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“They need to stop the funding immediately,” said Murat, a member of the New Zealand Uyghur community whose name we have changed to protect his security. “iFlytek have Uyghur people’s blood on their hands,” he told Stuff Circuit. “I cannot believe the NZ Super Fund is involved in the Uyghur genocide. New Zealand taxpayers are indirectly dragged into the genocide because of the investment. I’m feeling both disappointed and terrified.” Finance Minister Grant Robertson said he ...

The agreement between Icehouse Ventures and iFlytek was signed in March 2019. In 2019 publicity material about the partnership, iFlytek called it a “strategic cooperation agreement,” and said, “the two sides will share information and support the scientific and technological innovation of the projects The Icehouse invested in.” Paul said it was a “non-binding agreement, outlining an intent to partner on developing opportunities together”. The Icehouse Ventures board requested th...

Stuff Circuits documentary Deleted exposes New Zealand business and political links to a Chinese company involved in human rights violations against Uyghurs and investigates the extrajudicial imprisonment of the brother of a Uyghur New Zealander. A government seed fund knew a Chinese tech giant had been blacklisted for human rights violations, but went ahead with investments in New Zealand companies that had partnered with the Chinese business. A Stuff Circuit investigation revealed the gover...

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“Certainly it’s something Im looking for more information about,” Robertson said. “What I’ve read so far is what we’re talking about is quite an arm’s length situation, the New Zealand Government is not directly funding the firm,” Robertson said. A Stuff Circuit investigation has found New Zealand entities formed partnerships with Chinese artificial intelligence giant iFlytek in spite of concerns having been raised publicly since 2017 about the company’s role in human right...

This brand new doco from Stuff Circuit investigates NZ's connections to China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang

Deputy PM seeks more information on possible Government link to Uighur atrocities Newshub 16/03/2021 © Newshub Watch the Deputy Prime Ministers press conference. Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson is seeking "more information" on the Governments possible financial link to a Chinese company accused of spying on Uighurs in China.  A Stuff Circuit investigation has found that iFlytek, a partially state-owned Chinese tech company blacklisted by the US for its alleged surveillance of Uighur...

China initially denied the camps but now claims they provide classes on Mandarin, laws, regulations and vocational skills, as well as counterterrorism training and psychological counselling for those affected by extremist thoughts.  But former detainees have spoken of torture and brainwashing at the facilities, and women being forcibly sterilised. In July 2019, a Uyghur man in New Zealand told Newshub Nation he feared for his safety after receiving threatening phone calls from the Chinese Emba...

LearnCoach says it was not aware of allegations against iFlytek when it took the Chinese company's funding.

Watch the documentary Kiwi startup Rocos Global was barely up and running with its platform to make robots move when it caught the attention of China tech giant iFlytek. The Auckland company had developed a cloud-based platform to operate fleets of autonomous robots: a third-party system for iFlytek and other robot manufacturers to control their robots from anywhere. China’s president, Xi Jinping, had designated iFlytek one of his national champions to lead the country t...