a resident of the county's Woyijiayilao Pasture on the outskirts of Tacheng prefecture, an area in northern Xinjiang close to the border with Kazakhstan. The pasture is home to 14 ethnic groups, including Han, Kazakh, Hui and Kyrgyz, with ethnic minorities accounting for over 90 per cent of the population. Police in neighbouring Yumin county said on Wednesday that both victims of the attack were in a stable condition and did not have life-threatening injuries. They urged the public to report any relevant information and 'to not believe, create or spread rumours'.
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- Science
- South China Morning Post
No more Achilles' heel in hypersonics race? China zirconium find boosts reserve five-fold
In a discovery that could reshape the global balance of strategic mineral supply , Chinese geologists have uncovered a huge zirconium deposit in the Kubai Basin, on the northern fringe of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang – a deadly stretch of arid land that may now become a new driver of China 's hi-tech military ambitions. The newly identified deposit, embedded within Cenozoic continental sedimentary layers dating to the Paleogene and Neogene periods, represents the first super-large zirconium resource ever discovered in a terrestrial, non-marine basin in China. Unlike traditional zirconium sources – typically found along coastlines or within hard-rock igneous systems – this deposit formed through ancient river and lake systems that transported zircon grains over hundreds of kilometres from alkaline rock sources in the region, depositing them in deltaic and lacustrine environments The ore, hosted in loose to semi-consolidated gravelly medium-coarse sandstones, contains an estimated 2 million tonnes of zirconium dioxide, according to preliminary assessments. It is four times the total reserve of China at present. Zirconium alloys, prized for their exceptional resistance to heat, corrosion and neutron absorption, are fundamental in manufacturing scramjet combustion chambers, thermal protection tiles, nose cones and guidance components.
The Sun
3 days ago
- Health
- The Sun
Inside China's sick plot to build empire of ‘organ harvesting centres' in five years… with ‘donors' already lined up
CHINA'S regime is significantly expanding its empire of organ harvesting centres in a twisted bid to make money, experts say. A plot to build six new sites in Xinjiang Uyghur by 2030 has stoked fears of forced organ removal, given staggeringly low donation rates in the region. 4 4 China's organ trade is already estimated to have a market value of $1 billion per year - which the Communist government wants to swell. A liver transplant, for example, can cost around £118,000 ($160k) in China - but with a much shorter waiting time compared to the rest of the world. This draws in not only recipients from inside the sprawling nation, but also unsuspecting international visitors who travel there for a transplant. China's regime has long been accused of orchestrating a non-consensual organ harvesting campaign against persecuted minorities. Prisoners are known to be killed specifically for the extraction of their organs. Experts say the primary victims of forced organ harvesting are those who follow Buddhist qigong and meditation practice of Falun Gong. They also believe that incarcerated Uyghurs fall victim - and new facilities are planned to open in their autonomous region of Xinjiang. At least six transplant institutions are tipped to open in the next five years, which campaigners say is hugely disproportionate to Xinjiang's low organ donation rate. Xinjiang is understood to have an organ donation rate of just 0.69 per cent per million people - significantly below the national average of 4.66 per cent. It has raised questions among experts who fear it could be part of a sickening plot to use detained Uyghurs as a living organ "donation" bank. Ughur detainees have reported forced blood tests, ultrasounds and organ-focused medical scans while in custody. Insiders say such procedures are consistent with chilling organ compatibility testing. Wendy Rogers, Chair of the International Advisory Board of the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC), told the Sun: "The guise is that all the organs will come from voluntary donations. "But this is implausible given the reported rate of just 0.69 donors per million people in Xinjiang. "This massive expansion in Xinjiang - a region already under scrutiny for systematic repression - raises deeply troubling questions about where the organs will come from. 'There is simply no justification for such growth in transplant capacity given the region's official organ donation rate, which is far below the national average.' 'Plot to kill survivor' by Katie Davis, Chief Foreign Reporter (Digital) THE first known survivor of China's brutal organ harvesting scheme says the regime is plotting to kill him and stage his death as suicide. Cheng Peiming told how Xi Jinping 's communist party is on a mission to silence him after he helped expose its organ harvesting plot. He revealed how he was tortured and had parts of his liver and lung removed by Xi's stooges after being imprisoned for practicing the Falun Gong religion. Leaked insider information reveals China's security services and high-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders have taken notice - and have unleashed a plot to try and discredit, or even kill, Cheng. The CCP has said to "kill him directly and make it look like a suicide" if needed, according to bombshell information from an internal source. Cheng has faced several suspicious threats to his physical safety, including an early hours break-in of his home in New York in November. The intruder forced open the bolt on the garage door, left two doors open and left deep tyre marks in his backyard. Cheng believes the break-in was an attempt to intimidate and silence him after a series of other attacks. Up to 100,000 organ transplants are estimated to be carried out in China every year - with huge swathes harvested without consent. New facilities - which will triple the number in the region from three to nine - will offer heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas/ small intestine transplants. The Chinese government claimed back in 2015 that it had stopped using organs from executed prisoners - but no legal reforms were coupled with the announcement. Experts say sourcing organs from prisoners was never explicitly banned either. Rogers, who is a professor of Clinical Ethics, added: "We know that China is expanding its transplant capacity in Xinjiang, despite the relatively small population, low voluntary organ donation rates and existing capacity. "This doesn't make sense unless the hospitals involved are confident that there will be a steady supply of organs for transplantation. "In the absence of any other organ source, we believe that the organs will come from Uyghur and other minorities who are incarcerated in camps Xinjiang, and killed for their organs. "Organ transplantation generates a lot of income, so the motive may be financial." It comes after The Sun reported how China's government uses cash bribes and death threats in a warped intimidation crusade against critics. Leaked documents exposed a shocking escalation of attacks on whistleblowers and victims of a forced organ harvesting campaign orchestrated by the regime. Whistleblowers who attended a secret Chinese Communist Party (CCP) meeting have revealed information from inside Xi Jinping 's government. This and a dossier of evidence laid bare a multi-pronged scheme spearheaded by Xi to silence members of Falun Gong and other groups vocal about China's severe persecution. 4 4
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Britain risks being ‘dumping ground' for forced labour goods
Britain risks being a 'dumping ground' for goods linked to forced labour in countries like China unless the Government reforms its anti-slavery laws, Parliament's human rights watchdog has warned. Existing rules are failing to prevent products flown from Xinjiang, where Beijing is accused of employing Uighur Muslim people against their will, ending up on UK shelves, according to a new report. In the 99-page document, MPs and peers on the influential Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) called on ministers to impose import bans on goods linked to forced labour. Mandatory human rights due diligence for UK firms and penalties for flouting the requirements should also be introduced, the cross-party group said. This would establish a legal duty for businesses to manage any risk of human rights abuse in their operations, such as by requiring suppliers to fulfil certain conditions, rather than the existing 'voluntary' approach. Key to UK laws governing forced labour is the Modern Slavery Act 2015, but the committee warned a lack of 'enforceable legislation' is leaving loopholes in the system. 'The evidence we heard demonstrates that goods produced by forced labour are being sold in the UK,' the JCHR said. 'Cargo flights are permitted to bring goods directly from the capital of Xinjiang to the UK unhindered and media investigation has provided strong evidence that tomatoes produced under forced labour conditions are used in products sold in UK supermarkets.' Britain's approach to imports has fallen behind other key markets like the EU and the US, which have introduced bans on goods linked to forced labour, according to the report. 'The UK's lack of equivalent legislation puts the UK at risk of becoming a dumping ground for goods that cannot be sold elsewhere,' it said. It recommended the Government bring in a similar measure to establish who is responsible for preventing the import of such goods and what happens if goods are confiscated. This ban should make clear that no company that uses or allows state-imposed forced labour in its supply chains can import goods to the UK, the committee said. Concerns have also been raised over the UK's free trade deal with India, where human rights groups estimate more than 11 million people are living in modern slavery. Meanwhile, more than a million people are estimated to live in modern slavery in the US, according to the same data, compiled by the International Labour Organisation and Walk Free in partnership with the UN. The JCHR said the UK could learn from the EU's policy of using 'political clauses' in its deals to promote the bloc's values, as it continues negotiations with some Gulf states amid concerns about their human rights records. It urged the Government to make it an explicit policy to include provisions concerning forced labour in future trade agreements, and to avoid entering negotiations with countries participating in state-imposed forced labour. Sir Keir Starmer's Government has sought to balance a revival of relations with Beijing in its pursuit of growth with matters of national security amid concerns about Chinese interference in Britain and human rights concerns. China has denied accusations it is subjecting the Uighur minority to forced labour. Lord David Alton, chairman of the JCHR, said its inquiry had seen 'shocking evidence' of human rights abuses in a wide range of industries at the heart of UK trade. 'Most of all, we want to see strong leadership from the Government. It's intolerable in the 21st century that we profiteer on the broken backs of slave labour, from Uighur servitude in Xinjiang to child labour in the cobalt mines of the Congo, and elsewhere,' he said. 'The Government knows (the) nature of the problem and the challenge but meaningful action has been lacking.'
South China Morning Post
21-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Chinese nuclear giant CNNC sets new benchmark in uranium exploration
A Chinese energy giant has claimed a new benchmark in exploration of uranium, a resource growing in demand and importance in the country's quest for energy security State-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday that it had detected a deposit of sandstone-type industrial uranium mineralisation at a record depth of 1,820 metres (5,971 feet) underground in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. This type of uranium deposit is generally bigger and easier and cheaper to mine than other kinds of reserves, such as volcanic rock and granite uranium. The discovery at the record depth reflects advances in Chinese resource exploration, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Uranium is a critical fuel for both nuclear power and nuclear weapons, but China is heavily reliant on imports. China produced 1,700 tonnes of uranium last year and imported 13,000 tonnes, according to official data.
