January 26, 2021
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The EU considers banning exports of vaccine over AstraZeneca's planned cut to Q1 vaccine deliveries. The ILO found that the pandemic caused the loss of the equivalent of 255 million jobs last year. Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital.

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China Bulletin: Xinjiang and the US Genocide Designation

On January 19, the US officially declared the Chinese government's actions against ethnic Uighur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang 'genocide' - becoming the first government in the world to do so. The classification came on the heels of new import regulations in the US, Canada, and UK in early January, as well as years of growing bipartisan alarm at reports of repression in Xinjiang. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has vehemently denied the genocide designation as 'a completely false allegation.'

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