Fast-fashion giant Shein is hosting its largest-ever Australian pop-up store in Sydney this month. The effort comes as the company faces mounting criticism over its environmental impact and alleged human rights violations. What’s happening? Shein is opening a temporary shop in Sydney, hoping to draw more customers to its ultra-cheap clothing. The Daily Telegraph calls…
Beijing has sanctioned two Canadian institutes and several individuals concerned with Tibet and Xinjiang issues as tensions with Ottawa continue to worsen. The Uygur Rights Advocacy Project, the Canada Tibet Committee and 20 people from the two organisations had been placed on the sanctions list, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Sunday, citing China’s anti-sanctions…
US-sanctioned Chinese surveillance giant Hikvision has terminated five contracts with local government authorities in Xinjiang, as it braces for the second term of US president-elect Donald Trump, who first put Hikvision on a trade blacklist in 2019. Hikvision ended the contracts for its public security projects in the far-western region of China, where local subsidiaries…