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Government investments approved despite links to human rights abuses

Stuff Circuit s documentary Deleted exposes New Zealand business and political links to a Chinese company involved in human rights violations against Uyghurs and investigates the extrajudicial imprisonment of the brother of a Uyghur New Zealander.
A government seed fund knew a Chinese tech giant had been blacklisted for human rights violations, but went ahead with investments in New Zealand companies that had partnered with the Chinese business.
A Stuff Circuit investigation revealed the government, through Aspire NZ Seed Fund, had a stake in two companies – Rocos Global and LearnCoach – with business and financial links to Chinese firm iFlytek.
Concerns about iFlytek’s role in human rights abuses have been raised publicly since 2017. In October 2019, the US government put iFlytek on a trade blacklist. ....

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Grant Robertson wants answers over possible Government links to human rights abuses in China

“Certainly it’s something I m looking for more information about,” Robertson said.
“What I’ve read so far is what we’re talking about is quite an arm’s length situation, the New Zealand Government is not directly funding the firm,” Robertson said.
A Stuff Circuit investigation has found New Zealand entities formed partnerships with Chinese artificial intelligence giant iFlytek in spite of concerns having been raised publicly since 2017 about the company’s role in human rights violations. iFlytek was placed on a trade blacklist by the US in October 2019.
Auckland robotics company Rocos Global partnered with iFlytek in March 2019 and publicly promoted the relationship, including an opportunity to showcase its work on the world stage by operating robots at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. ....

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Deputy PM seeks 'more information' on possible Government link to Uighur atrocities

Deputy PM seeks more information on possible Government link to Uighur atrocities
Newshub
16/03/2021
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Watch the Deputy Prime Minister s press conference.
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson is seeking more information on the Government s possible financial link to a Chinese company accused of spying on Uighurs in China.
A Stuff Circuit investigation has found that iFlytek, a partially state-owned Chinese tech company blacklisted by the US for its alleged surveillance of Uighurs, is linked to Auckland tech firm Rocos, which the Government has invested in.
It s estimated more than a million Uighurs - a mostly Muslim Turkic minority group that number about 11 million in China s Xinjiang region - have been detained in camps, which have been widely condemned as akin to prisons. ....

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Deputy PM Grant Robertson seeks 'more information' on possible Government link to Uighur atrocities

China initially denied the camps but now claims they provide classes on Mandarin, laws, regulations and vocational skills, as well as counterterrorism training and psychological counselling for those affected by extremist thoughts.
But former detainees have spoken of torture and brainwashing at the facilities, and women being forcibly sterilised. In July 2019, a Uyghur man in New Zealand told Newshub Nation he feared for his safety after receiving threatening phone calls from the Chinese Embassy.
The BBC has gathered testimonies from women who spent time in the camps, detailing allegations of gang rape and sexual abuse. Stuff Circuit has now spoken to Kiwi Uighurs too afraid to contact their families for fear of retribution from China. ....

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'Extremely sensitive': Another NZ government-backed business linked to blacklisted Chinese company

LearnCoach says it was not aware of allegations against iFlytek when it took the Chinese company's funding. ....

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