China Rallies Friends, Stifles Human Rights Criticism at U.N. Universal Periodic Review
This week, China underwent its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the U.N. This ritual is a...
United Nations
U.N. Human Rights Council Declines Debate on Xinjiang Report
On Thursday, the U.N. Human Rights Council voted against a motion to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang. The vote, occurring one month after then-U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet released a...
UN Faces Internal Tensions Over Abuses in Xinjiang, Engagement with Chinese Initiatives
China has taken center stage at two major events currently taking place at the UN: the 51st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, and the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York. Many Western developed...
UN Report: “Serious Human Rights Violations” in Xinjiang May Constitute Crimes Against Humanity
With about ten minutes to midnight on her last day as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet finally released her long-overdue report on Xinjiang. The 46-page report concluded that the Chinese government has...
CCP Seeks Control Over Xinjiang Narrative As Xi Visits the Region
Over the past month, Xi Jinping concluded a “victory tour” of Xinjiang and Hong Kong, where his visits after years of absence signaled the CCP’s firm control over the two peripheral regions. The spectacles also served to burnish...
Bachelet’s “Failed” Xinjiang Visit Draws Widespread Condemnation and Calls For Her To Resign
On Saturday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet concluded her highly anticipated visit to Xinjiang. It had been hoped that Bachelet’s visit might provide some form of accountability for the millions of...
“Xinjiang Police Files” Show The Human Faces of Mass Detention, Raise Stakes for Bachelet’s Visit
On Tuesday, a consortium of 14 international media outlets released the “Xinjiang Police Files,” a cache of tens of thousands of confidential files from police computer servers in Xinjiang. Dating back to 2018, the files include...
Canada Kicks Out Huawei, U.S. Weighs Further Sanctions on Hikvision, China Invests in Undermining Sanctions
On Thursday, the Canadian government announced that it will ban Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks. The move comes as the Biden administration debates imposing further sanctions on Hikvision, a Chinese...
China Supports Russia in UN Vote, Despite Evidence of Civilian Killings in Ukraine
On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.” The vote was precipitated by reports of mass killings...
China Strengthens Ties with Global South to Counter Western Pressure Over Ukraine
Over the past two weeks, China has increased its engagement with countries in the Global South, partially in response to the war in Ukraine. China’s position on the war has been one of feigned neutrality in the form of “rock...
Biden Warns Xi Against Support for Russia; China Sends Mixed Messages
On March 18, President Joe Biden spoke for almost two hours with President Xi Jinping in the leaders’ first virtual meeting since November. The call addressed the Sino-US relationship and, most prominently, China’s stance toward...
UN Human Rights Council Report Cites Intimidation, Reprisals against Chinese Activists Who Cooperate with the UN
A September 17 advance report from the UN Human Rights Council notes that the Chinese government has engaged in intimidation and reprisals against activists who have cooperated with the United Nations on human rights issues...
China’s Campaign for Diplomatic Influence Gains Clout
Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal’s Yaroslav Trofimov, Drew Hinshaw, and Kate O’Keeffe published an extensive piece about China’s long effort to gain control over key bodies at the United Nations. As the...
World Health Organization Funding Threat May Help China Boost Influence
U.S. president Donald Trump announced this week that he would suspend American funding to the World Health Organization while launching an investigation into its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The WHO has come under fire...
Andréa Worden: The CCP at the UN
The following article has been republished from Project Sinopsis, with permission. It is also...
Sinopsis & Jichang Lulu: UN with Chinese Characteristics
“The CCP has made it a major goal of its UN work to maximise its ‘discursive power’ at the organisation, seeking to redefine ‘human rights’ and get Xi Jinping’s pet initiatives institutionally endorsed by an international...
U.N. Rights Council Adopts Chinese Call for Cooperation
China has long faced accusations of interference with human rights work by and at the United...
U.N. Condemns Political Detentions in China
The Guardian’s Benjamin Haas reported on Friday on an unreleased U.N. Human Rights Council...
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