Chinese institutions dominated the latest edition of the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings, with Tsinghua and Peking University retaining their hold on the top two positions for the second year running.
Chinaâs Xinjiang autonomous region: need to sift the truth from the chaff
By Gert Grobler
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The US with the support of some of its allies continues to escalate its onslaught against China by describing the latterâs repression of more than 1Â million detained Muslim Uygurs in the Xinjiang autonomous region as âgenocideâ , adopting the same rhetoric as the Trump administration.
Many governments and countries around the world, also some in the West, but particularly in the developing world, in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, are increasingly of the view that the US and its allies have adopted an ill-considered and unfair approach. Compelling questions are increasingly being posed to the US and its handful of allies by the developing world, which represents more than 70% of the worldâs population compared to the 4% of the US. For example:
Whitewashing terror groups on Xinjiang ‘will backfire on US’
Liu Xin Published: May 17, 2021 12:56 AM
Armored vehicles move during a joint anti-terrorist exercise held by China and Kyrgyzstan frontier forces in Kizilsu Kirgiz Prefecture, northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 27, 2017. The drill, carried out under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), was witnessed by representatives from Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, all the SCO member countries. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
Turning a blind eye to its nature as terrorist group and attempting to whitewash its ties with al-Qaeda, the US double standards on anti-terrorism will backfire, analysts warned in referring to CNN s latest report on exonerating the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) terrorist group.
Western anti-China politicians turn blind eye to stable life, happy festivals in Xinjiang
Chen Qingqing Published: May 13, 2021 10:13 PM
Foreign and local Muslims gathered on Thursday morning in Niujie Mosque, the largest mosque in Beijing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the first public celebration since the epidemic outbreak. Photo: Li Hao/GT
Wearing traditional clothes and a hat, a senior Uygur resident in Kashi danced happily with hundreds of local residents and visitors in front of the Id Kah Mosque - this is the way some Muslim residents in Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region celebrate the Eid-al-Fitr on Thursday.
On the same day, Vladimir Norov, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and foreign diplomats from more than 15 countries watched via a live stream in Beijing how Muslim residents in China s Xinjiang region perform their salat al-Eid in mosques.
International Student Competition Highlights Sustainable Solutions for 2021 Five Finalists Include African, South American Teams
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Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) Announces Finalists in Wege Prize 2021 Design Competition Student teams from Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Malawi and Chile present innovative approaches to address global problems in ways that transform the economy
Wege Prize brings together student teams from around the world
Student teams will present live from around the world on May 21 for Wege Prize awards totaling $30,000 USD GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (PRWEB) May 07, 2021 With much at stake as nations worldwide contend with a global pandemic, climate control, waste, hunger, and injustice, bright-minded students have stepped up with innovative approaches to address the multitude of issues facing the world today.