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 by AFP Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2022
China's President Xi Jinping met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, urging "political mutual trust" between the two sides during a regional security meeting in Central Asia. Xi and Erdogan met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Turkey is a dialogue partner of the SCO, which was set up in 2001 and consists of China, India, Pakistan, Russia and several ex-Soviet states. "The two sides should consolidate political mutual trust, respect each other's core interests and consolidate the political foundation of China-Turkey strategic cooperative relations," Xi said, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. "We should focus on development cooperation (and) give full play to the role of various cooperation mechanisms and respective strengths between the two countries," China's leader was reported as saying. Xi also pushed for more cooperation on his signature Belt and Road global trade initiative, and said the two countries should "contribute to safeguarding international industrial and supply chains, food and energy security", according to CCTV. Beijing's ties with Ankara have been overshadowed by international criticism of China's alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority in the northwest Xinjiang region. The readout of the meeting made no mention of Xinjiang or Uyghurs. Xi also met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Ebrahim Raisi at the regional security summit, which the Chinese leader is attending on his first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
EU to ban products made using forced labour, risking China anger Brussels (AFP) Sept 14, 2022 The European Union said Wednesday it will ban products made from forced labour as China faces rising criticism that the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang region are being forced into slave labour. The plan by Brussels does not specifically mention China, but will instead focus on all products made from forced labour - including those made within the bloc. "This proposal will make a real difference in tackling modern-day slavery, which affects millions of people around the globe," said the EU's trad ... read more
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