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New report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project about how the Chinese party-state systematically disrupts communication between the Uyghur diaspora and their families in East Turkistan
"The separation of Uyghur families is neither incidental nor temporary, but rather a deliberate strategy of transnational repression."
https://uhrp.org/report/fading-ties-uyghur-family-separation-as-a-tool-of-transnational-repression/
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A Uyghur perspective on UN Resolution 2758
"The decision codified “China” as a single, indivisible entity—an act that validated Beijing’s territorial claims and erased alternative sovereignties from the international imagination."
#Uyghur #EastTurkistan #Taiwan #China #sovereignty #UnitedNations
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China is promoting Xinjiang as a tourist destination, but tourists only see a sanitised version of life in the region
"It's not my place to tell people not to visit, but they need to realise that what they experience there is a whitewashed version of [Xinjiang]," said Uyghur-American activist Irade Kashgary
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The Australian Uyghur Tangritagh Women’s Association (AUTWA) is taking legal action against retailer Kmart over concerns about the use of forced labour in its supply chain
The case highlights problems in Australia's Modern Slavery Act. The act requires companies to report on their supply chains but imposes no penalty if they fail to report
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The Chinese government maintains severe restrictions on Uyghur people travelling abroad and on Uyghur diaspora returning to visit their families
"Through these controlled visits and tours, the Chinese government has continued to control the Uyghur diaspora, some of whom stay silent or shun activism and even Uyghur cultural activities in hopes of resuming contact with their families and visiting the region."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/03/china-travel-uyghurs-heavily-restricted
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Australia is allowing thousands of imports from Chinese companies blacklisted by the US over alleged links to forced Uyghur labour
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The CCP doesn't just rewrite history, it prevents it from ever being written
"Continuing to whitewash and doctor the historical record will inevitably form the foundation of the CCP’s future propaganda strategy on East Turkistan."
https://uhrp.org/insights/future-ccp-propaganda-versus-no-one-dared-to-mention-the-dead/
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@kkarhan @davidonformosa
Because they're not in #Taiwan's 🇳🇫 territorial airspace — just in the #ADIZ.
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Some pretty fair criticism of the DPP by @donovan_smith
"Today’s DPP is culturally stifling, with rigid message discipline and almost zero tolerance for internal dissent. It is an opaque party, with infighting taking place behind closed doors and dominated by shadowy factions."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/04/23/2003856077
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The downfall of China-born TPP legislator Li Zhenxiu (李貞秀) is just another episode in the deepening dysfunction of the TPP, writes @donovan_smith
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/04/18/2003855804
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Courtney @donovan_smith writes about KMT Chair Cheng Li-wun's visit to China and the division in the KMT
"In such a diverse party as the KMT, the real split is between ideologues like Cheng and what I call the “electability” camp.
"The electability camp is dominated by people who regularly interact with their constituents and are keenly aware that the underlying electoral math remains challenging as long as the ideologues are in charge."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/04/11/2003855398
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In 2025 China's Ministry of Public Security released provisions for the reform of Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL). This was in response to criticism of the system and deaths in custody. However, it is unclear to what extent the reforms have been implemented
https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/china-reforms-its-secret-rsdl-jails-will-anything-change
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UnderReported China lists some of the new tactics being used by the Chinese party-state in its foreign influence campaigns
"Two dynamics run through all of these examples: the sheer scale of the operations and a consistent emphasis on obfuscation, making the China-linked origins of content as difficult for ordinary users to perceive as possible."
https://open.substack.com/pub/underreportedchina/p/beijings-foreign-influence-tactics
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The latest edition of Mekong Review is out now. Lots of great content to explore.
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The reduction in Taiwan's special defence budget will impede its plans for a porcupine strategy as a key part of maintaining deterrence against threats from China
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A new report by ASPI about why Taiwan matters to Australia and the world
"Taiwan is not a peripheral issue. It sits at the intersection of global trade, advanced technology, democratic values and regional security. What happens there will shape Australia’s prosperity, security and way of life for decades."
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/taiwan-matters-australia-needs-to-understand-why/
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There has been an almost complete cessation of PLA air activity in the Taiwan Strait over the past ten days. The reasons for this are unclear
"Ultimately, the temporary absence of PLA aircraft should not be interpreted as a reduction in Beijing’s pressure on Taiwan. It is more likely a short-term anomaly within a broader pattern of sustained coercion."
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Beijing's attempts to coerce Japan over Taiwan has "demonstrated the diminishing returns of coercion against politically confident middle powers."
"By dramatically escalating public criticism against Japan in a single year, Beijing has elevated Tokyo’s prominence in Taiwan-related security debates rather than diminishing it."
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The Chinese party-state is intensifying its lawfare campaign. The number of Taiwanese nationals arrested and detained in China has increased while there has also been an increase in transnational repression
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-army-of-lawyers-is-advancing-taiwan-is-the-target/
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New ASPI report: How China’s new AI systems are reshaping human rights
"This report reveals new ways that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using large language models (LLMs) and other AI systems to automate censorship, enhance surveillance and pre‑emptively suppress dissent."
https://www.aspi.org.au/report/the-partys-ai-how-chinas-new-ai-systems-are-reshaping-human-rights/
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New report from ASPI - "Australian public and institutional responses to Taiwan Strait crises"
"Australian public understanding of Taiwan’s strategic importance remains limited and fragmented, with media coverage often lacking depth and being reactive rather than proactive. This creates challenges for mobilising national support and preparing for contingencies."
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The Thailand-Cambodia border conflict was the result of months of build up, particularly on the Cambodian side. OSINT analysis by Nathan Ruser at ASPI
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The final part of ASPI's series wargaming scenarios in a China-Taiwan conflict
Most importantly, the conclusion suggests how Taiwan's partners can prevent these scenarios
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-4-the-catastrophe/
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The Taiwan scenarios 3: Day zero
"Each of China’s four main options to force unification carries a different tempo, level of visibility and escalation risk. But a common thread of Taiwanese response runs through all four: tailored resilience, surprising readiness and firm refusal to surrender."
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-3-day-zero/
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Warning signs that China would be seeking to escalate its actions against Taiwan
"In all scenarios, the opening signs will likely include new rhetoric, possibly portraying Taiwan as having crossed a red line. A spike in cyberattacks and information operations, including information operations within China, designed to project and amplify those claims, would also be a likely sign common to all scenarios."
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-2-warning-signs/
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ASPI has wargamed four scenarios which Beijing could use to attempt to annex Taiwan.
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-1-subversion-quarantine-blockade-invasion/
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China's blacklist of Taiwanese political leaders is a sign of the intensification of its lawfare campaign targeting Taiwan's democracy
"This hotline is a sign that Beijing is attempting to weaponise legal intimidation at scale."
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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait tracking China's campaign of coercion against Taiwan
"As Taipei reinforces its defences against Beijing’s overt and covert pressure, China shows no sign of relenting—relying both on symbolic punishments and effective grey-zone tactics to sustain its campaign of coercion."
https://open.substack.com/pub/stateofthestrait/p/lai-bolsters-internal-security-against
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Taiwan's President Lai faces domestic political challenges as well as external pressure from China. He has still been able to maintain public support and implemented new national security measures, writes Mark Harrison
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-lai-ching-te-government-shifts-gears/