this man is a first—hand witness of china's oppression in xinjiang. he gave evidence at hearings in london about what they went through. he was arrested in 2017, accused of installing whatsapp which is blocked in china and of watching videos about islam. the first prison was the worst. he says he was once punished for complaining he was hungry and remembered input on something called a tiger chair. this is where he says he was held before being moved to a re—education camp. what was china's aim do you think in putting you through this in xinjiang? towards the end of his incarceration, he told me he was forced to work in this building where he would sew trousers and uniforms. then, before his release he says he had to sign papers promising not to reveal what had happened to him. he is one of at least1 million uyghurs, catholics and other ethnic minorities believed to have been detained in xinjiang. —— kazakhs. we asked china's embassy in london for a comment, a spokesperson told us, "the remarks by that person are nothing but a pack of lies." "it

this is a first—hand witness of china's oppression of turkic muslims in xinjiang. he's an ethnic kazakh, one of dozens of former detainees who gave evidence at hearings in london about what they went through. he was arrested in 2017, accused of installing whatsapp, which is blocked in china, and of watching videos about islam. the first prison was the worst. he says he was once punished for complaining he was hungry, and remembers being put in something called a tiger chair. this is where he says he was held before being removed to a re—education camp. well, we asked china's embassy in london for a comment — and a spokesman told us — it goes on to say: peter irwin from the uyghur human rights project testified in front of the panel to provide information to the tribunal. here's his response to the findings. finally, an independent body has weight of the evidence and i think that has major implications shown by the work of the tribunal of the past year, hundreds of hours of research, tens of thousands of pages of evidence, testimony working nonstop and it's a

they want xinjiang to be like hong kong, the financial world, xinjiang will have to be a peaceful, under control kind of gateway. so, that is the type of strategic decion they have made, and whatever international pressure is brought about would have little effect on that. ros: will the tribunal be reported in chinese media? >> yes, quite a bit of reporting. of course, it is in the perspective that this is a "terrorist sponsor" with western, anti-china forces behind the scenes. it is a shambolic, phony pr stunt and carols no moral authority. it is a fakeribunal, it is along that line, the coverage. ros: is there evidence international pressure has impacted china's approach to the uyghurs? >> there is anecdotal evidence when certain individual cases are rock up in international -- are brought up in international media and certain names are mentioned. apparently, either the ones in jail are mentioned or their relatives are mentioned, and we see slightly better treatment afterwards. in terms of the overall situation, that is up to the experts and people who have access to those areas to det

this is a first—hand witness of china's oppression of turkic muslims in xinjiang. he's an ethnic kazakh, one of dozens of former detainees who gave evidence at hearings in london about what they went through. he was arrested in 2017, accused of installing whatsapp — which is blocked in china — and of watching videos about islam. the first prison was the worst. he says he was once punished for complaining he was hungry, and remembers being put in something called a �*tiger chair�*. this is where he says he was held before being removed to a re—education camp. we asked china's embassy in london for a comment and a spokesman told us: it goes on to say: peter irwin from the uyghur human rights project testified in front of the panel to provide information to the tribunal. here's his response to the findings. finally, an independent body has weighed up the evidence and named what's happening, which i think that has major implications. shown by the work of the tribunal of the past year — hundreds of hours of research, tens of thousands of pages of evidence, t

china trade tensions deepen, as the us bans imports from xinjiang over human rights concerns. plus, new aussie rules. the uk signs its first true post—brexit trade deal. but will british farmers be for the chop? hello there. we start hello there. we start with hello there. we start with the hello there. we start with the impact of the surging omicron variant in the uk and on the economy here. chancellor rishi sunak has cut short a trip to california amid growing calls from businesses for urgent government support. the hospitality industry is warning of a slump in earnings over the vital christmas period, as consumer confidence plunges, social events are cancelled and people work from home. it says many businesses will simply not survive. here's our business editor simonjack. for hospitality, the season to bejko for hospitality, the season to be jolly has only taken an unwelcome turn. courses customers are cancelling plans, meaning businesses of all sizes are facing a bleak new year. with cancellations up to 40% we do feel it is pretty much a lockdown and it is impacting our

the us house of representatives has also approved legislation banning imports from xinjiang. human rights groups believe china has detained more thani million uyghurs over the past few years. here's the chair of the uyghur tribunal delivering the outcome. 0n the basis of evidence heard in public, the tribunal is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the prc, by the imposition of measures to prevent births, intended to destroy a significant part of the uyghurs in xinjiang. as such, it has committed genocide. the tribunal is satisfied that president xi jinping, chen quanguo and other very senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. we can now speak to sophie richardson who serves as the china director at human rights watch. shejoins us now she joins us now from washington. thank you for making the time for us. this was an unofficial tribunal. does it have any teeth? will it romped any change? i does it have any teeth? will it romped any change?— does it have any teeth? will it romped any change? i think the heafin

people are being slaughtered each and every day in xinjiang. we can do something, maybe not a whole lot, but something to mitigate it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. meeks: i proudly yield two minutes to the representative from the great state of new york from the ways and means committee, tom suozzi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. swozy: thank -- mr. suozzi: thank you, mr. chairman. i stand before you as chair of the congressional uighur caucus. as a member of the congressional executive commission on china, to support passage of the bipartisan uighur forced labor prevention act. we need to wake up from our tawper. it's been reported for years but i don't think most americans realize what's going on in china. it was almost 50 years ago that nixon went to china. we always believed the more the chinese government and the people were exposed -- exposed to the united states

this is a first—hand witness of china's oppression of turkic muslims in xinjiang. he's an ethnic kazakh, one of dozens of former detainees who gave evidence at hearings in london about what they went through. he was arrested in 2017, accused of installing whatsapp, which is blocked in china, and of watching videos about islam. the first prison was the worst. he says he was once punished for complaining he was hungry, and remembers being put in something called a tiger chair. this is where he says he was held before being removed to a re—education camp. some of the evidence heard by the tribunal. i'm joined now by peter irwin from the uyghur human rights project, who tesitifed in front of the panel in september to provide information to the tribunal. i want to start by asking you, what is your reaction to the tribunal�*s findings? my is your reaction to the tribunal's findinus? y w ., , is your reaction to the tribunal's findinus? g ., , ., findings? my reaction is that finall , findings? my reaction is that finally, finally _ findings? my reaction is that final

china is accused by the tribunal of committing genocide in xinjiang province. caroline hawley has been talking to an ethnic kazakh who gave evidence to the tribunal. he was subjected to forced labor, indoctrination and beatings. a warning, his descriptions can be hard to listen to. >> [speaking foreign language] >> this is a first-hand witness ofhina's oppression of muslims in xinjiang. he is an ethnic kazakh, one of dozens former detainees -- dozens of former detainees. he was arrested in 2017, accused of installing whatsapp and watching videos about islam. the first prison was the worst. >> [speaking foreign language] >> p says he was once punished for complaining he was hungry and was put in something called a tiger chair. >> [speakingoreign language] >> >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the man who says he was tortured in shenyang process -- was invited to a summit for democrac that president biden is hosting today and tomorrow. the president says democracy faces sustained and alarming challenges from autocrats seeking to adva

in our interview, dr sidick refers to the xinjiang region as �*east turkestan�*. we are very happy about this bill. it means that part of the uyghurs who are currently being employed as forced labour workers in china's factories in east turkestan will be released, so we are very happy about that. so you do think it will have an immediate impact for thousands of people currently in forced labour in xinjiang? actually, it is much more than that. my information tells us that more than 3 million uyghurs currently are working as forced labour workers in east turkestan. the uyghur project foundation, recently we made a list on the companies that use uyghurs as forced labour workers in east turkestan. the list contains 14,000 factories. there's detailed information in chinese and english. it is available on our website. that means if each company employs 100 uyghurs as slave labourers, 1.4 million uyghurs are currently working in china's factories. actual number is much more than this and the people who are working there have no life, like in a hell. the reason is the fa

the us house of representatives has also approved legislation banning imports from xinjiang. human rights groups believe china has detained more thani million uyghurs over the past few years. here's the chair of the uyghur tribunal delivering the outcome. 0n the basis of evidence heard in public, the tribunal is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the prc, by the imposition of measures to prevent births, intended to destroy a significant part of the uyghurs in xinjiang. as such, it has committed genocide. the tribunal is satisfied that president xi jinping, chen quanguo and other very senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. well, earlier, i spoke to erkin sidick who is the president of the uyghur projects foundation. i asked his reaction to the tribunal findings. i am extremely happy, because we have connections back home, we have always been getting about news from our homeland, on a daily basis, and we are so voiceless in the international community. this tribunal gave us a legal basis to hold china's gover

the us house of representatives has also approved legislation banning imports from xinjiang. human rights groups believe china has detained more than one million uyghurs over the past few years. here's the chair of the uyghur tribunal delivering the outcome. 0n the basis of evidence heard in public, the tribunal is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the prc, by the imposition of measures to prevent births, intended to destroy a significant part of the uyghurs in xinjiang. as such, it has committed genocide. the tribunal is satisfied that president xijinping, chen quanguo and other very senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. we can now speak to erkin sidick, who is the president of the uyghur projects foundation. he joins us from los angeles. good evening to you in the united states. can you explain to us, first of all, what is your connection to the uyghur community? i your connection to the uyghur community?— your connection to the uyghur community? i am the president ofthe community? i am the president

they want xinjiang to be like hong kong to the financial world. xinjiang will have to be the peaceful, controllable, 100% under control type of gateway, so that is the type of strategic decision they have made, to pass xinjiang under whatever international pressures will bring round would have little impact on that. ~ . . . round would have little impact on that. ~ , ., , that. will this have been reported at all in chinese _ that. will this have been reported at all in chinese media? - that. will this have been reported at all in chinese media? yes, i at all in chinese media? yes, the 're at all in chinese media? yes, they're actually _ at all in chinese media? yes, they're actually quite - at all in chinese media? yes, they're actually quite a i at all in chinese media? yes, they're actually quite a bit i at all in chinese media? yes, they're actually quite a bit of| they're actually quite a bit of report, but of course is on the perspective that this is a terrorist... quote, with western anti—china forces behind the scene. it is a shambolic,

s actions in xinjiang a genocide. the parliaments of the u.k., of canada, of lithuania, among others, have already taken the right stand. we must support them. we must work with them in multilateral groups. we must encourage other nations and other people to speak out. but i'm proud we are speaking out here today in the united states congress, in the people's house. we will not be silent. so i hope that all my colleagues will join me in supporting this resolution, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 317, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- >> mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursu

those human rights concerns relate to what is happening in china's north—western region of xinjiang. china has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the uyghur population and other mostly—muslim ethnic groups there. now president biden has signed a law requiring proof that goods imported from xinjiang were not produced by forced labour. china has accused the united states of spreading lies and us firms doing business in xinjiang, including coca—cola, nike, and apple, have criticised the legislation. dr erkin sidick is president of the uyghur projects foundation in los angeles. he said the us sanction is a start but more needs to be done. the reason is the father, mother, and children, they all separated from each other, and the mothers can only go home once a week to see their kids. so this is a horrible situation, now this bill may force some of those companies to close down. if that happens, some of the people will get — be free, so that's a big victory for us. the bbc�*s robin brant is in shanghai for us. can you get your reaction

xinjiang is a major port for cotton clothing and is a key import for polysilicon. intel has apologized for chinese customers after its proposition spark backlash. intel says it was merely complying with u.s. laws and not taking a political position when asking suppliers not to use products from xinjiang. chinese social media seized on the issue to criticize intel. one celebrity cutting ties with the company. those are your first world headlines. >> still ahead, the ceo of finance australia about the transparency into the world of crypto. tensions again between washington and beijing as president biden plans a bipartisan bill punishing china for its treatment of the uygur minority. ♪ >> president biden signed a bill banning goods from china's xinjiang region unless companies can prove they are not made with forced labor. this won't be a welcome development to china. will there be retaliation from chinese authorities who have already said there is no such thing as forced labor in that it region? >> officials and beijing have strongly rejected this allegation of act

this is a first—hand witness of china's oppression of turkic muslims in xinjiang. he's an ethnic kazakh, one of dozens of former detainees who gave evidence at hearings in london about what they went through. he was arrested in 2017, accused of installing whatsapp, which is blocked in china, and of watching videos about islam. the first prison was the worst. he says he was once punished for complaining he was hungry, and remembers being put in something called a tiger chair. this is where he says he was held before being removed to a re—education camp. what was china's aim, do you think, in putting you through this in xinjiang? he sniffs. towards the end of his incarceration, he told me he was forced to work in this building, where he would sew trousers and uniforms. then, before his release, he said he had to sign papers promising not to reveal what had happened to him. he's one of at least one million uyghurs, kazakhs and other ethnic minorities believed to have been detained in xinjiang. caroline hawley there. here's the chair of the �*uyghur tribunal�* de

so you think it will an immediate impact for thousands of people currently in forced labour in xinjiang? actually it is more than that. my actually it is more than that. my information tells us more than 3 million uyghurs are currently working as forced labour workers in uzbekistan. the uyghur project foundation is made a list on the companies that use uyghurs as forced quakers workers in uzbekistan and the list contains 111,000 factories of detailed information in chinese and english and available on our website. it means if each company employs 100 uyghurs as slave labourers, 1.4 million agree are currently working in china's factories and the actual number is more than this and the people working there have no life. theirfather, mother and children are all separated from each other and the mothers can only go home once a week to see their kids so this is a horrible situation and this bill, if it happens some uyghurs people can be free some uyghurs people can be free so it's a big victory for us. obviously very positive news. do you think this legislation goes far enough, and what mor

views what's happening in xinjiang as a genocide, as you've called it. how concerned are you that more american companies are going to find themselves sort of trapped in this situation, particularly with the signing of the uyghur bill today by the president? sec. psaki: well, i can't speak to the specific situation with one company. but i can say, as a general matter, that we believe the private sector and the international community should oppose pr -- the prc's weaponizing of its markets to stifle support for human rights. we also think that american companies should never feel the need to apologize for standing up for fundamental human rights or opposing repression. as we've said before, we call on all industries to ensure that they are not sourcing products that involve forced labor, invol -- including forced labor from xinjiang. the reality is that companies that fail to address forced labor and other human rights abuses in their supply chains face serious legal risk, reputational and customers -- customer risk, not just in the united states, but in

us firms doing business in xinjiang, including coca—cola, nike, and apple have criticised the legislation. our north america business correspondent samira hussain explained more. remember that china is the biggest market for many multinational corporations. so, if their business and ability to do business in china is hampered in any way, it will cost them. look at the retail sector. you see that some of these retail companies like h&m and zara, who have spoken out against the treatment of the uyghur people by chinese people in china and have suffered quite a bit of pushback. you look at how much money they have lost in terms of revenue, it's about 25% and a quarter. so that is why they are very worried about this because the chinese government obviously objects to any of these classifications that they are committing any kind of genocide or engaging in any kind of slavery with regard to the people in the uyghur province. but for companies not to say, look, you cannot supply, any of your suppliers can outsource any materials from that region unless he can prove with certainty that no force

anybody is talking about is human rights abuses and not sport. >> they have been talking about the xinjiang issue for a while now, so it is not just these couple months. insofar as where china is concerned, this couple of years it has always been about damage control, not so much about propagating a positive image. this is one of the considerations in china now. regardless of what they say, the americans and japan and whoever else is going to say what they like. but it is not only so much the administrations of these countries. it is also the social media and mass media in general, because th country -- because these countries have a free press. i would say they have not put putting a positive image abroad a top priority. the chinese have had zero covert policy, so some are concerned about the effects. they want to host a successful olympics, but at the same time they want to limit the number of foreigners coming into the country. nick: we have heard of boycotts before. olympic way cuts are not new, but they boys involved the athletes -- olympic boycotts are not new, but they have always in

us firms doing business in xinjiang, including coca—cola, nike, and apple have criticised the legislation. our north america business correspondent samira hussain joins us now for more. let me ask you first of all, what's been the objection from the business community to enforcing this legislation?— community to enforcing this legislation? community to enforcing this le . islation? , ., ., community to enforcing this leaislation? , ., ., , legislation? remember that china is the bi est legislation? remember that china is the biggest market _ legislation? remember that china is the biggest market for _ legislation? remember that china is the biggest market for many - the biggest market for many multinational corporations and so if their ability to do business in china is hampered in anyway, it really costs them. look at the retail sector and you see that some of these retail companies like h&m and zara who have spoken out against some of the treatment of the uighur people in china, and they've suffered quite a bit of pushback. if you look at how much money they've lost in terms of revenu

us firms doing business in xinjiang, including coca—cola, nike, and apple have criticised the legislation. our north america business correspondent samira hussain explained more. remember, china is the new biggest market for many multinational corporations, so if their business if their ability to do business in china is hampered in any way, it will cost them, just look at the retail sector and you see that some of these retail companies like h&m who have spoken out against some of the treatment of the weaker muslims and china, and they have suffered quite a bit of pushback. if you look at how much money they have lost in terms of revenue commits about 25% and a quarter. that's why they are very worried about this because the chinese government obviously objects to any of these classifications that they are committing any kind of genocide or engaging any kind of slavery with regard of people in this province. but for companies now to say luck any other supplier cancer any materials from that region unless you can prove with certainty that no forced labour was used, that actually is puttin

games as business as usual in the face of the prc's egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in xinjiang, and we simply can't do that. the biden administration says china is committing genocide against some of its own people — muslim ethnic uighurs in xinjiang in the west. attention will now turn to other like—minded nations, and will they follow suit? in the months leading up to this decision, one senior british government official intimately involved in forming policy towards china told me the uk ran the risk of being seen as a poodle if it simply followed american�*s lead on a boycott. china's biggest concern about hosting these games has been covid, but the prospect of like—minded nations rallying around a boycott based on claims of genocide is not part of the story it is trying to tell at these games. robin brant, bbc news. the time is 13:16pm. our top story this lunchtime: a foreign office whistle—blower describes the government's evacuation operation in afghanistan in august as "dysfunctional and chaotic". i know what it's like to be a woman who is essentially invisible

have accused beijing of forced labor in xinjiang. the four-year-old venture with china's auto is heading for restructuring. they said they are unable to meet the financial obligations, citing a steep drop in commercial vehicle sales in china. the brilliant entry into restructuring last year after a series of -- rishaad: just up to four minutes away from the close of the benchmark indices. looking at the positive picture, coming off of the highs of the day. in hong kong, .10% to the upside. looking at property developers, which have been doing better. creditor talks taking place with evergrande. the light at the end of the tunnel. tech shares getting a bit of a boost. we have just been discussing tencent, upsetting the drop in jd.com shares. heading to lunch, looking at the shanghai composite. .10% higher. a lot more on the way. this is bloomberg. >> the sti is currently flat. up by 2/10 of 1%. singapore jumped 19 spots to number 18 in the covid resilience rankings in december. call it the musical chairs of the ranking. not to long ag

announces sanctions on a chinese tech company, amid concerns about the treatment of ethnic uyghurs in xinjiang province. of ethnic uyghurs a warning that the omicron variant could be the dominant strain in the uk within a week — a senior government minister says the situation is seriously worrying the wikileaks founder julian assange can be extradited to stand trial in the us, according to the latest legal ruling in britain. and mike nesmith — singer and guitarist with the sixties band the monkees — has died at the age of 78. welcome if you have just welcome if you havejustjoined us. very good to have your company. we begin this are in the united states. the white house says presidentjoe biden is "very concerned" by the supreme court's decision to leave inplace a ban on most abortions in texas. it follows a ruling by the court on friday that abortion providers can pursue legal challenges to a controversial law that bans the procedure in the state of texas after the first six weeks of pregnancy. but the court also ruled that the legislation will remain in place for now. the law has been s

what's happening in xinjiang a genocide in march. so believed that it was the right course of action. now, as you noted, senator tom cotton, some others have called for a full boycott of the game. not just a diplomatic boycott. i'm told by administration officials that was never a serious consideration leading into this. mostly because of the athletes. they believe athletes work their entire lives for this moment. they didn't want to take that away from them. they look back to the 1980 boycott of the moscow games and they don't believe history looked too kindly at that at this point in time. so the real question right now is will international partners follow? to some degree, one u.s. official told me the hope and expectation is that others will now that the u.s. has gone first. as one official told me, the u.s. is going to take the lead. they fully know china is going to respond in some way, shape, or form. they informed chinese officials of the action about an hour before the public announcement, erin. >> all right. thank you very

an unofficial tribunal looking into allegations of human rights violations in the chinese region of xinjiang has concluded that beijing has carried out genocide and crimes against humanity. in a finaljudgement, it accused china of torture, rape and religious destruction against muslim uyghurs and other ethnic minorities. 0ur correspondent caroline hawley was following the hearing. what authority does this tribunal have? �* , ., what authority does this tribunal have? �*, ., ., ., ., ., , what authority does this tribunal have? .,., ., ., , ., have? it's a moral authority rather than a legal _ have? it's a moral authority rather than a legal authority _ have? it's a moral authority rather than a legal authority because - have? it's a moral authority rather than a legal authority because it i than a legal authority because it has no legal standing. it was set up at the request of uyghurs. china has dismissed it as a farce. it's led by a very prominent lawyer who led the prosecution of slobodan milosevic and it has looked seriously at evidence and sir geoffrey nice, the chair of the tribuna

from xinjiang to tibet to hong kong. it's one of the final pieces of china's revolution under xi jinping. >> for years china had had an almost apologetic approach to its human rights abuses. xi jinping said that's no longer how we're going to talk about it. we're not going to apologize. they were just going to do it. >> for all the kcriticism from the west, it's important to understand that in china, there is not much sympathy for the uighurs. populist nationalism has swept the world, and china is no exception. xi jinping has used that nationalism to keep his and the communist party's iron grip on power no matter what the cost. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with chase security features, guidance and convenience, banking feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. as carla wonders if she can retire sooner, she'll revisit her plan with fidelity. and with a scenario that makes it a possibility, she'll enjoy her dream right now. that's the planning effect, from fidelity. as a professional bull-rider i'm used to taking chance

the chinese city of xinjiang has imposed a locked down after testing identified 127 covid infections. residents have been told to remain in their homes and designate one person to go out every other day for necessities. it is the biggest such moves since the pandemic started. until is apologizing after its backlash in china. they sent a letter asking suppliers not to ask -- asking not to use any labor or products from xinjiang to assure compliance including continuing access to the chinese market is crucial to its growth as it struggles with increasing competition. russia is continuing to build up forces close to ukraine while it is beginning to enter into security talks with the u.s.. european -- the u.s. and its european allies have warned of huge consequences. as a struggled to understand vladimir putin's intentions, the kremlin is denying its -- that it will invade. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ es. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> if i am in the health

of course, intel is facing some criticism over china after it asked suppliers not to use xinjiang labor products. it is threatening to ensnare the u.s. chipmaker in a dispute over human rights in that far western chinese region. first let's look at markets. we do that with pretty goop that. -- kriti gupta. kriti: the s&p 500 is closing 6/10 ever-present higher. the nasdaq up 1.2% in the session. it is not just a risk on vibe in stocks. it is in the treasury yields as well. you see the 10 year up by four basis points. of course, the bloomberg crypto index, some cryptocurrencies actually outperformed today. let's go back to the volume story. it has been a key piece of not just today's trading session but what to expect. this is -- it is normal for volume to dip at the end of the air. this is what the red circles are showing. volume elevated compared to the historical norm. the trend could be a santa rally next week but possibly there is room for changes. look at the micro stories. it has been a pretty newsy -- busy news day. nickel is a whopping 18% after a tweet showing its first custome

statements also described rapes and assaults in detention camps and strict surveillance throughout xinjiang province. 0n the basis of evidence heard in public, the tribunal is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the imposition of measures to prevent birds to destroy a significant part of the uighurs in xinjiang. as such 0n the basis of evidence heard in public, the tribunal is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the imposition of measures to prevent births to destroy a significant part of the uighurs in xinjiang. as such has committed genocide. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has been talking to one man, an ethnic kazakh, who gave evidence to the tribunal. he was detained in 2017 and subjected to forced labour, political indoctrination and violent beatings. this is a first—hand witness of the treatment of uyghur muslims. he was arrested in 2017, accused of installing whatsapp, which is blocked in china, and of watching videos about islam. the first prison was the worst. he says he was once punished for complaining he was hungry, and remembers being put in something call

said that the diligence check showed it does not use any labor or procure any goods or services from xinjiang. vonnie: thank you for that report, that is debby wu. plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: quick check of the business flash headlines. one of -- heading for a restructuring. the carmaker says they are unable to meet financial obligations. it said the fleet -- it follows the entry into the restructuring last year after a series of defaults. ryanair has cut since omicron surges across the u.s. at the airline now anticipates a net loss of up to 450 million euros. the omicron and european travel restrictions have weekend holiday -- weakened holiday -- tesla surged after elon musk told a satirical website he sold enough shares to hit the target of reducing a stake by 10%. but he clarified on twitter that he is almost done and still has a few chances left to sell. he started offloading his holdings in november after he tweeted a poll asking if he should sell some tesla stock. haidi: he was responding to the results of the pole, or if he was intending to sell the 10%? i t

all this new law says is that in xinjiang that's what's going on. you can read the data, interview the survivors. the evidence is just overwhelming. you know, the chinese government is not supposed to like it. at the same time, if they don't like it, they have a very simple out here. all they have to do is stop the genocide, you know, closed down forced labor factories, release the uighurs from the concentration camps. it's a quick fix, actually. but it doesn't seem they'll do that. >> both administrations, trump and biden, agreeing on this, both state departments saying this is genocide. your piece on syria is important because so few people are actually writing in detail in the west and focusing on syria still. and you called this administration's policy on syria, quote, incoherent and contra contradictory. you know importantly fellow democrat senator bob menendez, chairing the foreign relations committee, has said i don't want what the administration's policy is. what is the read you get within the white house on this? >> right. it's interesting

especially over the xinjiang issue. we've seen the u.s. government announcing a diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics next year because of china's human rights record and especially shin zhang. in the past few days we've seen new and strengthened sanction targeting chinese companies that help conduct surveillance against the muslim population. that list includes some prominent chinese companies, dji, the world's biggest commercial drone maker and schmidt, the country's biggest computer chipmaker. if and when all those measures including this new law are fully implemented, they will have some teeth because xinjiang does play a role in the national and global supply chain. this is going to affect industries such as the manufacturing of solar panel making, for example. i think that's why beijing has been increasingly furious over those actions. the latest response from the foreign ministry here is calling the latest passage of this law in the u.s. showing how the u.s. has become hysterical towards china, and vowing, again, to reta

at his hearing he made clear how he would view the chinese behavior in xinjiang province. the genocide its abuse in tibet, its smothering of hong kong's autonomy and freedoms and its bullying of taiwan are unjust and must stop having an ambassador in china in place, having an assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs and having an ambassador working every single day on international religious freedom hand in hand with this new legislation gives the tools and the legislative authority necessary to get the united states moving towards the right side of human rights in china. so with that, madam president, i would ask the senator from florida to modify his request to include the following request. i would ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, if applicable at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations, executive calendar number 525 nikolas burns of nasrallah to be ambassador extraordinary, and plenipotentiary of the u

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president biden has signed into law a ban on products from china's xinjiang region. china urged to the mistake, thing the bill was in disregard of facts and truth. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm angel feliciano. this is bloomberg. yousef: thanks, angel. i want to get straight back to the markets. u.s. markets are closed, but at the same time we have a low bit of trade in europe. some of those indexes that are online are going to wrap up trading a little bit earlier than usual. we are much lower on the euro stoxx 600. dear euro-dollar -- your euro-dollar broadly contained. gas futures have been much of the focus of the last 48 hours, that cratering accelerating. brent crude, just 50,000 crude contracts trading. zillow we are -- usually we are just under one million. here's what is coming up. let's get you a snapshot of what is around the corner. we are going to get into the brexit conversation and the impact on labor. u.k.'s exit to the eu -- exit from th

if you look at 2008, it will be an incredible performance, it goes beyond xinjiang, you have concerns in taiwan, the self-governing democracy, you have covid-19 origins and the mystery surrounding that, and the cover ups that happened early on. there are so many issues that have continued to plague these olympics that china is struggling to move forward and just focus on the sports: it's not going to end up that way, alisyn and victor. >> fred, let's talk about what's going on with russia. president biden has this video call coming up with putin, and what are the possibilities, and, we understand the economic sanctions including putin's own circle. so what does it look like there. >> it could be massive economic sanctions, and i think that's certainly something that the russians understand -- very much understand is in the cards, and it was interesting to hear president biden saying that he's going to make clear to putin that any sort of invasion to ukraine would carry serious consequences with it, and i think the interesting thing about it is the russians have come out and essentiall

maria: we're looking at video right now of the prisoners in the xinjiang region. you recently wrote about how you were born into this chinese re-education camp in xinjiang, where your mother was detained during the cultural revolution. you say it seems history is repeating itself as the ccp is once again targeting uyghurs. tell us about your early childhood, what it was like in the camps. what can you share with us so the public understands, this is really happening. >> my mother was five months pregnant with me when she's was taken into the re-education camp, which is similar to the ones that the world learned about today. in this period, my father was sent to labor camp. so my newly wedded parents were separated by communist red guards, simply because of who they are and who they're related to and my father was accused of having a relative on the other side of the border in sowf yet -- soviet union in today's uzbekestan. one would hope this kind of history would not repeat. i've seen everything. i've seen the uyghurs were allowed to enjoy their cultural heritage

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it -- it demonstrates that this is not just words about xinjiang. that the united states is willing to back it with actions. but it's also not, you know, it recognizes that china is a major power in the world and we are going to have to live with it. >> fareed zakaria, appreciate it. thanks, fareed. >> pleasure as always, anderson. >>> coming up in a minute. the former president pitting republican against republican in georgia to primary the governor who wouldn't help him overturn the race that he, himself, lost there. ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. (gasps) ♪ did it work? only pay for what you need ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ spider-man no way home in theaters december 17th hi, i'm steve and i live in austin, texas. i work as a personal assistant to the owner of a large manufacturing firm. i've got anywhere from 10 to 50 projects going at any given time. i absolutely have to be sharp. let me tell ya, i

it -- it demonstrates that this is not just words about xinjiang. that the united states is willing to back it with actions. but it's also not, you know, it recognizes that china is a major power in the world and we are going to have to live with it. >> fareed zakaria, appreciate it. thanks, fareed. >> pleasure as always, anderson. >>> coming up in a minute. the former president pitting republican against republican in georgia to primary the governor who wouldn't help him overturn the race that he, himself, lost there. ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. (gasps) ♪ did it work? only pay for what you need ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ spider-man no way home in theaters december 17th ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list event. want to save on your home internet? xfinity is proud to support the emergency broadband benefit program. for a limited

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the uyghur tribunal was set up in london to hear evidence of alleged abuses in xinjiang in a legal setting. it has no force in law, but organisers hope itsjudgment will be used by states, companies and individuals to inform their relationship with china. china accused the tribunal of being "a machine churning out lies". here's the chair of the tribunal, sir geoffrey nice. 0n the basis of evidence heard in public, the tribunal is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the prc, by the imposition of measures to prevent births, intended to destroy a significant part of the uyghurs in xinjiang. as such, it has committed genocide. let's talk to conservative mp nus ghani, vice chair of the all party parliamentary group on uyghurs who called the conclusion of the tribunal "ground—breaking". in some senses, it is, because it is acknowledging in a formal context many of the allegations that uyghur campaigners in the making for years but on the ban because it is not an officially recognised international bodyit officially recognised international body it is kind ofjust another critic, isn't it? bod

best way to make china change course in many areas, not just with peng shuai, but other areas sh as xinjiang, hong kong. it is hard to know what actually changes the china's communist party's behavior. at least the women's tennis association has said in good conscience, they cannot cooperate. ros: the duchess of sussex has won her legal fight against the publisher of a british newspaper which printed extracts of a letter that she had written to her father. she described the ruling as a victfor anyone who has been scared to stand up for what is right. this report is from our royal correspondent. >> once again, a clear victory for the duchess of sussex in the battle that she has been strongly backed by her husband against the tabloid media. at the heart of this case is the publication by the mail on sunday they of lengthy extracts that the duchess had written to her father three months after her wedding. at the time, relation between megan and her father were difficult. earlier this year, a judge at the high court in london decided the breach of privacy was so clear-cut there was no need for a

send political delegations to the games in protest against china's incarceration of muslim uyghurs, in xinjiang province. ♪ you're watching bbc world news america. still to come on tonight's program -- french forces pull out of timbuktu. but who will help mali's government fight insurgents now? the u.k. government has taken 11 african countries off of its red travel lt. a controversial list was reintroduced in november after the emergencof the omicron variant, but african leaders called it unnecessary and discriminatory. our correspondent has more. reporter: this was the first christmas in two years where nigerians felt they were finally going to be able to either travel to the u.k., and a lot of the nigerians in the diaspora that were hoping to come back to nigeria. so there was a lot of frustration on both sides and in both countries. i am not sure that relations can be permanently damaged simply because the relations are so strong, and the u.k. remains the most popular travel destination for most nigerians, but i certainly think it introduced a level of uncertainty. it would have ruined ch