The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (6.84 miles), CENC reported. As of 1:00 p.m., Xinhua, citing local authorities, reported no casualties or collapsed houses, noting that the areas surrounding the epicentre are sparsely populated.
Volkswagen is drawing up plans to pull out of China’s troubled Xinjiang region after the German car maker was accused of benefiting from human rights abuses there.
German chemicals giant BASF plans to sell its shares in two joint ventures in China following reports of possible human rights violations at the plants, the company announced on Friday. There have previously been allegations that employees of a Chinese partner company of BASF at the plants in China's Xinjiang region had been involved in government efforts to repress the Muslim Uyghur minority. The German public broadcaster ZDF and the news magazine Der Spiegel both recently reported that the par
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) released findings from its probe of five firms that supported Beijing’s military, enabled human rights abuses and boosted China's semiconductor sector.