WASHINGTON, Nov 11 — The World Bank announced today it was ending a project to fund vocational schools in China following allegations of mistreatment of minority Muslim Uighurs. The World Bank launched another review of the programme in late August after Foreign Policy magazine reported that a...
A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali October 12, 2018. — Reuters pic
The Washington-based development lender said it launched another review in the wake of the charges but “did not substantiate the allegations.” “Specifically, the project component that involves the partner schools in Xinjiang is being closed,” the World Bank said in a statement.
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