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  • President Xi Jinping and PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas (left) in Beijing in June 2023
    War in the Middle East

    What's China's stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict?

    Beijing is seeking to mediate in the war between Israel and Hamas. China has condemned both parties' violence. Despite this, public hostility towards Israel prevails

  • Caught between a vindictive Chinese state and Turkish police, Uighur booksellers are trying to preserve their language and culture.

    In Istanbul, the last Uighur bookshops struggle to survive

    Caught between a vindictive Chinese state and Turkish police, Uighur booksellers are trying to preserve their language and culture.

  • Overseas Uighurs have gained insights into their family members in China's Xinjiang region, thanks to leaked data and a new search tool. Some say they feel a deep sense of guilt, others are filled with fear.
    Human rights in China

    Search tool offers Uighur diaspora harrowing insights

    Overseas Uighurs have gained insights into their family members in China's Xinjiang region, thanks to leaked data and a new search tool. Some say they feel a deep sense of guilt, others are filled with fear. William Yang reports from Taipei

  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers remarks beside U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, on the eve of the Indo-Pacific Quad Summit, 23.09.2021.
    The Afghanistan-Pakistan-China axis

    India's Taliban problem

    The Taliban’s victory over the United States in Afghanistan will not only greatly embolden their fellow jihadists, but also shake up the region’s geopolitics. An Afghanistan-Pakistan-China axis involving policy co-ordination would represent a major risk for India, writes Shashi Tharoor

  • Afghan workers dig for mineral resources.
    Raw materials attract China

    Why Afghanistan should be filthy rich

    To date, the Taliban have profited from the opium and heroin trade. Now the militant group effectively rules a country with valuable resources that China needs to grow its economy. Background by Nik Martin

  • China in the Middle East

    Beijing's new charm offensive

    The last week in March saw China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi visit six countries in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain. Two initiatives in particular are sending the clearest signal yet that China may be gearing up to play a greater political role in the Middle East. By James M. Dorsey

  • City of lost mosques: Suzhou tells the story of China’s Islamic past

    The labyrinth of alleys and lanes in the old city of Suzhou hides a secret: historical fragments of the long history of Islam in China. In stark contrast to the current persecution of its Muslim minorities by the People's Republic, Islam was highly regarded by generations of Chinese emperors.

  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is filmed receiving a coronavirus vaccination.
    Turkey’s failing economy, COVID vaccines and the Uighur issue

    Coronavirus less dangerous than Erdogan's politics

    Turkey launched its nationwide vaccination campaign with a Chinese vaccine in January. But the public focus is more on the desolate economic situation. Turkish politicians have failed to create real awareness of the dangers posed by coronavirus, writes Marion Sendker in her report from Istanbul

  • Qantara logo

    Fears of deportation mount among Uighurs in Turkey

  • Uighur repression in China

    Donald Trump, the obstacle to Washington's Uighur policy

    A broad U.S.-led effort to hold the Chinese government to international account for its abuses of largely Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang would, at the very least, remind China that the world is watching. Sadly, President Donald Trump’s actions will likely convince Muslims only of the depths of his hypocrisy. By Anne-Marie Slaughter and Wardah Khalid

  • Uighur repression in China

    Beards and hijabs behind bars

    A newly leaked document confirms how China is imprisoning Muslim minority Uighurs based solely on their religion. Naomi Conrad met with a whistle-blower and visited relatives of those held captive

  • Interview with sinologist Kristin Shi-Kupfer

    "The aim is to rob the Uighurs of their identity"

    Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Uighurs are being held in "re-education" camps in Western China. The more pressure the ethnic group faces from Beijing, the more important their Islamic beliefs become, says sinologist Kristin Shi-Kupfer in conversation with Luise Sammann

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