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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 Minister's press conference. Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson is seeking "more information" on the Government's 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 Uighurs, is linked to Auckland tech firm Rocos, which the Government has invested in.  It's estimated...

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 Embassy. The BBC has gathered testimonies from women who spent time in the camps, detailing allegations ...

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 to international dominance in artificial intelligence (AI), and the NZ$20 billion company was scannin...