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• Uyghur Charged With Spying

  

  The Swedish government has charged Babur Mehsut, an ethnic Uigher born in China who was naturalized as a Swedish citizen, with spying for the Chinese government:

  Born in the northwestern Chinese city of Lanzhou to a Uyghur father and an ethnic minority Hui Muslim mother, Babur later moved to Hotan in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), now China’s northwesternmost province.

  He entered Sweden as a political refugee in the late 1990s and became a Swedish citizen in 2002.

  The chief prosecutor in the case, Tomas Lindstrand, told local media Babur was suspected on reasonable grounds of unlawful espionage from January 2008-June 2009, with activities both in Sweden and overseas.

  Swedish authorities allege that Mehsut was spying on the Uigher community in Sweden, and the Swedish government has expelled a Chinese diplomat in Sweden.  China has responded by expelling a Swedish diplomat from China.

  See also past CDT posts on the Uighers.

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  • June 26, 2009 12:09 PM

• Nobel Jurors Face Bribery Probe for China Trips

  

  A Swedish prosecutor is investigating all-expenses trips taken to China by Nobel Prize jurors, according to the AP:

  The investigation was prompted by a Swedish Radio report that said three jurors from the medicine, chemistry and physics committees were invited to China to explain the selection process and what it takes to win a Nobel Prize. Chinese authorities paid for their plane tickets, hotels and meals, the report said.

  If charged and convicted, the jurors would face fines or up to two years in prison. However, Swedish prosecutors often drop preliminary investigations without pressing charges.

  Gunnar Oquist, the permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the Nobels in chemistry, physics and economics, acknowledged that the trips were inappropriate.

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  • December 18, 2008 11:06 AM

• Sweden Invites China to Fight Climate Change – Caijing online

  

  
  From Caijing online (photo: 3C’s logo from its web site):

  Sweden and its largest energy concern are recruiting corporate allies in China for a private-sector battle against global climate change. More than 20 Chinese firms have been asked to join the three-month-old 3C Combat Climate Change Initiative spearheaded by Vattenfall, a specialist company in alternative energy, with diplomatic support from the Swedish government.

  Leading the Beijing push is Sweden’s ambassador to China, Orjan Berner, who has contacted several major Chinese companies in behalf of Vattenfall and the initiative.

  Some of the first companies showing interest are China’s largest steelmaker Baoshan Iron & Steel Company Ltd. (Baosteel), and the largest shipping conglomerate China COSCO Group, Berner said. They may join the effort with international giants such as General Electric, Hitachi, Siemens, and Lufthansa. [Full Text]

  - Also 3C’s Statement (pdf)

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  • April 4, 2007 11:16 PM

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