Human rights China - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:58:16 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Human rights China - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Chinese authorities ask: Dear newlywed, when's the baby arriving? https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/11/07/chinese-authorities-newlywed-baby-arriving/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:59:10 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=153550 An online post about a newlywed in China, who was rung up by her local government asking if she was pregnant, garnered tens of thousands of comments before being removed, with many netizens saying they had experienced similar calls. President Xi Jinping recently told Communist Party's 20th Congress that China would establish a policy to Read more

Chinese authorities ask: Dear newlywed, when's the baby arriving?... Read more]]> An online post about a newlywed in China, who was rung up by her local government asking if she was pregnant, garnered tens of thousands of comments before being removed, with many netizens saying they had experienced similar calls.

President Xi Jinping recently told Communist Party's 20th Congress that China would establish a policy to boost birth rates and improve the country's population development strategy. Read more

Chinese authorities ask: Dear newlywed, when's the baby arriving?]]> 153550 China imposes sanctions on leading British Catholic human rights campaigner https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/03/29/china-imposes-sanctions-on-leading-british-catholic-human-rights-campaigner/ Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:51:49 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=135056 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed sanctions Friday on David Alton, a leading British Catholic human rights campaigner who highlighted widespread abuses in Xinjiang. The Chinese authorities announced the measures on March 26 against Alton and eight other U.K. citizens, as well as four institutions critical of the country's human rights record. The individuals are Read more

China imposes sanctions on leading British Catholic human rights campaigner... Read more]]> The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed sanctions Friday on David Alton, a leading British Catholic human rights campaigner who highlighted widespread abuses in Xinjiang.

The Chinese authorities announced the measures on March 26 against Alton and eight other U.K. citizens, as well as four institutions critical of the country's human rights record.

The individuals are banned from entering China, Hong Kong, and Macau, and Chinese citizens are forbidden to do business with them.

Alton, an independent member of the House of Lords, the upper house of the U.K. parliament, noted that the step followed the U.K. government's introduction of sanctions against four senior Chinese officials on Monday over China's treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority.

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